About Us
Kitsap Cyber Dojo is dedicated to empowering individuals in our community from all socio-economic backgrounds to gain confidence in old skills, acquire new skills, and to foster new opportunities for professional growth or the birth of a new future. Our mission is to bridge the gap between people who want to do, don’t think they can do, and people who can do. Together, we can build a brighter Kitsap.
Founders
Dustin and Jackie founded Kitsap Cyber Dojo because they came from impoverished backgrounds and want to support others.
Dustin used his self acquired technical skillset to build a successful career as a cybersecurity engineer.
Dustin started his own computer repair company during homelessness.
By overcoming new challenges often he built a solid IT skillset.
By learning application security Dustin was able to start at a web security firm, Whitehat Security.
Dustin used skills learned there to begin an information security journey at Rakuten USA.
Using this full arsenal of skills and tools Dustin worked for Coinbase and protected billions of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Dustin now keeps his skills for sharp by working for Vanta, a security and compliance company.
This is an opportunity for us to give back to the community and society.