Kevin Phoenix
Software Engineer at Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Summary
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RockstarKevin Phoenix is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in backend, DevOps, and build/release engineering, currently based in Tempe, Arizona. He has deep open-source roots contributing to notable security and binary-analysis projects like angr, capstone, and rex, where he improved CI/CD, cross-platform packaging, and Python 3 modernization. Kevin routinely bridges development and operations—implementing Azure Pipelines, nightly builds, AppImage packaging, and dependency upgrades—to make complex toolchains reliable and portable. His work often lives behind the scenes but materially improves reproducibility and stability for researchers and security practitioners. Colleagues would describe him as detail-oriented and unafraid to tackle compatibility issues across OSes and Python versions to keep critical tooling shipping.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (37)
shellcode10
decompiler10
dis10
python10
it-security10
cicd10
decompile10
security10
api-documentation10
exploit10
ci-cd-pipeline10
pwntools10
build-automation10
disassembly10
automated-build10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
angr/angr-management
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
The official angr GUI.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Build/Release Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Build/Release EngineerContributions:68 releases, 31 reviews, 210 commits in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on improving the build and release processes for the `angr-management` project. Their contributions included setting up and maintaining the CI/CD pipeline using Azure Pipelines, enhancing the build scripts to support nightly releases, and implementing AppImage packaging. Furthermore, the user addressed compatibility issues, ensuring the project's build process functioned correctly across different operating systems and Python versions, including Windows and Linux. They also made modifications to the build process to include necessary dependencies and optimize the bundling process.
program-analysisangrgui
angr/rex
Dec 2019 - Oct 2022
Shellphish's automated exploitation engine, originally created for the Cyber Grand Challenge.
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 13 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Kevin made several contributions related to dependencies and tool upgrades within the `angr/rex` repository, which is focused on automated exploitation. They removed dependency links to improve CI stability and upgraded to pwntools. The user also modified shellcode generation and exploit templates, potentially improving the engine's functionality and compatibility with other tools used for exploitation. These actions suggest a focus on ensuring the core functionality and stability of the exploitation engine.
cyberpythongrand-challengegrandexploitation
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