Resume

EDUCATION  

Drexel University, Computing Security
NSA & DoD Certified Information Assurance program
3.89 GPA, Dean’s List Honors
BSc Expected Fall 2012, Pursuing Graduate Studies

Student Ambassador, Cloud Security Alliance, SkillsUSA,
Future Business Leaders of America, InfoSec Network

PROFESSIONAL PROGRESSION

ph34r.net, 2006-Present
Technology Consultant

• Worked in various forms of communications, networking, and technology ranging from web development and SEO marketing to system repairs
• Developed and maintained web presences for local and national organizations
• Provided risk assessments, security countermeasures, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery planning  for information technology related businesses

Stanford University, Security Laboratory, 2011
Research Assistant

• National Science Foundation Funded  Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology Member
• Conducted data mining and worked in application testing phases
• Developed methods to analyze, measure, and ensure online privacy
• Conducted research investigating patterns exhibited by companies specializing in behavioral tracking
• Manipulated data in SQL, Python, and Mozilla Jetpack environments

Hopeworks N’ Camden, 2004-2005
Web Developer

• Developed and maintained websites
• Conducted minor electric work porting controller systems for use with computers and robotics
• Developed back-end systems for custom GIS maps using Google maps API

Courier Post, Static Column, 2005
Freelance Columnist

• Handled writing and editing
• Published several technology related articles

PROJECTS

Do Not Track.us
Conducted research in online privacy and tracking directly relating to the Do Not Track Project.

Do Not Track is a technology and policy proposal that enables users to opt out of tracking by websites they do not visit, including analytics services, advertising networks, and social platforms.

Fourth Party.info
Aided in the application testing phase and conducted the first set of research results using the platform in a production environment.

FourthParty is an open-source platform for measuring dynamic web content based on Mozilla Firefox.

PUBLICATIONS

Understanding Web Privacy Through Browser Instrumentation
Jovanni Hernandez, Advised by Dr. John C. Mitchell
TRUST STC Autumn Conference, 2011

“We conducted web crawls with a new browser instrumentation tool to better understand the privacy-related business practices of the largely unregulated and…”

PHP Vulnerabilities Affecting “Cloud” Security and Methodologies to Countermeasure
Dr. Mary Shuyuan Ho, Jovanni Hernandez
Pending publication approval, iConference Association for Computing Machinery

“This paper describes two case studies that highlight particular vulnerabilities caused by client-side script injection (XSS)…”

SKILLS

         Languages

• Spanish
• HTML
• SQL
• JavaScript
• Minor C++ & Python

        Computer

• Windows & Linux
• Networking
• Security Countermeasures
• Vulnerability Testing
• Risk Assessment & Continuity Planning

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Research featured in The Wall Street Journal, Latest in Web Tracking: Stealthy ‘Supercookies’
• Poster presentation accepted into TRUST STC Autumn Conference, 2011
• Represented Hopeworks at University of Pennsylvania Ethnography in Education Research Forum
• Completed two Cisco Networking Courses (IT Essentials I & II – PC Hardware and Software)

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• IT Security I & II
• Network Security I
• Applied Cryptography
• Data Forensics Recovery
• IT Security Risk Assessment
• Security Management Practices
• IT Security Policies
• OS Security Architecture
• Disaster Recovery & Continuity Planning
• Incident Response
• Computer Science I & II
• Linux I & II

ACADEMIC / PROFFESIONAL INTERESTS