Experience
Mar 2023 ‐ present
ByteDance
Sr. Security Engineer, TikTok · San Jose, CA
- Threat modeling and implementation reviews for new features and existing services. Built systemic fixes like log masking to stop classes of issues from coming back.
- Built a prioritization tool for incoming security review using an LLM and a structured questionnaire. Cut triage volume by about 60%.
Dec 2020 ‐ Mar 2023
Dropbox
Security Engineer, HelloSign · Seattle, WA
- Rolled out CSP for the HelloWorks webapp: 1M+ reports handled, 500+ refactors to get the policy clean.
- Designed and shipped a compromised-credentials check that prompted about 5% of users to rotate their passwords.
- Added and tightened linting and static-analysis tooling in CI/CD.
May 2020 ‐ Nov 2020
Facebook
Security Engineer · Seattle, WA
- Security reviews for new products and features (FB Shops, internal apps).
Jan 2019 ‐ May 2020
Lyft
Security Engineer · San Francisco, CA
- Integrated security into the SDLC, including risk ranking for new features via a structured questionnaire.
- Used SAST tooling to find classes of issues across the codebase.
- Cut overall Chrome extension risk across the company by about 90%.
Sept 2017 ‐ Jan 2019
Box
Security Engineer · Redwood City, CA
- Code-level and black-box appsec assessments, design reviews, and threat models for new features and products.
- Researched and deployed CSP, Referrer-Policy, and other protections in internal environments.
May 2016 ‐ Aug 2016
NCC Group
Security Intern · San Francisco, CA
- Shadowed consultants on web and mobile penetration tests and external network assessments.
- Triaged reports for third-party bug-bounty platforms.
Education
Aug 2016 ‐ Jan 2017
University of Alabama, Huntsville
M.S. Cybersecurity · Computer Science concentration
Published research & CVEs
- CVE-2014-8496. Router firmware backdoor password affecting roughly 500k devices. With the team at Entrust Solutions.
- CVE-2016-4075. URL spoofing in the Opera browser.
- CVE-2017-7990. XSRF in OpenMRS, an electronic medical records platform.
- OAuth 2.0 implementation issues. Published paper and a tool to check common flaws. Oct 2016.
Recognition
- VRP and CTF acknowledgments from Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and others.
- Covered in Business Insider, VentureBeat, and The Register for findings in widely used software.
- Spoke at BSides San Francisco 2019 and OWASP Bay Area meetups.
Certifications
OSCP · CKA · CPTE
Tools & languages
LanguagesPython, PHP
ToolsBurp Suite, ZAP, Nessus, Qualys, Metasploit, Wireshark, AppScan
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows