Candidate Profile

As an active participant in the greater Ethereum and DeFi space from the user as well as the developer and Security Researcher side, I was and am always passionate about innovation and how we can improve the operational and technical security of our space. I am following the developments of Arbitrum for a longer time, and am therefore excited to get the chance to put my skills to use and help the Arbitrum Foundation to keep Arbitrum secure.

I am a security researcher with more than 15 years of experience in different areas of computer science, working in areas like server infrastructure, software development, machine learning, DevSecOps, and blockchain projects in enterprise-scale environments, as well as doing Web2 bug bounties on the side. After working on a few community projects in the blockchain space, I transitioned to Web3 security, mainly audit contests, a little more than 2 years ago. Here is a little bit of information on my background and activity in the space:

Found and reported numerous bugs on bug bounty platforms for well-known companies like GitHub. Core Backend Developer at a community-funded blockchain project (DeFiChain Wizard) 12 top-10 finishes in audit contests as a solo auditor and in a team (SilentDefendersOfDeFi) Core Contributor at Sherlock as an internal Security Researcher I’ve participated in several audit contests solo, as well as in a team, scoring some top results. I’ve also engaged a lot in judging audit contests, ultimately climbing to the top 5 rank of the Sherlock Judging Leaderboard. Since January 2024, I am a core contributor to Sherlock as an internal Security Researcher, where I am working on several tasks related to scoping, customer onboarding, and a broad array of other security-related tasks to help secure the ecosystem.

Sherlock (no conflict of interest)