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New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

Hostlabs is a software company dedicated to creating a series of next-generation tools in the vacation rental / short-term rental (STR) industry.

New York, New York, US

• Pine was a property management company specializing in vacation and short-term rentals (Airbnb) spanning over 25 locations within New York and New Jersey.
• Responsible for leading the daily operations of the business; including but not limited to: assessing customer satisfaction, monitoring preparedness of the property portfolio, coordination with cleaners and other.
• Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Pine's seamless operations; ensuring strong team collaboration and consistency -- maintaining high housing standards and happy guests across the portfolio.
• Created operation-specific software to increase the organizations effectiveness. Languages and tools leveraged include Python, Monday.com, Make.com/Integromat, Zapier, and Notion.
• Equipped, trained, and led both a local and international team - from customer service agents to boots-on-the-ground personnel.

Mountain View, California, US

Mountain View, California, US

Malware CreationPentestingTool and Process DevelopmentSocial EngineeringPhishing CampaignsWeb App AssessmentsHack and Break Things

Mountain View, California, US

Large-Scale, Global, Digital InvestigationsComputer and Cloud ForensicsTool Creator and Lead Programmer, GraveyardMalware AnalysisAdvanced Threat Profiling

Burlington, VT, US

Coached students to succeed in their digital forensics studies.

Burlington, VT, US

• Assisted with further development of the Operating System Forensics course.
• Performed in-depth research on forensic artifacts within Windows.
• Created documentation to increase the amount of content that can be provided in the classroom.

Mountain View, California, US

Incident Response and Red Team Consulting Intern.

• Presented on topics such as social engineering, man-in-the-middle attacks, WiFi security, multifactor authentication in the context of cyber security to high school students to promote awareness.
• Assisted with the research and development of content and live demonstrations to deliver clear and concise information to a young audience.

Burlington, Vermont, US

• Worked with Python, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and various open-source tools to research Bluetooth devices and track their activities by networking nodes together which analyzed Bluetooth traffic.
• Performed mobile application forensics to investigate social media apps for privacy-related concerns, and research of forensic relevance.
• Utilized cloud-based tools and servers to deploy and host services for project needs.
• Collaborated with a team utilizing Trello and Slack to form research questions and think creatively to test security of consumer software and hardware.

Burlington, Vermont, US

• Completed a research project to document the setup and operation of the HackRF One to further the organizations knowledge regarding Bluetooth, NFC, and other consumer products that lie in the wireless domain.
• Researched the common weaknesses of wireless technologies in Bluetooth, automobile key fobs, garage door openers, etc.

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, DE

• Developed a website security framework based on NIST 800-44, ISO 23026, and OWASP Testing Guide Release 4.0 standards to prevent against known attack vectors and set compliance guidelines for websites after development.
• Researched tools for website vulnerability analysis to implement an efficient process for testing websites against the created website security framework.
• Imported the framework into an internal self-assessment questionnaire for review, feedback, and testing purposes.
• Worked with a team to integrate and review similarities between our mobile-app and web-app vulnerability scanning process, and made recommendations for adjustment based on the organization’s SDLC.
• Created a public awareness project by using a fake WiFi access point to spoof a local hotel website, therefore, educating users to avoid public WiFi hotspots, and to always use a VPN.

San Francisco, California, US

• Met with customers at their location to provide a convenient service to troubleshoot and repair Apple iPhone or iPad devices with cracked screens, bad batteries, etc.
• Maintained and designed a website using HTML, Bootstrap, CSS, and Django on AWS.
• Advertised the franchise using social media or other forms of communication including sending pamphlets or business cards to attract sales.

• Communicated and worked with a team to identify potential hardware or software issues within our 1600+ user base using a ticketing system. Resolved any known issues by remote controlling workstations or servers, or.
• Managed deployment of software on all user endpoints, applied updates and patches as needed, and fulfilled ticket requests for new software and hardware installations to end users.
• Developed and implemented automation tasks to the organization to deploy software to endpoints automatically using AutoIT, Powershell, and LANDesk.
• Developed and documented procedures and standards for working within the Windows PE environment and virtual environments to create a Windows gold image for provisioning new hardware.
• Researched and documented important information that was crucial to the organization, and taught employees how to better utilize purchased or developed tools by creating videos, organized meetings, or one- on-one.

Burlington, Vermont, US

• Assisted customers with questions by listening to their needs and made recommendations for products offered.
• Assisted with in-store IT support when needed.
• Ranked #3 sales associate in 2014/15.

B.S. Computer And Digital Forensics, Minor In Cyber Security Threats & Mitigation

Cyber Security