About Me

I am a Kentucky native attending University of Louisville: J.B. Speed School of Engineering for a Computer Engineering/Computer Science degree. I specialize in Information Systems' Security with aptitude for environment (virtual and physical) penetration and security hardening. I am also an avid programmer.

Programming

My choice programming language is C++, which I have worked with since I was eleven years old. I love to make business-oriented software; examples of this are student tracking software for my local martial arts school, databases for my high school's sport teams to track the players' scores, databases for my high school's parking, databases to ease account lookup for my University Unit Business Manager, and script-automated Adobe PDF forms for payroll. I have the most experience programming in C++, C#, and Java. That being said, I started programing at the age of ten with an Intel x86 opcode reference manual and a hex editor, as those were the only tools I had available.

Reverse Engineering

A favorite challenge of mine is reverse-engineering everything from crackmes, malware, and firmware. An example project was analyzing code from a 1997 Saturn S-Series vehicle with an automatic transmission. This particular Powertrain Control Module is based on the Motorola 68k microprocessor, and was overall a very enjoyable puzzle for myself. As a reverse engineer, I favor the IDA Pro environment, but started reversing using the OllyDebug until I converted to a 64-bit environment.

Hobbies

My music collection contains everything from "Above" by Chouchou, to "Godspeed" by Shayfer James, and "Zweite Reise" by Aura Noctis, and I enjoy comparing the wide variety of sonar nuances in the arrangements of the musical world. I will lend that a favorite "traditional" composer is Tchaikovsky.

The visual arts are another pastime of mine, be it appreciation of the traditional arts' natural appeal or the shear project of the Vocaloid live concerts. My contributions thus far have mostly been in the way of photography and fractal art.