Cian Stryker Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• Developed cloud infrastructure using GCP, Docker, and CI/CD to automate and standardize company workflows
• Designed end-to-end automated pipelines to process client data for customers including Apple and Google
• Created a POC product that scrapes RSS media feeds on Taiwan/China and dynamically classifies events into analytical categories

Travel

• Embedded with US government organizations abroad focused on issues in the EUCOM theater
• Briefed high level US government officials on using the Premise platform to solve mission requirements
• Grew a 6-month $500 thousand dollar pilot project to a $1.7 million dollar annual contract

Remote

• Designed and deployed an analytical model that measures resilience in civilian populations
• Presented evidence of increasing Russian Force Posture vis-a-vis Ukraine to US government officials
• Generated bespoke Looker dashboards to visualize data for public sector customers

Cambridge, MA

• Course Assistant for Bruce Schneier’s class on “Cybersecurity: Technology, Policy, and Law”
• Graded policy memos and short assignments for students in the course

Cambridge, MA

• Published on digital surveillance in Central Asia vis-à-vis China’s Digital Silk Road
• Designed and built CASPIANA, a website on Central Asia and the South Caucuses
• Wrote a chapter for an edited volume on the Digital Silk Road in Central Asia

Washington D.C.

• Performed open-source analysis working with Russian media
• Worked with a property-based ontology knowledge management system to manage content
• Wrote an internal report on EU accession processes and Kremlin setbacks in the Western Balkans

Cambridge, MA

• Researched digital surveillance in Central Asia vis-à-vis China’s Digital Silk Road
• Managed seven research assistants to build a website on Central Asia and the South Caucuses
• Planned and coordinated an international workshop on digitization in Central Asia

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

• Performed translation between English and Russian documents
• Tasked with English editing of academic articles and WFP reports
• Improved distribution of WFP resources according to gender reports

Pittsburgh, PA

• Presented to over 100 undergraduate classes on REES opportunities
• Held office hours weekly to help students find study abroad programs and funding
• Worked on REES projects including grant applications and course modules

Pittsburgh, PA

• Assisted with preparations for 2017 ASEEES Convention in Chicago
• Posted academic job offerings, calls for papers, and grant proposals
• Involved with VISA applications for foreign academics attending the convention

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

• Translated documents from English to Russian and Russian to English
• Advised for projects aimed at assisting sub-national governmental structures
• Helped plan a cooperative program between the British and Kyrgyz female parliamentarians

Master Of Arts, Regional Studies - Russia, Eastern Europe, And Central Asia

Attended on a full-ride scholarship (FLAS)

Bachelor Of Philosophy, Political Science And International Area Studies

Attended on a full-tuition scholarship.