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United States

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Utilized Agile, Kanban, and Scrum process methodologies to build and maintain DevSecOps cloud platforms for embedded systems software

College Station, Texas, United States

Solved 7 exploit analysis challenges in the 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, matched by 7 out of 100 Texas A&M participants. Ranked 53rd out of 6273 competitors in the National Cyber League Spring 2023 Individual Game to earn the title of Top Player. Ranked 2nd out of 17 Texas university teams in Tracer Forensics and Incident Response Exercise with team”ret2rev." Ranked 159th out of 6673 competitors in the National Cyber League Fall 2022 Individual Game. Reverse engineered malware with Ghidra… Show more Solved 7 exploit analysis challenges in the 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, matched by 7 out of 100 Texas A&M participants. Ranked 53rd out of 6273 competitors in the National Cyber League Spring 2023 Individual Game to earn the title of Top Player. Ranked 2nd out of 17 Texas university teams in Tracer Forensics and Incident Response Exercise with team”ret2rev." Ranked 159th out of 6673 competitors in the National Cyber League Fall 2022 Individual Game. Reverse engineered malware with Ghidra and IDA Pro to rank 11th out of 247 competitors in a digital forensics challenge hosted by Cipher Tech. Ranked 21st out of 3658 teams in the National Cyber League Spring 2022 Team Game. Participated in weekly learning exercises with Cisco Networking Academy and Red Hat Academy. Show less

Directed the funding and decisions of strategic information technology initiatives by analyzing feedback from a broad base of 70,000 students, faculty, and staff. Managed and recorded priority projects in networking and organizational workstation domain policy (e.g., Next Generation Aggie Network, Bring Your Own Device policy). Selected into the Student & Academic Technologies Committee as 1 out of 12,000 freshman students through a rigorous essay process based on skills in leadership… Show more Directed the funding and decisions of strategic information technology initiatives by analyzing feedback from a broad base of 70,000 students, faculty, and staff. Managed and recorded priority projects in networking and organizational workstation domain policy (e.g., Next Generation Aggie Network, Bring Your Own Device policy). Selected into the Student & Academic Technologies Committee as 1 out of 12,000 freshman students through a rigorous essay process based on skills in leadership, analysis, and innovation. Show less

Calibrated $150,000 of network-enabled equipment 5 days a week to maintain 100% up-time. Employed ServiceNow and problem escalation skills to troubleshoot campus workstation issues. Assisted 1,500 weekly patrons by communicating and resolving sophisticated, technical issues.

College Station, Texas, United States

Examined state legislation and senate bills to educated members about politics. Created awareness, provided resources, and took action to empower the immigrant community. Raised $5,000 in scholarships.

College Station, Texas, United States

Defined project plans and schedules to drive weekly project execution, persuade federal stakeholders, communicate processes, and ensure tight coordination among 20 team members. Developed a malware analysis sandbox with nested virtualization in Cuckoo to enable cutting-edge malware availability research.

College Station, Texas, United States

Utilized cloud computing products to design, monitor, and support virtual machines while handling security and permissions for researchers performing cybersecurity labs and exercises . Repaired and maintained $96,000 of servers, switches, firewalls, racks, and software to ensure 100% up-time on 500 concurrent virtual machine instances. Leveraged instructional design best practices on Canvas to create CompTIA Network+ training products and train 76 employees.