Career Journey
Professional Experience and Journey
Professional Highlights
Co-founder & Security Auditor
2024 -
Co-founded Creed, A grassroots collective of security professionals changing how Web3 security is delivered and compensated
Key Achievements:
- Web3 Risk assessment methodology
- Security Reviews for 20+ DeFi projects
Head of Security
2023 - 2024
Led the security initiatives for Puffer Finance's liquid staking protocol. Designed and implemented comprehensive security frameworks, conducted internal audits, and coordinated external security reviews. Managed security operations for validator infrastructure and smart contract deployments.
Key Achievements:
- Launched secure liquid staking protocol (mainnet)
- Incident response & recovery
- Established security & development best practices
Chief Technology Officer
2021 - 2023
Served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Ether Capital, a publicly-traded Ethereum technology company based in Canada. Established a technology team and developed Ethereum staking infrastructure. Led technical team and strategy for developing Ethereum staking infrastructure, and Operation Security (OpSec). Developed institutional staking dashboards to close the gap between the crypto-assets with financial statements and annual audits.
Key Achievements:
- Scaled staking operations to $100M+ TVL
- Created and led a technical team
- Built institutional-grade infrastructure
Security Engineer & Senior Auditor
2018 - 2021
Security engineer and lead auditor at ConsenSys Diligence, conducting smart contract security audits for major DeFi protocols and Web3 projects. Developed security tools including Legions, participated in bug bounty programs, and contributed to Ethereum security best practices guideline.
Key Achievements:
- Audited 50+ smart contract protocols
- Championed early ETH2 cross-client security
- Developed open-source security tools
Blockchain Engineer
2015 - 2018
Blockchain engineer at Bitaccess, developing Bitcoin ATM software and enterprise ATM wallet management solutions. Built scalable backend infrastructure, implemented security protocols, and contributed to the expansion of Bitcoin ATM network globally.
Key Achievements:
- Cloud wallet processed more than $1B of Bitcoin transactions by 2022
- Deployed 1000+ ATMs firmware
- Built enterprise cloud wallet management platform
- Security protocols for Bitcoin ATM operations
Co-founder, CTO
2008 - 2012
Co-founded and served as CTO of Iran's first iPhone community and the technical office. Led research and development, content strategy, and technical support for Apple/iPhone users.
Community & Non-Profit Work
Leadership and contributions to community organizations