Meet the Team

Meet the expert instructors, formative advisors, and founders at APIsec University!
Our team of seasoned cybersecurity professionals brings real-world experience and cutting-edge knowledge to help you master API security.

Our Instructors

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Jason Harmon

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CTO at Stoplight

As CTO of Stoplight, Jason Harmon oversees a world-class engineering team seeking to solve the software industry’s API design problems.

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Corey Ball

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Senior Manger,
Pentesting at Moss Adams

The author of Hacking APIs, and founder of APIsec University, Corey has emerged as one of the leading experts in API security.

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Dan Barahona

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Head of Growth at APIsec

Dan brings over 20 years of cybersecurity experience with executive leadership roles at APIsec, Qualys, Anomali, ArcSight and others.

Shaked Edri, Data Analyst Team Lead, Upstream Security

Shaked Edri

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Data Analyst Team Lead, Upstream Security

Shaked is an experienced data analyst and product manager with 7 years of expertise. She thrives on tackling complex data-driven challenges, especially in the automotive and smart mobility field.

Tom Kaplan, Data Analyst Team Lead, Upstream Security

Tom Kaplan

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Data Analyst Team Lead, Upstream Security

Tom, with over 7 years of experience in data analytics and cybersecurity, leads a team of data analysts. His passion is analysing data to enhance cybersecurity, particularly in the connected vehicle realm.

Anthony Aragues

Anthony Aragues

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Head of APIsec Labs

Anthony has a 20+ year career in Security for government, enterprise and small companies.
He brings security knowledge from a well rounded perspective of being an active developer, security researcher and support for customers in the field.

Our Advisory Board

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Raj Umadas

Director of Security
at ActBlue
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Alex Savage

Head of Integrations
at Advanced
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Gabrielle Botbol

Offensive Security Advisor at Desjardins
Ads Dawson, Senior Security Engineer at Cohere

Ads Dawson

Senior Security Engineer at Cohere

Our Founders

Meet Dan
Meet Corey
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Dan Barahona

We created APIsec University to provide much-needed API security training - and to build a community for current, and aspiring, cyber professionals."

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Dan Barahona

Dan brings over 20 years of cybersecurity experience with executive leadership roles at APIsec, Qualys, Anomali, ArcSight and others. He’s led Product Development, Sales teams, and Marketing at startups and publicly traded companies. Dan co-founded APIsec University with Corey Ball in 2022 to help develop a new army of API security defenders. He earned engineering degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic and Cornell University, and an MBA from University of Michigan.

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Corey Ball

API Security Expert

You can design an API you think is ultra-secure, but if you don't test it, then a cybercriminal somewhere is going to do it for you."

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Corey Ball

Corey Ball has emerged as one of the leading experts in API security and is the author of Hacking APIs. Corey is a cybersecurity consulting manager at Moss Adams, where he leads its penetration testing services. He has over ten years of experience working in IT and cybersecurity across several industries, including aerospace, agribusiness, energy, financial tech, government services, and healthcare.