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James "Jimmy" Ririe

Software Engineer

HII

Roanoke, VA

Bio

Jimmy is a security researcher and amateur technomancer. He enjoys solving and writing CTF challenges, which he did for RUSecureCTF and SummitCTF. Moreso, he enjoys figuring out how things work and sharing his findings with others, which he did as president of Radford University's Cyber Defense Club and as a speaker at BSides Roanoke 2024. He graduated Magna cum Laude from Radford University in 2024 and works as a software engineer at HII.

When not concerning himself with cybersecurity, he enjoys walking, hiking, kayaking, and rafting in the Roanoke area.