Gabriel Simches
Senior Consultant at Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)
Tampa, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolGabriel Simches is a senior consultant and seasoned cyber incident responder with nine years of hands-on experience across military, government, and commercial environments. Currently at Mandiant within Google Cloud and serving as a Cyber Warfare Operator in the Vermont Air National Guard, he blends offensive and defensive techniques to hunt advanced adversaries and harden critical infrastructure. His background includes leading IR teams, deploying SIEM and sensor platforms, developing custom detection rules and tooling, and streamlining real-time intelligence into response workflows. Gabriel has repeatedly improved operational efficiency—building management tools and central repositories that reduced duplication and sped investigations—and has briefed senior leaders up to four-star generals. He pairs a technical foundation in malware analysis, network forensics, and cloud/on-prem investigations with a Master’s focus on managing innovation in IT. Fluent in Russian studies from earlier academia, he brings uncommon linguistic and cultural insight to attribution and OSINT-driven investigations.
9 years of coding experience
Master's Degree Managing Innovation and IT, Master's Degree Managing Innovation and IT at Champlain CollegeBachelor of Arts (BA) Russian Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Russian Language and Literature at University of VermontAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS Information Systems Technology, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS Information Systems Technology at Community College of the Air ForceRussian Studies, Russian Studies at Middlebury College
Italian, Russian, English
Github Skills (19)
minecraft8
data-driven7
ubuntu7
chroot6
raspberry-pi6
threat-hunting6
python6
debian6
shell5
chromeos5
chrome5
linux5
chromium3
displays2
crouton2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jeffvader84/piHunter
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
Data Driven Threat Hunting on the RaspberryPi
Contributions:161 commits, 159 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
data-drivenraspberry-pipythonraspberrypithreat
jeffvader84/run-rita-run
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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