It's All About Ryan

Hi there, I'm Ryan

A Little Bit About Me

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"name": "Ryan Gregory",
"age": 22,
"location": "London, UK",
"currentEmployment": "Graduate Engineer - American Express",
"specialties": ["UX", "React", "Security"],
"education": "MEng Computer Science - 1st Class with Honours - University of Southampton",
"favoriteTVShow": "Parks and Recreation",
"favouriteQuote": "“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring"

}

Hobbies and Interests

To switch things up from every other portfolio out there I thought I'd give you a chance to get to know me a bit more first. So here are some things that I am passionate about outside of my career.

First and foremost I am a PC enthusiast. My passion is PC building and if money was no object I would spend my days researching and building custom PCs.

To date I have built 5 custom PCs, 2 of my own and 3 for my friends. On top of this I have fixed and troubleshooted countless issues for friends. I very much plan for these numbers to continue to rise and I enjoy helping where I can.

I also like to push my PC builds to the extreme by overclocking the PC components to get the most out of their performance. I also put a lot of time and effort into the aesthetics of my builds as I take great pride in how they look.

I also like to play games. I favour story driven, open world games where you can just sink into the story and world that has been built. I also won't say no to fun multiplayer games with my friends where you can just mess about and have fun.

I also like to stay fit and healthy by going to the gym regularly to keep in shape.

I no longer compete but my strongest sport is Table Tennis. I played for most of my teenage years and managed to reach regional level in the sport and also represented my University.

I have recently started reading again after many years of not touching a book. Having long been a fan of a the films, I thought I would give The Lord of the Rings books a try. I am glad I decided to do so as I had long forgotten the joy of reading and I have learnt so much more about the world that I love.

My Experience Timeline

Graduate Engineer

American Express - London

Starting September 7th 2020 - Will update after a few months working the role.

Sep 2020 - present

Tech Summer Intern

American Express - Burgess Hill

Developed the front end for a flight search web application using React. Utilized agile methodology to work effectively as a team and produce an MVP weeks before the deadline.

Regularly met with product owners to update on progress and ensure the application provided a strong UX. Application was fully responsive and provided internationalization through i18n

July 2019 - September 2019

Cyber Security Summer Internship

University of Southampton

Produced labelled datasets consisting of benign and malicious traffic to enable the use of machine learning to detect cyber-attacks against IoT environments.

Developed bash scripts to run remotely on an Open-WRT router to transfer network traffic via SSH using tcpdump. Also simulated IoT pattern of life using OpenHAB framework and simulated malicious traffic by executing network attacks on the devices.

July 2018 - September 2018

IT Technician Assistant

Willingdon Community School

Carrying out repairs to desktop PCs, setting up and configuring new computers, configuring BIOS settings on IT suite machines and carrying out cabling repairs.

Additionally worked a first line support role creating tickets on a help desk system and dealing with walk in requests. Also aided in enrolling 200 students onto a biometric system under time pressure.

February 2015 - September 2016

Logos of Competency

The following libraries, languages and tools are those that I would class myself as competent in using. By this I mean that I could be assigned a project using one of the following and I would be comfortable completing it to a high standard.