Caleb Madrigal
Artist at Mad Data
Ellijay, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCaleb Madrigal is a multidisciplinary software engineer-turned-artist with 14 years of experience blending security, data science, and creative coding to "make math beautiful." As co-founder of Mad Data and a former senior engineer at Mandiant, he has deep hands-on expertise in backend systems, wireless network analysis, and security tooling—illustrated by his trackerjacker project for mapping and tracking Wi-Fi devices. Now leading artistic work at gods.art, he translates complex signals and datasets into visually compelling pieces while keeping one foot in production-grade engineering. Based in Ellijay, Georgia, Caleb pairs a strong technical foundation (BS in Computer Science, 3.8 GPA) with practical experience from startups to defense contractors, and a knack for turning noisy telemetry into elegant, extensible solutions.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Florida CollegeBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.8/4.0, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.8/4.0 at Western Kentucky University
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Github Skills (23)
python10
scapy10
net10
hacking10
wireless10
packet10
networking10
w-net10
network-security10
wifi10
plugin9
unicode9
garbage-collection9
network9
nsdictionary6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
calebmadrigal/trackerjacker
Dec 2016 - May 2019
Like nmap for mapping wifi networks you're not connected to, plus device tracking
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:2 releases, 130 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Caleb's contributions center on the development of a network security tool, with the initial commit focused on core functionality for tracking devices on a network using wireless network analysis techniques. Subsequent commits expanded the capabilities with features for automatically switching wireless channels based on observed traffic and incorporated a plugin system to allow for extensible functionality. These efforts demonstrate a proficiency in wireless network analysis and plugin development for network security applications.
nmapnetmikotsharkrouterosnetwork-tools
calebmadrigal/machine-learning-learning
May 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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