Last updated November 2026. A PDF version is available on request.

Education

Colegiul National Constantin Carabella, Targoviste, Romania
High School, Mathematics and Computer Science, 2023 – present

Skills

  • Security: binary exploitation, reverse engineering, cryptography, web exploitation, digital and memory forensics, threat detection.
  • Tooling: pwntools, GDB/pwndbg, IDA Pro, Ghidra, SageMath, Wireshark.
  • Networking: Cisco routing and switching, NAT, QoS, VPN technologies, network security.
  • Programming: Python, C, C++, Java, C#.
  • Systems: Linux (Kali, Arch), Windows.

Volunteering

European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC) 2026, Bochum, Germany
Volunteer, October 2026

  • Supported the organisation of Europe’s flagship national-team cybersecurity competition.
  • Assisted participating teams and staff during the on-site event.

Projects

The Polygon

  • Virtual workspace for learning cybersecurity through courses, CTF challenges and attack/defense scenarios.

Romania Cyber Security Challenge, Bootcamp 2026

  • Authored hands-on challenges for the national training bootcamp.
  • Designed exercises across forensics, reverse engineering and exploitation.

Romania Cyber Security Challenge, Finals 2026

  • Authored and deployed challenges for the national finals.

Capture The Flag

2024 – present

  • Team leader of SelfwashRO, competing in national and international CTF competitions.
  • Competed in national and international events with teams Selfwash and vianu_hack.
  • Played Cydex 2026 with the team from the University of Bucharest.
  • Solved challenges in binary exploitation, reverse engineering, cryptography, web and forensics.
  • Multiple podium finishes, listed under Awards.

Certifications

YearCertification
2026Certified GRC Professional (CGRCP), Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
2025CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security and Automation, Cisco
2025CCNA: Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials, Cisco
2025CCNA: Introduction to Networks, Cisco
2025Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Protection, OPSWAT
2024Introduction to Cybersecurity, Cisco
2024Python (Advanced)

Conferences

  • DefCamp 2026, Bucharest. Central and Eastern Europe’s largest cybersecurity conference.
  • Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference 2026, Bucharest.
  • DefCamp 2025, Bucharest.
  • Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference 2025, Bucharest.

Awards

2026

  • Qualified for the finals of DefCamp CTF 2026.
  • OmniCTF 2026, 1st place, team SelfwashRO.
  • Qualified for the finals of the SANS CTF European Championship 2026.
  • National Cybersecurity Olympiad, 2nd place, grade 11 (10th overall).
  • UniVsThreats CTF, 2nd place, high school category, team SelfwashRO.
  • Electron Hackathon, 2nd place, team vianu_hack.
  • Qualified for the UNbreakable Romania finals, team Selfwash.
  • Challenge author, Romania Cyber Security Challenge bootcamp and finals.

2025

  • National CTF by HackenProof (supported by DIU), 7th place.
  • Chronos Security CTF, 2nd place, juniors.
  • Hands-on Cyber Defense Challenge, 2nd place.
  • DefCamp CTF (DCTF 2025 Teams), ranked 83/700.
  • Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference competition, 2nd place.
  • UniVsThreats CTF, 1st place, high school in-person.
  • Qualified for the National Cybersecurity Olympiad.
  • Qualified for the AcadNet National Olympiad of Applied Informatics.

2024

  • National Cybersecurity Olympiad, 2nd place.
  • UNbreakable Romania Teams, ranked 23/117.
  • UNbreakable Romania Individual, ranked 59/843.

Languages

  • Romanian, native.
  • English, C1 listening and reading, B2 speaking and writing.
  • French, A2 listening, reading and spoken interaction, A1 spoken production and writing.