Jon specializes in formal methods within computer science, with particular focus on program analysis, verification, synthesis, and security applications.

As a PhD candidate at UT Austin within the UToPiA Group, Jon has contributed published research and created tools addressing smart contract security and ZK protocols, including SmartPulse and Zequal.

Previously, Jon earned both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Arizona. There, his research encompassed malware detection evasion, exception based control transfer analysis, covert channels, static analysis for covert collusion detection, and dynamic analysis focusing on interpreter optimization across multiple languages.

In his role at Veridise, Jon has conducted security audits across diverse protocols spanning smart contracts, blockchain implementations, and ZK circuits. His client portfolio includes RISC Zero, Succinct, Semaphore, vLayer, and Ankr.