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- Helping redesign and improve the HackPGH website with a focus on usability and design.
- Collaberative teamwork with another senior developer in charge of the redesign, the board, president, and designers of the makerspace.
- Worked with Figma tool wireframes for implementation.
- Tech stack: Svelte, SvelteKit, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS framework
- Volunteering with Tekko 2025 (Registration Department) and supporting local creative and cultural communities.
- Teaching undergraduate and graduate college courses at Robert Morris University:
- CYMS6400: Software & Application Security
- CYBS2010: Computing Principles and Practices
- INFS2150: Introduction to Web Development
- INFS3220: Systems Analysis and Design
- Pursuing my PhD in Information Systems & Communications (ISC) at RMU.
- Expanding my professional network with creatives, technology, IT, web development and cybersecurity professionals.
- Passive job searching and applying for opportunities to return to the technology field while teaching (open to relocation, hybrid work, full-time salaried positions, internships, and apprenticeships).
- Upskilling through platforms like Scrimba, Udemy, TryHackMe by attempting and completing challenges, projects, hands-on walkthroughs, and capture-the-flag exercises.
- Developing creative side projects in game development and interactive web apps.
- Helping redesign and improve the HackPGH website with a focus on usability and design.
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- Application and Software Security
- Malware Analysis
- Threat Hunting
- DevSecOps
- Web Application Penetration Testing and Security Assessments
- Gamification and Gamified Learning
- The implications of AI in Web Development, Security, and other industries
- Unity, Godot, PhaserJS, and JavaScript game-dev workflows
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- Play and practice guitar 🎸
- Dabble with events, volunteer work, making, programming, electronics, and woodworking at HackPGH
- Work on creative writing (love to write)
- Read Comics
- Learn about the human body and psychology
- Volunteer at conventions and makerspaces (Tekko, HackPGH, Top Secret Colonials of RMU)
- Study and Learn spoken languages (currently French, Spanish, German, and Arabic)
- Learn everything about video games.
- Game Design
- Project Management
- Follow the latest news and patterns in cyberattacks and threats to software
- Explore something new every day
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😄 Pronouns: He/Him
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⚡ Fun fact: As a kid I was a master of hide and seek. These days, I can shred the intro riff to Master of Puppets.
I am a creative-brained cybersecurity enthusiast and educator from Pittsburgh, PA.
I balance teaching, PhD research, web development, and volunteer work, while exploring intersections of cybersecurity, application security, and user-experience centered design.
I graduated with:
- 🎓 M.S. in Cybersecurity – Robert Morris University
- 🎓 B.A. in Liberal Arts (Bioinformatics concentration, Computer Science minor) – Saint Vincent College
I also hold currently hold the CompTIA Security+ certification among others from Udemy, TryHackMe, and Coursera.
I’m in the top 4% globally on TryHackMe, which reflects sustained hands-on completion and note-taking skills of security labs across networking, Linux, web, and application security fundamentals. Some of the labs I completed can be found in my Medium Blog Account
My long-term goal is to keep blending teaching, mentorship, and hands-on building. Furthermore, moving toward roles focused on Web Design, Application Security, and Game Development.