Education



Georgia Institute of Technology


Fall 2019 ― Fall 2021 (Predicted), GPA: 4.0

Experience

GTRI CIPHER Lab

- Worked in team of four to create a protected IoT security system and companion web application for intelligent web-based threat monitoring and threat response (See pi-star)

- Built threat evaluation algorithm, web application integration, and threat response with alarm system and payload encryption

MITRE

- Designed and developed continuous monitoring and auto-remediation system for cloud deployments, decreasing threat response times to seconds

- Built the infrastructure for the system using AWS CDK, automating necessary resource creation within AWS and allowing for instantaneous deploying/retracting and high levels of extensibility and scalability

Bishop Fox

- Performed web penetration testing and forensics using tools such as BurpSuite, Hydra

- Gained a wide variety of ethical hacking skills, specifically focused on web application exploitation

Projects

  • pi-star


    - IoT security system to provide security to a room containing confidential information

    - Live threat analytics as well as live response with alarm system and external media encryption (AES256)

    - Hardened against cyber attacks by using a wide variety of cybersecurity measures including TLS on MQTT and a Diffie-Hellman based pseudo-random spoofing resistant heartbeat

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  • HandsPro

    - Bridge hand manager with hand score calculation, score tracking, hand management, and full statistics and tracking capabilities, including matchpoint calculation, percentage calculation, and record keeping

    - Built using Node.js, MongoDB, jQuery, Express.js, and HTML/CSS/Jade

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  • Socialink

    - Mobile investment platform to foster connections between investors and independent content creators through content channel share purchasing

    - Features realtime content channel valuation and purchasing through various Google Cloud and Capital One APIs

    - Built using Java, Javascript, a variety of Google APIs, and Firebase

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  • GreenUp

    - App to crowd source sustainability efforts by allowing users to broadcast meetups with the purpose of cleaning the environment to other users in a half-mile radius

    - Implemented leaderboard and game metrics to gamify and popularize sustainability efforts in the community

    - Built using React Native, Google Cloud, Google SSO, and Firebase

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  • Radius

    - Mobile app that allows people to experience communities and brings communities closer together by highlighting what makes them so special: the people and what they do

    - Brings the events around the community to users fingertips, from street performers to service events to nightlife to interesting things to take a look at nearby

    - Built using React Native, Google Maps API, and Firebase

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  • spotlight

    - Personalized music news aggregation system that showcases curated music-related media based on users' listening patterns and musical preferences

    - Provides news regarding current favored artists/tracks as well artists/tracks that a user is likely to be interested in based on their music consumption history, specifically in short-term periods

    - Designed with highly minimalistic, yet abstract user interface, and built using Node.js, Pug, CSS, and the Spotify API

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  • rUn

    - Free mobile app using both Objective-C and Swift to provide runners with personalized information and statistics on their run

    - Includes support for distance, speed, steps, calorie counting, BMI calculation, and customized workout recommendations

  • WebDev

    - CodingCoach Website (2017)

    - Food For ATL Website (2018)

    - JCHS Orchestra Website (2016)

Awards and Honors

1st Place Georgia Technology Fair
1st Place Fulton County Technology Fair (4x)
3rd Place National FBLA Cyber Security
3rd, 9th Youth North American Bridge Championship
Governor's Honors Program Mathematics Major

2nd Place Georgia Technology Fair (3x)
2nd Place Fulton County Technology Fair (2x)
1st, 2nd, 6th Place Georgia FBLA Cyber Security
National Merit Scholar
NYU Cybersecurity Awareness Week HSF Finalist

Certifications