Michael Gairson

Michael Gairson

Petty Officer Second Class

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Academic Computing Specialist

  • Education

    • Virginia Tech

      2023 - 2025
      Master's Degree Information Technology
    • Grand Valley State University

      2020 - 2023
      Bachelor's degree Cybersecurity 3.61
    • Riverside City College

      2009 - 2013
      Associate's degree Mathematics
  • Experience

    • US Navy

      Jul 2013 - Jul 2019
      Petty Officer Second Class

      • Played a pivotal role in ensuring the ship's deploymentreadiness by successfully overseeing and accomplishing the training andcertification of the ship's weapon defense systems• Proactively participated in achieving cross-departmentaloperational security training requirements, prioritizing both ship andpersonnel security• Supervised a team of five sailors in the successfulattainment of shipboard certifications, whereby effectively preparing thedepartment for deployment Show less

    • Grand Valley State University

      May 2023 - Aug 2023
      Information Security Intern

      • Contributed to the renewed effort of the Security Operation Center as a team member that resulted inenhanced incident response capabilities• Utilized HTML and CSS to create a visually appealing and user-friendly interface for Splunk, enhancing theoverall user experience and facilitating efficient data exploration

    • S and A Systems

      Sept 2023 - now
      Information Technology Field Technician

      • Part of a transitional team migrating onsite services to the cloud• Configure static IP addresses for the serial-to-ethernet converters• Developed SQL queries for widespread data analytics, including the creation of additional fields toenhance existing data structures

    • Grand Valley State University

      Mar 2024 - now
      Academic Computing Specialist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Security+

      CompTIA
      Dec 2022
    • Amateur Radio License

      FCC
      Feb 2020