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Andrew Strachan

Birmingham, Alabama · strachan@uab.edu · github.com/astrachan163 · LinkedIn

Summary

CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) Fellow and M.S. Cybersecurity student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I build study applications, cloud software, and local AI tools, with experience translating technical concepts into practical training. Teaching, student leadership, and operational documentation experience support my cybersecurity work.

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham — M.S. Cybersecurity

Expected December 2027 · GPA 3.75/4.0 · CyberCorps SFS Fellow

Mississippi College — B.S. ACS Biochemistry, Biology Medical Sciences, Music (minor)

Graduated with Honors, May 2016 · GPA 3.5/4.0

University of Montevallo — Provisional Certificate in a Teaching Field, Business, Marketing, and Finance

2024 to 2025 · coursework GPA 3.75/4.0

University of Mississippi School of Medicine — Doctor of Medicine (incomplete)

Jackson, MS · 2016 to 2020

Certifications

Additional training

PCTF Business; First Aid / CPR / ACLS / BLS

Selected technical projects

MaqkrsTutor — macOS study application

  • Built a SwiftUI application that organizes study materials into workspaces and supports PDF, Markdown, and source-code ingestion.
  • Implemented document-focused retrieval and deterministic study-action routing for local model workflows.
  • Public sanitized repository: MaqkrsTutor-public.

Professional experience

University of Alabama Birmingham — Python Coding Summer Camp Teaching Assistant

Birmingham, AL · June 2026

  • Instructed middle school students in Python, data structures, and algorithmic logic through STEM projects with BBC micro:bit hardware.
  • Mentored students writing Python scripts for aerial drone flight trajectories.

Shades Valley High School — CTE Teacher: Business, Marketing, and Finance

Birmingham, AL · Aug 2024 – June 2025

  • Taught business finance and customer service & sales in the National Academy of Finance; coached E-Sports; advised FBLA; maintained TAPE compliance.

Corner High School — CTE Teacher: Business, Marketing, and Finance

Dora, AL · Sept 2023 – June 2024

  • Established and advised a DECA chapter; students earned first and second place at the 2024 Alabama DECA Career Development Conference.

MidSouth Extracts LLC. — Operational Director

Tupelo, MS · Jan 2023 – May 2023

  • Built a licensed medical processing facility, procured licensing, authored SOPs, and ran process analysis in a cGMP-regulated environment.

SelectQuote Insurance Services — Sales Development Specialist

Clinton, MS · Apr 2021 – Nov 2022

  • Developed and delivered training for new sales representatives; reduced customer complaints through targeted modules.

University of Mississippi School of Medicine — Human Anatomy Prosector

Jackson, MS · May 2017 – Sep 2017

  • Delivered educational presentations to a class of about 100 students; assisted with and demonstrated dissection procedures.

Maqkrs Consulting — Founder & Technologist

MS & AL · 2022 – Present

  • Operational consulting across FDA, ISO, and employee training; build websites, advertising, sales, licensure, and technology foundations for startups.
  • Facilitate work-study and data-annotation internships supporting biomedical research and zero-trust training paths.

Mississippi College — Human Gross Anatomy Teacher Assistant

Clinton, MS · Aug 2015 – May 2016

  • Evaluated student work and supervised lab experiments across two semesters.

First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport — Assistant Youth Leader

Gulfport, MS · Aug 2011 – Present

  • Mentored youth facing academic challenges; organized team-building for groups of about 30 students.

Volunteer experience

Omnimed Health Initiative — Medical Intern

Uganda · Jul 2017 – Aug 2017

  • Collaborated on two mobile clinics serving over 1,000 patients annually; led health education workshops reaching over 500 community members.

Travel the World — Classroom Travel Correspondent

Pokhara, Nepal · Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship fellow

  • Shared experiences with New York elementary students via video and live Skype; medical intern and community educator roles in Nepal.

Harrison County Children's Shelter — Volunteer Youth Mentor

Gulfport, MS · May 2011 – Jan 2018

  • Mentored at-risk youth and guided long-term goals and life skills.

Technical skills

AI/ML: On-device execution (MLX, Ollama), RAG, vector search, agentic workflows, Python, OpenAI/Google AI APIs. Dev & full stack: Swift/SwiftUI, TypeScript, React, Node.js, C, Java, REST, Git/GitHub. Cybersecurity: Wireshark, digital forensics, OSINT, SIEM, Nmap, zero-trust, Linux. Cloud & data: GCP, AWS, Firebase, SQL, SwiftData, ChromaDB, FAISS, NoSQL.

Leadership and presentations