Hi, I'm
Andrew Brown
Software engineer. Security practitioner.
Human-first AI developer.
From the field to the full stack.
I've been in the field — literally. ISP installations for Starry, NOC monitoring with PRTG and Grafana, 50+ network deployments at ICS, and 3.5 years servicing electronic security systems inside bank branches. Vault doors, alarm panels, IP cameras, the works.
Then I built Vociferous — an offline speech-to-text desktop app, from scratch. 600 hours. 355 commits. 130 releases. I led a team to 20th out of 4,674 teams in the National Cyber League. I'm president of Franklin University's Programming SIG, senior officer in the Cybersecurity SIG, and I've delivered 30+ presentations across both clubs.
I care about what happens to people when they use software. Vociferous exists because it shouldn't take an internet connection to transcribe your own voice. Every system I design starts with the same question: what does the person on the other side of this actually need?
The right amount of complexity is the minimum needed for the current task.
"...[Airplanes] are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality."
What I work with
Languages
Frameworks & Tools
Infrastructure
Security
AI / ML
Monitoring
Where I've worked
Financial Security Systems Specialist
Wittenbach Business Systems
Physical security contractor whose primary client was Huntington Bank. Maintained all electronic security infrastructure across bank branches — DMP panels, vault doors, KABA locks, IP cameras, NVR systems.
- Upgrades and preventative maintenance on networked security systems across financial institution branches.
- Troubleshot alarm systems, access control, and surveillance to restore service and reduce repeat failures.
- Serviced vault door hardware, electronic lock mechanisms, and DMP alarm panels across Huntington Bank branches.
- Coordinated service windows directly with branch operations managers to minimize disruption during business hours.
- Managed IP camera and NVR infrastructure — firmware maintenance, remote diagnostics, and component replacement.
Security Systems Specialist
Cennox, Inc.
Installed and serviced networked electronic security systems — DMP Remote Link, Wireshark, Wisenet Device Manager.
- 30+ DMP burglary system takeovers and CCTV deployments.
- Wrote technical guides and trained 12+ field technicians on integration troubleshooting.
- Programmed DMP Remote Link and central station communication paths for alarm system takeovers.
- Diagnosed communication faults between DMP panels and monitoring centers, restoring supervision within SLA windows.
- Maintained Wisenet IP camera systems — configuration, component replacement, and NVR programming.
Field Services Engineer
ICS Technology Group
Network installations and rehabilitations for SMBs — Ubiquiti and MikroTik deployments.
- 50+ Ubiquiti and MikroTik devices deployed across routing, switching, and wireless.
- Delivered a deployment two weeks early. Improved client network performance ~30%.
- Planned and deployed point-to-point radio internet supporting ~74 households.
- Configured VLANs, firewall rules, and DHCP scoping across UniFi and MikroTik RouterOS environments.
- Conducted site surveys and cable plant assessments prior to each deployment.
Reliability Engineer (Remote NOC)
Starry, Inc.
Network operations center — monitoring, triage, and escalation for ISP infrastructure.
- Monitored network performance with PRTG and Grafana across ISP infrastructure.
- Resolved 100+ PagerDuty equipment alerts during critical periods.
- Produced site reports and coordinated restoration during high-alert periods.
- Triaged alerts by severity — assessing, escalating, or resolving per runbooks with appropriate priority.
- Maintained shift logs and incident documentation to support handoffs and root-cause investigation.
Subscriber / Installer
Starry, Inc.
Residential wireless internet installation and on-site diagnostics.
- Installed and maintained fixed wireless CPE equipment for residential broadband subscribers.
- Performed on-site diagnostics for connectivity, signal quality, and performance issues.
- Walked subscribers through equipment operation, signal indicators, and self-service troubleshooting at point of install.
How I lead
President of Programming
Franklin University ACM — Programming SIG
2024 — Present- Delivered weekly presentations and workshops covering Python, Git workflows, AI architecture, and software engineering fundamentals.
- 5-episode "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" series covering ML paradigms, neural network architecture, backpropagation, RAG, AI ethics, and frontier models.
- 3-part "Fundamentals of GitHub" series teaching professional Git workflows to student developers.
- Built the organizational structure of the club from scratch — roles, decision-making, communication.
Senior Officer
Cybersecurity Special Interest Group — Franklin University
2024 — Present- Designed and delivered defensive-security presentations including "Physical Security for SOC Analysts" — bridging 3.5 years of field experience into cybersecurity context.
- "Hashing Made Simple" — made cryptographic concepts approachable for non-technical audiences.
- Built the cybersecurity lab infrastructure: honeypot VMs, VLAN isolation, WireGuard VPN access.
- Created a comprehensive NCL prep briefing from Fall 2025 experience (20th/4,674 teams).
NCL Team Leader
Team Terminalators
2025- Led a team to 20th place out of 4,674 teams nationally in Fall 2025.
- Individual placement: 121st nationally.
- Coordinated divide-and-conquer task assignment by team member skillset.
- Documented full category walkthroughs for Spring 2026 preparation.
Cybersecurity
The National Cyber League is a bi-annual cybersecurity competition run by Cyber Skyline, covering OSINT, network traffic analysis, cryptography, log analysis, password cracking, web application exploitation, and forensics. Top 0.5% of 4,674 competing teams nationally.
Solo division of the same competition — placed 121st individually across thousands of competitors. Categories reward hands-on execution: you either crack the hash, capture the flag, or you don't.
Programming
600+ hours of solo development from first prototype to production-ready application. 130+ versioned releases spanning offline speech-to-text capture, a five-stage local SLM refinement pipeline, session management, and a real-time activity dashboard.
Original talks and workshops as President of the Programming SIG (PSIG) and Senior Officer of the Cybersecurity SIG (CySec) at Franklin University — covering software engineering, AI architecture, professional Git workflows, cryptographic fundamentals, and security operations.
Certifications
In Progress CompTIA Network+ — Target: Summer 2026
CompTIA Security+ Let's build something.
I'm looking for my first professional software engineering or security role. If you need someone who builds real things, teaches what they learn, and thinks across the full stack — let's talk.