Team
Leadership and student contributors advancing HaCKSEE from funded research into a commercial platform.
Robert A. Karam, PhD
Founder / Technical Advisor
- Associate Professor, USF Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing
- 10+ years in hardware security research
- $1M+ in federal and state grants for hardware security education and research
Diana Shapiro
CEO (Acting)
- USF Executive in Residence - IP Commercialization & Venture Development
- 23+ years as a tech CEO, COO, and CRO
- Business strategy, IP commercialization, startup formation, and operations
Research Foundation
HaCKSEE emerged from NSF-funded research at the University of South Florida. The underlying technology was developed through that research effort and is now being transitioned into a commercial platform.
Student Team
The builders behind the platform
Samir Ahmed
Hardware Engineer
Ahmed Ghoneim
Firmware / DevOps
Benjamin Gipalo
Infrastructure
ME
Mohamed Eltonamly
Platform Analytics
JG
Jamie Giarratana
Observability
Michelle McAveety
Embedded Programming
Rylan Pietras
Embedded Programming