📁 Experience
Here is some of my professional experience! Feel free to also check out
my
LinkedIn for more up
to date information on where I am working.
✏️ Education
September 2021 - June 2025
Los Angeles, CA
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Coursework: Introduction to Programming in C++,
Data Structures & Algorithms, Software Construction, Computer
Organization, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Secure
Computing Systems, Deep Learning & Neural Networks, Computer
Network Fundamentals, Computer Architecture, Programming
Languages, Compiler Construction, Trustworthy AI, Efficient
Cryptography-Based Systems, Data Management Systems, Software
Engineering, Distributed Systems, Web Applications, Theory of
Computing
💼 Professional Experience
July 2025 - present
New York City, NY
Enterprise Application Security Engineering (EASE) Team
🛰️ Security Software Engineer Intern
SpaceX
September - December 2024
Hawthorne, CA
Starlink Product Security Engineering Team
June - September 2024
Redmond, WA
Global Hunting Oversight and Strategic Triage (GHOST) Team
December 2023 - January 2024
New York City, NY
Program Analysis & Compilers
November 2022 - June 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Computer Security & Privacy Lab at UCLA working on security research
advised by Dr. Yuan Tian.
June - September 2023
Irvine, CA
Cloud Ingestion Team
August 2022 - May 2023
San Jose, CA
AI & Multimedia Apps Team
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Developed the initial version of the LatticeWork License Plate
Recognition Network Video Recorder (LPR NVR)
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Built computer vision-based IP camera monitoring software to track
and log automobiles based on license plate recognition
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Developed for the Amber Pro edge cloud device and proprietary
machine learning inference acceleration hardware
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Feature later became a core component of the AmberOS operating
system
July - August 2020
New York, NY
Learning Science Internship
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Worked under a data scientist on an independent research project
analyzing the impact of unemployment benefits in the United States
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Learned data science applications of Python, Git, and Jupyter
Notebook
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Gained experience with data sourcing and cleaning techniques
June - July 2020
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Accepted as a Scholar among the top 72 NJ high school students (<1%
acceptance rate).
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🏢 Organizations
February 2023 - March 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Helped grow cybersecurity education at UCLA!
February 2022 - March 2024
Los Angeles, CA
Lead UCLA's competetive CTF team!
February 2022 - February 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Founded and directed LA CTF, UCLA's first large-scale cybersecurity
competition.
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Managed Psi Beta Rho, UCLA's competitive Capture The Flag (CTF)
cybersecurity team
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Facilitated weekly practices covering industry-standard
cybersecurity tools including Linux programs, Python scripting,
reverse engineering, and forensics tools
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Organized guest speakers and collaborations with other colleges to
provide exposure to diverse cybersecurity experiences
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Managed team members and students while competing at external CTFs
February 2022 - February 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Helped grow cybersecurity education and infrastructure at UCLA.
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Organized Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series teaching
cybersecurity fundamentals (file analysis, XSS, steganography) to
20-30 security engineer at Metas
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Facilitated DevOps through weekly deployment of challenges to an
AWS EC2 server using Git and CI/CD tools
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Maintained the Cyber website platform written in Rust and improved
documentation for maintenance and deployment
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Developed workshop challenges involving C and common Linux tools
November 2021 - February 2022
Los Angeles, CA
Contributed to cybersecurity education initiatives during Winter
Quarter 2022.
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Helped organize Cyber Academy, a weekly workshop series promoting
cybersecurity fundamentals with a focus on forensics
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Contributed to the weekly cyber newsletter covering current trends
and tips for cybersecurity
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Developed challenges for workshops and CTF After Dark covering
Linux and other forensics tools