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OSSCON CTF
Third place overall, tied with second. A team experience spanning network analysis, cryptography, Linux fundamentals, and physical security.
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My documented competitions, technical work, and certification, ordered by publication date. Follow the climb through each original entry.
BASE CAMP / 2025
Every entry marks a documented step. Scroll down to follow the route; scroll up to retrace it.
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SWIFT SCARE CTF
Four days of Debian and Windows challenges, network forensics, and hidden artifacts. Finished fourth.
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King of the Hill
Practiced attack and defense together, maintaining and recovering services across a mixed Linux and Windows environment on AWS.
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Coastline × Hack The Box
Second place in the CTF at Coastline College's CyberAI Research Symposium, working across forensics, cryptography, OSINT, and reverse engineering.
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Red vs. Blue
Defended five Linux and Windows machines with my team while balancing service uptime, system hardening, and written business tasks.
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Tech Symposium CTF
First place among around 50 participants, completing roughly 80–90% of the challenges across multiple security disciplines.
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NCAE Cyber Games
Supported SSH service administration and challenge-solving with Cal Poly Pomona's SWIFT team.
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MISSA ITC assessment
Contributed more than 20 hours to a two-week assessment and client-facing report. Our team finished in the Top 5.
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CompTIA Network+
Passed Network+, connecting practical experience with routing, switching, subnetting, troubleshooting, and network security foundations.
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Five Machines and a Network of My Own
Building an isolated five-machine homelab with OPNsense, Debian, Windows, and Kali Linux.
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Ashborne: Building My Own Command Center
Why I built Ashborne, a self-hosted command center for authorized adversary-emulation labs.
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Red Team Operator: The Objective Was Only Half the Battle
Reflections on passing the Red Team Operator exam and learning the difference between access and operational discipline.
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THE ROUTE GOES ON
The ascent continues
There is always another height to reach
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