Resume
Education
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Master of Information and Cybersecurity
December 2023University of California, Berkeley
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BFA Art & Design, Graphic Design Concentration
July 2017California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Experience
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Cybersecurity Systems Analyst
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Full-Time Internship | Livermore, CA
June 2023 — January 2024Conduct risk analysis for the United States Department of Energy to identify and mitigate risks in the supply chain for PLC and SCADA identified as ubiquitous in critical infrastructure.
Conduct reverse engineering with Ghidra to identify vulnerabilities and enumerate software.
Perform threat hunting with Elastic/Splunk and Velociraptor to detect and mitigate threats in a simulated environment.
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Web Developer
Feedonomics (BigCommerce) | Full-Time | Woodland Hills, CA
Februrary 2020 — May 2023Install and document third-party system integrations with a strong focus on security protocols and best practices.
Provide technical support to team members, addressing security concerns and ensuring secure configurations.
Develop website to maximize performance, maintainability, security, and design with close regard for semantic markup.
Advocate for and lead the testing, implementation, and documentation of comprehensive security controls within a Content Management System (CMS).
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Web Developer, Freelance
September 2017 — January 2023Work with college directors, individuals, and non-profit organizations to take complex projects or design tasks and create a plan to execute in a time-efficient manner.
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Computing Support Technician
Cal Poly College of Science and Mathematics | Full&Part-Time | San Luis Obispo, CA
September 2014 — September 2017Investigate, evaluate, and resolve malfunctions for faculty and staff, on a range of devices, form factors, and operating systems, in a friendly and efficient manner.
Assist in hardware repairs/replacements, OS/software deployment, and user/group/machine management for faculty, staff, departmental lab, and classroom workstations
Research & Projects
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SpectraGuard
Wireless Protocol Detection and Alerting for SOCDeveloped a combination of hardware and software for alerting a SOC to anomalies in both managed and unmanaged wireless assets. It offers visibility across various wireless standards such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, and Cellular networks via a dashboard interface, and utilizes machine learning and graph theory to create and maintain a baseline.
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Russian Cyber Operations Preceding Warfare
AnalysisAn analysis of Russian cyber tactics preceding their invasions of Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014, and Ukraine itself in 2022 regarding how they used information operations, malware, and targeted actions against government entities and infrastructure, and how their operations have become more sophisticated and numerous over time.
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Discrete Elliptic Curve-based PRNG
AlgorithmBased on the NIST elliptic curves P256 and P521, developed an algorithm using SageMath, Python, and entropy from the readings in a quantum vacuum to generate billions of randomized bits that pass statistical analysis test frameworks published by NIST