Hi, my name is

Ross.

I work to make the web a safer place.

I work on cybersecurity and programming to make the world a safer and more enjoyable place to exist online.

About Me

I have been working on integrating speech and debate more readily with technology to improve the overall experience within both worlds. Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Sveltekit
  • Node
  • Deno
  • Bun
  • Bruno
  • OpenAPI
  • Rust
  • Go
  • Typescript
  • Kotlin
  • Burpsuite

Experience

Cybersecurity Internship - Arizona State University
May 2024 - July 2024
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I worked on migrating the pwncollege, ASU’s cybersecurity learning platform, to nix. This allows challenge authors for the platform to not have to worry about the infrastructure and instead worry about what matters, making the challenges.
White Hat Hacking - Freelancing
2021 - Present
I work to make the web a safer place by finding issues within websites/apps and reporting them.
Development Manager - Blue Tide Robotics
October 2023 - Present

Projects

Tabroom Tournament Finder
Sveltekit Turso Tabroom
Tabroom Tournament Finder
A way to find tournaments going on in the speech and debate world without relying on tabrooms odd method of date sorting. Uses caching and a lot of options to make the best experience for searching.
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Achievements

National Speech and Debate Association Degree of Distinction
I obtained 250 nsda points from tournaments and achieved this degree.
Scottsdale Prep 6th Place in House Final
I got 6th place in the congressional debate house final. I presided over this session which is where you use your skills to lead the chamber to be as fast and efficient as possible.
Found security flaw within Tabroom Website
I found an issue within the NSDA's tabroom api service and promptly reported it resulting in the issue being fixed.

Get in Touch

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