Hey, I'm Ilya
Secure AI & Access Systems | Designed, Built & Deployed for Production_
I help enterprise security teams and founder-led operators put secure AI and identity systems into production—internal gateways, privileged access, and automation that holds up under real operational and audit scrutiny.
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Years Experience
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Projects Completed
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Satisfied Clients
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Certifications
Key Achievements and
Recognition_
Youth Villages Lived Experience Impact Grant
Secured grant funding for the SUN Pathways AI platform development
CyberCincy Conference Speaker
Featured speaker at Cincinnati's largest AI community conference
Congressional Panelist
Testimony before a special congressional committee that drove bipartisan legislation to address inequities in foster youth communities
Guest Lecturer at Harvard University
Delivered a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School on the relationship between at-risk communities and access to technology
Ongoing:
KC Enterprise AI & Operations Platform3 months:
Optifacts Legacy System Modernization2 months:
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Jump Server4 months:
KC Fireflies Secure Meeting Bot3 months:
AI Gateway (Light LLM Proxy)
Security solutions customized to meet your requirements
Cloud Security & Infrastructure
Securing hybrid and cloud-native environments on Microsoft Azure with containerization, network segmentation, and robust security architectures.
Vulnerability Management & Compliance
Proactive vulnerability scanning, audit remediation, and compliance automation using tools like OpenVAS, NESSUS, and custom automation solutions.
Privileged Access Management
Designing and implementing secure jump servers and PAM solutions with session recording, LDAP integration, and multi-protocol support (SSH, RDP, VNC).
Legacy System Modernization
Modernizing legacy applications with containerization (Docker), API development (FastAPI), and load balancing to enhance reliability without full rewrites.
Security Automation
Automating security processes with Python, Power Automate, SharePoint, and Azure APIs to create centralized asset inventories and compliance dashboards.
AI Security & Ethics
Securing AI applications, implementing ethical AI practices, and providing thought leadership on LLM value systems and utility convergence for secure business solutions.
Excited to take on new projects and collaborate.
Let's chat about your ideas. Reach out!
+14 years of passion for cybersecurity & innovation
Luxottica
Mar 2024 - Present
The Conrad Group
Sep 2023 - Present
CJR
Jul 2023 - Mar 2024
Connecticut Children's
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022System Administrator
North American retail IT: partner with store operations, corporate IT, audit, and security stakeholders to ship integrated software platforms—generative AI, Azure automation, and audit-friendly operations for POS-adjacent systems.
- Built an internal agentic platform where AI chat connects to live tools, executes safely in Open Terminal, and publishes governed knowledge to KC-Wiki via MCP—LiteLLM gateway, Traefik/Podman stack, Azure inventory MCP, Guacamole, and Prometheus/Grafana for retail IT stakeholders
- Architected KC Fireflies, a TypeScript, Node.js, and Playwright automation on Azure Container Instances (about $0.30 per 90-minute meeting) with OpenAPI-backed transcript retrieval, routing to enterprise knowledge and planning systems, and traceable action items across Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom
- Delivered containerized Optifacts failover (Docker, Python/FastAPI), OpenVAS REST API integration (Java Spring Boot), and Apache Guacamole privileged-access POC meeting critical audit requirements
- Initiated on-demand vulnerability scanning with OpenVAS/Greenbone and automated Azure asset inventory (SharePoint, Power Automate, Azure Management API) for recurring multi-subscription visibility
- Delivered internal generative AI with a vendor-agnostic gateway and LDAP-backed Lux GPT, adding guardrails, cost controls, and Model Context Protocol tooling for live Azure discovery with ephemeral token handling and audit-ready reporting
Education
2021:
Central Connecticut State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS in Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare(Attended)
2019:
University of New HavenCyber Security & Networks in Cyber Security(Attended)
Graduated:
Farmington High SchoolHigh School Diploma in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Certifications
Certified:
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPTVanderbilt University
Certified:
Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber AttacksIBM
Certified:
Advanced Concepts in Cloud ArchitectureLinkedIn
Certified:
Building and Auditing a Cyber Security ProgramNational Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
My Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
Security
Development
AI & Automation
Integration
Other
