🌟 Founder of iVenza | Penetration Tester | Cybersecurity Consultant | Mentor | Speaker | Educator | Professional Mixed Martial Artist

🔗 sedric.co · LinkedIn · iVenza · SUSO Security

With over 13 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, IT solutions, and project management, I specialize in designing and implementing security programs from the ground up. My passion lies in bridging the gap between technical expertise and strategic goals, empowering organizations to achieve robust, scalable, and automated security solutions.

Today I wear two hats: I'm Director of Penetration Testing in CLA's (CliftonLarsonAllen) Cybersecurity Consulting practice, where I lead the team that breaks into companies' systems on purpose to find the weak spots before criminals do, and I'm the founder and developer of iVenza, an all-sport training and gym-management platform. I break software for a living and build it on nights and weekends.

• Director of Penetration Testing in the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen).
• Founder of iVenza - iVenza means "I conquer." The name is a promise to the people who use it: every athlete deserves one connected record of their athletic life - skills, training, strength, nutrition, weight, recovery, and competitions - instead of five disconnected apps and a notebook. And every coach, club, team, school, and gym deserves tools that put the athlete first instead of admin-first software that bills the owner and ignores the roster. So iVenza is built for both sides at once, on one loop: the athlete logs, the coach sees, the coach acts, the athlete performs. It works for every sport from day one - combat sports, ball and team sports, endurance, and strength - it works offline, it speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and your data stays yours: you choose what to share, category by category, and you can export everything whenever you want.
• Founder of Show Up Show Out Security's Cybersecurity Mentorship and Training Program (CMTP), a platform to empower aspiring and practicing professionals. Our mission is to give aspiring cybersecurity professionals the guidance, skills, and knowledge to succeed in a field that is notoriously hard to enter, through personalized mentorship, a real career plan, hands-on training, and a community that does not disappear when the course ends. - Show Up Show Out Security - Cybersecurity Mentorship and Training Program (CMTP)
• Found 100+ security flaws nobody knew about in real, shipping products, and reported every one of them so they could be fixed before attackers got there first. Publicly credited for 15+ of those findings in the official record the security industry keeps of known vulnerabilities (CVEs).
• Led security projects, both attacking systems to prove where they break, and defending them.
• Building software that serves the world for the better

iVenza is an offline-first training and gym-management platform for every sport - combat sports, team and ball sports, endurance, strength, and individual athletes - plus the coaches, gyms, schools, and promotions who train them.

It grew out of my own training. I wanted the technique I drilled on Tuesday, the round I lost on Saturday, and the weight I cut in between to live in one place that I owned. So I built it.

For athletes: a technique and skill library, training and strength sessions, runs with GPS, nutrition and weight, sleep and recovery, film review with timestamped coach notes, competitions and camps, and progress you actually own and can export.

For coaches, gyms, and schools: roster and attendance, class scheduling and reservations, memberships and billing, digital waivers, payments and point of sale, lesson plans, analytics, and athlete communication.

Built to work where athletes actually are: it runs offline. Local SQLite is the runtime store and it syncs when signal comes back, because mats, fields, and weight rooms have terrible reception.

• Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, C#, Ruby

• Penetration Testing (Web / Mobile / APIs / Cloud / Network)
• Vulnerability Management
• Security Automation & Orchestration
• Threat Hunting & Incident Response
• Network Architecture & Security
• Web Application Security
• Mobile Application Security (Android / iOS)
• Digital Forensics
• API Security
• IoT Security
• Cloud Security (Azure / GCP / AWS /vSphere)
• Governance, Risk, and Compliance
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Reverse Engineering (Web / Mobile / APIs / Malware)
• Secure System Design and Software Development
• Threat Modeling
• AI LLM Security
• Binary Security

• Certifications: Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, Cloud+, Network+, CCNA, CISSP, CASP+
• 15+ IT & Cybersecurity Certifications

Want to know where your systems break before someone else finds out? That is the job. My team and I get hired to attack an organization the way a real attacker would - its apps, its cloud, its network, its people - and then hand over exactly what we found and how to fix it.

We work with organizations of every size.

Bring a scope, a deadline, or just a question.

• iVenza: an offline-first, all-sport platform for athletes, coaches, gyms, and schools - built solo, end to end.
• Cybersecurity Mentorship and Training Program (CMTP): Helping individuals transition into cybersecurity with hands-on training and career coaching.
• Automation Tools for Security Orchestration: Developing scripts and platforms that simplify repetitive tasks and improve efficiency in vulnerability management.
• Zero-Day Research: Continuous exploration of vulnerabilities in enterprise systems and IoT devices.

I'm always open to collaborating on cybersecurity projects, mentorship opportunities, or innovative tech solutions. Whether you're an individual looking to enter the field or an organization seeking expertise, let's connect!

• Website: sedric.co
• LinkedIn: Sedric Louissaint
• iVenza: ivenza.app
• Book a cyber consultation: CLA Cybersecurity Consulting
• Instagram: @showupshowout
• Twitter: @Sedric____
• Email: help@susos.co
• Youtube: @showupshowout

• I'm a Jiu-Jitsu brown belt(soon to be black :) and mixed martial artist who's embracing the art of perseverance.
• I enjoy mentoring and building a community of future cybersecurity leaders.
• I build iVenza the way I train: from the inside.
• My mission: To show up, show out, and empower others to do the same!