ACHIEVEMENTS

Spoke at and published in IEEE SouthEastCon 2019 proceedings
Panelist at BSides Augusta 2018 on hardware reverse engineering
Black Hat 2018 Scholarship recipient
Developed crypto blockchains, APIs, and Miners in Haskell and Python
Designed and integrated automated security infrastructure for clients
Developed security tools and automated security infrastructure for clients
Implemented system wide security audits and vulnerability tests

STRENGTHS

Expertise in Python, Powershell, and Bash
Broad experience with C++, C#, Haskell and JavaScript
Strong experience with Linux and Windows technologies
Strong experience with embedded systems technologies and languages
Strong experience deploying Elastic Stack in various environments
Experience with researching vulnerabilities in embedded and medical control systems
Excellent communication skills

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Security Researcher - Augusta University 2018 – Current
Tested and analyzed hardware and software vulnerabilities of medical control systems
Developed and recorded research methods
Established a proficiency with x86 and ARM hardware reverse engineering
Developed tools and reverse engineering automations
Presented research at BSides Augusta 2018
Presented white paper at IEEE SoutheastCon 2019

WORK EXPERIENCE

Cyber Security Engineer - CompuGroup 2019 – Current
Conducting regular audits of Active Directory structure and implementing a security first migration policy to AD Azure
Working with the IT engineering team to conduct Security Architecture reviews
Working closely with IT Security Management and CISO to develop system wide security standards
Oversee remote SOC and build threat intel
Working closely with the IT Department to develop an infrastructure as code environment including developing a SIEM solution in-house and integrating various proprietary and open source technologies (Perch, ELK, syslog, BGP, snort)
Performing regular penetration tests (Burpsuite, Nmap, Metasploit, Scapy, Pyshark)
Assisting and advise on security risks involved in the merger of separate corporate entities

Cyber Security Analyst - Crosslink Consulting 2017 – 2019
Improved entire network security architecture and security posture for clients
Deployed Nagios to monitor network activity
Installed and configured Security Onion and Elastic Stack to monitor client networks
Demonstrated proficiency with Snort, Squil, Wireshark, pfSense, OSSEC, and BPF
Created and maintained flow pipelines to monitor security infrastructure

IT Technician - Augusta University 2015 – 2018
UNIX & Windows jr system administration responsibilities
VMware and NDG NetLab+ deployment Datacenter maintenance and upkeep

Technical Staff - GenCyber Summer Camp 2016
Taught basic principles of ethical hacking
Introduced students to Bash and Python
Technical staff maintaining computer systems used throughout the camp

EDUCATION

Augusta University 2016 - 2019
Computer Science
Cyber Defender Certificate

Collegiate Activity
Captain of the Cyber Institute Collegiate Cyber Defense Team
Key Holder to Augusta University Cyber Research Lab
Treasurer of the ACM August University Chapter