Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Professional Experience

Freelance – Cybersecurity and IT Technician

November 2022 – Present

• Delivered hands-on hardware repairs, OS imaging, Security setup, and one-on-one training for residential and nonprofit clients.
• Created and implemented a network solution for a nonprofit that enabled a multi–access point Ubiquiti system with structured cabling and device configuration.
• Performed external IP scans, identified exposed security risks, and guided clients through remediation steps to minimize attack surface. Implemented Security Solution on Linux systems and configured Tailscale VPN for secure remote access to a home server.

Contractor – Data Analyst/Web Content Auditor

April 2019 – October 2022 Contract held by 2020 Companies July 2020 – October 2022, Mosaic July 2019 – June 2020, Marketsource April 2019 – June 2019

• Audited and analyzed website data for accuracy and compliance. Created data-driven reports in Excel and PowerPoint to improve operational efficiency. 
• Troubleshooted web-crawler data collection systems to improve automated reporting for HP Printing.

FedEx Ground – Operations Administrator II

September 2017 – April 2019

• Maintained package tracking and logistics reporting  in a fast-paced operation environment.
• Loaded vehicles for outbound delivery. 

Lonestar Restaurant Supply – IT Manager/System Administrator

October 2015 – June 2017

• Eliminated $5K/month in costs by building in-house IT support; managed infrastructure, Nexus VoIP, and security systems across 5 locations. Implemented uniCenta POS.
• Migrated on-prem services to Rackspace cloud, improving system reliability and reducing downtime. 

Certifications & Training

• CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) – Valid through 09/27/2027
• eJPT (eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester) (Cert ID: 8452393)
• Hack The Box Academy – Completed Information Security Foundations, Bug Bounty Hunter, and SOC Analyst Prerequisites paths; Labs – (app.hackthebox.com/profile/1068091)
• Coursera – Applied Machine Learning in Python and Introduction to Data Science in Python
• Forage – MasterCard (Phishing Email) and Telstra (SOC Alerts), 
• Udemy – Python for Data Science, Linux, and SQL,
•  eLearnSecurity – Penetration Testing Student, Splunk, 
• Home lab/Cyber Range with Proxmox, ollama, VM’s with Windows, and Linux 
• Hardware Security Tools: home made bad USB, Raspberry Pi Zero, and ESP32 , FlipperZero.

Technical Skills and Tools

• Nmap, Burp Suite, Metasploit, NetCat, Hydra, John the Ripper, Hashcat, SQLMap, Gobuster, Ffuf, Nikto, ZAP, OpenVAS, Nessus, tcpdump, Wireshark, Wazuh, Bloodhound, GDP, Ghidra, Vim, Tmux, Impacket, Subfinder,  ChatGPT, and Ollama
• Windows, Windows Server, Linux, macOS, Proxmox, WSL2, VirtualBox, Gnome Boxes
• Python3, Python2, SQL, Bash, C++, C, JavaScrip, PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, PowerShell, Java, Go, Rust, Intel x86 Assembly.