About
IT professional transitioning into cybersecurity, backed by a B.S. in Cybersecurity from Southern New Hampshire University, an NSA-designated Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. Ten-plus years of customer-facing operations experience layered on top of hands-on networking, Active Directory, and endpoint management work from an IT internship, plus a self-managed homelab spanning Proxmox, Docker, and enterprise networking gear.
Experience
IT Support Intern
Coborn’sContributed to the ECRS Catapult POS modernization rollout across 100+ Coborn’s stores from the Retail Support Center in St. Cloud.
Imaged and configured 4–20+ workstations per site via ManageEngine Endpoint Central, then coordinated palletizing and overnight shipment to stores. Wrote self-elevating PowerShell/batch scripts to automate Ingenico payment terminal COM port configuration via the registry, deployed from a network share. Rewired self-checkout lane light systems and configured LED Wiz controllers. Decommissioned legacy hardware with secure drive extraction/shredding and PIN pad destruction, and shadowed an onsite PCI compliance assessment. Used SolarWinds for monitoring and ticketing while working in Agile sprints.
Sr. Specialist, Transportation Command Center
TargetKept a 24/7 logistics operation running: managed freight exceptions, escalations, and delivery defects in Salesforce, and maintained the team’s knowledge base.
Phone Support2015 – 2021
Earlier, separate role — part of Cody’s ten-plus years total in customer-facing, mostly-remote positions.
Education
Degree
B.S. in Cybersecurity, concentration in Networking & Network Security — Southern New Hampshire University (Online), graduated January 2026. SNHU is an NSA-designated Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).
Coursework
Google’s Cybersecurity Certificate — Foundations of Cybersecurity; Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks, Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities; Tools of the Trade: Linux and SQL.
Certifications & Skills Verification
Certification
CompTIA Tech+ — currently preparing for Security+.
TestGorilla — Active Directory
90th percentile · valid through November 2027
TestGorilla — Cloud System Administration
70th percentile · valid through November 2027
Verified Cybersecurity Assessment
57th percentile · valid through September 2028
Technical Skills
Networking & Security
Systems & Endpoint Management
Scripting & Automation
Self-Hosted Infrastructure
Projects
Trapper Phil’s client site
Built and launched trapperphil.com for an elderly veteran-owned small business, to help him bring in more customers online. Also set up and optimized his Google Business Profile and implemented on-page SEO, which together improved his local search visibility and search rankings.
Homelab infra
A self-managed infrastructure lab spanning a clustered Proxmox VE environment, an Unraid media/app server, and an Oracle Cloud VPS. Runs 20+ self-hosted services behind Docker and Dokploy, with Traefik reverse-proxying and automatic Let’s Encrypt certificates, a Tailscale mesh VPN, and AdGuard Home for network-wide DNS filtering. Also includes a hands-on Windows/Active Directory and VMware environment. This site itself runs on that same infrastructure.
StockWatch web app
A personal web app with authentication and TOTP-based two-factor login, deployed via Dokploy. Source on GitHub (@ImVylo).
PartsDesk open source
A lightweight, self-hosted alternative for technical distributors and manufacturers to manage product catalogs — catalog search, an AI-powered assistant for product questions, and an internal knowledge base. Built with zero external dependencies: a Python 3 standard-library backend, a vanilla JS frontend, and SQLite, deployable via Docker. Source on GitHub (@ImVylo/partsdesk).
Let’s talk.
Open to entry-level cybersecurity and IT support roles. I’d love to hear from you.
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