Lecturer at UC Berkeley’s MICS/MIDS graduate program on Applied Machine Learning.
Author of "Machine Learning & Security" (O'Reilly Media, 2018).
Earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University in just four years.
Co-founder of the DEF CON AI Village and speaker/trainer at DEF CON 24/25/26.
Experienced entrepreneur and engineer with expertise in machine learning, cybersecurity, and Web3 security. Background spans academia, publishing, and leadership roles in startups backed by top investors.
- Coverbase – Cofounder & CEO: Dec 2023 - Present (1 year 9 months)
- University of California, Berkeley – Adjunct Professor, Security & Machine Learning: Mar 2019 - Present (6 years 6 months)
- Unit21 – Cofounder: 2018 - Present (7 years)
- Unit21 – Cofounder, CTO / President: 2018 - Aug 2023 (5 years)
- O'Reilly Media – Author: 2017 - Present (8 years)
- Forbes Technology Council – Council Member: Jul 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 1 month)
- Macro – Student (Macro Engineering Fellowship): Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 (3 months)
- Shape Security – Senior Software Engineer: Jan 2014 - Sep 2017 (3 years 9 months)
- Oracle – Security Consultant: Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 1 month)
- Tech startups – Technical Advisor: Mar 2016 - Mar 2016 (1 month)
- Intel Corporation – Community Speaker: Oct 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year 1 month)
- Zazzle – Software Engineer: Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 (1 year 1 month)
- SanDisk – Software Engineer: Jul 2012 - May 2013 (11 months)
- Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports – Public Policy Specialist: 2012 (less than 1 year)
- Center on Interfacial Engineering in Microelectromechanical Systems, Stanford University – Researcher: Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (4 months)
- Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore – Public Policy Specialist: Apr 2010 - Jul 2010 (4 months)
