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Hey, I’m

Troy Stagg

I'm passionate about technology, business strategy, and the personal side of online security.

About Me

I'm a student, developer, analyst, and lifetime learner. I love everything

cyber security, computer science, and the business strategy behind company and product success.

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Outside of work, I'm probably:

At the gym or on a run

Playing or listening to music

Trying out something new!

Hanging out with friends

Enjoying my favorite games

Traveling

Work Experience

Summer 2022-Present

Fall 2019 - Fall 2020

Fall 2020 - Fall 2022 (Lead)

Summer 2021

Summer 2019

Graduate Student Intern | Center for Cyber Defenders, Sandia National Labs

DevSecOps

  • Developed DevSecOps pipelines in Gitlab CI, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps to automatically run/process unit tests and security scans, containerize the application, and deploy to Kubernetes

  • Developed Python scripts to integrate security tool outputs into functioning DevSecOps pipelines

  Container Research & Understanding

  • Created a full stack database for information pertaining to containers and their layers using Python and MongoDB

  • Scanned hundreds of thousands of container images and included GUI/API solutions for manual/programmatic lookups

Lead Networking Residential Technology Advisor | Wreck Techs

  • Responsible for maintaining Georgia Tech’s wired and wireless network infrastructure for over 15,000 connected clients

  • Resolved issues pertaining to networking equipment and personal devices for over 8,000 on-campus residents

Technology Intern (Cybersecurity Track) | New York Life Insurance

  • Led weekly training sessions for employees with lectures/lab walkthroughs based on OWASP Top 10 Web Application Security Risks using the Portswigger platform and Burp Suite

  • Performed weekly analyses on Web Application Firewall logs of 10,000 samples using Excel/Python and regularly reported results to managers

  • Collaborated with a group of six interns to leverage Amazon Textract for automated conversion of paper forms to tickets displayed on a UI

Assistant Instructor | Black Rocket

  • Taught summer camp classes on a variety of Computer Science topics, including programming and virtual/augmented reality

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Other Projects

Chart Art | Spring 2020
Development of real-time flight weather map software and hardware

  • Developed system in Python on a Raspberry Pi to obtain weather information online and display current flight condition information using LEDs wired onto a map of Greater New York area

  • Gained skills in working with API data and physical design processes

Create-X Idea to Prototype (I2P) | January - May 2019
Development and production of a prototype quadcopter/airplane/submersible

  • Designed and manufactured prototype vehicle

  • Engineered waterproof motor casings & performed carbon fiber layup of frame

Space Trader | Fall 2019
Leadership in a cooperative team coding environment

  • Lead a team of 4 people in developing a trading/exploration game for Objects and Design Class

  • Used Object-Oriented Design concepts learned in class to design and implement a system using Java
    Swing that runs a text-based game including traveling to locations, buying and selling goods, and
    interacting with NPCs

Skills

Technical: Application Security | Information Security | Computer Networking | Burp Suite | Python | Java | Java Swing | C++ | HTML/CSS | Android Studio | Windows | MacOS | Linux
Languages: English (native) | Spanish (fluent) | ASL (intermediate)

Achievements

Eagle Scout Award - 2018
Department of Energy L Clearance (Summer 2022)

Relevant Coursework

Computer Science

  • CS2340 - Objects and Design

  • CS1332 - Data Structures & Algorithms

  • CS2110 - Computer Organization & Programming

  • CS3510 - Design & Analysis of Algorithms

  • CS3750 - User Interface Design

  • CS3600 - Intro to Artificial Intelligence

  • CS3630 - Intro to Perception & Robotics

  • CS4731 - Game AI

  • CS6262 - Network Security

  • CS4635 - Knowledge-Based AI

  • CS4510 - Automata & Complexity

  • CS6035 - Intro to Information Security 

  • CS6210 - Advanced Operating Systems

  • CS6390 - Programming Languages

  • CS6290 - High Performance Computer Architecture

  • CS6260 - Applied Cryptography

  • CS6275 - Info Security Policies (in progress)

  • CS6747 - Advanced Malware Analysis (in progress)

  • CS6515- Intro to Grad Algorithms (in progress)

  • CS6726 - Privacy Tech Policy Law (in progress)

Misc.

  • MATH3012 - Applied Combinatorics

  • MATH3215 - Probability & Statistics

  • PSYC2015 - Research Methods

  • PSYC2210 - Social Psychology

  • LMC3403 - Tech Communication 

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