Hi, I’m Zack.

Online you may know me as NotsoanoNimus.

I like long walks on the beach, a pint of Guinness with a burger, the gentle peace of hymns, green gardens, and spending time with my budding family.

I also like cryptography, vulnerability research, and embedded systems development.

A few facts

• I’ve been a programmer in some misshapen capacity almost all my life.
• I graduated with my B.S. in Cybersecurity from Purdue University in late 2022.
• I graduated with my M.S. in Computer & Information Science from University of Michigan in mid-2024.
  • I published a paper along with this milestone.
• I have been an industry devotee since 2018.
• Certificates, expired or not, in no particular order: CSSLP, RHCSA, Security+, CCNA, and a few others.
• I am a proud mentor of very many bright minds and successful people.

Anyway

I have curiosities bordering on obsessions, often to a fault; there are only 24 hours in a day.

I’d like to consider myself a journeyman trekking a long road to mastery one brick at a time. I consider the apropos application of science a practiced craft; notably one that a machine can master, but never one that it will better.

What am I up to?

I’m either studying or contributing to one of these subjects in my spare time:

• Vulnerability research – i.e., mining for more gold
• Bootloader and Firmware security
• Classical cryptography and post-quantum cryptography
• Open-source software projects that make my life easier or bring me joy
• Network security

Someday I earnestly hope my delight and efforts may be well-spent in an academic or other R&D environment.

If you would like to collaborate, you may contact me as you please.

Thanks for visiting!