Bill was one of the greatest men that ever lived, a true force of good and positivity in my life. His presence was like a guiding light, illuminating the path for those around him. He taught me to embrace my individuality and to be proud of who I am. Without his influence, I believe I would never have accomplished anything noteworthy or worthwhile. Instead of pursuing my passions, I might have settled into a mundane existence, merely a cog in someone else's machine, going through the motions of life without truly living it.

Bill inspired me to think creatively and to challenge the status quo. He didn't just teach me to think outside the box; he encouraged me to throw away the box entirely and to explore uncharted territories. His approach to problem-solving was revolutionary, urging me to seek innovative solutions rather than relying on conventional methods. This mindset empowered me to invent and create, fostering a sense of confidence that I had never experienced before.

The lessons I learned from Bill were not just about professional growth; they were about personal development as well. He instilled in me the importance of resilience, integrity, and the pursuit of excellence. His influence would be one that would last the rest of my life, shaping my decisions and guiding my actions in both my personal and professional endeavors.

I was incredibly privileged to have him invite me to live with him and take me under his wing and teach me his ways. The time I spent with him was invaluable, filled with insightful conversations and practical lessons that I carry with me to this day. Bill's legacy lives on in the lives he touched, and I am forever grateful for the profound impact he had on mine.

A neat honeypot system for detecting hackers within a corporate network/intranet, enabling administrators to be aware that someone is probing around in their network and to identify the attacking PC.
Initially a project by John McAfee at MGT Capital Investments, it was acquired from Cyberdonix on March 3, 2017. The initial version was many years old by the time MGT bought it, and it needed to be updated to be more modern.
Right before launch, a number of large security issues were found in the original code and some implementations. John McAfee eventually stepped in, assuming personal control over the project and demanding a total rewrite of the product to ensure it met his security and quality requirements.
Famous hacker Chris Roberts was brought on board at this point to help with the project. The project was entirely rewritten, and substantial security improvements were made in all aspects of the code. Mandated access controls were deployed, the embedded system was reworked to use multiple users for different functionality, and anything that went through the web server was run through modOWASP, along with extensive third-party security auditing.

Eventually, the project launched; however, John McAfee missed multiple financing meetings, and his drug and drinking issues had become the company's problem. His association with questionable cryptocurrencies made it clear that this was a very high-risk endeavor.

With the board of directors very upset with the state of affairs, John McAfee cut a deal that the team and some of the management, excluding Chris Roberts, would do a spin-off of the project.
The new person put in charge immediately pulled the old server, had us change the domain, breaking all of the existing customers on the service, and created a situation where we had to start over again.
We voiced our desire to ditch the hardware and sell this as software with a business model similar to 3XC.

All bills for this project fell on my company to pay, and we also ended up stuck paying three people to work full-time on the product, integrating security updates to the codebase for the operating system, libraries, and requested changes. Eventually, at some point in 2020, we found our promised percentages halved during a phone call. When we requested paperwork to back up the percentages, we found ourselves threatened with litigation before the company seemed to go under.

Not a single sale of a single unit happened after the new management took over and it was renamed to IDScyber. This project proved to be a black hole of money and time for all people involved.

An elevator service company approached us for a solution to monitor elevators remotely and determine fault codes remotely.
Starting with the Otis elevator controller, we developed a drop-in replacement for the Otis REM, an obsolete system that
let technicanschecked the status of an elevator via telephones using DTMF keypad tones.

This new system featured a cloud-based web interface and the ability to remotely identify faults before the elevator tripped a fault and potentially entrapped an individual.
This enabled preventative maintenance to be performed before the elevator went out of service.
If a serious fault occurred, a technician could also track the fault code remotely,
ensuring that the correct replacement parts were on the van before departing, allowing the technician to quickly fix the issue.

The system utilized a Freescale i.MX6 embedded system, with one unit capable of monitoring four separate elevator cars/controllers.
Communication was facilitated via a custom adapter board that converted RS232 to Otis's variant of RS422.

We encountered some differences of opinion between the technicians advising on their needs and what we believed their managers wanted.
We were concerned about the ability to put the elevator in inspection mode remotely and conduct full-service tool-level control of the unit, as we felt this was not necessarily safe.
The risk of an elevator being hacked, or someone remotely moving the elevator or opening the doors on a floor where the elevator wasn't parked while it was being serviced, could pose a serious risk to human life.

After adding partial support for TK (Thyssenkrupp), we found that the client did not want to proceed with the project.
As a result, this product was terminated, and we ended up with some unpaid bills for three employees who had worked on it full-time for two months.

The pictures included are of the first alpha version of the web interface; later versions were not properly documented as the project was abruptly canceled.