Disrupting the penetration testing industry.
Saving our clients time and money and protecting their proprietary information.
The Red Sentry Story
With a background in hacking and detective work, our founders Alex and Valentina set out to bring a more offensive, modern approach to the outdated, tedious, and reactive process that’s surrounded pentesting for years.
Alex started his career as an ethical hacker, eventually working as a penetration tester, hacking into fortune 500 companies all day long. Valentina began her career as a police detective, assigned to a federal taskforce and eventually landing in cybercrimes.
Though different, these paths led Alex and Valentina towards a mutual frustration of the reactive nature of cyber-security and penetration testing, with so many companies spending millions of dollars just to play defense and respond to threats long after they surfaced.
This is why Alex invented the Red Sentry software platform, a tool that could help people take action before they were victim to a hack. Pairing this software with a team of seasoned pentesters, Red Sentry has created a hybrid approach that allows businesses to get a thorough pentest quickly, while also utilizing the Red Sentry software, to ensure year around security.
This new take on the pentesting process has allowed Red Sentry to establish itself as a new leader in the pentesting market, providing traditional pentests at a speed and cost never before seen in this space.
Meet our team
Valentina Flores
Valentina is a former detective on a federal task force that specialized in cybercrime, computer forensics, and criminal psychology. She’s currently CEO of Red Sentry, a member of Infragard, and a public speaker on cybercrime prevention and hacker psychology.
• Bachelor's Degree in Criminology at the University of Florida
• Master's in Business Management at Western Governors University
Living in South Florida, Valentina is involved in many local tech groups to help strengthen their tech ecosystem. She’s passionate about diversity in tech and loves speaking to women's groups about succeeding in this industry.• Infragard, South Florida Tech Hub, ProVisors. • Pentesting Innovator 2024 Recognition by GRC Outlook.
Spending time with her kids, rock climbing, puzzles, and competitions of any sort.
Robert Cooke
Throughout his career, Robert has held progressive leadership roles, currently serving as the Senior Director of Operations at Red Sentry. He excels in building scalable customer experience solutions, optimizing resource allocation, and driving improvements in key metrics.
• Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies with a minor in Software Engineering from Kennesaw State University.
• Associate of Science in Advanced Chemistry, University of South Carolina.
• Leadership Certificate Program at Kennesaw State University.
• Bob Lewis Leadership Certificate.
Spending time with his family, traveling, snow skiing, watersports, golf, and scuba diving.
Cris Oporto
Cris has worked with companies of all sizes, from start-ups to large corporations and renowned enterprises. He has taken on roles such as International Integration Architect, Service Delivery Manager, Search Engineer, and more. His main achievements include performance improvement and providing time-saving solutions for users. He also oversaw design aspects, facilitating integrations and creating intuitive interfaces. Since starting at Red Sentry, he has led various transformations, product additions, and improvements, including our new UI, scanner dashboard upgrades, and the Pentest as a Service MVP.
• Computer Science Engineering Bachelor’s Degree at Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USaCh)
• SAFe Agilist Master's Certification by Scaled Agile Inc.
15 years of experience in Software Development.
Animals (cats especially), reading, working out, cooking, music, movies and TV shows, and recycling.
Max Turner
Max began at Red Sentry as a contractor in June 2023, distinguishing himself through Social Engineering campaigns and attention to detail. Hired full-time as a Project Manager in early 2024, he was promoted to Senior Project Manager in May and Pentesting Lead by July, due to his strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.Before joining Red Sentry, Max gained diverse experience, including running a school and a prototyping/penetration testing business in Japan, and leading IT at a logistics firm in Washington, DC.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy at Johnson University
• Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering and Business at the University of Cumbria
Over a decade of experience across diverse fields such as education, cybersecurity, IT, and customer satisfaction.
Rock climbing, spending time at the beach with his family, taking his kids hiking, running, training, reading, and BBQs.
Helena Toze
Lena started off working in the film industry for a lot of renowned streaming platforms. She studied Educational Psychology in Brazil and switched to UX/UI Design at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her background in psychology influenced her curiosity for user experience and tech. She started at Rule 1 and worked with most of the portcos, overseeing the product design aspect.Lena is data-driven, customer-focused, and enjoys cross-team collabs. Fun fact: she won a hackathon last year!
UX/UI Design Course at Georgia Institute of Technology
UX/UI and Product Design
Hiking with her dog, traveling, adventure/murder mystery books and head-banging heavy metal.
Jenny Goldschmidt
Jenny’s background started in SaaS Solution consulting from freight software and then moved on to cybersecurity software and services. She studied Marketing at Auburn University and then moved to Atlanta, GA where she started working for Red Sentry as an Account Executive. She has been with us for over 3 years and has brought on over 400 clients.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Marketing at Auburn University Harbert College of Business.
• 6 years of experience in SaaS Solution consulting, freight software, and cybersecurity.
• Best ROI pitch award - ChannelPro
Reading, baking, and spending time with her dog and cat.
Matías Donnet
Matías has worked with Red Sentry for over 2 years. Oddly enough, he began his professional career as a tennis coach before transitioning to running a family business. With a college education in conference interpreting, he realized he could leverage his communication skills to foster new relationships, which ultimately shaped his journey in sales. Thanks to his help and expertise, we developed our channel and continue to grow our partnerships.
Simultaneous Interpretation Bachelor’s Degree at Universidad del Salvador.
• 3 years of experience in the Sales Representation department.
• 8 years of experience in Senior Administration and Client Relations.
Orange cats, outdoor walks with his dogs, reading, basking in existential dread, and playing all kinds of sports.
Aarya Gonzalez
We like to think of Aarya as Red Sentry’s hawk eye. She majored in Graphic Design and realized early on that she loved everything about the creative process. She’s a strategist through and through. Fun fact: before diving into Graphic Design and Marketing, she earned a scholarship for a 6-month Advanced Criminology and Forensic Science program in San Diego, California. This experience sparked her love for neuromarketing and later on, creative direction.
• Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree at UNNE - Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
• Digital Artistic Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree at DaVinci - Primera Escuela de Arte Multimedial
Influencer/Product Marketing and Creative Direction across diverse niches such as beauty, AI/tech and e-commerce (6 years and counting). •10 years of experience in the beauty industry, product development, market research, UX consulting and social media management.
Outdoor walks with her dog, figure skating, photography, reading, and cooking.
We've identified and addressed over 20,000 vulnerabilities.
Saving our clients time and resources by protecting their proprietary information.
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RedSentry, LLC was founded in 2020. Disclaimer RedSentry, LLC is not responsible for misuse of the platform, vulnerability scans should only be performed on companies with permission .
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