Competitions & Experience
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Qualifiers
February 2026 Competitor • 1st out of 45 teams
- Defended critical services (AD, Database, Web) against a live Red Team simulation.
- Hardened 3 Windows VMs and 5 Linux VMs.
- Kept services running from red team attacks while completing company tasks and writing incident reports.
Department of Energy CyberForce Competition
November 2025 Competitor • 3rd out of 96 teams
- Defended 6 VMs from a live Red Team simulation.
- Placed 1st in Defense.
- Solved anomalies in malware analysis and forensics.
- Mainted fictional oil rig's company website
Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
October 2025 - January 2026 Alternate • 3rd at Regional
- Performed active reconnaissance on Windows systems.
- Engaged in Hack The Box challenges for skill development.
eCitadel
May 2025 Competitor • Finished 9th
- Defended critical services (AD, Database, Web) against a live Red Team simulation.
- Applied real-time hardening and patching.
CyberPatriot
April 2024 - March 2025 Competitor • 1st Place in Tennessee
- Achieved 1st place by successfully defending multiple systems against known vulnerabilities.
- Engineered PowerShell auditing scripts.