Ryan Weinberg

Experience

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  Winding Trails

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2020

  Summer Camp Unit Director
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  Wood N Tap

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2022

  Server
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  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

  Program Graduate

  Graduate of FLEYA Class of 2018

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  Michigan State University

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2023

  Awarded MSU's Provost Undergraduate Research Initiative grant of $2,000 to fund my faculty mentored research study focused on social media norms and the spread of misinformation within political communities on the platform Instagram. Responsibilities within this project require coordinating meetings, conducting survey development, survey distribution, data analysis, research reporting, and presentation. Coding, analyzing, and understanding information workings of online shops and forums contributing to the illicit market operations running on the dark and open web for the Department of Homeland Security funded Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Project.

  • Research Coordinator

    Jan 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Research Assistant - Dark Web

    Sept 2020 - Sept 2021
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  Matters of Fact

  Feb 2021 - May 2022

  Features Writer & Editor
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  Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice

  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  Research Assistant - Cybercrime and Terrorism

  Conducts open-source coding and data collection of known incidents of cyberterrorism attacks occurring against the United States from 1998 to present to compile a database for the Department of Homeland Security. The purpose is to identify ideological motivations and suspicious activity to better understand pre-operational patterns and trends of cyberterrorism that may lead to policy implications.

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  Kroll

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Analyst, Compliance Consulting

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Forensic Investigations and Intelligence Intern

    Jun 2022 - Jul 2023