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Smart Hob

@smarthob

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I lead offensive AI security—building and breaking LLM/agent systems with product-grade workflows.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for teams that value judgment, speed, and depth over theatre—where offensive AI security meets product-grade delivery. I want to build scalable operator workflows and governance-driven tooling like SMART for real deployments.

I’m an OffensiveSecurityLead and Lead Security Consultant/Managing Director focused on AI redteaming, jailbreaks, prompt injection, tool abuse, and agent security. Over the last 10 years, I’ve worked across offensive security, adversarial AI, blockchain security, incident workflow/security response, and security product engineering—turning deep technical testing into usable product and consulting value.

My strongest work happens where “deep technical testing and product judgment need to meet.” I build operational security platforms like SMART (a multi-tenant AI redteam toolkit) and lead engagements spanning applications, APIs, cloud, infrastructure, and blockchain environments. I translate findings into decision-useful reports, governance/guardrails, and repeatable operator workflows—staying hands-on in architecture review, exploit design, tooling, and delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Security Consultant

Current

Halvsec

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Led AI security, offensive security, and blockchain security engagements, including architecture reviews and offensive testing for LLM and agent workflows. Managed a technical team while translating findings into reports and recommendations for engineering and leadership.

LLM Security Threat Led Offensive Testing Prompt Injection Mitigation Incident Response And Forensics Security Architecture Review

AI Security Contractor

Arm

Jan 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 3 months)

Advised on enterprise AI deployments and AI-assisted workflows for security, governance, and operational fit through security writing and security-focused reviews of copilots and connected LLM usage. Converted technical AI security findings into decision-ready materials for program and leadership stakeholders.

Security Reviews Copilot And Developer Tooling Assessment Prompt And Workflow Governance Blockchain Security Abuse Paths Access Drift Analysis Security Writing

Lead Offensive Security Eng

Hacken

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)

Performed offensive security audits across Web2, Web2.5, Web3, and AI-connected developer systems while contributing to a client security portfolio. Recognized as a department revenue leader for delivery and book contributions.

Web3 Security AI Connected System Testing Reverse Engineering

AI Security Podcast & Consulting

Independent Consulting

Jan 2017 - Jan 2023 (6 years)

Built depth across penetration testing, red teaming, reverse engineering, incident response/forensics, and blockchain security through independent consulting work. Helped introduce new security capabilities, including blockchain security services and custom security tooling.

Penetration Testing Red Teaming Reverse Engineering Incident Response Forensics Blockchain Security Security Consulting Threat Assessment