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Aspiring Sales and Business Development Professional

I’m on a journey to build my career in Sales and Business Development, enhancing my skills and gaining real-world experience.

Work samples

Discover my projects and experiences that showcase my growth in Sales and Business Development, highlighting my commitment to continuous learning.

  • Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship
    Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship
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    Hydroficient · Aug 2026 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship

    Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.

    Python ProgrammingData AnalysisThreat ModelingDashboard Development
  • SecureBoard - Secure Anonymous Logging & Moderation Platform
    SecureBoard - Secure Anonymous Logging & Moderation Platform

    Built and deployed a Flask-based anonymous message board with admin authentication, secure logging, and moderation tools. Implemented environment-variable-based admin credentials to avoid hardcoding sensitive login information in source code. Added automatic logging for user activity, including timestamps, anonymous identifiers, request data, and submitted messages. Developed moderation tools and a basic threat scoring system to help identify potentially risky or abusive submissions. Deployed and tested the application on AWS EC2 using Linux terminal workflows and portfolio-ready documentation.

    PythonFlaskSQLiteAWS EC2HTML/CSSLinux

About me

I’m on a journey to build my career in Sales and Business Development, enhancing my skills and gaining real-world experience.

I'm a junior at SUNY Institute of Technology, pursuing my Bachelor's Degree. With a focus on Sales and Business Development, I'm eager to enhance my professional skills and officially launch my career. Currently, I'm gaining hands-on experience through my externship at Hydroficient.

Externships

Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship

Hydroficient

Experience

Security Guard

Allied Universal · Columbia University | May 2023 - July 2024

QA Tester

Project-Based / Contract Work · Remote

STEM Mentor / Tutor

Rebuilding the Village Utica · Unpaid Community Service

Education

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity · Class of 2028

Skills

SalesBusiness DevelopmentIoT Cyber DefenseTechnical SkillsProfessional Skills

✅ Verified by Extern

Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship

Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.

Python ProgrammingData AnalysisThreat ModelingDashboard Development

Overview

The work analyzed a 500-room hotel water monitoring system, inventoried key assets with CIA ratings, mapped data and command flows, and applied STRIDE to prioritize threats. It built a local MQTT pipeline, generated realistic sensor logs with Python, then secured the pipeline with TLS and mTLS while running controlled experiments. Deliverables included a threat model, a Python sensor log

Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship

What I've accomplished

I produced a professional threat model for a 500-room hotel's water monitoring system, a Python sensor log generator, an insecure and then TLS/mTLS-secured MQTT pipeline with experiment results, replay-attack defenses validated across 12 tests, and a formal device provisioning policy.

Project breakdown

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SecureBoard - Secure Anonymous Logging & Moderation Platform

Built and deployed a Flask-based anonymous message board with admin authentication, secure logging, and moderation tools. Implemented environment-variable-based admin credentials to avoid hardcoding sensitive login information in source code. Added automatic logging for user activity, including timestamps, anonymous identifiers, request data, and submitted messages. Developed moderation tools and a basic threat scoring system to help identify potentially risky or abusive submissions. Deployed and tested the application on AWS EC2 using Linux terminal workflows and portfolio-ready documentation.

PythonFlaskSQLiteAWS EC2HTML/CSSLinux
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Greatness Awaiting - Clothing Brand Website

Built a responsive clothing brand website for a streetwear-style project using Next.js and React. Created a dedicated shop page displaying product images, prices, and item listings with an expandable storefront structure. Implemented interactive product view behavior and organized product data/image ordering for easier future inventory updates. Tested the site locally using the Next.js development server and fixed image loading issues during development. Serve as a Brand Ambassador for Greatness Awaiting by supporting promotion, outreach, and brand visibility.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptHTML/CSSJavaScript
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