Experience

UConn School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• BGP Routing Security Research With a Focus on Route Origin Validation (ROV)

  • May 2018 - Present

  Wrote a python package thousands of lines long to gather internet data from various sources in order to simulate the internet over a days worth of time and hundreds of gigabytes of data in order to test different ROV security policies● Managed and oversaw new hires in extending the project for future unit tests and feature extensions● Optimized code using multithreading, multiprocessing, and various algorithms for speedup of long complex processes● Optimized Postgres configuration and used various complex queries with hundreds of gigabytes of data● Wrote unit tests for thousands of lines of code to ensure reliability and easy installation/deployment● Wrote an API using Flask with numerous API endpoints to allow for fast access to data for network operators● https://sidr.engr.uconn.edu/forecast/https://github.com/jfuruness/lib_bgp_data#package-description Show less

• ROV++ Security Research (Research Assistant)

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  ● Wrote a python package for a simulation script that interacts with a C++ program to determine how an advanced ROV policy could affect the internet at different rates of adoption and security mechanism to determine its efficacy● Optimized code down to the second due to the massive amount of trials needed for statistical significance● Worked on developing new and advanced extensions to standard ROV for preventing hijackings and disconnects

• Teaching Assistant

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  -Introduction to Computer and Network Security (CSE3400) (Spring 2018)-Responsibilities include holding office hours, teaching some lectures, creating and grading homework, and assist students in their understanding of the material



Unilever

• Senior Design Project for Unilever

  • Sep 2018 - May 2019

  Worked on a Flask application thatcontained 3D visualizationsfor mixing tank models by using blenderwith Python Worked on a Flask application thatcontained 3D visualizationsfor mixing tank models by using blenderwith Python



ITS

• Storrs, CT

• IT Systems/Network Specialist

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  -Designed and implemented a replacement for an program that uses the Splunk Python API to automatically store user information into a Postgres Database, replacing it with an object oriented, mulithreaded version that can handle hundreds of thousands of events per day in real time. -Developed test cases for applications to make sure code is running properly. -Worked on wrappers for applications so that they could be updated across multiple platforms easily. -Worked on a team to develop security applications Show less



Subway

• Storrs, CT

• Shift Leader

  • Jan 2016 - Nov 2017

  Cashier, opener/closer, Sandwich Artist Cashier, opener/closer, Sandwich Artist



Staples

• Shrewsbury, MA

• Print Marketing Center

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Print Marketing Center in charge of copies, printing, photoshop and adobe, etc. Print Marketing Center in charge of copies, printing, photoshop and adobe, etc.



InstaEDU

• Online

• Tutor

  • May 2015 - Dec 2015

  Online Tutoring Job, tutoring subjects such as chemistry, math and physics Online Tutoring Job, tutoring subjects such as chemistry, math and physics



Wendy's (Pertoria, Inc.)

• Westborough, MA

• Cashier

  • Nov 2014 - Apr 2015