In 2000, Chris released his first commercial app, Advanced Timer, which was the most widely adopted time candle chart utility in the commodities day trading practice in the early 2000s. Chris also developed the first Instant Messaging proxy platform for the AIM protocol in 2001. These applications were designed as early remote social engineering tools functioning as communication drop bots and incognito mail platforms. In 2007, Chris was an early adopter of smart phone development where he built custom ROMs for the windows PPC platform. More recently, Chris has spent time working in cryptography with the goal of ensuring the protection of sensitive information no matter where it travels, and focusing on internal IT architectural and administration vulnerabilities. Chris's passion for network intrusion and coding expertise led him to develop a comprehensive framework for wireless network intrusion, N4P, which is featured in the repository of Pentoo Linux. In addition to his technical expertise, Chris is a noted writer, and was recognized as a finalist for best new security blogger by the Security Bloggers Council at the 2014 RSA Security conference. Chris has also enjoyed speaking at national security events. Prior to his career in InfoSec, Chris spent 11 years at a national level and 8 as professional competitor in Motocross before retiring as a competitor to focus on his InfoSec career. He still serves as a mentor and trainer in the motocross community.
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