I’m a student at Brigham Young University pursuing an undergraduate degree in cybersecurity. I love the fast-paced and creative aspect of the field which keeps me on my feet and encourages thinking outside the box to solve (or find) problems. Whether through my competitions, research, or work, I am always being challenged in new and exciting ways.

You’ll find me everywhere in the cybersecurity competition space under the handle “deltabluejay” and on the BYU Cyberia team.

Competitions

• 2nd place at the DEF CON 32 Embedded Systems Village CTF
• Member of the BYU Cyberia National Cyber League (NCL) team
  • Multiple top finishes in the Experienced Students bracket, the most recent being:
    • 2nd place in the Fall 2024 Team Game
    • 13th place in the Spring 2024 Individual Game
• Co-captain of the high-performing BYU CCDC team
  • 1st place team at the 2024 Rocky Mountain CCDC Qualifier and Regional competitions
  • One of 10 competing teams in the 2024 National CCDC competition
  • Significant contributor to our public team resources
  • Specialist in automating Splunk indexer and forwarder configuration with various logging sources (see above for example work)
  • Skilled threat hunter using the above tools to find and kick out red team
• Member of BYU Cyberia CTF team ranked in the top 20 nationally
• Many other top finishes in various competitions (Deloitte Mountain West Cyber Challenge, eCitadel Open, WiCys conference CTF, NCAE Cyber Games, etc.)

Research

• DEFCON and SAINTCON speaker
• Contributor to 9 CVEs:
  • CVE-2024-40083, 40084, 40085, 40086, 40087, 40088, 40089, 40090, 40091

See Research for more details.

Work

See LinkedIn.