A connected practice.
Software, creative work, and teaching aren’t side notes in my career. They are the threads that connect it.
I’m Yasser Hori, also known as Sozenka. Based in Laval, in the Montréal area, I work across full-stack development, cybersecurity, AI evaluation, education, and visual practice. My Syrian background also informs my interest in education for Syrian and Arab communities.
Experience
Sep 2026 — PresentOutlierAI training & multimodal evaluation · Contract
Aether, Aether Generalist, and Gallery Soccer tasks. Evaluation work across generalist and multimodal contexts.
- Contributions to Aether multimodal-evaluation tasks.
- Aether Generalist and Gallery Soccer task work, added in September 2026.
- Bringing technical and creative judgment to AI-training workflows.
Apr 2026 — PresentMercorAI training & security-domain work · Contract
Offensive-security tasks from April to June 2026; Les Artistes Artifacts V1 and V2 behavioural and creative-evaluation work from August 2026.
- Offensive-security task work from April to June 2026.
- Les Artistes Artifacts V1 and V2: behavioural training and creative evaluation, from August 2026.
- Work spanning the security and visual-evaluation domains.
Jun 2026 — PresentOBotz Robotics & CodingCenter director & lead instructor
Center operations, instructor leadership, robotics, and coding education in Laval.
- Directing the Laval robotics and coding center and its day-to-day operations.
- Leading instruction and supporting other instructors.
- Combining programming, robotics, and practical learning.
2023 — PresentGroup L’Enfant Génie / Robo CodeProgram manager, lead instructor & technical director
Created web-development, AI / machine-learning, and 3D-design programs. Built internal software and worked on brand identity and digital operations.
- Authored three programs: web development, AI / machine learning, and 3D design.
- Program management, senior instruction, and technical direction.
- Developed internal tools and contributed to brand identity and digital operations.
2018 — PresentUCMASSenior lead instructor & operations supervision
Mental-arithmetic instruction, program consistency, and instructor onboarding.
- Mental-arithmetic instruction and ongoing program delivery since 2018.
- Supervision of operations and consistency across learning activities.
- Instructor onboarding and support.
2018 — PresentSozenka · Independent practiceDevelopment, security & creative direction
Freelance software and visual work, open-source tools, personal games and 3D experiments. Sozenka Studio now focuses the web-design offering for local businesses.
- Full-stack software, open-source tools, browser products, and interactive 3D.
- Cover art, identity, photography, motion, and visual work in music.
- Bilingual business websites through Sozenka Studio; education through the Umayyad Institute of Technology.
Jun — Sep 2024Excelpro / EnvitechElectrical-panel design & wiring · Contract
Industrial electrical-panel work, reading technical schematics, and hands-on wiring.
- Industrial electrical-panel design and wiring during the 2024 contract.
- Reading technical schematics and translating them into physical connections.
- A hands-on foundation for ongoing building-engineering studies.
Visuals that become part of the music.
Cover art, design, video, and lighting. My visual work extends into music releases, with public credits documented on Muso.
Explore my Muso creditsSource: public Muso profile, viewed October 16, 2026. Role categories can overlap.
Education
Polytechnique Montréal
B.Sc. in Cybersecurity · In progress, expected 2028
Concordia University
B.Eng. in Building Engineering · Studies, 2026–2030
Polytechnique Montréal
Analysis & Operational Cybersecurity · 2026–2027; Cyber-Investigation · 2025–2026
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne
DEC in Mathematics & Computer Science · 2023–2025
Mount Royal International High School
IB / Natural Science studies · 2018–2023, honours
Certifications & learning
- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst
- Google Cybersecurity
- IBM Ethical Hacking
- Cisco Introduction to Cybersecurity
- NASA Open Science 101 & Essentials
- Columbia University — Learning AI Through Visualization
- Red Team Leaders — CCEP
- Mercor — Introduction to Agents
Other foundations
Investigation & method
Academic work on algorithmic disinformation at Polytechnique Montréal received a 100% grade. An independent OSINT investigation also involved coordination with the Laval Police Service.
Read the academic work ↗Mathematics & hands-on learning
Gauss Mathematics Competition (2019), qualification and rescue training with the Army Cadet League of Canada (2019), followed by personal work in games, visual art, and physical systems.