Education
B.S. Computer Science
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, On Hold
Experience
Okta - Staff Application Security Engineer
June 2018 - PRESENT
- Conduct security reviews which consist of: design reviews (threat modeling), code review, and penetration testing of Okta's product and functionality, as well as, Auth0 to discover unintentional behaviors and vulnerabilities
- Contributed and developed the current processes of the Application Security/Product Security team
- Collaborate with engineers to develop and implement mitigation strategies
- Managing Okta's Bug Bounty Program
- Managing the teams Oncall processes
- Developed a Slack bot to assist in cross team communication and collaboration
- In short, I find vulnerabilities and break things
Okta - Senior Application Security Engineer
February 2020 - October 2021
- I got better at hacking and breaking things
Okta - Application Security Engineer
June 2018 - February 2020
- I hack and break things
Synack, Inc. - Security Analyst
June 2017 - June 2018
- Performed validation and impact analysis, reproduction, packing, and escalation of vulnerabilities of client delivery
- Provide client-facing technical insights and explanation on the severity and importance of the vulnerabilities
- Perform penetration testing on web and mobile applications and hosts provided by the client
- Create automated tools written in Python to help perform everyday tasks
Synack Red Team - Security Researcher
January 2017 - June 2017
While being on the Synack Red Team I was not an employee of Synack. The Synack Red Team is a private network of highly-curated and vetted security researchers from across the globe. Basically, another bug bounty program that is more private.
- Discovered over 100 vulnerabilities in the span of half a year
HackerOne Researcher - Security Researcher
December 2015 - April 2018
While being a Security Researcher for HackerOne, I was not an employee of HackerOne. HackerOne is a bug bounty platform which allows security researchers to safely report vulnerabilities to companies.
