Ariel is a dynamic Manager leading community engagement and talent acquisition initiatives at HackerOne.With over 5 years of dedicated involvement in the Bug Bounty and hacking community, Ariel has honed his expertise in community building, live hacking event coordination, and brand ambassador program management. He excels in fostering strong relationships within the cybersecurity community and driving impactful collaborations.Ariel's versatile skill set extends beyond technical proficiency to encompass strategic community outreach, event organization, and creative design. He has played instrumental roles in various live hacking events and other initiatives like community streams, in-person and virtual conferences such as "HacktivityCon" and other core initiatives focused on the Hacker Community. Additionally, Ariel has demonstrated his creative flair through logo design for programs such as the HackerOne Brand Ambassador program, the HackerOne pentest community, and multiple HackerOne Live hacking events.At the helm of the HackerOne Brand Ambassador program, Ariel oversees a global network of over 60 ambassadors and approximately 3,000 hackers. He is also the visionary behind the Ambassador World Cup, a prestigious hacking competition that garnered participation from over 600 hackers in 2023. This groundbreaking initiative, culminating in an in-person event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Ambassador World Cup facilitated the submission of over 800 vulnerabilities, with 206 identified as high or critical risk, and disbursed nearly $2 million in bounties to the participating hackers.Ariel's leadership extends to his involvement in Live Hacking events, where he contributes to defining public invite criteria and curates invite lists comprising less than 100 hackers from thousands of potential candidates. His meticulous selection process ensures the participation of top-tier talent with demonstrated expertise and a proven track record in partner programs.With a background as a seasoned pentester and bug bounty hunter, Ariel brings extensive experience in security remediation consulting, conducting thorough application and infrastructure security assessments, and providing insightful systems architecture and design reviews.Ariel's dedication to security research has led to significant contributions to the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system. Notably, he has published CVEs for "Liferay Portal Enterprise Edition" software (CVE-2014-8349) and two CVEs for Oracle Peoplesoft software (CVE-2016-5530 and CVE-2016-5529).