Summary
Mattia C is an offensive security professional with eight years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, red teaming, and adversarial simulations, currently serving as a Security Consultant on Optiv’s Attack & Pen team. He combines deep technical assessments—external/internal network, web, mobile, wireless, and physical security—with mentorship and training of junior analysts, reflecting a strong people-and-process orientation. Comfortable running social engineering, OSINT, and vSOC engagements, he bridges technical offensive work with operational incident response and threat emulation. Italian-born and US-educated, Mattia leverages a dual AAS in Cyber Security & Computer Forensics and Network Security plus a business-oriented MSc background to frame technical findings in business risk terms. He has a history of creating tooling, improving testing processes, and presenting at security conferences, demonstrating both practical craft and community engagement. Based in Akron, Ohio, he brings a multilingual perspective (Italian/English) and prior freelance translation experience that aids clear reporting and cross-cultural communication.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Applied Science degree (dual major), Cyber Security & Computer Forensics Technology + Network Security Technology Linux DB Administration, Final GPA: 3.759 (Technical GPA: 4.0), Associate of Applied Science degree (dual major), Cyber Security & Computer Forensics Technology + Network Security Technology Linux DB Administration, Final GPA: 3.759 (Technical GPA: 4.0) at Stark State College of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Business Administration and Management, General, graduate, Master of Science (M.S.), Business Administration and Management, General, graduate at University of Naples Federico II (Italy)
Italian, English, Spanish