Dallen Sandstrom
Software Development & Cybersecurity
Bio
A highly motivated recent graduate of Weber State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a minor in Cybersecurity and Networking, as well as CompTIA Security+ certified. Before that, graduated High School with an early-college Associates of Applied Science Degree and currently manages and automates a personalized Arch Linux computer, using it as primary operating system for 6 years. Passionate about computer software, security, and gaining new skills.
Skills
Strongest Languages
- C++
- C#
- Python
- Java
- HTML/CSS
- SQL
- Bash
Linux & Systems
- Linux Console
- Open Source Tooling
- Automation Scripting
- Multi-Platform and Dual-Booting
- Virtual Machines
- USB Live Environments
- System Troubleshooting
Security
- Web Application Authentication & Authorization
- Windows NTFS Permissions
- Recovery of Deleted Files on Reformatted Drive
- Secure Drive Wiping
- Removal and Destruction of RAM and Hard Drives
Project Highlights
ReduSharptor Faculty Directed Research
Made improvements to the ReduSharptor research project, a C# test code reduction tool, to utilize Hierarchical Delta Debugging as part of a Faculty Directed Research program at Weber State University.
ASP.NET Core Web Application Capstone
CS 4750 Capstone project where, as team lead of three other students, developed a full-stack ASP.Net Core web application as a mock project of creating a grant application and management system for Weber State University.
TTRPG Dice Roller
Large C++ programming project done as a challenge and to practice C++ skills. A calculator ran in the terminal with support for basic math operations, parentheses and parentheses operations, dice operations, condensing multiple equations in one input, and saving equations or equation sets to be ran quickly or inserted into other equations as a variable.
WPF Invoice Application
CS 3280 class WPF application. A 3-person group project for a mock WPF invoice tool.
Discord Music Bot
A Python Discord bot. It changes the bots profile picture and nickname, enters the same voice channel as a specified user, plays an audio file on loop, and can relay messages into a text channel.
Google Drive Backup Script
Automation script for compressing and backing up user-specified directories to a Google Drive account that can be run as a cron job.