My Resume
Tim Dai
Education
Tertiary Education | August 2020 - May 2024
Pennsylvania State University (University Park) — Class of 2024
Bachelors of Science — Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations
Current Cumulative GPA — 3.34 / 4.00
Secondary Education | August 2016 - May 2020
Thomas S. Wootton High School (Maryland, USA) — Class of 2020
High School Diploma
Standard GPA — 3.40 / 4.00
Weighted GPA — 4.60 / 5.00
Experience
Full-Time Internship | June 2023 — August 2023
Cybersecurity Analyst @ PPL Electric Utilities — dimotai.com/cyber
While leading the SOC and Engineering team’s migration to AI/ML operations on Splunk, QRadar & other SIEM transitions, working with the PPL Cybersecurity team provided me with career experiences in Application Development (Mobile and Web), Cloud Computing and Integration, Data Engineering, Machine Learning/Data Analytics, cybersecurity, UX design, product management, strategic planning, and project management.
Projects we worked on include:
Designing SIEM infrastructures whilst the integration of proposed SOC security models
Configuring QRadar & SOAR platforms with Python automation and other related programming
Developing applications, automation, and scripts for various utility capabilities in our security defense models
Deploying mobile applications for field workers
Implementing cloud solutions replacing legacy systems
Building data platforms and machine learning components to enable advanced analytics
Developing microservices APIs and application containerization
Deploying virtual personal assistants to enhance the employee experience
Designing next-generation user experiences for customers and field workers
Creating Microsoft Teams PowerAutomate solution for replacement of the Financial Treasury Key Risk Event Monitoring System (EMS)
Implementing Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close (FCC) implementation project
Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating potential threats or issues while working with PPL's Cybersecurity team
Self-Employment | June 2019 - January 2021
Founder & Owner @ Histatu Network — dimotai.com/cyber
Owned and founded Histatu Network based on Minecraft:
Founder and owner of Histatu Network, a Minecraft community of over 500 active players, over 225,000 total visitors, and over 4 million hours of combined playtime across all players
Head of Histatu Network’s staff team consisting of 30+ developers, moderators, and other related administrative positions for the management and maintenance of Histatu Network
Head of a dedicated Minecraft server hardware with management in multiple VMs on CentOS
Supervisor of a developer team with a focus on bug diagnosis, back-end Q/A, API & related plugin implementation, network DNS configuration & IP routing
Custom-developed 50+ back-end Minecraft plugins in Java based on Spigot/Bukkit API while jumpstarting the early concepts for our network
Head of gameplay design, front-end online website development, player interaction Q/A, and the creative implementation team focused on consistent player retention
Seasonal Employment | June 2021 - August 2022
Instructor @ iD Tech Camps
iD Tech summer camp on-site instructor at the University of Maryland (College Park) & OPL instructor
Coordinated and instructed educational material for the following courses:
Minecraft Modding with Java Development
Minecraft Adventure and Game Design
Java Programming
AI & Neural Networks
Digital Music & Beats
Self-employment | January 2014 - Present
Music Producer @ Dimotai — dimotai.com/music
Active & signed musical artist for Audiomachine & Epic Music World:
Over 50 individual compositions, public releases, and label records – mainly in the EDM, Orchestral & Hybrid Trailer, or Epic genre
Over hundreds of movie trailers, TV, news broadcasts, projects, and commercial placements
Signed with multiple labels, sponsored on numerous promotional channels, and collaborated with hundreds of artists; these include My Soul Your Beats, ThePrimeCronus, MrEpicOSTs, EpicMusicVN, and many more.
Worked and collaborated with multiple established artists, vocalists, producers, performers, and other related entities, including Illenium, Far Out, Merethe Soltvedt, Tina Guo, Julie Elven, Julie Seechuk, etc.
Over 7 years of experience with FL Studio, Ozone products, Splice software, various VSTs, Kontakt libraries, and other related software
Over 5 years of experience with digital audio engineering, mastering, mixing, and sound control
Over 10 years of experience with piano performance
Leadership & Extracurricular Involvement | August 2021 - Present
Club President @ Penn State’s Music Creators Club
Founder and president of the MCC organization at Penn State:
Jumpstarted MCC now boasting over 200 club members with specializations including musical artists, vocalists, producers, engineers, and performers
Routinely hoster of presentations, events, and education content
Frequent educator & mentor on composition, production, audio engineering, and other general music production concepts
Established collaborative connections actively with related events, leadership, and other organizations
Part-time Entrepreneurship | August 2020 - Present
Founder @ TTM Trading — dimotai.com/investing
Active options trader, TA analyst, and educator at TTM Trading; Previous co-founder at IAT:
Founder of TTM Trading and co-founder at IAT, collaborative communities of over 1,000 active stocks, options, and crypto traders with over 200 actively monthly subscribed members
Manager of TTM Trading’s subscription-based business model with a focus on community activity and education resulting in consistent revenue growth
Completed numerous small portfolio “100x Challenges” to over 10,000% returns – Starting with $1,000, $100, and $50 through trading based on short-term volatility movement strategies including strangles, straddles, minute scalps, etc.
Published various articles and general educational content on strangle strategies, common misconceptions & myth debunks regarding OTM/ITM contracts and utilization of various indicators regarding options trading
Over 6 years of experience with general live ticker & chart analysis
Over 3 years of experience with options trading and technical analysis (TA), resistance & support evaluation, and Greeks-value sentiment with other related estimations
Consistent charter and educator on indicator utilization theories (especially Bollinger Bands, MACD, IC, RSI), OTM/ITM sentiment concepts, general resistance & support analysis, and more