Summary
Simone Haddad is a security entrepreneur and practitioner who founded NullVector to close the gap between threat detection and real-world attack path disruption, blending continuous offensive validation with executive-level risk clarity. With 15+ years of hands-on experience building and breaking systems across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, municipalities and enterprise, Simone has led 300+ technical projects and 100+ penetration tests that expose how attackers pivot and expand blast radius. He combines deep multi-domain expertise—from IAM, cloud, and appsec to detection engineering and digital forensics—with practical engineering skills that let him pick up new technology rapidly. As author of A Guide to Modern Cyber Resilience and creator of the NV LLM Scanner, he’s also pushing security assessment into AI/LLM risk discovery. Known for practitioner-led programs with no hand-offs, he translates technical findings into board-level risk narratives while prioritizing empathy and clear communication. Based in Michigan, Simone balances tactical red-team rigor with strategic vCISO guidance to help teams prevent breaches before they happen.
1 year of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Michigan-Dearborn
Highschool courses, IT, Highschool courses, IT at Churchill Career Technical Center
Associate's degree, Computer and Information Systems, Associate's degree, Computer and Information Systems at Schoolcraft College