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Andrew C.

Andrew C.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer / Security Researcher

  • Education

    • Texas A&M University

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science (minor in Cybersecurity)

      Activities and Societies: Cybersecurity Club, Freestyle Underground Street Dancers (FUSD), Music Team Leader and Meeting coordinator for Epic Movement Magna cum laude (3.85/4.0), Engineering Honors, Undergraduate Research Scholar

  • Experience

    • Texas A&M University Parasol Lab, ASER Group

      May 2018 - May 2020
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

      • Completed undergraduate thesis, "Understanding and Evaluating Dynamic Race Detection with Go."• Maintained and contributed to UFO, an open-source tool used to predictively detect use-after-free vulnerabilities in multi-threaded applications.• Mentored two undergraduate students to ensure they possessed the background knowledge and skills to build, develop, and test UFO. This includes basic C++, low-level programming with pointers, dynamic memory allocation, working with Git and Chromium, and other project specific details. Show less

    • Cisco

      May 2019 - Aug 2019
      Software Engineer Intern

      Cisco Webex

    • MITRE

      Jan 2020 - May 2020
      Embedded Capture-the-Flag Competition

      • Co-led a team of 3 undergraduate students to win 5th place out of 20 university teams across the US.• Spearheaded the design and development (software side) of a secure audio digital rights management module on a Zynq-7000 SoC. The DRM module runs on the trusted MicroBlaze soft processor core, isolating it from the PetaLinux environment on the main ARM Cortex-A9 processor.• Developed a secure system which met the set of specified functional requirements and timing constraints. • Performed vulnerability analysis and software attacks on other teams' designs.• Skills used: embedded system development in C, Python scripting, embedded system architecture, cross-compilation, encryption, hashing, digital signatures, documentation, project management.• Introduced to: FPGA development, side-channel attacks, fault-injection attacks, and memory probing attacks. Show less

    • Caesar Creek Software, Inc.

      Jul 2020 - May 2022
      Software Engineer

      Embedded software development and software reverse engineering

    • Raytheon Intelligence & Space

      Jun 2022 - Apr 2024
      Senior Cyber Engineer

      Embedded vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and software development

    • Nightwing

      Apr 2024 - Nov 2024
      Senior Cyber Engineer

      (Formerly Raytheon CIS)

    • RunSafe Security Inc.

      Nov 2024 - now
      Senior Software Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)

      GIAC Certifications
      May 2021
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    • GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

      GIAC Certifications
      Aug 2021
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    • GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN)

      GIAC Certifications
      Nov 2021
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      IAP Scholarship Recipient Paycom Aug 2019
    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      IAP Scholarship Recipient Ernst & Young Aug 2018
    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      IAP Scholarship Recipient Capital One Aug 2017
    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      Dean's Honor Roll Texas A&M University May 2017 Completed a semester schedule of at least 15 hours with no grade lower than a C and a total grade point ratio of at least 3.75
    • Awarded to Andrew C.
      Engineering Honors (ACE Scholars) Texas A&M University Aug 2016 The Department of Computer Science and Engineering's track of Engineering Honors (ACE Scholars), is a program designed to engage bright and inquisitive students and to give them opportunities to learn together, enroll in smaller, enriched courses, participate in intensive research, and interact with honors faculty.