Systems Thinker • Rust Engineer • Adversarial Tester of Complex Software
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I analyze complex software systems and intentionally push them into edge conditions to discover hidden failure modes.
Design and implement high-performance systems in Rust for workloads where correctness, speed, and reliability matter.
AI systems often fail in ways their creators don't anticipate. I design adversarial environments and structured tests that expose weaknesses in:
Most threat models assume rational attackers and predictable failure modes. Real systems fail in stranger ways. I analyze a system from an adversarial perspective, identifying: unconventional attack paths cascading failure scenarios economic exploit vectors architectural blind spots This process combines classical threat modeling with systems thinking and adversarial creativity. Ideal for: Web3 platforms AI systems high-value infrastructure early-stage products preparing for scale
A guided session where we deliberately attack your product, architecture, or idea.
Some problems require someone who doesn't think inside the usual constraints. In this session I help teams explore: unconventional system architectures unexpected engineering approaches creative performance optimizations research directions worth exploring Think of this as an R&D catalyst session.
I am a systems thinker and experimental engineer with 25+ years of experience challenging software systems. My work focuses on discovering failure modes, designing high-performance tooling, and exploring new architectures where conventional thinking breaks down. I specialize in: • High-performance systems (Rust) • adversarial and chaos testing • experimental infrastructure and R&D • large-scale system design I approach engineering the way scientists approach nature: through hypothesis, experimentation, and relentless curiosity. My best work happens where the problems are undefined and the solutions don't exist yet.