Bob Vasic bobvasic

🚀 Currently: AI-Native CTO & Founder @ Raptor Labs.dev
🧠 Building: Agentic systems, secure software, and operator-grade products
🔐 Focus: Security architecture, OSINT, fraud analysis, and blockchain forensics
🏗️ Stack: Full-stack engineering, cloud delivery, AI workflows, and automation
🌊 Edge: Field operations, marine systems context, and high-trust environments

AI-Native CTO • Security Architect • Founder-Operator

Building high-trust AI systems, secure software, and production-ready platforms where engineering, security, and execution must align.

🔥 Security Credentials & Specializations

🛡️ Certification Matrix

🏆 Industry Memberships

🤿 Scuba

🎖️ Core Security Domains

OSINT & threat intelligence — advanced reconnaissance, fraud analysis, and investigative workflows
Purple team operations — integrated offensive and defensive security testing
Incident response — triage, containment, forensics, and recovery support
Penetration testing — adversarial validation and attack-surface review
Security architecture — Zero Trust, system hardening, and resilient design
Blockchain forensics — tracing, analysis, and Web3 investigative support

💻 Technology Stack & Platforms

Systems Programming & Core Languages

Application Development

Cloud, Infrastructure & Delivery

Data, Databases & Analytics

AI & Automation Tooling

Web3 & Advanced Tooling

📊 Operating Profile

AI-native product engineering | Agentic systems design     | Security architecture
OSINT & fraud analysis       | Blockchain forensics       | Incident response
Full-stack delivery          | Cloud infrastructure       | Production systems
Founder-operator execution   | SaaS and platform builds   | Workflow automation
High-trust environments      | Adversarial thinking       | Practical AI deployment

🌟 Ventures & Platforms

🦖 Raptor Labs	🔐 CyberLink Security
🛡️ WatchGuard Solutions	🚀 SolMint

Industry Coverage

🧬 Big Pharma
_{Enterprise security architecture}

🎓 Higher Education
_{Academic systems security}

🏭 Industrial Automation
_{PLC and robotic systems}

🛒 Retail Technology
_{Automation and analytics}

🎓 Professional Development & Research

📚 Education, research, and continuous learning

University & Academic Collaborations

🇭🇰 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology — React architecture and software delivery
🇺🇸 University of Maryland — cybersecurity methodologies
🇺🇸 Meta/Facebook — social media security and digital systems
🇮🇪 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) — medical information systems security

AI, Cloud & Platform Development

IBM Watson AI Platform — machine learning applications
Google Cloud — enterprise platform and security architecture
Google AI Pro Program — applied AI development and integration
Anthropic Claude API — LLM implementation and workflow design
Microsoft Azure Security — cloud security fundamentals

Specialized Security Training

Purple Team Operations — integrated adversarial security testing
OSINT — investigative collection and analysis workflows
Blockchain Forensics — cryptocurrency tracing and investigative support
Zero Trust Implementation — resilient system design and access control
Marine Electronics Security — underwater communications and navigation systems

Diving & Marine Systems

SSI Science of Diving — physics, physiology, and marine environment
PADI Rescue Diver — emergency response and water safety leadership
SSI Master Diver — advanced technical diving and underwater navigation
Marine Electronics — communication systems and subsea technology

🏆 Memberships & Recognition

💡 Engineering Principles

Build for trust, ship with clarity, and align technical decisions with real-world business risk.

Core Principles

Security by design — architecture should reduce attack surface before controls are layered on later
Operational clarity — systems must be observable, maintainable, and easy to reason about under pressure
Adversarial thinking — resilience improves when designs are tested against realistic misuse and abuse paths
Business alignment — engineering choices should improve speed, trust, and measurable outcomes
Practical AI use — apply AI where it increases signal, reduces manual load, and improves execution

📞 Secure Communication Channels

🔐 PGP Key Available | 🛡️ Signal Messenger | 🔒 End-to-End Encrypted Communications

Active Ventures

🏊‍♂️ Marine Technology & Underwater Systems

🌊 Diving Qualifications

Advanced diving specializations:

🚁 Rescue diver operations — emergency response and field readiness
🔬 Science of diving — physics, physiology, and marine environment
🏊‍♂️ Master diver qualification — advanced navigation and underwater competency
📡 Underwater communications — marine electronics and navigation context
📸 Underwater documentation — survey, inspection, and field capture workflows

Technical Applications

🛰️ Subsea communications security — underwater networks and field communications
📍 Navigation systems — maritime positioning and operational tracking
🌊 Oceanographic sensors — environmental monitoring systems
🔋 Power management — battery systems and remote energy constraints
📶 Satellite communications — offshore and remote connectivity workflows

Differentiator

The combination of cybersecurity, systems thinking, and diving operations creates a practical edge in marine technology, underwater communications, and maritime infrastructure security.

Current Focus

I build and secure high-trust systems where architecture, AI, and execution must align.

AI-native products — agentic workflows, automation layers, and operator-facing software
Secure software architecture — SaaS, platforms, and production-ready systems
Applied cybersecurity — Zero Trust, purple team operations, and defensive engineering
Investigations & intelligence — OSINT, fraud analysis, and blockchain forensics
Founder-operator execution — rapid delivery, clear scope, and commercial relevance

⚡ Powered by Innovation • Secured by Experience • Driven by Excellence ⚡
🌊 From Ocean Depths to Digital Heights • Exploring Every Frontier 🚀

🚀 Open to high-trust engineering, security, and product-build partnerships