Mason standing on a glass ledge high above the Manhattan skyline

Hi, I'm Mason.

I'm a software engineer who bakes, travels, and builds from wherever I land. Glad you're here.

23countries and counting

Mason smiling in a red bucket hat and sunglasses, taking a selfie on a roadside with green mountains and a river valley behind him

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About me

I'm Mason. I graduated from Kent State University in May 2026 with a B.S. in Computer Science and a 3.97 GPA, and now I travel and work remotely. My work sits across DevSecOps, system administration, and software development.

I spent a full year studying abroad at Tartu University in Estonia, from August 2024 to June 2025. It changed how I think about technology and working with people from other countries.

As an Assistant System Administrator at Kent State, I set up GPU servers for research, automated work with Ansible, and kept more than 20 research servers in line with security rules. Before that, as a DevSecOps intern at Nationwide, I built tools that save over $10K a year and simplified CI/CD pipelines for more than 1,000 applications.

Outside of work I was President of HacKSU, Kent State's largest CS club. I organized hackathons and mentored other students. I travel, I bake artisan bread, and I'm an Eagle Scout. As a Choose Ohio First scholarship recipient, I cared about building tech communities and making technology open to everyone.

Mason taking a mirror selfie in a khaki button up shirt in front of a blue patterned curtain

Work and experience

  1. Mason in a dark coat taking a selfie at an office front desk

    August 2025 to May 2026

    Assistant System Administrator

    Kent State University

    I set up and deployed Dell R760 GPU servers for faculty research. I automated Tenable agents, updates, and compliance across 20+ servers with Ansible, and I wrote VPN guides for several operating systems for the CS department.

    • Ubuntu Server
    • Ansible
    • SSSD
    • LDAP
    • Docker
    • Lambda AI Stack
  2. Mason smiling in a dark coat next to a wood paneled office wall

    May 2025 to August 2025

    DevSecOps Intern

    Nationwide

    I built Python apps that pull in SonarQube data to reprioritize issues across 1,000+ apps. I migrated CI/CD workflows and built the Sonar Sweep tool, which saves $10K+ a year.

    • Python
    • GitHub Actions
    • SonarQube
    • CI/CD
    • Docker
  3. Mason crouching with a yellow crown headband in front of a HacKSU table while other students stand behind it

    May 2025 to May 2026

    President

    HacKSU

    I led Kent State's largest CS club with a team of 6. We ran weekly meetings for 10 to 30 people, the Kent Hack Enough hackathon, and talks from industry speakers.

    • Leadership
    • Event management
    • Community building
  4. Mason smiling in a red bucket hat and sunglasses, taking a selfie on a roadside with green mountains behind him

    August 2024 to June 2025

    Study abroad

    Tartu University, Estonia

    A full academic year studying Computer Science at Tartu University while exploring Eastern European tech culture.

    • International perspective
    • Cultural adaptation
    • Tech diversity
  5. Mason in a black puffer jacket and white cap on a snowy campus path under a Carnegie Mellon University banner

    September 2023 to May 2025

    Undergraduate Researcher

    ImageJ Web App

    I led the build of a web version of ImageJ for biology students. I containerized it with Docker and deployed it with Apache, WSGI, and Ray clusters for distributed processing.

    • Angular
    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • Docker
    • Apache
    • Ray
  6. A laptop and a monitor showing code in a dark editor in a dim room

    August 2023 to August 2024

    IT Help Desk Technician

    Kent State University

    First line of support for Windows, Linux, and macOS. I tracked down and fixed software issues and worked on my Apple Repair Certification.

    • Technical support
    • Multi OS troubleshooting
    • Customer service

Hackathons, projects, and honors

Mason and three teammates posing at night around a bronze terrier statue in a brick courtyard

NexHacks, 1st and 2nd place

1st place with The Token Company. 2nd place with DevSwarm, which triages tasks for large teams using n8n workflows with triage, coding, and confidence agents.

  • Svelte
  • Python
  • n8n
  • AI agents

Hack Ohi/O

An adaptive AI learning platform with 50+ widgets and tools. Its Adaptive Composition Engine shapes the experience around how each person learns.

  • LLM integration
  • AI agents
  • Adaptive learning

Honors

Choose Ohio First Scholarship in Computer Science, 2023 to May 2026. Eagle Scout with Scouts BSA, St. Francis Xavier, 2016 to 2022. Active in the MLH community and the hackathon circuit.

Mason in headphones and a gray hoodie working on a laptop at a crowded hackathon table, seen from a low selfie angle

Hack Dearborn 4, 1st place overall

A Bluetooth mesh service that passes messages between devices with no central server. I built the UI and the API for the mesh network.

  • Bluetooth mesh
  • API development
  • Decentralized networks

RecipleRecollection

A recipe web app in C# and ASP.NET Core, with Python scraping for recipe details, user accounts, a SQL database, and container deploys on Azure.

  • C#
  • ASP.NET
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Azure
  • Docker

Markov Maze Prediction Calculator

A C++ calculator that uses linear algebra and Markov chains to predict paths through a maze.

  • C++
  • Linear algebra
  • Algorithm design

Photos from events and clubs

  • Mason in a red bucket hat and yellow hoodie posing with another student outside at a hackathon
  • Mason in a yellow hoodie sitting cross legged on a window seat, thinking over his laptop
  • Mason in a red bucket hat and colorful patchwork pants, arms crossed, in front of a wall of MLH logos
  • Mason in a red bucket hat and yellow hoodie standing next to a student in front of a Rocket recruiting banner

Résumé

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Education

  • Kent State University

    B.S. in Computer Science, GPA 3.97

    Graduated May 2026

  • Tartu University, Estonia

    Computer Science study abroad

    August 2024 to June 2025

Technical skills

Languages
C++, Python, Java, TypeScript, PHP, C#, .NET, HTML, CSS, R
Tools and frameworks
Docker, GitHub Actions, Harness, Flask, Angular, Apache, Ansible, AWS (ECS, ECR, S3, Bedrock, IAM)
Platforms and services
Azure, Kubernetes, Ray Clusters, GitHub, SonarQube, MCPs, AI Agents, Strands Agents
System administration
Ansible, Networking, TCP/IP, Apache, DNS, SSSD, Autofs, LDAP, Email Servers, OS Installation

Contact

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