First responder for enterprise incidents
Triaged, investigated, contained, and escalated cybersecurity incidents across a large real estate enterprise.
Chicagoland cybersecurity analyst
Incident response, detection quality, and adversary-informed defense.
I help security teams investigate incidents, validate vulnerability reports, tune noisy detections, and turn offensive security experience into clearer defensive outcomes.
Trajectory
Building toward purple-team security leadership.
My path combines enterprise security operations, penetration testing, live-fire response, and competition leadership. The through-line is practical security judgment: find what matters, reduce noise, and move risk toward resolution.
Primary bug bounty contact
Assessed HackerOne submissions, validated risk, and coordinated remediation with internal stakeholders.
Microsoft Entra Risky Users workflow
Designed automation that eliminated repetitive analyst steps and saved approximately 15-20 minutes per day.
Detection quality improvements
Reduced false positives and alert fatigue by tuning multiple alert categories for better fidelity.
Experience
Security operations with offensive testing depth.
- Served as first responder for cybersecurity incidents across a $25B enterprise supporting 2,500+ employees.
- Led triage, investigation, containment, and escalation activities for suspicious activity and security alerts.
- Acted as the primary contact for the HackerOne bug bounty program, validating submissions and coordinating remediation.
- Built automation for Microsoft Entra Risky Users and tuned security detections to reduce false positives.
- Contributed to internal network, external network, API, and related penetration testing engagements.
- Performed LLM security testing against the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs and provided client-facing findings.
- Researched and presented industry cybersecurity concerns to company leadership.
- Assisted red-team execution during a live-fire engagement assessing a client incident response plan.
- Managed Zendesk helpdesk tickets and supported office and field-site technical issues.
- Led deployments for NVR servers, employee laptops, printers, and other operational hardware.
- Assessed core infrastructure and led projects including automated backups for critical systems.
- Conducted live incident response for suspicious activity and unauthorized access to core systems.
- Led weekly Unix specialty practices while co-leading team-wide cybersecurity training sessions.
- Guided training for a team of around 20 members and maintained onboarding documentation.
- Created technical writing based on cybersecurity engagements performed during competitions.
Credentials
Certifications and technical foundation.
SecurityX (CASP+)
CompTIA | June 2024
PenTest+
CompTIA | February 2024
Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional
CompTIA | February 2024
Junior Penetration Tester
INE | December 2023
Secure Infrastructure Specialist
CompTIA | May 2023
Earlier foundations
Network+ | A+ | Security+
Education
Indiana Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, GPA 3.7. Coursework included web and network security, defensive cyber operations, digital forensics, server systems, scripting, disaster recovery, database systems, and network design.
Competitions
High-pressure practice, real security habits.
Open to the next challenge