Summary
Matthew Carpenter is a Senior Principal at GRIMM Cyber with over 20 years' experience in cybersecurity, specializing in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development for embedded and cyber-physical systems. He leads a creative research team focused on ICS, IoT, automotive, aerospace, and med-tech, while running a dedicated CyPhy lab near Grand Rapids for hands-on analysis of large systems. Matthew builds and delivers practical courseware and mentorship that expand practitioners' technical skills and challenge conventional limits in offensive security. He combines deep technical craft with operational leadership to help organizations identify and mitigate risks in complex, interconnected systems. Known for fostering collaboration across research and client teams, he emphasizes translating advanced research into actionable defenses. Based in Sparta, Michigan, he balances high-impact technical work with a mission to grow the community of skilled system hackers and defenders.
6 years of coding experience