Michael Wittner
Project Lead at Ragnar Security
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wittner is a cybersecurity-focused project lead with a decade of experience building and directing low-level C/Assembly software, vulnerability research, and penetration testing programs for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial ventures. He blends hands-on exploit development and secure coding with leadership—founding Ragnar Security, leading teams at DoD, and patenting innovative defensive tooling that is influencing industry practices. As an instructor and course developer at the University of Maryland, he translates complex offensive/defensive concepts into practical curriculum for the next generation of practitioners. His background spans startup founding, product security roles, and capability development, giving him rare visibility into both research-driven discovery and operational deployment. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he pairs an MEng in Cyber Security with deep systems-level expertise, often working at the intersection of research, tooling, and mission requirements.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Greenwich High SchoolMaster of Engineering - MEng Cyber Security, Master of Engineering - MEng Cyber Security at University of Maryland
English
Github Skills (49)
shellcode10
assembly10
ctf10
linux10
exploit10
pwntools10
dub10
python9
cybersecurity9
bsd9
raspberry9
ctf-framework9
external8
gdb8
code-injection8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
0xchase/naf
Nov 2020 - Aug 2021
Binary analysis framework built on binary ninja, written in Rust.
Contributions:19 commits, 8 PRs, 12 pushes in 9 months
binary-analysisrustbinary-ninjaanalysis-frameworkninja
TerrapinHackers/TerrapinHackers.github.io
Jan 2018 - Apr 2019
website
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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