LiveSlate.co
QR menu / content-card SaaS.
What I did: Built the display modes, scheduled publishing, and R2 file storage.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- R2
Aspiring security analyst. Builder by habit.
Five years in technical support at a payment processor. Co-founded a web studio and shipped its SaaS suite.
Now
Updated
Studying CompTIA Security+ (SY0‑701), started Sept 2026. Home lab: Proxmox host, Kali Linux VM, home networking. Hands-on with Hak5 hardware (WiFi Pineapple, Bash Bunny, Shark Jack, LAN Turtle), MITM lab setups.
Available for security / NOC / IT roles
Selected work
Forge SaaS products
Across the Forge suite: auth, RLS, rate limiting, Turnstile, Playwright tests, security audits with supabase-pentest-skills.
SmartClientForge
Multi-tenant client portal.
What I did: Built the auth, row-level security, and per-tenant data isolation.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- Cloudflare
SkedgeBook
Multi-vertical scheduling SaaS with embeddable widget.
What I did: Built the booking engine and the embeddable widget across three verticals.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- Cloudflare
SmartFormForge
Form builder with AI generation, Stripe billing, webhooks.
What I did: Built the webhook system with HMAC signing and plan-limit enforcement.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- Vercel
- Stripe
Home lab & security
Proxmox home server
A home virtualization server for running and testing operating systems and self-hosted tools.
What I did: Run virtual machines for Linux, Windows, and self-hosted services on a segmented home network.
- Proxmox
Kali Linux VM
Tooling practice.
What I did: Practice offensive and defensive tooling (nmap, Wireshark, Metasploit) against my own lab.
- Kali Linux
Hak5 gear experiments
Hands-on with Hak5 hardware and MITM lab setups.
What I did: Ran deauthentication attacks on my own network, captured wireless handshakes, and cracked them offline to understand rogue access points and detection.
- WiFi Pineapple
- Bash Bunny
- Shark Jack
- LAN Turtle
Personal projects
MDTailrace.com
Real-time Conowingo Dam fishing conditions.
What I did: Built and maintain it end to end.
- Next.js
- real-time data
Sec+ Study App
PWA + Firebase quiz app, built instead of buying one.
What I did: Built the quiz engine, spaced-repetition scheduling, and offline PWA support.
- PWA
- Firebase
Experience
June 2021 - present
Host Merchant Services
Technical Support Specialist (L1/L2)
Payment processing ISO.
- Handle escalated Tier 1 and 2 issues for merchants on payment terminals, gateways, and point-of-sale software
- Review system and transaction logs to trace failed payments and processing errors
- Support merchants remotely over RDP, ScreenConnect, and TeamViewer following company data-security procedures
2025 - present
SmartWebForge
Co-founder & Technical Lead
Two-person web design, development, and hosting studio. Builds client sites and the Forge SaaS suite.
- Build and host client sites and web apps on Next.js, Supabase, Cloudflare, and AWS
- Set up authentication, database access rules, and DNS per project
- Run security reviews on database and API access before launch
2019 - 2020
AT&T, Sales Associate
2011 - 2019
Eagles Roost Farm & Orchards, Staff Manager
2018 - 2019
Clene Nanomedicine, Lab Assistant
Education & certs
- CompTIA Security+ (SY0‑701)In progress
- GED, State of Maryland (2013)
- GAP Certificates, University of Maryland (2013)
Skills
Security & Networking
- Kali Linux,
- Hak5 toolkit,
- Home networking,
- Proxmox,
- Security+ domains (in progress)
Systems & Support
- Windows,
- macOS,
- Linux,
- iOS/Android,
- PowerShell,
- RDP,
- TeamViewer,
- ScreenConnect,
- WHM
Development
- TypeScript,
- Next.js,
- Astro,
- Tailwind,
- Supabase/Postgres,
- Cloudflare (Pages, Workers, R2),
- GSAP,
- Playwright
Other
American Sign Language (bilingual)
Contact
Rising Sun, MD