About
Schooling
I graduated from Big Lake High School and spent 3 years at the University of Minnesota – Duluth (2019-2022) studying Mechanical Engineering. I began to lose interest in the program, and also had issues regarding the Administration of the UofM system as a whole. As a result, I started at Lake Superior College Fall of 2022 and I am in my last semester going for my AAS in Network Administration & Cybersecurity.
While attending UMD, notable classes I took are Computer Science I & II (coding w/ C++) and Computer Organization and Architecture (coding in MIPS assembly). I was also at UMD when I started volunteering in their LARS Lab. I do sysadmin work for them now, but I originally joined to help with their restoration of a DEC PDP-12 computer from 1969.
Classes Taken
In Progress:
2987 – CIS Capstone – Create Portfolio, Complete 6 week project of student’s choosing
2814 – Ethical Hacking – Pentesting, Phishing, Snooping
2815 – Cloud Computing – AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Completed:
1402 – Foundations of CIS – Coding, Computer Basics
1521 – A+ Operating Systems – Windows, Linux, macOS
1522 – A+ Core Hardware – PC Disassembly
1946 – CISCO Networking I – OSI Model, TCP/IP Stack, Cisco IOS
1950 – Windows Client Administration – File Management, User Permissions
1500 – Computer User Support – Help Desk, Documentation
1745 – UNIX System Administration – User Permissions, System Configuration, Linux Fundamentals
1947 – CISCO Networking II – Trunking, Router Configuration, WAP Configuration
1952 – Windows Server Administration – Active Directory, Forests, Group Policy, Organizational Units
1810 – Security Fundamentals – Proper System Configuration
2560 – Web Server Administration – Apache Web Server, Windows IIS, DNS, Lookup Zones, ASP, PHP
2811 – Intrusion Detection & Prevention Systems – Palo Alto, Firewalls
2813 – Forensics & Incident Response – Autopsy, FTK Imager
2812 – Network Security – Router Configuration, Switch Configuration
1511 – Computer Science 1 – Intro to C++
1521 – Computer Science 2 – Continuing C++, Abstract Data Types
2521 – Computer Organization & Architecture – Coding in Assembly, Decoding Binary, Logic Gates
My Skills
I’ve gained experience in multiple hypervisors, including VMWare’s ESXi, Proxmox, and Hyper-V. I also have gained experience utilizing multiple OS’s, and have touched quite a few different software packages.
- Proxmox
- VMware ESXi
- Hyper-V
- Linux (primarily Debian)
- Windows Client & Server
- Docker
- OPNsense & pfSense
- Cisco Packet Tracer