Practical Artist 🎨💻

🎓 Student – University of Delaware
📚 B.S. in Computer Science (Cum Laude) – Custom Concentration: Cyber Security & AI – GPA: 3.835

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🏢 Professional Experience

IT Specialist/Airtable Expert

ArtYard | September 2025 – Present

• Designed and created a complex multi-base Airtable system to streamline workflows.
• Supported staff with any technologial issues relating to both software and hardware.

Database Manager/Web Developer

EHR Health Startup | December 2023 – February 2025

• Managed and configured a Google Firebase Realtime database to update frontend dynamically.
• Built JavaScript framework components and collaborated with healthcare professionals.

Full Stack Web Development Intern

University of Delaware | June 2023 – August 2023

• Developed a faculty directory website using Node.js, Google Firebase, and Docker.
• Implemented data scraping, backend setup, and version control using Git.

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🔨 Projects

Cleaning Company Website – Website (HTML)

• Created and hosted a cleaning service website with custom domain, hosting, and logos for a client.

Watch Curation Website – Website (JavaScript/HTML)

• Developed a vintage watch curation website with custom animations to display my personal watch collection.

Spanish-English Learning App – Web App (JavaScript/HTML)

• Coded a daily Spanish-English language learning web app for a client complete with a web view.

Burnt Pancake Problem – A* & BFS Search Algorithms (Python)

• Solved the burnt pancake problem using BFS and implemented A* search with tie-breaking mechanisms.

UV Monitoring App – Android App (Java/Kotlin)

• Built an app that tracks UV levels based on the user’s location and advises on sun protection.

Secure Software Design Project

• Pen-tested and applied secure software design concepts to various projects.

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🏩 Teaching Experience

💻 Computer Science Teaching Assistant

• CISC 103 – Intro to Computer Science with Web Applications
• CISC 106 – General Computer Science for Engineers
• CISC 108 – Introduction to Computer Science I
• CISC 210 – Introduction to Systems Programming

🔧 Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistant

• EGGG 101 – Introduction to Engineering

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💡 Languages & Technologies

🔥 Programming Languages

• Python | C | C++ | Java | JavaScript | TypeScript | Kotlin | SQL

🌐 Web & Quasi-Languages

• HTML | CSS | XML

🛠️ Software & Tools

• GitHub | Docker | VirtualBox | Google Firebase | TamperMonkey | React.js | Angular.js | Elasticsearch | Metasploit | Wireshark | IDA | Ghidra | Radare2 | Nmap | Burpsuite | VMware | Windows 10/11 | Linux

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🎓 Education

B.S. in Computer Science (Cum Laude) – University of Delaware | Expected December 2024
GPA: 3.835

Relevant Coursework & Projects

• Artificial Intelligence (CISC 481/681) – Explored AI fundamentals with reinforcement learning and Bayesian networks.
• Web Applications Security (CISC 470/670) – Developed CRUD apps and pen-tested different tech stacks.
• Pen Test and Reverse Engineering (CISC 471/671) – Hands-on experience with Metasploit, Wireshark, and binary reverse engineering tools.
• Intro to Human-Computer Interaction (CISC 482/682) – Built an Android app for UV tracking using design principles.
• Senior Design (CapitalOne) – Collaborated on a full-stack credit card simulator.
• Secure Software Design (CISC 476) – Studied secure software principles and applied them in pen testing.

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🌱 Interests & Personal Projects

• Cyber Security & Pen Testing: Gaining expertise in penetration testing and reverse engineering with tools like Metasploit and Wireshark.
• AI & Machine Learning: Exploring reinforcement learning, AI simulations, and building intelligent systems.
• Vintage Mechanical Watches: Collecting historical pieces of past horological, engineering, and design prowess.

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Feel free to reach out via email at joeycasagrande@gmail.com or by phone at (908) 644-0101.