DAVID PETRIE

// 00 · PROFILE & FOCUS

Systems architecture, market microstructure, and high-throughput distributed networks.

Co-Founder @ PixelLabz RPC · Former InfoSec Intern @ NodeStop LLC · Penn State ETI & Cybersecurity. Designing and maintaining low-latency execution engines, non-consensus validator RPC fabrics, and threat hunting telemetry pipelines.

// 01 · CONNECT & CHANNELS

Direct Email dvp5782@psu.edu ↗ LinkedIn /in/gender ↗ GitHub /petriedavid ↗

// 02 · VERIFIED SYSTEMS & ARCHITECTURAL IMPLEMENTATIONS

sync // KXBTC15M

Institutional Kalshi 15-Minute Bitcoin Binary Quantitative Trading Architecture

QUANT & MICROSTRUCTURE

Closed-form microstructure pricing architecture rejecting curve-fit multi-strategy ensembles: Synthetic BRTI Lead-Lag Replication across Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp with 60-Second Settlement TWAP Pinning Arbitrage, sub-millisecond execution routing, and SHA-256 tamper-evident cryptographic trade logging.

Live Win Rate // PF 81.8% // 2.14 PF

Realized Session PnL +$110.52 USD (Kalshi)

Gateway Latency 11ms End-to-End

Hardware Clock Sync Azure PTP < 5μs

Audit Integrity SHA-256 Chained WAL

Order Dispatch < 1ms Low-Latency

Python 3.11 FastAPI (100ms) React 18 TimescaleDB Azure SR-IOV Quarter-Kelly

PixelLabz Global RPC Mesh

High-Throughput Non-Consensus Node Mesh on Solana & Aptos

DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE

Co-architected non-consensus RPC network on Solana and Aptos across 15+ bare-metal servers in the U.S., Germany, and Singapore with Yellowstone gRPC streaming. Sustained 1,000 RPS per node per user with 0s landing time (same-block transaction inclusion) and 99.99% service uptime.

Highest Volume 8M+ Transactions/Day

Throughput Ceiling 1,000 RPS per User per Node

Transaction Landing 0s (Same Block)

Active Users & Mesh 4k+ Users · 15+ Nodes

Node Availability 99.99% Uptime

Funding Generated ~$180,000+

Solana Aptos Yellowstone gRPC 1,000 RPS 0s Landing Bare-Metal Linux

NodeStop Security Infrastructure

Information Security Analyst Intern — Threat Hunting & Deep Packet Telemetry

CYBER DEFENSE

Real-time network traffic analysis and raw packet inspection using Snort IDS and Wireshark. Performed enterprise penetration testing, credential fuzzing exercises with Nmap, Nessus, and Hydra, and active threat mitigation across production endpoints.

Intrusion Detection Snort IDS & Wireshark

Recon & Fuzzing Nmap · Nessus · Hydra

Traffic Analysis Deep Packet Inspection

Defense Playbook Active Threat Mitigation

Snort IDS Wireshark Penetration Testing Nmap Nessus SIEM

// 03 · ACADEMIC FOUNDATION

The Pennsylvania State University — University Park, PA

B.S. in Enterprise Technology Integration & Cybersecurity Operations & Analytics

Focus on systems architecture, distributed systems & blockchain invariants, operating systems principles, AI & machine learning, cyber threat analytics, network security, and database management.