Software Engineer

B R A N D O N C A S T O R

E X P E R I E N C E

E D U C A T I O N

S K I L L S

A B O U T

IT manager Assistant / Campus Operator

SDSU IT 2014-Present

Manages and keeps track of incoming equipment to be sent for repair and delivery through a ticketing system. Set up and configuring staff equipment as well as management and maintenance. Took charge of a workstation equipment upgrade for an entire department that boosted their productivity by 50% over the course of 2 months.

R & D Associate

Mathly.io Summer 2020

Partnered with a start-up company to develop a web application for aiding students in learning and providing tutoring. Researched various API’s and worked with different optical character recognition tools to develop an A.I. that would read and analyze mathematical equations from a picture or screenshot and group them with questions of a similar group.Used Python as the main programming language to develop for the company’s further research. Software Engineer

B.S In Computer Science

San Diego State University Major GPA(3.0)

Graduation: December 2020

Cyber security

Algorithm Analysis

Systems Programming

Data Structures

Operating Systems

Artficial Intelligence

Intro to Databases

UNIX System

Administration

Solution-oriented college graduate

with a passion for learning,

cybersecurity, and software

development with a wide variety of

professional skills. Driven to

enhance my technical knowledge in

different fields in order to become

well rounded in a variety of

technologies.

Python

C ++

Java

Javascript

SQL

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P r o j e c t s

AES-128 bit file encryptor and decryptor - Python

Uses the AES algorithm to encrypt and decrypt a file with a user given key. UNIX Micro Shell - C++

Emulates a shell with working UNIX commands and it is able to pipe multiple commands at the same time.

Associations

SDSU Cyber Defense Team member

Participated in online and in-person defensive competitions such as the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, attended security conferences and lectures from the security community. Taking part of weekly challenges such as capture the flag and preparing for 2020’s CTF competition.

San Diego, CA 92120, USA

Checkers A.I player - Python

Developed an A.I capable of playing checkers against a user and develop its own strategy using a min-max algorithm

C o u r s e s

Extra Curriculars

2020 National Cyber League Team & Individual Competition - Silver Rank Competed in the annual National Cyber League competition where I was tested in challenges involving cryptography, Log & Network analysis, Web app exploitation, Penetration testing, Forensics and Open Source Intelligence, my team and I ranked top 50 in the nation and received a Silver rank for the season.

Intern / Mentee

Forward Slope 2020 -Present

Current mentee for Forward Slope, working with the ArcGIS API and developing a web application that pinpoints the 5 most famous cities in a digital map written in javascript.

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