Paul-emmanuel Raoul
Freelance Security & Software Engineer, Founder at SkypLabs
Leinster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul-emmanuel Raoul is a freelance security and software engineer and founder with 17 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning security engineering, research, robotics and DevOps. Self-taught from an early age, he combines deep InfoSec expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Metasploit—with production software skills in Go, Python, TypeScript and automation. He has led global initiatives such as Workday’s worldwide CTF and award-winning Malware Café, and builds practical tooling for artifact verification, certificate automation, and vulnerability research. Comfortable moving between academic ontologies and hands-on SOC/NetOps design, he also publishes educational content and creates interactive training and hacking challenges that translate complex threats into accessible learning. Based in Leinster, Ireland, he now focuses on independent consulting, open-source contributions and security research through his company SkypLabs.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Science and Electronics, Engineer's degree, Computer Science and Electronics at Polytech SorbonneTwo-year university degree (DUT), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Two-year university degree (DUT), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at IUT de Cachan
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
metasploit10
bitcoin10
kaitai-struct10
meta-framework10
bitcoins10
vulnerability-research10
meta10
ruby10
networking9
security9
data-structure9
data-structures9
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
Kaitai Struct: library of binary file formats (.ksy)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:38 commits, 5 PRs, 39 comments in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Paul-emmanuel primarily contributed to defining and implementing the data structures for the Bitcoin transaction format within the Kaitai Struct definition files. They added the initial Bitcoin transaction format and subsequently refined it by fixing documentation references, removing unnecessary elements, and renaming attributes to align with style guides. Their work involved modifications to the KSY files to ensure compliance with the Kaitai Struct definition language. These contributions directly enhance the project's ability to parse and interpret Bitcoin transaction data.
file-formatmime-typesbinary-datadubnimble
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:Backend & Security Engineer
Backend & Security EngineerContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 13 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Paul-emmanuel primarily contributed to the `f5_bigip_cookie_disclosure.rb` module, enhancing its functionality and reliability. Their contributions include fixing style issues, updating references, removing redundant characters, and storing crucial cookie-related information in the database for enhanced reconnaissance. The user also improved the module's resilience by addressing potential network and SSL/TLS connection errors and updated descriptions and output messages for better user experience. They also fixed a style issue and added themselves as an author.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
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