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San Antonio, TX, US

Maryland, United States

• Completed a rigorous 200-hour program alongside military officers, non-commissioned officers, cadets, NSA civilians, and postgraduates
• Developed an agent in C implanted on target systems to execute commands, facilitating activities like privilege escalation and other security exploits
• Created a Python-based Command and Control (C2) server to communicate with implanted agents, coordinating remote command execution and managing attack operations
• Developed x86 assembly binaries… Show more
• Developed x86 assembly binaries for system exploitation, utilized in conjunction with the implant and C2 server for the culminating capstone project. Show less

Texas A&M

Led a team of 5 cadets to develop and implement academic success strategies for a cohort of 50 cadets; provided specialized mentoring for individuals facing academic challenges, resulting in improved grade performance across the group.

Lead a group of 2 Fireteams consisting of 10 cadets, instructing the fireteam leaders on how to best manage their fireteams, keep their Cadets meeting expectations, and maintain morale.

Closely mentored and developed a group of three cadets to ensure preparedness, motivation, and academic success in Texas A&M and the Corps of Cadets.

Motivate, encourage, and support fellow cadets to meet expectations and maintain morale.

Rome, New York, United States

• Engaged in a challenging 10-week program dedicated to developing skilled cyber professionals and future leaders.
• Learned from weekly cybersecurity lectures covering topics such as reverse engineering, buffer overflow, encryption schemes, red team tactics, machine learning, and deep learning.
• Progressed an open-ended research and development project to solve multifaceted problems in a team.---Leveraged cutting-edge concepts and techniques to advance cyber infrastructure tools for… Show more Engaged in a.
• Progressed an open-ended research and development project to solve multifaceted problems in a team.---Leveraged cutting-edge concepts and techniques to advance cyber infrastructure tools for DoD customers.
• Wrote weekly comprehensive technical reports to open-ended problems.
• Analyzed, discussed, and reflected on several leadership case studies including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Apollo 13, and the 3-day battle of Gettysburg.

• Worked as a Cybersecurity Analyst contributing to the monitoring, triaging, and escalation of securityrelated events that flow through the Texas A&M University System Security Operations Center
• Analyzing PCAP data using tools from Vectra, JIRA, Wireshark, and other OSINT resources
• Utilizing Elastic & Microsoft Defender EDR tools for in-depth investigations

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Minor, Cyber Security

The Cybersecurity Minor is designed to appeal to both less technically-oriented and more technically-oriented undergraduate students.