Class of 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology. Three degrees, summa cum laude, and a lot of shenanigans.
Degrees
- Master of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Computing Security, minor in Free and Open Source Software and Free Culture
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, minor in Business Administration
RIT’s two computing majors barely overlap, so the double bachelor’s is an 8.5-year program. I finished it in 4.5 through course overloads and classes over breaks. I also spent a semester abroad in Zagreb, Croatia.
Honors
- Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award, RIT’s highest academic distinction, given to the top 1% of students
- Graduated summa cum laude
- RIT Honors Program (top 3% of incoming freshmen)
- Dean’s List every semester (transcripts)
- Barry Goldwater Scholarship nominee, twice
- Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholarship, one student a year
- U.S. Silver Congressional Award
All awards and scholarships, by year, with resources for students →
Work while studying
- Apple, offensive security engineering: red teaming, application security, and secure design reviews
- SECUINFRA, senior security engineer: macOS internals research
- U.S. government, security research
- Open@RIT, research assistant and teaching assistant
- Cyber Defense Magazine, reporter
- Deloitte, cyber risk and advisory intern
Hacking competitions
IRSeC, Lockdown, PicoCTF, Trace Labs, idekCTF, MetaCTF, and bug bounties.
Research and projects
- Open Source Malware Tactics and Developmental Trends
- Open Source Security Economics and Ethics
- Threat Mitigation in Layers of the OSI Model
- IDS Security Using Decision Trees and Neural Networks
- Fine-Tuning LLMs: Pre-Trained Transformers with Python
- Tracking DBZ’s Brand Sentiment on Reddit using R
- Visualizing Cancer Trends in Tableau
- USB Rubber Duckies: My First Security Project!
- Junior Black Teaming ISTS: Blockchain Explorer
Campus talks
Where the speaking started: RIT security club, WiCyS (including two international conferences), RITLUG, GenCyber, LibrePlanet, BSides Rochester, and RIT career panels.
All talks, college ones included →
Clubs
- RIT security club
- Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)
- Sailing
- RIT Honors Program
Guides for RIT students
- How to Double-Major in Computer Science and Computing Security at RIT
- RIT Students’ Guide for Scoring an Internship Your Freshman Year
- How to Survive Your Freshman Year at RIT: By a Sophomore Who Did
- Transfer Credits vs Course Overloads: Which one should you use?
- How to Transfer Credits at RIT
- How Do Enrollment Dates Work at RIT
- Why STEM Majors Take Liberal Arts Classes at RIT
- RIT’s Double-Major Personal Statement
- Transcripts: Course Load by Year
- RIT Gibson Hall Honors Dorm Photos
- Contributing to Open Source at RIT
- Calendar: Plan for A Successful Semester
- Switching Companies: Should you accept a return offer on your internship?
- Gamifying Interview Prep: Puzzles, Games, and Strategy
- Jon Bauer: Everything You Need To Know About RIT’s Swim & Dive Team
- Richard Ellsworth: How to Walk-On to RIT’s Varsity Cross Country Team
Coursework series
- Algorithms and optimization (10 posts)
- Assembly and computer architecture (8 posts)
- Humanitarian free and open source software (8 posts)
- Software engineering (11 posts)
Student press
- RIT: Computing double major juggles school, work, and clubs
- RIT: Student presents at international conference, publishes articles
- RIT: Gallucci presents at cybersecurity conferences
- Olivia Gallucci’s Global Scholars Journey: Learning beyond the classroom
- Infosec: Proof that it’s never too early to follow your passion
- CDM: Women in Cybersecurity 2021 Scholarship Winner
- LNP: College Student Feature (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Phillip Wylie Show: Offensive Security, Coding, and Content Creation
Photos
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