Giovanni Blanc
Miami, FL, *****
954-***-**** ***************@*****.***
CERTIFICATIONS:
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
[Cyber Defense Professional Certification – CompTIA Security+] April 2024 – January 2025
• Gained experience with Cisco Packet Tracer, building and protecting custom networks from simulated threat actors.
• Trained in TDX arena to search through network traffic and find unauthorized activities.
• Gained experience in setting up servers on AWS, WSM, and Cisco UCS. Udemy Remote
[CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Bootcamp] April 2025 – May 2025
• Successfully set up secure shell connections.
• Learned under a professor that worked securing the DoD network.
• Many of the professors had outstanding achievements and taught us the mindset it takes to thrive in the cyber security field.
• Strengthened my trainings with tabletop sims to shorten my MTTR.
• Furthering my experience with cisco packet tracer, building networks and connecting devices to base on requested AI generated requirements for small scale businesses while following CISA regulations. Udemy Remote
[AWS Certified Practitioner] May 2025 – Present
• Further practicing configuring cloud servers.
• Implementing cloud into private networks.
• Recently connected a folder on my PC to the cloud allowing me to access it remotely. WORK EXPERIENCE:
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[Cyber Security Internship] December 2023 – December 2024
• Experienced hands-on duties with a live network that ran a hybrid setup. There were onsite and offsite servers. That adhered to NIST guidelines.
• Built a mock network in Cisco Packet Tracer to simulate different intrusions and breaches with the network admin. Hard Rock Casino Tampa, FL
[Table Games Dealer] February 2019 – November 2023
• Dealt high stakes table games to corporate level customers, generating 100k minimum a night.
• Worked in a loud environment where paying attention to details was key. dealt hundreds of hands a night with a 99.7% overall accuracy, above the gaming industry standard.
• Handled money exchanges to chips, calculated payouts, and upheld gaming rules all while maintaining a fun and entertaining experience for customers.
• Played a pivotal role in onboarding new dealers, shadowed them while they dealt for the first time in the Hard Rock to make sure they followed procedures.