Objective: Change the world for the better, and have fun doing it.I achieve this by combining the skills of technologist, innovator, inventor, and artist. In this way I am a "hacker," in the original sense of the word.As an Information Security professional, I've enjoyed a fruitful career with over a decade on some of the most innovative, advanced, and challenging teams in tech. Peers will attest to the result: An unusually wide skill set spanning "OSI" layers, extending deep into software, operating systems, protocols, and more.It doesn't simply power analysis and engineering - it gives me an actionable understanding of "how things work." Or how sometimes, they don't. The broad skill set makes me, as peers report, "a very potent hacker." Only if, of course, it is my job to uncover by what vectors your systems, architectures, or people are vulnerable to the digital hoards.Below, reviews will tell you that I am fun. True.You will also read that I am innovative and a self-starter, love to share knowledge, am a great writer, that I find unique solutions to big challenges, and possess a surprisingly deep collection of technical skills. Of course, that's not enough for me: I continue adopt - and master - new technologies at a rate described as "freakishly fast." I want to know literally everything.In short: Ninja.I'm also a serial entrepreneur, formerly founder of The Wishfarmers LLC (2005-09), a unique design and development studio working in virtual world platforms. I always have one or more development or entrepreneurial projects underway. Workaholic? Just a bit.Specialties: Information Security, Security Engineering, Unix, Hacking, Networks, Code, Security Intelligence, Data Analytics and Visualization (SPLUNK!), Invention, Development, C/C++, Java/script, Perl, Shell (and most others), Electronics, Microcontrollers, 3D Printing (and Everything), Entrepreneurship (internal, too), Writing (technical, persuasive), Design, Virtual Worlds, Machinima