Dakota Nelson Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Developing an internal threat modeling and pentesting program.

Ottawa, On, Ca

Seattle, Washington, Us

Responsible for day-to-day management for team of ~20 consultants. Train and mentor team members while encouraging and supporting career growth and engagement, especially for remote employees. Establish and refine business processes and tooling to support consultant satisfaction, training, and continuing education to maintain Leviathan's reputation as a leader in technical excellence.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Provide technical leadership and oversight heading consulting projects ranging up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Focus on providing technical excellence to clients using strengths of an integrated team that includes project management, technical and risk advisory consulting, and customer account management colleagues.Manage 5+ team members to support career development, performance, and job satisfaction.Interview potential new hires, scope inbound work to inform bids, and improve business processes.Continue to deliver consulting hours as-needed.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Spearfish, Sd, Us

Penetration testing, software development, and security research.

I ran a small computer security consulting company.More at: https://strikersecurity.com/

Needham, Ma, Us

Working to promote entrepreneurship at Olin College through student-run initiatives. Organized 2014 fall and 2015 spring Startup Career Fairs, completely student-run events which bring dozens of Boston startups to Olin's campus each semester.The Foundry bridges students and entrepreneurship, connecting them to startups or helping them found their own.

San Francisco, California, Us

Writing codeDrinking coffeeSometimes both at the same time(but seriously, I worked with another intern to implement a PGP plugin for Nylas N1, among other things)

Boston, Ma, Us

Member of the sixth class of student fellows at .406 Ventures, a large technology VC firm. Help identify early-stage startups within the Olin and Babson College communities and collaborate with student fellows from across the country to assess investment opportunities.Website: www.406ventures.com

Spearfish, Sd, Us

Pentesting and really sweet R&D projects.

Woburn, Ma, Us

• Collaborated with two other interns to design and implement data visualization webapp as part of DARPA project.• Utilized Javascript and D3.js, enabling deep insight into massive Twitter dataset.• Conducted usability tests and leveraged analytics to ensure application is intuitive and easy to use.• Architected and implemented over 3700 lines of Javascript using git and agile development techniques.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Developed interactive timeline of new social connections and events using D3.js with git for version control.• Integrated new D3 module with existing infrastructure; Ruby on Rails backend with heavily modified Backbone.js frontend.• Rapidly ramped up from no web development experience to a production deploy in 9 days.

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

• Led team to first place finish in week-long Tracer FIRE computer forensics training exercise.• Collaborated with partner to create and implement next version of Tracer FIRE, consisting of complete overhaul of old curriculum and completely new story and challenge design; collaborated with subject matter experts to ensure realism and real-world applicability in exercise.• Ported unfinished Python program to C++, added features, and optimized runtime.

• Collaboratively developed a complete ground robotics platform, and assisted in implementing on-board software using the Robot Operating System (ROS) in a team of mixed graduate and undergraduate students.

Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh, Us

• Collaborated with team members in a security-conscious environment to design and implement a CubeSat impact detector interfaced through an Android application; handled software and embedded systems design.• Developed all aspects of a modular CubeSat design, from mechanical design to software, utilizing CAD software as well as 3D printing technology.• Presented project to both technical and leadership level audiences in formal and informal settings.

Bachelor'S Degree

Computer Engineering

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