{"id":1024,"date":"2018-03-09T19:27:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T19:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cybersecurity.fsu.edu\/club\/?page_id=1024"},"modified":"2023-04-24T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:05:42","slug":"alumni_date","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.fsu.edu\/club\/alumni_date\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame by Graduation Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Cybersecurity Hall of Fame has been established to honor FSU students who exceed academic expectations in a significant way. It serves as the highest benchmark, and an inspiration for future students. The students nominated here have made distinguished contributions to their own education, by going above and beyond academic requirements profoundly and repeatedly – demonstrating an extreme commitment to learning and expanding their own potential. Each has made their faculty proud. Each can be expected to make a similarly significant contribution to society, while leaving lasting impressions on the people, institutions, and organizations they go on to serve.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Grant William Arnold\"\"<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date: <\/strong>Spring 2023<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained: <\/strong>BS Information Technology at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info: <\/strong>grantarnold94@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer:<\/strong> Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA)<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Network Administration Associate<\/p>\n

Interesting Info: <\/strong>“Served as Secretary (Fall 2022) and President (Spring 2023) of the Cybersecurity Club where I went through many different projects mainly focusing on DIY penetration testing tools. I was also Captain of the FSU South-Eastern Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC) Team for SECCDC 2023. When I am not doing work, I like to keep myself busy with different projects usually involving offensive security. My time being involved with FSU Cybersecurity Club has led to a devout love and infatuation with cybersecurity, and I hope to stay involved with the club in the future to continue getting people hooked on cybersecurity”.<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:<\/strong> Offensive Security: DIY\/Commercial Pen-Testing Tools, Pen-Testing Automation<\/p>\n

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Annie Cynthia Thomas\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date: <\/strong>Spring 2022<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained: <\/strong>MS Information Technology at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:<\/strong> anniecynthiathomas@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Senior Software Developer<\/p>\n

Interesting Info: <\/strong>Annie consistently went above and beyond as an FSU student. She was outstanding in the LIS5775 Organizational Information Security class during Spring 2022. Annie’s potential and preeminence in cloud security shone through when she was inspired to penetrate the SECNET network in the Cloud. Watch this YouTube video<\/a> to see what she did.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Mills<\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Spring 2019<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0Combined MS\/BS Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:<\/strong>\u00a0jacobmillsfl@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer:<\/strong>\u00a0Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0Cyber Systems Engineer<\/p>\n

Interesting Info:<\/strong>\u00a0“I’ve been involved with several facets of reverse engineering since graduation and prior. I’ve created technologies to aid reverse engineering through automation and visualization. Some of my most notable work involved vulnerability discovery and exploitation for DoD funded projects. While at Florida State University I was the Vice President of the Cybersecurity Club for 2 years and designed and led multiple workshops involving offensive cybersecurity education and practice. When I’m not performing cybersecurity research, I enjoy developing full stack applications and automating tasks. The FSU Cybersecurity Club has been a wonderful community to me and it helped open several doors in my career.”<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:<\/strong>\u00a0Reverse Engineering, Malware Analysis, Automation<\/p>\n

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Taylor Shields<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date: <\/strong>Fall 2018<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>
\nBS Computer Science at FSU
\nMS Computer Science – Cyber Security at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info: <\/strong>taylorrshields20@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer: <\/strong>Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Pathways Program – Computer Scientist, JITC (Joint Interoperability Test Command)<\/p>\n

Interesting Info: <\/strong>In 2016-2017, Taylor served as the Club\u2019s Historian and later became the Club\u2019s Secretary from 2017-2018. Interacting with the club and its members is what inspired Taylor to enter the field of cybersecurity and she highly recommend the Club to any who are interested, no matter your background or skill level!<\/p>\n

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Shawn Stone<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Spring 2018<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0MS Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:\u00a0<\/strong>shawnalanstone14@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer: <\/strong>MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Cyber Systems Assessment Group<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Associate Staff<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:\u00a0<\/b>Vulnerability Research, Exploitation, Malware Analysis, Digital Forensics<\/p>\n

Interesting Info: <\/strong>“I taught binary exploitation as part of CTF class twice. I am still a somewhat active member of n0l3ptr. If you want to work with me on a Reversing or exploit challenge just message me on slack @sstone”<\/p>\n

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\"\"Douglas Hennenfent<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Spring 2018<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0MS Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:\u00a0<\/strong>Douglas.Hennenfent@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer: <\/strong>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) \/ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center \/ Hunt and Incident Response Team<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Incident Response Analyst<\/p>\n

