Joe Grand
Principal Engineer, Grand Idea Studio, Inc.
Principal Engineer, Grand Idea Studio, Inc.
Joe Grand, also known as Kingpin, is a computer engineer, hardware hacker, teacher, advisor, daddy, honorary doctor, proprietor of Grand Idea Studio, and partner in offspec.io. He was formerly a technological juvenile delinquent, member of legendary hacker group L0pht Heavy Industries, and co-host of Discovery Channel's Prototype This. He has been creating, exploring, and manipulating electronic systems since the 1980s.