Steven T. Fisher

Graduate Assistant/Part-time Instructor

• Instructor for Principles of Operating Systems(CS 446/646).
• Oversaw classroom of 80 students.
• Covered the following topics: Concurrent processes, interprocess communication, processor management, virtual and real memory management, deadlock, file systems, disk management, performance issues, application security, and system security.
• Practical experience with UNIX.

Cybersecurity Intern

• Trained with cyber security professionals and other cyber security interns to manage commercial-grade cyber security systems.
• Received hands-on training by hardening Windows and Linux systems.
• Used penetration testing tools to audit and analyze systems.
• Analyzed network traffic to detect suspicious activity and neutralize malicious actors.
• Deployed commercial-grade firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint protection.

Mentor for the "Research Experience for Teachers" program

• Involved with the Cybersecurity Initiative for Nevada Teachers.
• Tasked with the instruction and mentoring Nevada High School teachers in techniques and concepts involved in Digital Forensics.
• Discussed Exif data, File Carving with Hex editor, parsing logs, locating registry information, recent files, and cache.
• Introduced and worked through NIST images using both Autopsy and Magnet Forensics

Research Assistant

• Task lead for monitoring and securing remote IoT devices utilized in an internet measurement project.
• Tasked with maintaining the OpenVPN server that the IoT devices communicate through, in addition, I am in charge of issuing the OpenVPN certificates for any new devices.
• Coordinated update and device modifications utilizing Ansible.
• Developed the monitoring system and website for sharing collected data in Python and ELK stack.
• Developed the file-sharing website using Django, Bootstrap, PostgreSQL, and python script on the back-end for maintenance.
• Worked with colleagues in developing code for UNR nodes, CAIDA nodes, and PlanetLab nodes for automating their network measurements.
• Developed code in both C++ and Go.

Teaching Assistant

• Teacher Assistant for Embedded Systems and Computer Networks.
• Aided students in understanding embedded system design and development.
• Guided students through the development of Arduino projects, where they wrote the low-level C code that interfaced directly with the Atmega 2560 microprocessor.
• Guided students with an introduction to FPGA development with Verilog.

Mentor for the "Research Experience for Teachers" program

• Involved with the Cybersecurity Initiative for Nevada Teachers.
• Tasked with the instruction and mentoring Nevada High School teachers in techniques and concepts involved in Digital Forensics.
• Discussed Exif data, File Carving with Hex editor, parsing logs, locating registry information, recent files, and cache.
• Introduced and worked through NIST images using both Autopsy and Magnet Forensics

Advanced Technical Support

• Aided customers with troubleshooting their VOIP system.
• Trained customers in the use of their VoIP management software
• Troubleshooting and modifying devices on customers local area network(i.e. routers, modems, and switches).
• Assisted customers with setting rules and modifying firewalls in order to attain proper QoS.

Store Manager

• Oversaw the daily operations of the entire store.
• Managed the backroom inventory and merchandised product.
• Managed employees which included, hiring of new employees, training new employees, scheduling, and conflict resolution.
• Managed outside vendors.
• Improved the sales of the store 7% - 15% per week.

Regional Sales Representative

• Responsible for merchandising product.
• Set-up displays.
• Sales of new products in grocery stores.

Grocery Manager

• Oversaw the daily operations of the dry grocery, dairy, frozen and liquor departments.
• Managed employees which included scheduling, conflict resolution, training, and assisting in job advancement.
• Managed outside vendors.
• Reviewed department financials
• Increased sales by 25% - 30% per week.

Field Technology Support Specialist

• Managed customer technical support by troubleshooting problems over the phone and on-site.
• Maintained all in-house computers/peripherals.
• Managed Mitel VOIP system.
• Managed Windows 2008 server.
• Designed and edited student ID cards.
• Developed in-house Microsoft Office macros using VBA programming.

University of Reno, NV

GPA: 3.87

University of Nevada, Las Veags

Completed all but thesis
GPA: 3.66