Officers
Executive¶
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President & Founder
Ex Taranenko
@fbad
Dual undergraduate computer engineering and cybersecurity student. Interested in vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, and cybersecurity education. Vice President '22-24.
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Vice President & Head of Infra
Jaden P. Maxwell-Comfort
@maxwell
Undergraduate Computer Science student, Cybersecurity Researcher, and Programmer. Main focuses include malware analysis, incident response, and Emacs.
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Head of Outreach
Rudy Chavez
@rudy.chavez
Interested in social engineering and cryptography, feel free to talk to me about project ideas and software.
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Graduate Advisor & Founder
Nancy Lau
@rose
Formerly President (2022-24). CSE graduate student, interested in hardware security and AI.
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Founding Faculty Advisor
Alvaro A. Cardenas
@chibchachum
Alvaro A. Cardenas is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Operations¶
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Operations & Finance
Dmitry Pleshkov
@dankdmitron
Computer Science student, interested in computer architecture, operating systems, and embedded development. Likes securing and optimizing code.
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Operations
Peter Dobbins
@sixteen4
Undergraduate in Computer Science: Game Design who is passionate about programming, software security, cryptography, system and network infrastructure, and game development.
Outreach & Finance¶
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Student Outreach
Ian Phan
@heythatsillegal
Current Cognitive Science student, interested in applied cog and dev psych, education and learning technologies, human factors engineering, and social engineering. Busy teaching new hackers at the moment!!
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External Outreach
Julian Barbera
@fish
Electrical Engineering undergrad... Embedded development and hardware security fan. I use arch btw
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External Outreach
Dominick Rangel
@1229.
Applied Math & Cog Sci 4th year interested in applied cryptography and ECC
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Finance
Kevin Sun
@risingsuntzu
Computer Science and Bioinformatics student, interested in cybersecurity, biotechnology, and data science. Passionate tutor, and loves a good philosophical question.
Alumni¶
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Operations & Head of Infra
Brian Mak
@asian.eggroll
Interested in cybersecurity and systems programming, with a proven track record in numerous cybersecurity competitions. Led the '23 & '24 UCSC eCTF team. UCSC '24.
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Operations
Jeffrey Zhang
@ferns.1115
not fish. UCSC '23.
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Finance
Jackson Kohls
@jdkohls
Math/Econ double major who fell into the joys of cybersecurity and CTFs. UCSC '23.