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United Kingdom

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Supporting the university’s outreach and Widening Participation and Social Mobility teams with local initiatives with nearby primary and secondary schools, engaging students and supporting their academic and social development - whilst also promoting the university on the wider national stage. This also includes managerial roles at university events, including Science and Engineering Day, attended by over 5,000 visitors. Shortlisted for Student Ambassador of the Year 2024.

Lightwater, England, United Kingdom

In this position I have overhauled both the website and backend systems of this charity, including migrating many offline processes to a centrally-managed CRM. I am also the point of contact for all technical assistance in the organisation.

I provide ongoing software engineering, web development, and cyber security services to clients nationwide. These services cater to a variety of industry partners’ needs – ranging from marketing to education.

In my time at SUAS, I undertook strong leadership development training - and used these skills for the planning and execution of several activities nationwide. This sits in the context of continuing developmental training in areas such as first aid.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Rehired after a successful performance in 2023, I produced strong research output including an open-source Kubernetes network security testing tool, encap-attack, and other internal resources. I also published a blog post about encap-attack on the WithSecure Labs website, explaining its role in detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities in overlay network firewalls.

London, England, United Kingdom

First undertaking class-leading training in various aspects of cyber security - from web applications to networks - I completed a research project focusing on automating the identification of attack paths and potential privilege escalation in IBM’s mainframe operating system, z/OS. This culminated in presenting my findings (and the tool I had developed) to the company’s global consulting team, building on the knowledge I gained from consulting workshops I also attended.

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Software development focusing on the completion of relationship mapping software for use in both research and corporate environments. This is open-source software deployed through Docker and built with Django, principally aiming to increase the efficacy of collaborations across departments and organisations. This web app and its documentation are available on GitHub.

Reading School Ccf

Reached the rank of Cadet Warrant Officer. Roles included Recruit Section Deputy SNCO and later Deputy Contingent SNCO. Lord Lieutenant's Cadet for the Royal County of Berkshire 2021-21: an aide to and representative of the Combined Cadet Forces for the Royal Family and Lord-Lieutenant in Berkshire.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Society Prefect: Assisting Reading School's Society Office with events, publicity, networking, and more.Head Pupil Librarian: Organising a team of 30 Pupil Librarians, co-ordinating with staff, organising events, and helping to run the Learning Resources Centre. Publicising events and opportunities related to Reading School's Learning Resource Centre, and ensuring best use of technology to assist.BBC Young Reporter Webmaster: Developing and maintaining a website for year 8 students to upload news articles to.Information Technology Assistant: Reviewing the functionality, design and security of the school’s technology; writing reports on the findings; and implementing required changes.Student Photographer: Photography and videography for Reading School's social media, website, and internal use.

Managing and designing marketing and publicity resources for a multi-national network engineering company.

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Computer Science, 1:1 (Predicted)

A Levels, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, A*A*A*A

Activities and Societies: Combined Cadet Force, Robotics Club

Secondary School, Gcse 9 X9, Gcse 8 X1, Fsmq A X1

Activities and Societies: Robotics Club, Combined Cadet Force, Book Club, Tech Club, BBC Young Reporter, Coding Club, Raspberry Pi Club.