Salary: <\/strong>GS-9<\/p>\n

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Ernest Besse<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Spring 2018<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0BS Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:\u00a0<\/strong>roybesse@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer:\u00a0<\/strong>Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n

Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Cyber Intel Analyst Asc.<\/p>\n

Salary:\u00a0<\/strong>$84,000\/year<\/p>\n

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Grady Denton<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Spring 2018<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0BS Computer Information Systems at University of Tampa (2008); MS Computer Criminology at FSU (2018)<\/p>\n

Employer: <\/strong>US Army Corps of Engineers<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Digital Forensic Investigator<\/p>\n

Salary: <\/strong>Pathways program starting from GS-9 going to GS-12<\/p>\n

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Jake Hill<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Graduation Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Summer 2017<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:\u00a0<\/strong>BS Computer Criminology at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:\u00a0<\/strong>jake.r.hill1996@gmail.com || @notjakehill<\/p>\n

Employer:\u00a0<\/strong>Voya Financial<\/p>\n

Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Penetration Tester<\/p>\n

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W. Owen Redwood<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a02016<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong> Ph.D. & M.S. in Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Personal Links:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gtg051x\/videos<\/a><\/p>\n

Employer:\u00a0<\/strong>Research Innovations Inc.<\/p>\n

Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Principal Security Researcher<\/p>\n

Interesting Info:<\/strong> My career has primarily focused on Vulnerability Research and Operational Technology within Data Centers, Power Grids, Smart Buildings, Healthcare environments, and others. Vulnerability Research and Operational Technology are two fields that often seem prohibitively daunting and complex, but are less esoteric than one might think. While at FSU, I was a co-founder of the FSU CTF team n0l3ptr, and founded the Offensive Computer Security course at FSU. Before I finished my degree I got picked up by DARPA to do mad scientist cyber wizardry. Afterwards I was the Executive Director and Chief Researcher for the Nebraska Applied Research Institute, where we pioneered defensive cybersecurity advancements for the Healthcare industry, including establishing new industry best practices with the American Society for Health Care Engineering to design and construct smart, cybersecurity health care facilities, as well as innovating technologies for designing safer life-critical biomedical devices, which are currently patent pending. Currently I work for Research Innovations Incorporated (RII) solving fun and very-hard problems for interesting customers. In my free time, I enjoy boxing, playing guitar, professional ballroom dancing, teaching CTF workshops, and adventuring through exotic wilderness, when I am not busy “Hacking All The Things” \u00ae.
PS. Yes I own the trademark on that text, and grant permission to use it here.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Van Bettis<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Spring 2016<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0BS\u00a0Information Technology at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info: <\/strong>van.bettis@a-lign.com | <\/span>bettisvan@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Certifications:\u00a0<\/strong>C|EH (Certified Ethical Hacker)<\/p>\n

Position: <\/strong>Sr. Penetration Tester<\/p>\n

Interesting Info:\u00a0<\/strong>“As a penetration tester, I provide clients with vulnerability enumeration, exploitation and remediation services allowing them to address security concerns and increase their security posture. I operate in the following environments: Web Application, External, Internal, Application Programming Interface (API), Social Engineering and Mobile Applications. If you have any questions or would just like to chat I am always available via my email at\u00a0van.bettis@a-lign.com<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

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Connor McLaughlin<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Graduation Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Fall 2015<\/p>\n

Degrees Obtained:<\/strong>\u00a0BS Computer Science at FSU; MS Computer Science at FSU<\/p>\n

Contact Info:<\/strong>\u00a0J.connor.mclaughlin@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Employer:<\/strong>\u00a0MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Cyber Systems Assessments Group<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0Associate Technical Staff<\/p>\n

Salary:<\/strong>\u00a0Starting $102,000\/year<\/p>\n

Interesting Info:<\/strong>\u00a0“I contributed to the Lincoln Labs CTF team at Defcon finals in 2017.\u00a0 Ask me about middle endianness.”<\/p>\n

Areas of Interest:<\/strong>\u00a0Vulnerability research, exploitation, and malware analysis<\/p>\n

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This Cybersecurity Hall of Fame has been established to honor FSU students who exceed academic expectations in a significant way. It serves as the highest benchmark, and an inspiration for future students. The students nominated here have made distinguished contributions to their own education, by going above and beyond academic requirements profoundly and repeatedly – demonstrating an extreme commitment to learning and expanding their own potential. Each has made their faculty proud. Each can be expected to make a similarly significant contribution to society, while leaving lasting impressions on the people, institutions, and organizations they go on to serve.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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