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Quantum Security Crypto-Agility Engineer
Accenture Federal Services
November 2023 - Present
- Led collaborative efforts with vendors to evaluate and integrate their cryptographic inventory processes, effectively mitigating vulnerabilities related to post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of new FIPS standards issues by NIST like FIPS 203, 204, and 205 to ensure compliance and enhance cryptographic security measures.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive strategies to address PQC-associated cryptographic vulnerabilities.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align and elevate security protocols in line with evolving PIV and SPKI standards, ensuring strong cryptographic practices and full compliance.
Graduate Research Assistant
Texas A&M University - Central Texas
May 2023 - August 2023
- Conducted research on lightweight block cipher algorithms and their implications in relation to cybersecurity.
- Conducted Research on smart contracts and different machine-learning techniques and models for vulnerability detection.
- Assisted in peer review of research papers including a summarization, comments on soundness, significance, novelty, verifiability & transparency, presentation, strengths, weaknesses, minor issues.
- Conducted Research on Hyperledger-Fabric and its potential use cases for IoT network security.
Software Product and Platform Engineer Senior Analyst
Accenture Federal Services
August 2021 - November 2022
- Devised strategic placement of stories within sprints based on successors, predecessors, dependencies, and team member velocity and capacity.
- Led and coordinated a diverse team of 10, including developers, business analysts, product owners, automated testers, a UX designer, and a solution architect.
- Resolved conflicts, communicated blocking issues, removed impediments, and predicted future complications through scrum of scrums, release planning, and inter-team communication.
- Delivered over 50+ key system features for a brand new completely reimagined contact center application that successfully went live on 6/1/22.
System Developer Analyst
Accenture Federal Services
August 2020 - August 2021
- Developed coding and testing solutions that would automatically trigger events such as email reminders within flows and process builder in Salesforce, using HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, and Lightning Web Components.
- Created mobile test plans including test scripts and scenarios involving iOS and Android.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams such as Human Resources and Finance to create, update, or delete acceptance criteria for upcoming stories in sprints.
Test Engineer Associate
Accenture Federal Services
September 2020 - August 2020
- Updated the traceability matrix to include 40+ stories associated with business processes and rules.
- Created test cases to include test case ID, description, dependencies, and requirements
- Assisted military team members with test scenarios that included allowances such as basic allowance for housing (BAH), special and incentive pays, and reenlistment pays.
Texas A&M University - Central Texas 🛡️
Information Systems (Cybersecurity), Master of Science
Micro-Credential: Data Analytics Causal Analytics & Big Data (CABD) Certificate
GPA 4.0
Spring 2022 - May 2024
Coursework:
- Advanced Database Management
- Enterprise Security
- Telecommunications for Managers
- Foundations of Information Security
- Digital Forensics
- Management Information Systems
- Technical Project Management
- Visual Analytics (In Progress)
- Data Analytics and Management (In Progress)
- Adv Syst Analysis and Design (In Progress)
- Causal Analytics (In Progress)
Organizations:
- Student Government Association - Graduate Senator
Awards:
- College of Business Administration Scholarship Recipient 2022-2023
- Mary Yeaman Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2023
Texas State University ⭐
Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration
Fall 2015 - Spring 2019
Coursework:
- Data Mining and Visualization
- Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Team Building
- Mobile Application Development for Android
- System Analysis and Design
- Topics in Data Analytics
- Visual Programming I
- Visual Programming II
- Web Applications Design and Development
- Introduction to Microcomputer Applications
- The Legal Environment of Business
- Starting IT Business
- Agile Project Management
- Computer Database Systems
- Enterprise Information Technology and Business Intelligence
Organizations:
- Association of Information Technology Professionals
- Veterans Association
- Honors College
- Non-Traditional Student Organization
- Student Leadership Board
- SandboxAQ AQtive Guard Certified Practitioner
- Q-CTRL Quantum Professional Certificate
- GIAC Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Casual Analytics and Big Data Certification - Distinguished Graduate (Texas A&M)
- Data Analytics Micro-Credential (Texas A&M)
- Quantum Programming - Core (D-Wave)
- Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (Chainalaysis)
- ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity
- ISC2 System Security Certified Practitioner
- CompTIA Security+
- Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC)
- Google IT Automation with Python
- ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Coaching
- ICAgile Team Facilitation
- Salesforce Certified Administrator (SCA)
- ITIL 4 Foundation CPD
- ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
- ICAgile Certified Professional - Foundations of DevOps
- ICAgile Certified Professional - Implementing DevOps
| General | Front-End | Back-End | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, APEX | HTML, CSS, jQuery, SQL, SOQL | Git, Linux | numpy, tensorflow, scikit-learn, jupyter, Agile, Scrum |