Co-facilitated an innovative pilot course in collaboration with university faculty members, contributing to classroom development and support for this educational program.• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of key cybersecurity concepts, including asset protection, threat agents, and the impact of emerging technologies in the field, thereby enhancing the academic experience for the student body.• Engaged in one-to-one coffee chats with students to foster an engaging and interactive learning environment while deepening their understanding of complex course-related subjects.• Evaluated student papers and reports; a practice which deepened not only their's, but also my own understanding of complex subjects such as cyber risk management, threats, vulnerabilities, and the intricacies of cybersecurity architecture.

Taught four different tutorial sections over the course of one year, managing weekly lessons for a total of 100 students. In addition to teaching lessons, conducted coffee chats and graded multiple assignments as well.• Delivered weekly in-class lessons, enhancing my public speaking, lesson planning, and confidence in front of an audience. • Spent dedicated hours grading assignments, sharpening my attention to detail and building a strong aptitude for time management.• Engaged in individual student coffee chats, an experience that emphasized the value of building strong connections and developing interpersonal skills.• Took pride in offering constructive feedback to students, ensuring clarity and understanding; this process enriching my ability to foster a productive two-way communication channel.

Worked alongside Intact’s GRC team to effectively manage the risk for an OSFI-regulated institution.• Conducted security risk assessments to ensured adherence to regulatory standards and guided teams to implement robust security controls.• Re-engineered the risk assessment workflow to streamline, automate, and align the process to enterprise risk management guidelines - ultimately, alleviating pressure for multiple teams by removing bottlenecks

Worked with the Security Architecture and Engineering Team to develop, deploy, and maintain security-minded solutions. • Successfully tested and deployed a company-wide Data Loss Prevention solution to streamline multiple-OS device management and secure sensitive information on corporate devices; implemented change management processes and provided continual support post-cutover.• Engineered a specialized solution for SIEM log connectors, integrating external tools with internal monitoring to enhance real-time threat detection capabilities and thereby improve organizational security agility.

Served as an IT Security Specialist at Cyber Unit handling multiple clients, incidents, IT projects, and leveraging various technologies including security software, anti-viruses, firewalls, and numerous IT infrastructure tools. • Familiarized myself with technologies including, but not limited to: Microsoft's Admin centre, Azure Active Directory, Firewall management, Check Point software, endpoint security management, enterprise resource planners (ERP), and much more. • Played a major role in various incidence responses by handling initial discovery, threat detection, containment, mitigation, and client recovery. • Participated in NIST cybersecurity risk assessments and worked with a team of professionals to develop Incidence Response Plans (IRP) for clients.• Revamped the monthly reporting process to maximize efficiency, professionalism, accuracy, scalability, and security by leveraging Microsoft's merge fields and VBA editor to automate the collection, compilation, and creation of the reports.

Worked with a team of Web Developers and Creative Directors to plan, imagine, visualize, and realize improvements and revisions for the UBC Geering Up website. • Utilized the native UBC Content Management System (CMS) hosted on WordPress to push weekly updates, content changes, and UI improvements to better the overall usability and visitor satisfaction with our website. • Liaised with various teams at Geering Up to translate high-level ideas for programs and camps into low-level website changes, edits, and designs; all the while ensuring that the overall marketing vision and organizational DNA is maintained throughout the website.