Chris Wild
Staff Security Engineer at Chainguard
Greater Pittsburgh Region United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Wild is a Staff Security Engineer with six years of focused experience securing systems across startups and enterprise environments, currently based in the Greater Pittsburgh region. He progressed from offensive security and QA roles to leadership as Principal Security Engineer & Architect, demonstrating a strong blend of hands-on red-team skills and strategic architecture. At Chainguard and previously Arcadia, he has driven security programs that bridge developer workflows and production hardening. An active community mentor on TryHackMe and an open-source contributor, he improved UX and front-end tooling for security-oriented projects like a popular reverse-shell generator. Known humorously on GitHub as a "USDA Certified Prime Hacker," Chris pairs practical exploit knowledge with disciplined engineering practices. He brings a pragmatic, developer-friendly approach to security that emphasizes usable tooling and measurable risk reduction.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at California University of Pennsylvania
English
Github Skills (9)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design9
interface-design9
user-interface9
generator8
ctf8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
0dayCTF/reverse-shell-generator
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Hosted Reverse Shell generator with a ton of functionality. -- (Great for CTFs)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 18 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on front-end development, implementing UI elements and features for the reverse shell generator. Their contributions included refactoring code, removing jQuery, and adding functionality to save data using LocalStorage. They also worked on styling and theming, as evidenced by the CSS changes and the integration of a light mode switch, enhancing the user interface and overall user experience.
reverse-shellreverse-shell-generatorctfsecurityhosted
briskets/.dotfiles
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:88 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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