Python | Django | Django Rest Framework | Javascript | Vue JS | React | Docker | Cloud Security AWS | GCP | Azure | Security Policy | Application Security | Reverse Engineering | Threat Modeling
EXPERIENCE
Raven Security Associates - Software Engineering / Cybersecurity Consultant
2018 - PRESENT
- Aggregated, cleaned, geotagged, and geofenced Omaha, NE police incident report data; augmenting corporate threat intelligence and optimizing security staffing.
- Providing greenfield and legacy development as a service for client web apps and cloud infrastructure informed by security requirements, threat modeling, and secure code review.
Notable Clients
AuditMiner - Employee Benefit Plan Audit Platform
Technologies: Vue JS & Django Rest Framework
- Created an MVP that achieved traction in 3 months.
- Introduced an Agile project management workflow increasing efficiency by 20 percent.
- Hired and nurtured engineering talent quadrupling the size of the engineering team.
- Authored a custom ETL pipeline to process 401(k) and payroll data from over 20 sources saving auditors approximately 30 hours per project.
- Established a CI/CD pipeline increasing the velocity of delivery by 2x.
- Developed a full stack web framework achieving over $1 Million ARR the first year.
- Implemented technical security controls and a SOC II compliance program allowing sales to pursue large, corporate clients and increasing the company's value by 6x.
LinearA Data - Hospital Capacity Planning Application
Technologies: React JS & Golang
- Improved UX with React.js resulting in a 50% increase in customer adoption.
- Created data collection and matching techniques saving approximately 30 minutes of manual effort per data source.
- Audited both technical security controls and HIPAA compliance.
Security Research
Responsible Vulnerability Disclosures
- CVE-2021-42053
- 1 library 6 packages and 249 repositories impacted
- CVE-2021-42134
- 1 library 6 packages and 249 repositories impacted
Publications
W. Mahoney, P. Sigillito, J. Smolinski, T. McDonald, and G. Grispos, "Analyzing the Performance of Block-Splitting in LLVM Fingerprinting," International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, vol. 17, no. 1. Academic Conferences International Ltd, pp. 176–184, Mar. 02, 2022. doi: 10.34190/iccws.17.1.39.
EDUCATION
- University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE - MS Cybersecurity (Cyber Operations) GPA 4.0
- Adams State University, Golden, Co - BA General Studies GPA 4.0
AWARDS
Certificate of Recognition, Omaha Chamber of Commerce (2017)
For teaching 20 small business owners WordPress development.
Open Source Projects
fitness-tools
A library to help personal trainers optimize client training and macronutrient requirements.
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