Experience & Timeline
May 2025 – August 2025
Systems Administration Internship
In the summer between my junior and senior year I had the amazing opportunity to work at Digital Cloak LLC as a systems administration intern. In this role, I worked with three other interns on various projects such as an external network assessment, the creation of a C2 server, and my personal phishing project. I spent most of the time working on my personal project, which was an in-depth phishing campaign using Evilginx2 to host a reverse proxy of various sites, and multiple Gophish campaigns in an attempt to harvest credentials in an ethical and regulated way. Check out the projects tab to view my final presentation from my project!
May 2024 – August 2024
CompTIA Network+ Certification
In the summer between my sophomore and junior year I wanted to expand on my knowledge of IT by studying for and taking the CompTIA Network+ exam. I spent most of the summer studying and preparing for this test and passed the exam in July, which is valid for four years and expires in July of 2028.
May 2022 – August 2022
Early Summer Classes
After my senior year of high school, I wanted to get ahead on college coursework and also familiarize myself with a new environment seeing as how I had never left home before. So, in the summer of 2022 I went to High Point University and completed their Summer Advantage program.
May 2020 – August 2020
Self Taught Coding
Unfortunately between my sophomore and junior year of high school, a global pandemic had interrupted most of daily life, so I didn't have many opportunities to work jobs or help in my community. So, I took the time to learn some basic coding in Python and C using various online resources like W3 schools and YouTube. This was my first experience with programming and led to me taking AP Computer Science Principles in my junior year.
May 2018 – August 2018
Front Desk Assistant
Before going into high school I spent my summer working at my local pool while swimming competitively there. This was the second job I ever worked and in my role I helped at the front desk, signing in patrons and helping manage various tasks.
August 2024 – January 2025
IT Desk Assistant
During the fall semester of my junior year at college, I had the incredible opportunity of working at High Point's IT desk along with some other students and full time employees. This was my first experience working a job in the field that I love and I enjoyed every moment. I got to help deliver technical support to faculty and students by diagnosing and resolving complex software, network, and hardware problems. I also got to gain some practical experience using the ServiceNow ticketing system, and helped to educate students and faculty on IT best practices such as password management, responsible data use, and phishing attempts.
May 2023 – August 2023
CompTIA A+ Certification
After my first year of college I felt driven to keep learning and expanding on my technical skills by studying for and passing the CompTIA A+ Core 1 and 2 exam. This certification contained a wide range of solid foundational knowledge in various topics and would later motivate me to keep going with the Network+ exam the following summer.
May 2021 – August 2021
Private Swim Coach
After an entirely online junior year of high school, I had the idea to put my swimming skills to good use by becoming a private swim coach and teaching kids in my neighborhood to float, swim, and have fun in the water. This experience was great for me since the families in my neighborhood are very friendly, and after being inside for most of junior year, I got to be outside for most of the day swimming and teaching.
May 2019 – August 2019
Lifeguarding
Between freshman and sophomore year of high school I took the common competitive swimmer to lifeguard pipeline and worked at my local pool I had swum at for all my life. I worked as a lifeguard from May to August at Chesterbrook Swim and Tennis Club, which was probably my favorite job I've worked to this day.
May 2017 – August 2017
Snack Bar
The first job I ever worked was the snack bar at my local pool. It was the summer between 7th and 8th grade for me, and I wanted to work at the snack bar for the pool that I spent every summer at swimming competitively.