Eric Dust — Resume

Professional Summary

Full-stack engineer, infrastructure operator, and serial founder with 20+ years across military/DoD, enterprise, and entrepreneurial environments. Ships production systems end to end: self-hosted AI on private GPU hardware — deploying open models (Claude & OpenAI APIs, open-weight LLMs, Stable Diffusion XL, Qwen3-VL) and building custom multi-persona assistants and RAG systems grounded in a proprietary engineering knowledge base; Solana/EVM blockchain engineering (Token-2022 launches, on-chain escrow/settlement, a proprietary 22-chain market-data indexer); and high-availability web platforms on a server fleet running hybrid post-quantum key exchange (NTRU Prime + X25519). U.S. Navy/DoD background supporting 50+ T-6B flight-simulator training devices. Founder of DataGuys.co (2011), CrypTok, and MoonRaces — 100,000+ users served across 30+ projects.

AI Models & Systems

Public & open-source models

Anthropic Claude OpenAI GPT Open-weight LLMs (Ollama) Stable Diffusion XL Qwen3-VL vision

Custom & self-hosted systems

Multi-persona LLM assistant RAG over a proprietary knowledge base Context-engineered agentic pipelines img2img editing pipeline Private-GPU inference — zero cloud dependency

Deployed and operated on company-owned GPU hardware. Custom assistants are grounded in an internal documentation corpus (project runbooks, architecture notes, and engineering context) via retrieval-augmented generation, so answers reflect our own systems — not a generic model.

Professional Experience

Founder & Lead Developer 2011 – Present

DataGuys.co

Tucson, AZ / Corpus Christi, TX

Founded and operate a web hosting & IT services company: 315+ domains on company-owned enterprise servers (Chicago datacenter) behind the Cloudflare edge, with a multi-server DirectAdmin fleet
Rebuilt the platform in 2026 (Next.js 15) as full e-commerce — Stripe subscriptions + PayPal, webhook-reconciled, with coupons, invoices, and refunds — plus an automated billing lifecycle (renewal invoicing, dunning, grace-period auto-suspend via the DirectAdmin API, pay-on-any-rail auto-unsuspend) and zero-touch provisioning: paid order → DirectAdmin account created and credentials emailed
Launched an in-house domain registrar via the Cloudflare Registrar API: live availability, registry-authoritative pricing, a margin-safe pricing engine, and a domain ledger with renewal billing
Built a support desk (email-to-ticket IMAP ingestion, SLA timers, CSAT), a client panel, and an admin panel with P&L, MRR, forecasting, and an activity audit log
Run the on-site MSP line — networks, servers, cabling, Wi-Fi, cameras, M365/Zoho, MDM + mobile security, cybersecurity audits, endpoint protection — plus website design (incl. WordPress) with care plans and SEO

Founder & Lead Developer Dec 2025 – Present

CrypTok (cryptok.me)

Corpus Christi, TX

Architected and operate a full-stack production social platform (Next.js + React + Node 22, PM2 cluster, MariaDB, Cloudflare CDN) for 1,500+ users with zero-downtime deploys, nightly R2 backups, a Cloudflare load balancer, automated DNS failover, and a hot-standby GTID-replicated database
Launched cryptok.ai on company-owned GPU hardware with no cloud-AI dependency — a multi-persona LLM assistant (5 personas on a shared open-weight base), Stable Diffusion XL image generation, an SDXL img2img editing pipeline, and Qwen3-VL vision; grounded in a proprietary knowledge base via RAG and hardened against abuse (free-use gating, open-proxy/IP-forgery lockdown)
Launched $CRYPTOK on Solana Token-2022 — 1.3B supply, 0% transfer tax for in-app tipping, 6% buy/sell tax with 3% auto-reflections to 460+ holders — powering payments and wallet-verified DAO voting with automated finalization
Built a proprietary on-chain indexer spanning 22 chains (Solana + EVM L1/L2 + non-EVM): 22,000+ pools, 18,000+ tokens, 15M+ price snapshots, real-time WebSocket swap stream, 15-second hot ticker — eliminating all third-party market-data dependencies
Shipped a public Developer API: 28 v1 endpoints (prices, pools, OHLCV, swaps, holders, lending, TVL, NFTs, stablecoins, Bitcoin), tiered API keys hashed at rest, OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Swagger playground
Released native iOS (Swift/SwiftUI, CallKit VoIP push, Universal Links) and Android (Kotlin, FCM, Phantom deep-linking) apps with CodeMagic and Play Console CI/CD
Implemented E2E-encrypted messaging (ECDH), Agora audio/video calls with CallKit, a Socket.IO real-time layer, and a live-streaming pipeline (RTMP/OBS ingest via mediamtx, server-side ffmpeg recording to R2, gated replays, viewer presence, ban/mute propagation)
Unified multi-rail payments (Stripe, PayPal, on-chain $CRYPTOK) in a single treasury ledger with automated webhook reconciliation; plus creator subscriptions, token-gated chats, a 35-filter media editor, and CrypTok Sentinel, a multi-tenant Telegram bot (anti-raid, CAPTCHA, live buy/sell alerts) across 6 groups

