Software Engineering
Embedded medical devices and practical software problem solving.
Check out some of the stuff I've done.
Professional Snapshot
Cybersecurity
CEH certified with a growing foundation in cybersecurity practices.
Creative Development
Game jam experience building interactive ideas under tight constraints.
Recent Work
May, 2026
Publication
Framework for Legacy Medical Devices
A practical framework for legacy medical devices for practitioners.
Focus: Creating a framework for categorizing and characterizing cybersecurity threats against legacy medical devices.
Goal: Highlighting two underserved cybersecurity threat categories, irreversible patient risk and physical/insider attacks.
Relevance: Provide value beyond absorbing information and actively contribute helpful practices based on current gaps in cybersecurity threat modeling and risk controls.
March, 2026
AI Hackathon
Urban Heat Resiliance Hackathon
Testing knowledge of AI and practical utilization for real-world issues.
Focus: Pushing limits of AI knowledge and utilization within an unstructured and time-constrained environment.
Goal: Cementing core concepts for using AI models and understanding the limitations to which adjustments can be made.
Relevance: Going beyond passive information ingestion and into actual application of learned AI principles and techniques for models.
January, 2026
Continued Education
Begin Master's Degree
Pursuing a greater education in software engineering at the University of Michigan.
Focus: Software engineering focused on artificial intelligence and embedded systems.
Goal: Increased impact and effectiveness in professional work.
Relevance: Demonstrating a consistent growth mindset and love of learning.
October, 2025
NVIDIA Certification
Intro to Deep Learning
An introductory certification on understanding and utilizing deep learning.
Focus: Practical application and understanding of deep learning and model training.
Goal: Becoming familiar with how AI models are trained and the science of how to implement them.
Relevance: Expanding knowledge base into an extremely popular but often poorly understood field.
March, 2025
Professional Credential
Certified Ethical Hacker
Continuing the pursuit of my interest in cybersecurity, I have acquired the CEH certification from EC Council.
Focus: Cybersecurity fundamentals, ethical hacking concepts, and security-minded software work.
Goal: This adds a professional security lens to software engineering decisions.
Relevance: Building upon previous work for professional growth.
2024
Security Foundation
Google Cybersecurity Certificate
A fantastic course that lays the foundation for understanding cybersecurity and carefully builds upon it.
Focus: Building a structured base in cybersecurity concepts and workflows.
Goal: A stronger foundation makes later security work more deliberate and defensible.
Relevance: Learning technical subjects from the ground up.
2022
Collaborative Build
"Schizm" Game Jam Entry
A collaborative work that tested how quickly I could put together a platformer with functional enemies.
Focus: Fast iteration, collaboration, platformer mechanics, and functional enemy behavior.
Goal: Practical delivery of a finished product under time pressure.
Relevance: It connects professional software skill with the original spark of loving video games.
2021
Prototype Mindset
"Cube Quest" Game Jam Entry
Although just a demo based on time constraints, there were some fun ideas in this one.
Focus: Prototyping, scoping, and turning ideas into a playable demo.
Goal: Pushing limits with unique constraints and making progress with limited time.
Relevance: Creative experimentation and desire for practical application, not only credentials.