Core Competencies

• Languages: Rust, C++, C, Erlang, TypeScript, x86-64 Assembly, Python, SQL

• Domains: Zero-Trust Architecture, Privileged Access Management (PAM), IAM, Cryptography, PKI,
  Windows Internals, Kernel Debugging & Development (Rust/C++), Systems Security, Reverse Engineering

• Frameworks & Networking: Tokio, Actix, gRPC, REST, TCP/IP, TLS, AWS, Cloudflare

• Tooling: x64dbg, IDA Pro, Ghidra, WinDbg, WDK, CMake, Visual Studio, Docker, CI/CD

Professional Experience

Stuttgart, Germany
Independent Consultant & Technical Trainer /2026 – Present

• Systems Engineering Consultancy: Provide freelance research, architectural auditing, and development services specializing in backend scalability, high-concurrency tooling, and security hardening.

• Infrastructure Hosting: Provision and manage secure, high-availability web hosting environments and custom deployment pipelines for local small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) on an ongoing basis.

Stuttgart, Germany
Backend Engineer /2025 – 06/2026

• Decentralized PAM Architecture: Pioneered a novel Privileged Access Management (PAM) infrastructure by conceptualising a peer-to-peer trust model that completely eliminated architectural Single Points of Failure (SPOFs).

• Cryptographic Protocol Engineering: Designed and implemented the cryptographic backbone for the decentralized PAM ecosystem; developed a custom asymmetric key-based configuration protocol and a decentralized PKI-service to enforce end-to-end integrity and tamper-proof state synchronization.

• System Modernization & Stability: Contributed to the migration of legacy C++, Erlang, and TypeScript services to a high-performance Rust-based microservice architecture, optimizing for high-concurrency environments (>200K RPS) and strict sub-100ms latency guarantees.

• Enterprise Product Leadership: Acted as a technical lead for complex enterprise requirements, managing the full lifecycle from requirement engineering and protocol specification to the delivery of scalable IAM and fraud mitigation services.

Stuttgart, Germany
Systems & Security Engineer – 2025

• Low-Level Kernel Engineering: Developed system-level drivers and modules interacting with the Windows kernel using Rust and C++. Performed deep-dive binary analysis and low-level debugging of core operating system architectures.

• Enterprise Platforms: Architected a highly scalable sales, user, and license management infrastructure with integrated international payment gateways and automated client software lifecycle deployment.

Global
Founder & Lead of Research and Development /2024 – Present

• Open-Source R&D Leadership: Established an open-source research group focusing on low-level systems programming, secure system design, and advanced architectural analysis.

• Threat Emulation Framework: Architected and engineered an advanced network resilience and threat emulation platform ("Actrax") in Rust and C++ to evaluate detection engineering capabilities and endpoint defense mechanisms.

• Security Research & Publication: Oversee the lifecycle of open-source security tools and publish in-depth technical documentation covering kernel-level security and hardware-assisted mitigations.

Remote
Offensive Tooling & Compatibility Engineering – 2023

• Reverse Engineering & Integrity Bypasses: Analyzed complex security mechanisms and runtime protections using IDA Pro and WinDbg to evaluate functional software integrity and binary execution flows.

• Aviation Infrastructure Utilities: Engineered a custom suite of infrastructure utilities and configuration verification tools (including uptimeMon) designed to validate environment states and ensure high availability.

• Mass Deployment & Compatibility: Deployed and maintained custom software for a global user base, ensuring continuous runtime stability across hundreds of volatile Windows OS builds and custom hardware environments.

Side Projects & Community

Stuttgart, Germany
Co-Organizer & Creative Coordinator – Present

• Talent Booking & Management: Handled independent artist management, contractual bookings, and oversaw compliance with complex technical and hospitality riders.

• Event Safety & Awareness: Managed active awareness team operations during cultural club events, focusing on guest well-being, safe environments, and proactive conflict de-escalation.

• Creative Production & Hospitality: Planned and executed promotional photoshoots for artists, coordinated private post-event networking hospitality, and executed independent editorial modeling assignments.

Research & Open Source Projects

arteii.net
Technical Author Ongoing

• Windows Kernel Security Research: Published low-level technical documentation and analysis covering Ring-0 driver architecture, exception handling routines, and hardware-assisted mitigations (IOMMU, Virtualization-Based Security).

• Low-Level Systems Analysis: Authored mathematical and technical references targeting x86-64 assembly conventions and machine-level instruction sets.

GitHub Ecosystem Core Contributor & Maintainer

• lychee: Optimized engine performance and connection handling for the widely used asynchronous link-checking engine written in Rust.

• zenity: Maintained and scaled a CLI UI framework in Rust, backed by JetBrains OSS sponsoring.

• RegistryHelper / RegistryGuard: Authored a C++ helper tool designed for Windows registry configuration access and real-time modification tracking via thread-based background callbacks.

• limitr: Built a high-throughput rate-limiting and resource management utility for concurrent systems.

• web_client_lib: Implemented a modular network library for streamlined, secure HTTP communications.