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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

• GIAC Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) (In Progress)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (In Progress)
• 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