red-swan

I'm a math nerd who realized he loved computer science later in my career. I started out working as a Client Specialist doing portfolio analysis for the largest active manager in the world: The Capital Group. At nights I fell in love with learning different programming languages and realized that I should probably be in a more tech-focused industry. I discovered OpenZeppelin and courted them for a year before they hired me and the rest is history.

Audit Experience

OpenZeppelin - Sep 2022 - May 2025

• Part of a small team that pitched, won, and retained contracts to provide security advisement to Compound and Arbitrum DAOs
• Anticipated and managed the needs of the DAOs and helpd them achieve and refine their security objectives
• Conducted security research to meet the strategic priorities of the DAOs; topics have included, new governance features, rollup dispute schemes, and asset management
• Conducted security audits on EVM-based projects; completed 30 audits on projects such as bridges, governance upgrades, and account-abstraction schemes; no missed high- or critical-severity issues were ever reported
• Contributed to Python- and Rust-based tools to automate the inspection and simulation of on-chain proposals
• Assisted in mentoring and training nine new associates

Education

Master of Mathematical Finance

• Boston University, 2013

Bachelor's of Arts, Economics

• Brigham Young University, 2011