Salutations! I go by caret on the internet — currently studying Japanese and doing random side projects while I study.
At my previous position, I worked on developing firmware and an application for an intercom device using Yocto and also did quite a bit of IT/DevOps.
I have a bachelors in Cybersecurity. I like to apply what I learned to development and security research. I am drawn to working on problems that require complex solutions. I work best with *nix systems and love doing systems engineering.
Status
Interests
- Game Preservation & Private Servers
- Reverse Engineering (HW & SW)
- Rust Lang & Systems Programming
- GNU/Linux Security
- ErgoMech Keebs
- Arcade Hardware & PCB Hacking
- Competitive CTF / Blue Teaming
Relevant Skills
Languages
C/C++, Rust, Python, Arduino, SQL, Java, PHP, Scala, HTML/JS/CSS
Applications
Yocto, *NIX OSes, Nginx/Apache2, SSL/TLS, Postfix, Dovecot, DNS Servers, General Backend
Cloud
Proxmox, vSphere/ESXi, TrueNAS (Homelab), pfSense (Homelab), GCP, AWS Lightsail
Achievements
WORK
- Contractor IT Engineer — Digital Design Corporation (Dec 2025 – Present, part-time)
- Staff Engineer — Digital Design Corporation (Jul 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, full-time)
- Summer Intern — Crowe (Jun–Aug 2022) — audits on healthcare & life sciences systems/networks
EDUCATION
- B.S. Cybersecurity, minor in Computer Science — DePaul University (2023)
- 3rd place — NCCDC Nationals (2023)
- 1st place — MWCCDC (2022, 2023)
- 1st place — ILCCDC (2022, 2023)
- 1st place — ISEAGE CDC Nationals (2023)
- 7th place — NCCDC Nationals (2022)
- 2nd place — NCCDC Nationals (2021, alternate)
CPTC
- 3rd — Regional (qualified for nationals)
- Competed at CPTC World Finals 2022 — Rochester, NY
CLUB
- Treasurer — Security Daemons (2019–2023)
- Volunteer — DaemonCon (January 2024), created a hardware hacking CTF [writeup coming]
Contact