Jacob Masse

About

Cybersecurity and IT operations leader with 6+ years building, securing, and scaling production platforms. Head of Operations at a security startup, owning delivery, reliability, and compliance across distributed engineering teams while remaining hands-on in architecture and risk decisions. Founder with experience taking production systems from design through acquisition. Certified Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, and eCPPT professional.

Experience

• Head of Technical Operations · Humera, Inc10-01-2025 – 04-30-2026

  ● Directed a team of 15 in the technical execution of passive human-verification and anti-bot detection systems. ● Secured and managed over $200K in cloud infrastructure partnerships with major providers. ● Stood up SOC 2 compliance program from scratch, leading to successful certification across 76 controls. ● Developed our internal security program from scratch, leading to the discovery and remediation of 50+ vulnerabilities. ● Owned the operational readiness of core platform components, achieving 99.9% uptime and sub-100ms latency.

• Technical Project Manager · Humera, Inc06-01-2025 – 10-01-2025
• Founder · TrazTech04-01-2022

  ● Built and scaled a bootstrapped cloud server hosting initiative to $13,000 MRR in one quarter ● Built and led project-specific teams of up to 10 across 20+ global client engagements spanning cybersecurity, infrastructure, and software development ● Advised clients on security strategy, vulnerability management, and infrastructure hardening, translating technical risk into actionable remediation ● Developed and launched AttackEngine, an anti-DDoS SaaS platform featuring real-time attack detection, traffic fingerprinting, and multi-channel alerting. Acquired within one year of launch

• Technical Consultant · Lorikeet Security08-01-2023 – 06-30-2025
• Lead Application Security Engineer · Lorikeet Security07-01-2022 – 08-01-2023

  ● Led application security across a live cybersecurity training platform serving 5,000+ users, owning vulnerability triage, remediation, and secure architecture decisions across the SDLC ● Identified and remediated 20+ vulnerabilities through static and dynamic analysis, penetration testing, and hands-on assessment across web applications, APIs, and server infrastructure

• Managing Full Stack Developer · Lorikeet Security01-01-2022 – 07-01-2022

  ● Designed and deployed intentionally vulnerable CTF challenge environments, including XXE, IDOR, and cryptography labs, building realistic attack scenarios for hands-on security training ● Supported 3+ live CTF events as the technical safety net while resolving critical issues in real time, scaling infrastructure for traffic spikes, and maintaining platform integrity under competition conditions

• Technical Support Specialist · Rift Hosting01-01-2021 – 02-28-2022

  ● Resolved technical issues across Windows and Linux VPS environments, covering networking, configuration, and performance

Education

• Western Governors UniversityBachelor of Science in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance, Cybersecurity & Information Assurance

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