About me

Tyler talk all about who he is

# Summary

I’m a current Junior in college studying Cybersecurity. I’m involved with my local tech community and heavily involved in the Association of Business Information Technology students at Missouri State University

## Why Cyber Security?

Its a common question why did I want to jump into cybersecurity?

Well my initial dream was to dive into the world of Physical Security and Law Enforcement. but I found myself wanting to combine my skills with tech with my knowledge in that field. after doing some research I found youtubers like John Hammond, Eric Parker and others that really sparked my interest into the world of Cybersecurity.

## My Journey into Cybersecurity

When I began looking into careers in high school I had first set my eyes on law enforcement as my career of choice. I event went as far to take an entire additional class for it! I was able through that class to obtain a physical security job at an amusement park. Where I learned a lot about securing assets as well as people. I think that is really where my passion started to grow for this industry. While researching degrees for college I landed myself on YouTube pages about cybersecurity and was hooked. next thing I knew I deep dived straight into a degree about it and haven’t looked back!

## Professional Experience

Security Supervisor, Worlds of Fun

Since may 2022 I’ve been working at Worlds of Fun as a Security Officer. I’ve learned countless things about physical security, law enforcement, and property security during my time there. I was promoted in July of 2024 to a Supervisor Position where I oversee the day to day security operations of the amusement park.

Involvement Ambassador, Missouri State University

Since my sophomore year I've had the opportunity to work in the Office of Student Engagement as an involvement ambassador! This has been an amazing opportunity for me to help students get engaged with organizations on campus. I am able to use my technology skills to assist not only myself but many others in this position. Building this new position from year one has been a great time!

## Key Projects

Recently there has been a lot I'm working on!

###Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Training Infrastructure

This year I've been working with a team of 8 students at Missouri State University to train for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition And have been honored to be

## Certifications

Google Cybersecurity Certificate

One of the first certificates I obtained was straight from google! This course was a great introduction to the world of cybersecurity and gave me a lot of hands on labs to learn from!

##Awards

South Central Regional United States Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) 2024

I got this award from competiting in the Security Competition in amarillo texas. You can read more about it on my blog pretaining to the conference:

Top Communicator Award. Department of Information Technology / Cybersecurity at Missouri State University

I was recently honored to be awarded the Top Communicator award while working on training for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. This award is thanks to the work I've done coordinating with our 8 member team to prepare for the blue/red team competition of CCDC!