Participated in high school information assurance competition "CyberPatriot" for 5 years, 3 of which at the national finals; most recent appearance (2021-22), my team achieved third place nationally. Functioned as a Windows Server specialist on Davenport University's Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) team and brought team to regional level in the 2023 season for the first time in a decade. Captained a team in CyberPatriot's collegiate league, Hivestorm, with Davenport University before transfer. Also competing with the Champlain Cybersecurity Club (CCSC) team in the 2024 CCDC season after transfer. Simulated experience in Windows server/workstation administration and defense, enterprise service maintenance and troubleshooting, vulnerability remediation, and low to intermediate level Cisco networking concepts. Light in-class experience with web development and coding, and moderate competitive and in-class experience with programming and scripting through Python, PowerShell, and Bash/ZShell.I aspire to work in computer forensic investigations for the United States Federal government or some form of State/local law enforcement.Professionally certified through CompTIA: Security+ SY0-601, May 2022Information Technology Fundamentals+ FCO-U61, May 2021