TALON W.

STROMGREN
In Session Address: Cell: (402) 650-3116 Permanent Address:
123 S Hazel Ave Email: stromgren.13@gmail.com 56107 Grande Oak Lane
Ames, IA 50010 Glenwood, IA 51534
Work Experience
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cyber Security Intern Summer 2019
▪ Monitored AWS instances and buckets to identify potential security risks
▪ Updated and reviewed process documentation for various security operation tasks
▪ Helped coordinate and competed in an intern Capture the Flag event. Acquired and tested the necessary
hardware and software.
▪ Created a cyber-attack map to visualize incoming attack traffic specific to Wellmark
▪ Developed new visual metrics on SharePoint to show last malware infection and updated weekly process metrics
for malware detection system
▪ Performed reconnaissance on the company and presented results to team leader
▪ Participated in problem solving challenges during Amazon re:Inforce conference
Central Valley Ag, IT Intern Summer 2017 & Summer 2018
▪ Implemented monitoring service on company servers to increase security postures
▪ Conducted a company-wide phishing campaign and assigned employee training. Presented the results to the
CEO and Senior Leadership Team
▪ Co-managed a project to implement company-wide security software
▪ Optimized and analyzed company cellular data plan after software implementation
▪ Migrated servers from one server cluster to a new cluster
▪ Created mockup design for a new web application using HTML
▪ Tested functionality of seed application as deployments were released
Black Diamond Lawn Care, Owner/CEO 2013-2018
▪ Reported over $60,000 in revenue with a profit margin of 80%
▪ Managed and trained 3 employees on operations and safety that worked on a weekly basis
▪ Expanded across 3 towns with 18 clientele
Projects and Related Labs
Penetration Testing Labs/Project
▪ Learned methodologies for and conducted a full penetration test throughout the course of 3 months. The project
portion included hardening our own virtual environments and then conducting a penetration test on other
students’ environments

Activities
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition: Fall 2016-Fall 2017
▪ Placed 1st as a team to move on to the national competition in Fall 2016
▪ Participated in 3 cyber defense competitions to learn and apply knowledge to cyber security
▪ Learned basic level securities and ways to keep systems more secure
▪ Gained foundational knowledge in Linux OS
Information Assurance Student Group: Fall 2016-Fall 2017
▪ Participate in weekly meetings to further my knowledge of information security
Burritoville: Fall 2016
▪ Served meals for 2 hours during a philanthropy supporting Children’s Cancer Connection

Education
Iowa State University: Ames, IA Fall 2016-Present
▪ GPA: 3.06
▪ Major: Cyber Security Engineering
▪ Expected Graduation Year: 2020
 Technical Skills
Tools: Python, Java, C, HTML, Kali Linux, JavaScript

Software: Nessus, McAfee SIEM, McAfee ePO, AWS security programs, Burp Suite