Manuel

Biography

Manuel is a security researcher specializing in Ethereum and EVM at Spearbit, where he serves as a Lead Security Researcher (LSR). His journey with Ethereum began in 2016.

Over the past three years, he has reviewed more than 30 codebases, uncovered critical vulnerabilities across multiple DeFi protocols, and contributed to improving their overall design

At Spearbit, Manuel has reviewed codebases for Uniswap, Base, Optimism, MakerDAO, Aztec, Usual, Monad, OP-succinct, Llama, and many more.

Previously, he was a Lead Solidity Engineer at Centrifuge, where he designed and developed smart contracts securing over $250 million in TVL and enabled the first real-world assets (RWAs) on MakerDAO.

Manuel worked over the years with multiple security companies as a client (Trail of Bits, DappHub, Least Authority, Code4Arena). Over time, his growing interest in security led him to fully transition into the field.

The entire security reviews portfolio on his personal Github: Security Review Portfolio