Riccardo Nannini is a Security Engineer at Anvil Secure since February 2023 and an OWASP Member since June 2023. Involved in Lead The Future Mentorship as a mentee since September 2022, Nannini is among the select Italian students to receive guidance from high-impact mentors in STEM. Nannini has previously contributed as a Graduate Hourly and Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago, enhancing vulnerability detection frameworks and discovering 0-day vulnerabilities. Nannini has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago and degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, complemented by a cybersecurity training program through CyberChallenge.IT.