Curriculum Vitae
a brief history of my professional and creative career
Certificates
Stanford University Center for Professional Development - 2014
- Stanford Advanced Computer Security Professional
Education
Stanford University Center for Professional Development - 2013/2014
50 hours, 6 courses and 1 professional certificate completed.
- Software Security Foundations (XACS101)
- Writing Secure Code (XACS131)
- Mobile Security (XACS215)
- Exploiting & Protecting Web Applications (XACS133)
- Emerging Threats & Defenses (XACS301)
- Using Cryptography Correctly (XACS130)
Texas A&M Engineering / Homeland Security - National Emergency Response & Rescue Training Center - 2013
57.5 hours, 5.6 continuing education credits, 6 courses completed.
- Cyber Ethics (AWR-174-W)
- Cyber Incident Analysis & Response (AWR-169-W)
- Cyber Law & White Collar Crime (AWR-168-W)
- Digital Forensics (AWR-139-W)
- Secure Software (AWR-178-W)
- Information Security Basics (AWR-173-W)
Emergency Management Institute / FEMA - 2013
1 hour, 0.1 continuing education credits, 1 course completed.
- Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Insider Threats (IS-00915)
Department of Defense: Center for Development of Security Excellence - 2014
1 hour, 1 course completed.
- OPSEC Awareness (GS130.16)
110 hours, 110 continuing education credits, 15 courses completed.
- Digital Forensics Basics
- Digital Forensics Filesystems
- Digital Forensics Tools
- Reverse Engineering Intro
- Reverse Engineering Concepts
- Debugging
- Metasploit A to Z
- PDF Exploitation
- Hacking Fundamentals
- Reconnaissance
- Pen Test Structure
- Client Pen Testing
- Web App Pen Testing
- Server Pen Testing
- Network Pen Testing
- Malicious Software & Its Underground Economy - Coursera/Royal Holloway University of London
- Surveillance Law - Coursera/Stanford
- Learning From Data - CaltechX (CS1156x)
- Applied Cryptography - Udacity (CS387)
- Artificial Intelligence - Udacity (CS373)
- Introduction to OPSEC - OSPA OPSEC Academy (PO101)
- Survey of Forensics - Stevenson University
- Human Computer Interaction - Coursera/Stanford
- Introduction to Computer Science - Coursera/Stanford
- Introduction to Statistics - Udacity (ST101)
- Introduction to Computer Science - Udacity (CS101)
- Introduction to Computer Science - Saylor Foundation (CS101)
Experience
DevOps, Open source software, Professional reviews
Class Central
Site link
2014 to present
Information Technology Associate
Chicago area public library
2013 to Present
- Help Desk
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Windows XP/7/Server 2008 environment. Software and hardware
support including Active Directory, Exchange, PCounter Print Server, Envisionware PC Reservation,
Innovative Sierra ILS, Spiceworks Help Desk, Microsoft Office.
- Systems Admin
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion/Lion Server environment. Software and hardware support including CUPS print server,
Remote Desktop, Deep Freeze, VirtualBox environments, system security hardening
- Digital Media Center
- Reference Desk
- Support for iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, Final Cut, Green Screen animation,
VHS to DVD conversion, slide & photo digitization, tape to MP3 conversion, Vinyl to MP3 conversion
- Ebook Reference
- Support for MyMediaMall, Overdrive, 3M Cloud Library for the iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android, Kindle,
Kindle Fire, Nook, Nook Color, Microsoft Surface & MP3 devices
- Additional
- Responsibilities
- Website maintenance using Drupal CMS, public & inter-organizational training, resources & documentation,
personalized technology instruction sessions with patrons regarding basic computing, software & tablets. Enforcement
of data retention policies and secure data destruction of public and staff devices.
- Achievements
- Organized, configured & deployed Apple Digital Media Center
- Prepared major deployment for Windows XP to 7 conversion
- Developed procedures for secure file destruction of public & staff removable media
Library Assistant
Chicago area public library
1999 to 2012
- Duties
- Technology Team, AV Reference Desk
- Interim Supervisor
- AV department responsible for the punch details, time sheets & time off requests of 18 employees
- Billing department responsible collection's accounts
- Reserves department responsible for notices processing
- Achievements
- Assisted with the transition & training of staff from Dynix ILS to Millennium ILS
- Created a balanced rotating schedule for 25 employees at the request of the department Manager
- Created a statistical analysis of a fines campaign per the request of the Circulation Manager
Projects
A Vagrant base box turn-key vulnerable web application suite for pentesters in-training. No configuration
necessary, simply install and attack. This is stage 1 & 2 of my Automated Interrogation project
Built with Vagrant, Puppet & Bash
Heartbleed Vulnerable Docker container
Packer Template, Vagrant Box
GitHub project link
2014 - present
Forked original Ubuntu LTS Docker Packer template and added a running Heartbleed vulnerable Docker container and
minimalistic Metasploit installation for further container testing.
Built with Packer, Vagrant, Docker, Bash
Rebuild & reboot of the Buddy Foundation animal shelter website.
Built with Drupal 7 CMS using a mobile first custom adaptive, responsive theme and sub-theme built on
Foundation framework
LibEdX the lib-sec Initiative
website
2011 to 2014
Blog & tool aggregation website for emerging technology, information security, open source software, open educational
resources, MOOC's & makerspaces.
Built with Drupal 7 CMS using responsive/adaptive sub theme framework.
Teaching
Chicago area library
2013 to Present
- Navigating Your Online Educational Landscape - 2014 to present
- Hitchikers Guide to Cloud Computing - 2014 to present
- Start Your Own Makerspace - 2014 to present
- Understanding & Identifying Online Threats: Online Security pt 2 - 2014 to present
- Basic(ly) Millennium: Basics of Innovative Millennium 101 - 2013 to present
Skills
DevOps
Vagrant,
Puppet,
Packer,
Docker,
Jenkins
Cloud Development
Amazon AWS,
Digital Ocean,
Google Cloud Compute
Programming Languages
Ruby,
Bash,
Python,
PHP,
x86 Assembly,
Go
Web Development
Drupal,
Jekyll,
Twitter Bootstrap,
Foundation,
Apache,
Version Control
Git,
Github,
Bitbucket
Information Security
Metasploit,
Kali Linux,
BackTrack Linux,
Wireshark,
Maltego
Forensics
Sleuthkit,
RegRipper,
Scalpel,
PhotoRec,
dd
Electronics
Raspberry Pi,
Arduino