Ben Brecher

1835 Waterbreeze Ct
Cumming, GA 30041
Cell: (678) 350-8195
https://resume.brecher.me
ben@brecher.me
http://github.com/boboben1

Objective

My objective is to research and understand how applications work by both developing and reverse engineering software and malware. I plan to persue a Masters Degree in Cyber Security.

Education

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
3rd Year Computer Science Major, Minor in Mathematics

Skills and Experience

Frameworks and Environments

  • Experienced with NodeJS development using ExpressJS and Angular 2+.
  • Can use Git effectively to coordinate with teams.
  • Able to set up virtual environments and administer them with docker-compose and Docker Swarm.
  • Proficient in developing with Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio 2019
  • Able to optimize C++ for multithreading and vectorized execution using Intel Compiler in Visual Studio
  • Understands and able to administer Linux server environments.
  • Able to use IDA Pro and Hex-Rays decompiler to analyze and reverse engineer software.
  • Experienced in using x64dbg for debugging and reverse engineering executables.

Programming Languages

  • Proficient in C++17, TypeScript and JavaScript
  • Capable of using CSS and CSS preprocessors for stylesheets.
  • Can interpret, analyze and code in x86_64 Assembly
  • Knows how to work with Python for Data Analysis using SciPy, NumPy.
  • Able to code in Lua and set up C bindings.

Certifications

  • Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel
  • Adobe: Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver

Job Experience

  • CTO and Lead Developer of successful startup Brecher Trading, LLC - July, 2017
  • Familiar with Wordpress, WooCommerce, and e-commerce payment platforms.
  • Migrated servers to a high availability cloud solution on Digital Ocean using Redis, MariaDB, HAProxy, CephFS and keepalived.
  • Coordinated with advertising partner to develop and expand reach through marketing and remarketing campaigns for Google Search and Display Network.
  • Wrote in-house plugins for WooCoomerce and Wordpress to help automate marketing and improve the checkout experience.
  • Set up Cloudflare and server-side caching for Wordpress Site and integrated Progressive Web Application (PWA) support.
  • Created and currently managing Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Wordpress site.

Projects and Libraries