Building the ANU Bush Week Tech Fest
Open to Summer 2026–27 InfoSec Internships
Computing and Cybersecurity Student
Canberra, ACT, Australia
I write CTFs, run student security events, and bring a compliance-first mindset to everything from telco provisioning to incident response.
About
I'm studying Computer Science with a Major in Cybersecurity at the Australian National University, driven by an intense curiosity about improving security in both digital and physical spaces. Having grown up on a small farm, the "shut the gate" mentality never left me — I close doors behind myself, lock my machine the moment I stand up, and never write a password down.
Most of my energy goes into Canberra's cyber community. As Cybersecurity Officer of the ANU CSSA I design and run CTF competitions — including the 130-player Disorientation CTF — and I'm lead organiser of Bush Week Tech Fest 2026, a multi-day festival of CTF play and industry tech talks. Retail work at JB Hi-Fi supports my study; building and securing things is where my career is headed.
I learn deliberately: I ask as many questions as it takes, rephrase to confirm understanding, then lock new knowledge into practice. That, and a firm disinterest in ambiguity, makes clear stakeholder communication and procedural compliance two of my strongest assets.
Volunteering & community
ANU Computer Science Students' Association
Instituted ANU's first Orientation Week Capture the Flag and ran it with great success: 130 players from four universities (ANU, UTS, Deakin, UNSW), $5,800 in sponsorship from three cyber companies, and a visit from EmuExploit, Australia's leading CTF team. I design and write the challenges myself — the full 2026 challenge set is open-sourced on GitHub.
Bush Week Tech Fest 2026
Leading a multi-day student tech festival for the ANU CSSA — a CTF competition, industry tech talks and sponsor engagement across the Bush Week period. Programme design, venue logistics, sponsorship and the event website.
National Youth Science Forum
Coordinated, researched and deployed platforms (Discord, Whova) to run a smooth digital hybrid program.
National Youth Science Forum
Worked with NYSF corporate and student staff to deliver the Year 12 Program for 600+ students in a hybrid online format.
Conferences & upskilling
I keep a finger on the pulse of emerging security threats through conference attendance, security literature and the wider community — and I bring what I learn straight back into practice.
Sponsored by the ANU Information Security Office
Selected and sponsored by ANU's Information Security Office to represent the university at AISA CyberConnect 2026, with a focus on cyber sovereignty, incident management and crisis leadership.
Skills & expertise
Work
Retail supports my study — the sections above are where the career is being built. It still sharpens real security skills every shift.
JB Hi-Fi
Approaching three years alongside full-time study: customer service across consumer tech and trusted frontline provisioning of Telstra and NBN services. I operate in compliance with Telstra, NBN, PCI-DSS, ACCC and JB Hi-Fi policy — verifying customer identity documents to internal standards and screening for indicators of fraud, SIM-swapping and identity theft at the counter, while communicating contract terms clearly enough for genuinely informed decisions.
Australian National University
Comprehensive computing degree with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity, incident management and crisis response.
Australian National University
Network security, digital forensics, cryptography and incident response.
Contact
Always keen to talk cybersecurity, incident response, community events — or Summer 2026–27 InfoSec internship opportunities. Reach out through any channel below.
Location
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Professional enquiries
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