Vlad Usatii

founder, usatii media | csec research, compsci @ rit

Rochester, New York, United States

About

I'm a Junior at Rochester Institute of Technology, studying computer science and doing graduate research in program analysis and software security. I run one of the largest marketing agencies in the USA by view and follower volume 📈 Clients include Gamma, Airbo, Rebuildit, 150+ more. I'm currently building thrum.sh to help financial systems develop robust cybersecurity protections. Now accepting enterprise design partners working on Ethereum! Developed @onlocklearning's first learning platform 🔥 I'm a BTC full-coiner and run a mini-HFT firm for fun. 🌟 Things I love: Entrepreneurship, machine learning, program analysis. Business: vlad(at)usatii(dot)com.

Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant at RIT ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    * first-author of a manuscript that surfaces a novel exploitable bug class * state-of-the-art in DoS tooling

  • Founder at Usatii Media
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    * first we built social media content pipelines, worked with over 25 influencers and 100 businesses * now we build enterprise software to help businesses replace expensive software subscriptions

  • AI Strategy Consultant at AlphaSights
    Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 · 2 mos

    * project-based consulting engagement with leaders in my field

  • Technical Lead at onlock
    Jan 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    * iterated on the AI edtech platform 3 times * generated a few thousand in sales before parting ways

  • Social Media Strategist at Gamma
    Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    * an experiment with the CEO to grow his personal brand on social media