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SYS ADMIN / SOFTWARE DEV

Mark David Prado

System administrator and software developer. I build and run systems that are secure and reliable.

01 / ABOUT

About

I'm Mark David Prado, a system administrator and software developer. I build systems that are secure, reliable, and useful.

I co-founded TalaSora Prime, where I work on infrastructure, automation, and projects. I'm also the backend developer at GRIDGO, handling development and DevOps. I contribute to open source and play CTFs.

02 / NOW

Now

  1. 01

    Backend Developer

    GRIDGO

    Aug 2026 to Present

  2. 02

    Co-Founder

    TalaSora Prime

    Jun 2026 to Present

  3. 03

    Open Source Developer

    Self-employed

    Oct 2026 to Present

03 / PROJECTS

Projects

YanoLint website screenshot

A web programming platform with an LLM-integrated language server that flags code vulnerabilities in real time.

Capstone / May 2026

GRIDGO website screenshot

GRIDGO

P/02

Print-and-deliver, from your phone to your door.

Backend Developer (main developer, DevOps) / Aug 2026 to Present

TalaSora Prime website screenshot

We design, build, automate and host software.

Co-Founder / Jun 2026 to Present

04 / OPEN SOURCE

Open Source

online-go/

online-go.com on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

The web interface of Online-Go.com (OGS), a site for playing Go.

open-pencil/

open-pencil on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

An open-source design editor and Figma alternative.

05 / AWARDS

Awards

Sep 2026Featured

National Champion and Top Scorer, Tron Cup 2026 Cyber Defense Exercise

Philippine Army, Tron Cup 2026

National champion with Team ZyBer, and top scorer among 52 national finalists, at the Philippine Army's Tron Cup 2026 Cyber Defense Exercise. Represented the Philippine Army 10th Infantry Division. Associated with the University of Southeastern Philippines.

Read the USeP article (opens in a new tab)

Dec 2025

Hack4Gov 2025 Nationals, Wildcard representing Region XI

DICT

Oct 2025

Champion, Philippine Army Cyber Defense Exercise 2025, 10ID category

Philippine Army

Oct 2025

1st Runner-up and Top Individual Scorer, HackForGov 2025 Region XI

Jul 2024

1st Runner-up, Hack4Gov 3

06 / PUBLICATION

Publication

Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation (PETI), Scopus-indexed

Real-time code vulnerability detection using a machine learning-integrated language server

2026. Volume 32, pp. 28-42

A Language Server Protocol tool with a Random Forest classifier that flags line-level vulnerabilities in the editor in real time, covering CWE-79, CWE-89, CWE-22, and CWE-434.

Role
Co-author and main developer of the language server.
Authors
Reyes, A. R. L., Prado, M. D. D., Suarez, R. B., and Villotes, R. N. A.

Reyes, A. R. L., Prado, M. D. D., Suarez, R. B., and Villotes, R. N. A. (2026). Real-time code vulnerability detection using a machine learning-integrated language server. Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation, 32, 28-42. https://doi.org/10.46604/peti.2025.15065

USeP CIC announcement for co-author Mark David D. Prado.

07 / EXPERIENCE

Experience

  1. Aug 2026 to Present

    Backend Developer

    GRIDGO (opens in a new tab)

    Served as the main developer and handled DevOps for GRIDGO, a print-and-deliver platform.

  2. Jun 2026 to Present

    Co-Founder

    TalaSora Prime (opens in a new tab)

    Contributed to managing infrastructure and automation, and to developing projects.

  3. Oct 2026 to Present / Remote

    Open Source Developer

    Self-employed

    • Merged contribution to OWASP cve-lite-cli, an OWASP open-source security project.
    • Merged contributions to equinor/neqsim, online-go/online-go.com, open-pencil/open-pencil, quint-co/quint, itzg/mc-image-helper, dgunning/edgartools, and jason5ng32/MyIP.
  4. Part-time

    Part-time Cybersecurity teaching

    University of Southeastern Philippines

    Teaches Cybersecurity part-time at USeP.

  5. Jul 2025 to Dec 2025 / Internship, on-site

    Intern (Cybersecurity)

    University of Southeastern Philippines

Education

University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP)

  • Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, 2022 to 2026
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude

08 / BLOG

Blog

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09 / CONTACT

Contact