Information Security Systems Architect, Yukon Territorial Government
Designed and implemented enterprise security solutions including hybrid cloud deployments
May 5, 2015 - May 29, 2023
Member of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Member of the Standing Committee on Families and Communities.
Previously served as Official Opposition Deputy House Leader, Infrastructure Critic, and Democracy and Ethics Critic.
Previously served as a member of the Government Caucus. (2015-2019)
Previously served on various legislative committees.
2014 - 2015
Software Developer, Phase Advanced Sensors Systems
Designed and developed industrial control system (ICS) software for prototype sensors.
Received a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award (IUSRA) scholarship.
2013 - current
Software Consultant
Designed, developed, and maintained software integrations and databases for various organizations.
Developed email integrations for digital organizing tools.
Experience with Heroku, AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, and other cloud providers and platforms.
Performed data analytics and reporting.
2010 - 2015
Computer Service Technician, Gigatech Systems Inc.
Provided end-user technical sales and service support
Education
September 2023 - 2026
MS Cybersecurity, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Master’s of Science student in Cyber Security
Cyber Fellow Scholarship recipient
November 2022
BSc. Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Western Governors University
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Received two Academic Excellence Awards for Exceptional Work in “Emerging Technologies in Cybersecurity”
Received an Academic Excellence Award for Exceptional Work in “English Composition I”
November 2022
University Certificate in Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University
Achieved a 3.91 GPA
Completed courses in operating systems, programming, interactive technologies, web applications, computer networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and educational psychology.
September 2013 - May 2015
BSc. Computing Science (Hon.), University of Alberta
Attended a Computing Science program at the University of Alberta until elected to the Alberta Legislature.
Received an Academic Excellence Scholarship (2013)
Received an NSERC IUSRA scholarship (2014)
Certifications
ISACA CISM
Offensive Security OSEP, OSCP
CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CySA+
Cloud Security Alliance CCSK
ITIL 4 Foundations
kaggle Intro to Machine Learning, Data Visualization
HackerRank Certificate in C#, Python, SQL (Intermediate)
Google IT Support Professional
Honours and Awards
2022 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for contributions to the Province of Alberta
Skills
Familiar with Python, C#, Java, Javascript, C++ and able to learn new languages quickly.
“Hacker” status on HackTheBox (HTB)
Additional Experience
CTF
Top scoring team member on 5th overall team in PicoCTF 2023 (YegSecCTF)
Top scoring team member on a top-10 team in international cybersecurity CTF with over 1000 competitors (Deadface CTF 2022)
Top scoring team member and first place finisher (overall) MagpieCTF 2023
Dante Pro Lab 100% Complete on HackTheBox
Talks
DEFCON 31: War Stories speaker
Check Point CPX 2024: Security Orchestration and Automation Response using Check Point Firewalls and Azure Sentinel
YEGSec: C2 Frameworks - Primer for Security Professionals (Edmonton Information Security Professionals Group)
Misc.
Discovered a vulnerability in the Alberta Government COVID-19 vaccine passport website and disclosed to Alberta Health.