I've co-founded and organized ToorCon, a well-respected information security conference organization, for over 20 years and have dedicated much of my time to organizing events to help build the computer security communities in San Diego and Seattle.I was also a co-founder and Technology Director at Pico Computing where I worked on finding security applications for the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) boards and clusters that we designed, manufactured, and deployed. I've done various amounts of work and research on 802.11, Smart Cards, GSM, Bluetooth, Automotive and other proprietary encryption and hashing algorithms. In early 2015 Pico Computing was sold to Micron Technology.In 2010 my wife and I started Ada's Technical Books & Cafe -- a geek-centered chain of stores featuring book/gift/gadget retail, coffee, vegetarian cooking, and co-working dedicated to elevating the tech & hacker community in Seattle and providing a meeting place and resources for local scientists, students, and entrepreneurs.Forbes 30 under 30 (2011)Specialties: Information Security, Hardware Security, Cryptanalysis, Reverse Engineering, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Verilog/VHDL, Unix/Linux/*BSD Programming, Device Drivers