Zach’s Experience:
EDUCATION:
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
B.S. in InfoMgmt. & Tech with a concentration in Information Security Management
Date:
May 2022
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-60) Certificate
https://www.comptia.org/
Date:
July 2023
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Zach-of-All-Trades
FOUNDER & CEO
Title: DevSecOps & Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, & General IT
Location: Boston, MA
Dates:
Jan 2023 - Present
→ Transformed, updated, and migrated software stacks for 15+ small business clients.
→ Upheld NIST 800-53 compliance on all project scopes.
→ Optimized cloud environments and API requests to achieve lower costs.
LaunchPad Syracuse University
Title: CyberSec Innovator
in Residence and
Peer Mentor focused on Digital Transformation
Location:
Syracuse, NY
Dates:
Aug 2022 -
Dec 2022
→ Managed, set up, and directed the tech components for 5 annual business plan/pitch competitions with a $20k prize pool.
→ Mentored students in the brainstorming of early-stage startups from an IT and cyber security.
→ Developed, created and competed with my own iOS music social media app and won 1st place in a Deloitte Digital Innovation competition.
ghostfruit
Title:DevSecOps, Computer Networking, and Cloud Management IT Consultant
Location:
Syracuse, NY
Dates:
June 2022 -
July 2022
→ Created recommendations for internet architecture of a Bitcoin mining operation.
→ Set up and managed the cloud environment for big data sets of a predictive neural network.
→ Implemented IoT and computer networking protocols.
SIMBA Chain
Title: Cyber Sec Fall Analyst, DevSecOps, and Blockchain Researcher
Location:
South Bend, IN
Dates:
June 2021 -
Aug 2021
→ Analyzed projects that maintained security and functionality of SIMBA Chain core infrastructure.
→ Collaborated with over 30 SIMBA development team members to develop an NFT Marketplace.
→ Researched layer 2 blockchain solutions and bridge protocol architecture utilized by the Blockchain Team.
National Grid
Title: Cyber Security Summer Analyst, Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
Location: Northborough, MA
Dates:
June 2021 -
Aug 2021
→ Worked with Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics, and Incident Management teams to mitigate at 99.9% level.
→ Prepared, detected, eradicated, and recovered all potential internal cyber security threats.
→ Created and updated 15 cyber-incident-response playbooks.