Experience
A comprehensive overview of my professional and academic experience, and skills.
University of Calgary
May 2025 - Aug 2025
- Developed a comprehensive simulation framework for comparing zero-trust security models.
- Implemented a sophisticated zero-trust simulation environment that models user behaviour, authentication challenges and security policies in enterprise networks.
University of Calgary
May 2024 - Aug 2024
- Developed solutions for computational problems in policy mining and analysis in zero trust security and architecture using SAT Solvers on the Advanced Research Computing (ARC) High Performance Cluster.
- Developed two efficient SAT encodings and the framework for a family of Zero-Trust Access Control Models, and an application layer segmentation tool for the Resource Grouping Problem in zero-trust architectures.
Research Intern under Prof. Arash Habibi Lashkari
York University (MITACS Globalink Research Internship)
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
- Worked on intelligence driven cyber attribution systems
- Developed source code authorship attribution solutions
Software Development & Alexa Intern
Amicus Brain
Apr 2022 - Dec 2023
- Developed a scalable pre-backend proxy server using Django, FASTAPI and Python to handle requests between external connector applications/endpoints and Keiko (AI-based medical decision-making platform) and deploying it on Google Cloud.
- Developed the foundation for an interactive Alexa skill to enable the use of Keiko through Alexa devices.
Intern in the Risk Consulting SBU
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
- Worked for a client on a project involving review of documentation and creation of content for e-Training/e-Learning courses on cyber security policy & implementation, digital forensics, incident & breach response, and cyber investigation & crime.
Technical Intern
Cushman & Wakefield
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
- Developed an occupancy manager application for the facility management team
- Implemented optimal seating and COVID-19 sanitization features using Microsoft's Power and Productivity Toolkit
Languages & Tools
Programming Languages
Development & Cloud
Cybersecurity & Data Science
Languages
Academic Leadership & Service
Teaching
Teaching Assistant
University of Calgary
- CPSC 331: Data Structures, Algorithms & their Analysis Head TA (Jan - Apr 2024, Aug - Dec 2024, Aug - Dec 2025)
- CPSC 505/604: Foundations of Access Control (Jan - Apr 2025)
- CPSC 319: Data Structures, Algorithms & their Applications (Jan - Apr 2025)
- CPSC 457: Principles of Operating Systems (Sep - Dec 2023)
Committee Service
Graduate Student Representative, Awards Committee, Faculty of Science
University of Calgary
Sep 2024 - Apr 2025
- Adjudication of internal Faculty of Science Awards of Excellence and identification of external awards and nominees.
Graduate Student Representative, Info-Sec Hiring Committee (Tenure Track Research Stream)
University of Calgary
Sep 2024 - Aug 2025
- Scrutinized applications, short-listed applicants, attended hiring committee meetings as a full voting member of the committee, and all formal in-person interviews, including candidate presentations for roles in applied cybersecurity and privacy & citizenship.
Graduate Student Representative, Info-Sec Hiring Committee (Limited-term Teaching Stream)
University of Calgary
Apr - Aug 2024
- Received diversity training for equitable and inclusive hiring for academic selection.
- Scrutinized applications, short-listed applicants, attended hiring committee meetings as a full voting member of the committee, and all formal in-person interviews, including candidate presentations.
Leadership Initiatives
Co-founder & Technical Lead of Product Development Club SRM
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
Jan 2022 - May 2023
- Designed the backend application framework and led a team of students that developed and are maintaining a Sports Event Management & Planning mobile application for M/s Ardent Sport, which is live on PlayStore.