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Leading teams. Building solutions. Securing systems.
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{
"name": "Tom Turner",
"role": "Cyber Officer, U.S. Air Force",
"philosophy": "Tinkerer, focused on making systems work.",
"approach": "Always curious, always learning"
}I'm a Cyber Officer in the U.S. Air Force with a journey that spans from enlisted Cyber Systems Operations to commissioned officer, with a civilian stint as an Integration Engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory.
My path has given me a broad technical foundation—from managing Windows patch cycles and VMware environments to architecting cross-domain solutions on air-gapped networks. I've served as a COMSEC Responsible Officer, built demo road kits, and currently manage two critical cyber sections.
Outside of official duties, I'm the person who builds Linux-based crypto mining systems for fun, deploys Splunk instances for testing, writes scripts to scrape the web, and lastly analyze raw data. I believe in understanding systems from the ground up and never stop exploring new technologies.
Information Systems
+ Certificate of Advanced Study in Information Security
Syracuse University
General Studies
Columbia College
CompTIA
Cisco
Additional certifications and training continuously pursued
Where curiosity meets implementation
Built a complete cryptocurrency mining system from scratch on Linux. Configured hardware, optimized drivers, and automated monitoring for efficient operation.
Deployed and configured Splunk instance for cloud computing testing and log analysis. Built custom dashboards and alerts for monitoring various data sources.
Developed web scraping tools for automated data collection and analysis. Built pipelines for processing, cleaning, and visualizing collected data.
Always tinkering with new technologies and building tools. Check back for updates on current experiments and builds.
Have a question or want to connect? Send me a message.
# Professional inquiries welcome
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Let's connect
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Open to networking, mentorship,
and discussing tech.
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