Career

Jan 2026 – Present — Security Auditor @ OtterSec — Auditing blockchain protocols and smart contracts for exploitable edge cases and delivering remediation guidance to engineering teams.
Jul 2023 – Present — CTF Player @ L3ak, a relatively new cybersecurity CTF team that rapidly rose to 13th worldwide and 2nd in the U.S. in 2025, after ranking 21st globally and 3rd in the U.S. in 2024.
Aug 2024 – Jun 2024 — Security Researcher @ Arizona State University, SEFCOM — Researched operating-system security and analyzed exploitation vectors.
May 2023 – Jun 2024 — Software Engineer @ AzRy — Built and maintained web infrastructure for a healthcare project.
Mar 2022 – Jul 2022 — Teaching Assistant @ Free University of Tbilisi — Assisted with the Programming Abstractions course at the Free University of Tbilisi.
Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 — Teaching Assistant @ Free University of Tbilisi — Assisted with the Programming Methodology course at the Free University of Tbilisi.

Projects

DARPA: HARDEN — Contributed at ASU to the DARPA HARDEN program (Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines), focusing on strengthening toolchains against emerging execution paths.

Blue Belt / PWN College — Attained a profound understanding of fundamental cybersecurity concepts, including in-depth knowledge of binary analysis, through the successful completion of advanced challenges at PWN College.
DEF CON Finals 2025 / Shellphish — Even though I mainly play for L3ak, I was honored to take part in qualifying for the DEF CON 2025 finals with Shellphish and collaborate with brilliant PhD students at ASU to earn a finals ticket.

Languages: Georgian (native), English (full professional proficiency), Japanese (JLPT N4/N5), Russian (elementary proficiency).