I build tools, systems and security knowledge.
My path started with curiosity, electronics and a lot of trial and error. It evolved into software engineering, cybersecurity, embedded systems and product security.
Early curiosity
I was born in Mugnano di Napoli in 1998. My interest in technology started early, influenced by my father's passion for electronics. Around the age of ten I began experimenting with HTML, CSS and JavaScript without internet access at home, using Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007. That constraint shaped a very practical way of learning: trying things, breaking them, understanding what changed, and rebuilding them better.
At twelve I moved into Visual Basic .NET, which became the foundation for early desktop experiments and games. Once I had internet access, I expanded into PHP and MySQL and started building web applications, password managers, cryptography experiments and small utilities.
Education and engineering background
At ITIS Galileo Ferraris I broadened the scope from programming to computer networks, C/C++, Java, AutoCAD and Cisco CCNA topics. I graduated in 2017 with top marks, presenting a thesis on computer security and developing iVault, a cloud storage platform centered on project-based encrypted storage.
I later studied Electronic and Computer Engineering at Vanvitelli University, graduating in 2022 with an experimental thesis on Visible Digital Seal. During that period I worked with MATLAB, Simulink, LabVIEW, Swift, embedded systems and project-management methods, while continuing to build practical systems such as CaSCADA and the Wind Turbine Management IoT prototype.
In February 2026 I completed the Master's Degree in Cybersecurity at Universitas Mercatorum, with a thesis on eACy and the cryptographic hardening of MIFARE Classic access-control systems.
Professional direction
Professionally, my work has moved across full-stack development, industrial monitoring, embedded prototypes, penetration testing, reverse engineering and secure software engineering. I currently work as a Product Security Engineer, focusing on security requirements, design review, static and dynamic analysis, penetration testing and making security actionable for engineering teams.
Outside formal work, I build open-source tools, participate in CTFs and hackathons, and keep a curated collection of projects because they document the full technical path: not only polished outcomes, but also experiments, constraints and decisions made along the way.
CTFs, hackathons and applied security challenges.
Alongside professional product-security work, I regularly test myself in competitive and time-constrained environments. Hackathons have been a way to turn ideas into working prototypes under pressure, while CTFs keep my offensive-security skills sharp across reverse engineering, web exploitation, cryptography and forensic analysis.
- Made in Italy Innovation Challenge 2024: winner with Checkmate, an anti-counterfeiting project combining NFC, blockchain and physical security elements.
- The Big Hack 2023: winner of the Almaviva challenge with Arthur's Quest, a cultural-tourism experience using GPT and augmented reality.
- CyberChallenge.IT 2021: winner of the local team selection at Vanvitelli University.
- NeaPolis Innovation Technology Day 2024: best new proposal with eACy, a MIFARE Classic access-control hardening prototype.
- Snyk Fetch The Flag 2024: global Top 40 individual ranking and Top 50 team ranking.
- Huntress CTF 2025: 28th place out of more than 3000 teams globally.
Small tools, real constraints, security by design.
Many of my projects follow the same pattern: start from a practical limitation, reduce the system to its essential moving parts, and build a tool that is easy to run, inspect and adapt. This is why I often gravitate toward local-first software, single-file utilities, minimal dependencies, self-hostable services and clear security boundaries.
I like systems that connect layers: browser automation exposed as local APIs, Linux input events connected to offline speech recognition, access-control badges hardened through protocol design, and industrial monitoring systems adapted to new contexts such as sustainable agriculture.