About Lucas
Zealous blockchain security software engineer, leveraging advanced skills in deep reinforcement learning AI and offensive cybersecurity as a CTO since 2018 in the financial sector with Tier 1 banks.
🚀 Creating the world’s largest Web3 DAO that automatically validates holistically the security of smart-contracts on the blockchain.
Supernova Under 25 in computer science in Spain with a Station F’s Top 40 and Hello Tomorrow's Top 250 cybersecurity startup valued at $6M+, Top 5% hacker in TryHackMe, Ethereum contributor and public technology guest speaker at top ranking universities and at national TV.
Graduated from a Top 10 university worldwide in cybersecurity (UCL) and I have been invited to its extremely competitive and world-class PhD programme in blockchain & smart contract security using advanced deep neural networks.
Competitive cross-triathlete in the making.
Skills:
1. Information security - blockchain security, global security posture management, ethical hacking, network security, risk & incident response, executive red team management, BAS, threat intelligence, etc.
2. Artificial intelligence and data science - ML, DL, DRL (A3C, PPO2, D4PG, DSAC) with TensorFlow, Keras, OpenAI, DeepMind, Pandas, sckit-learn, Jupyter, AWS SageMaker, etc.
3. Cloud - AWS (cloud architect, security, devops, machine learning), SaaS products.
4. DevOps engineering - network security (Cisco), high-performance and distributed computing (OpenMP/MPI), deployment (Jenkins), CLI automation (Terraform and Ansible), Git, Linux, etc.
5. Blockchain - Web3.0 full-stack, Ethereum, Solidity, HardHat, Smart Contract Security, IPFS, Aave, Oracles, testing, Chainlink, Openzeppelin, Slither, Echidna, FileCoin, Moralis, Alchemi, Metamask, Truffle and TheGraph.
6. Programming proficiency - Python, Java, JavaScript, C / C++, Swift, Go, TypeScript, Ruby, Rust and PHP, data structures and algorithms, paradigms (object-oriented, functional, logical, etc.)
French
Fluent
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Portuguese
Conversational
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Pentestify LTDSenior Blockchain and Smart Contract Security AuditorTECHJanuary 2019 - Today (7 years and 5 months)Londres, United KingdomDesign, build, lead and bring to market the world’s largest decentralized automated smart contract security validation DAO - starting with DeFi.Responsibilities:1. Lead smart-contract security auditor2. Lead Web3 dapp full-stack engineer3. Automated DeFi infrastructure, security, and indexing protocols4. Manage an international remote team of PhD and security software engineers to maintain our CI/CD principles in DevOps.Skills:1. Solidity and EVM (gas optimisation, security, protocols, etc.)2. Metamask, React.js, Web3.js, Alchemy, Infura, Polygon, IPFS/Swarm, EVM, Truffle, HardHat, Slither, Securify, Myrthril, and Open Zeppelin.3. DeFi financial skills (flash loans, exchanges, protocols, DEXs, etc.) , TheGraph & Covalent.4. DevOps and DevSecOps: automated testing & deployment, GitHub, Ansible, Splunk, Jenkins, JUnit, Maven, Jira, VSCode, TerraForm, etc.Currently incubated in Station F (Paris), and quartered in London, with partnerships in the public and private sector, where we are members of Station F's Future 40 and Top 250 by Hello Tomorrow, with national TV coverage regarding the future of blockchain security.
- SANS InstituteBlockchain & Smart Contract Security AuditorTECHNovember 2022 - November 2022 (1 month)Remote, United StatesInstructor support for SANS's online course in Blockchain and Smart Contract Security.• Compile and deploy smart contracts• Exploit vulnerable smart contracts, nodes, and private keys• Run automated security scans on smart contracts• Use the latest blockchain tools for development, security, auditing, and exploiting• Trace and discover blockchain transaction information• Set up and protect a cryptocurrency wallet• Crack partially exposed mnemonics keys• Send transactions to blockchain• Set up a local ethereum blockchain for testing• Join a cryptocurrency mining pool, or create your own mining node• Run static analysis on EVM bytecode• Interact with cryptocurrency on main and test networks• Investigate, install, and prevent crypto- jacking malware• Protect and defend against privacy attacks on blockchain
- EC-CouncilMemory forensics engineering lead instructorTECHNovember 2022 - November 2022 (1 month)Remote, United StatesLead instructor for the EC-Council to design, develop and bring a course on memory forensics engineering.
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Education
- MSc in Information Security (UCL)University College London2022180 ECTS-credited and NCSC-certified MSc in Information Security and Management Engineering (Hons) from University College London. Thesis: Automated Smart Contract Security Validation DAO, powered by advanced AI and based on Ethereum. Specialised in: 1. Blockchain security (Solidity, Ethereum, Web3.js, Truffle, HardHat, Slither, Myrthl, etc.) 2. Global Blockchain Security Posture Management (DeFi blockchain security posture management) 3. Artificial Intelligence (Deep Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, NLP, etc.) 4. DevOps (Ansible, TerraForm, AWS Serverless, GitHub, etc.)
- Master in CybersecurityIronHack2017Grade: 91%Grade: 91% Skills: • Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, macOS) • Networking (Network Admin, Network Security, Network Analysis) • Forensics (Advanced Forensics, Malware Analysis) • Ethical Hacking and Incident Response • Offensive Cybersecurity (PenTesting, Red Teaming) • Risk Management • Intelligence (Threat Intelligence, Intelligence Gathering) Software proficiency: • PenTesting (Metasploit) • Reverse Engineering (Ghidra) • Networks (Cisco Packet Tracer) • Network Sniffing (Wireshark / Tshark, Network Miner) • SIEM & XDR (Splunk) • Memory Forensics (Volatility, Magnet RAM, Belkasoft, Oxygen Detective Suite, HxD, FTK Imager, Redline, Autopsy, Binwalk, Scalpel, Bulk Extractor, Shellbags Explorer, Cuckoo Sandbox) • Steganography (OpenStegos) • Malware Assessment & Analysis (PeStudio, ProcDot, Sysinternals) • Sysinternals (Process Explorer, Process Monitor) In 2018, I also completed its full-stack mobile and web development bootcamp. Skills: 1. React Native + Expo 3. MERN & MEAN with Nextjs
Certifications
- Certified Ethereum ExpertBlockchain Council2022
- Certified Smart Contract DeveloperBlockchain Council2022