The Military, Helicopters and Cybersecurity with Carl Denis - #13

In this episode I talk to Carl Denis. Carl is a Cybersecurity Engineer. In the episode we talk about Carl’s experience growing up in Haiti, moving to the United States, joining the US Army, working as a helicopter repairer & crew chief, cloud computing, programming, cybersecurity and music recommendations. I hope you enjoy!

Haitian Non-Profit P4H Global: https://p4hglobal.org/

ARTICLES:
POWER OF AI: Wild predictions of power demand from AI put industry on edge: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/101623-power-of-ai-wild-predictions-of-power-demand-from-ai-put-industry-on-edge
Zero Trust Security Explained: Principles of the Zero Trust Model: https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/zero-trust-security/
The Attack on Colonial Pipeline: What We’ve Learned & What We’ve Done Over the Past Two Years: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/attack-colonial-pipeline-what-weve-learned-what-weve-done-over-past-two-years
The vast and sophisticated global enterprise that is Scam Inc (Pig butchering):https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/02/06/the-vast-and-sophisticated-global-enterprise-that-is-scam-inc
Google Voice for VOIP: https://workspace.google.com/products/voice/
ODIE on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odiexyz/?hl=en
ODIE on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aMIbwZQvP2MHPMVC5zCGj
Afrobeats playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EQqFPe2ux3rbj

CONNECT:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/

GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X:https://twitter.com/DolinayG

Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0

Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay

PODCAST:

Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824

Audible:https://www.audible.com/podcast/The-Aspiring-STEM-Geek/B0DC73S9SN?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp

iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8

|-Video Chapters-|

0:00 – Intro

1:15 – Growing up in Haiti

5:24 – The 2010 earthquake in Haiti

12:10 – Non-Profit in Haiti

13:35 – Moving to the United States

19:20 – Haitian Creole and Louisiana Creole

26:50 – Carl’s decision to join the US Army

35:01 – Carl’s experience working with helicopters

38:06 – The crew chief and pilot relationship

41:00 – The heaviest object Carl tied to a Black Hawk

42:46 – Being a door gunner

46:19 – Dealing with stressful flights

54:38 – Going to Arizona State University for IT & cyber security

56:24 – Carl joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

1:00:49 – Carl working on his first app

1:04:35 – Learning and using AI/ML

1:07:27 – Adrian’s app idea

1:10:05 – Cloud computing

1:15:37 – Services provided by cloud companies

1:17:31 – Zero Trust, a cyber security concept

1:19:02 – Common cloud compute misconfigurations

1:21:05 – Colonial pipeline hack

1:24:38 – Pig butchering and other cyber scams

1:28:15 – Entertaining the scammers

1:30:47 – Voice over IP (VOIP) is worth it

1:31:48 – The coolest places Carl visited while with the Army

1:35:07 – Music recommendations

1:39:17 – Conclusion