Professional Experience (continued)

Founder & Lead Developer Jul 2026 – Present

MoonRaces (moonraces.com)

Corpus Christi, TX

Built a multiplayer Unity WebGL racing game with real SOL staked wagers; settled the first cross-device staked race on-chain with a live Solana mainnet transaction
Developed the on-chain escrow/settlement program, a money-conserving settlement engine (largest-remainder distribution), and a server-authoritative game server with anti-cheat resets
Implemented Phantom wallet deep-linking incl. iOS universal-link flow, plus mobile fullscreen/landscape handling

Senior IT & Cybersecurity Specialist Feb 2025 – Sep 2025

Dirt Rocks

Corpus Christi, TX

Led IT and cybersecurity operations for 85+ devices across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android
Implemented MDM with Apple Business Management for enterprise policy enforcement; managed Microsoft 365, Zoho, VoIP, and multi-location ISPs
Configured firewalls, security protocols, vehicle cameras, and LTS camera management systems

Lead Site Technical Support Specialist Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

U.S. Navy – Department of Defense

Corpus Christi, TX

Built and maintained 50+ Immersive Training Devices (ITDs) for T-6B pilot training flight simulators
Deployed AI-powered Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications systems for realistic training scenarios
Managed Dell R350/R360 servers, Cisco/Aruba networking, VR hardware, and multi-OS environments
Administered Active Directory, DNS, PDQ Deploy/Inventory, Hyper-V, and ACAS vulnerability scanning
Trained Navy flight instructors and pilots on simulator systems; supervised junior technicians; authored technical documentation and SOPs

Team Lead – Facility Operator 2023

Sabre56 Cryptocurrency Mining Facility

Corpus Christi, TX

Installed and configured 1,598+ ASIC Bitcoin miners in containerized environments
Managed fiber optics, CAT5/6 cabling, industrial power distribution, and site reporting

Independent Operator – Cryptocurrency Mining 2020 – 2022

Tucson, AZ

Designed and operated a 74-rig mining farm (GPU/CPU/ASIC) with HiveOS and Minerstat
Mined BTC, ETH, XMR, RVN, and managed Helium IoT miners and 5G repeaters

Independent Contractor – Custom PC Builds & IT Support 2005 – Present

Tucson, AZ / Corpus Christi, TX

Built hundreds of professional, consumer, and gaming PCs; provide ongoing desktop/server support

Technical Skills

AI / LLMs Claude & OpenAI APIs, open-weight LLMs (Ollama), LLM agents, prompt & context engineering, AI-assisted/agentic development

Custom AI Systems Multi-persona assistants, RAG over private knowledge bases, SDXL image gen + img2img, Qwen3-VL vision, private GPU inference

Post-Quantum Crypto Hybrid PQ KEX (NTRU Prime + X25519) in production, NIST ML-KEM/ML-DSA migration, crypto-agility audits

Blockchain Solana Token-2022, on-chain programs, 22-chain indexing, wallet deep-linking, DeFi/DEX APIs, DAO voting

Development JavaScript/TypeScript, Next.js, React, Node.js, PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, REST APIs, WebSockets/Socket.IO, ffmpeg, Agora, RTMP/OBS

Mobile Dev Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin, CallKit, FCM push, Universal Links, CodeMagic CI/CD

Systems Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu, Active Directory, PM2/systemd, Synology

Networking TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, VPN, Cloudflare load balancing, Cisco/Aruba

Security ACAS, PDQ Deploy, SentinelOne, MDM, vulnerability scanning, DDoS mitigation

Virtualization Hyper-V, VMware, Docker, DirectAdmin, cPanel, XCP-ng

Key Projects

Certifications CompTIA A+ MCSE OSHA-10

DataGuys.codataguys.co

Hosting & IT services — automated billing, in-house domain registrar

CrypTokcryptok.me

Crypto social platform — live streaming, E2E messaging, self-indexed market data

cryptok.aicryptok.ai

Self-hosted AI on private GPU — LLM chat, SDXL image gen, vision, RAG

MoonRacesmoonraces.com

Solana staked-wager Unity racer — on-chain escrow, mainnet settlement

XRaces0data.net

Browser racing game — 8 levels, AI opponents, mobile touch controls

h4ck0r.comh4ck0r.com

Interactive security playground — terminal, hashing, OSINT tools