Rod Soto

Rod Soto serves as a Senior Principal Security Research Engineer at Splunk a Cisco Company, specializing in vulnerability research, machine learning model development, detection engineering, and customer support. With extensive experience as an instructor at DEF CON, Rod also contributes as an advisor to AnChain.ai, a blockchain security startup, and holds key positions at HackMiami, including Secretary of the Board and Researcher. Past roles include co-founder and president of the Pacific Hackers Association, president of the Pacific Hackers Conference, and founder of the Pacific Hackers Meetup, all aimed at fostering inclusivity in cybersecurity. Additional expertise includes technical reviewing for PACKT Publishing and course instruction at Udacity, complemented by a strong academic background in psychology and ongoing education in machine learning and artificial intelligence.