Sometimes we need a little inspiration....
Your Workforce Coaches and Faculty often wonder where our students have landed after
graduation. We also love to report how well our students are doing while in the program.
Your Coaches and Student Success Team would like to report some of our student success stories on this brag wall.
We also hope that you can glean data to help you with your personal goals- so you
can shoot for popular certifications our students are attaining as well as ideas towards
potential employers and job titles when you are conducting your job search.
placing 29th out of 532 competing teams. That put the team in the top 5% ahead of schools, including Saint
Louis University and the University of Georgia. Diego Trujano, John Edwards, and Sadia
Chaudry earned the Diamond Rank by placing in the top 10% of competitors in individual
competition, Oct. 25-27. The team competition was Nov. 8-10. Professor Rajin Koonjbearry
coached the team.
Graduate School Students:
Collin College BAT alumni have been accepted and/or completed the following programs
and colleges.
2025 Internships/Training
2025 Employment
2025 Certification Exams
Master's Programs
Texas A&M :Masters in Legal Studies for Cybersecurity Law and Policy Graduates 1. V. West: Completed March 2024 Texas A&M: Masters in Science in Management Information Systems 1. J. Kennedy Texas A&M Commerce :Masters in Information Systems Cybersecurity 1. T. Holcomb University of Maryland:Masters in Cybersecurity 1. H. Bilal: Completed March 2025 WGU: Masters in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Graduates: 1. M. Hameed: Completed March 2025 2. C. David N. Entering December 2025 Georgia Institute of Technology: Masters of Science in Cybersecurity 1. M. Zahid UTD: Naveen Jindal School of Management’s Information Technology and Management- Cybersecurity
Management track 1. T. Dismuke 2. M. Ka The George Washington University: Master's of Engineering in Cybersecurity Policy
& Compliance 1. C. Contant: Completed March 2025 UT Austin: Post Graduate Program Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Business Applications
Doctoral Programs
Capital Technology University: Doctor of Philosophy in Space Cybersecurity
Currently Enrolled Student Internship Wins
K. Non: AI Sales Strategy Extern at HorizonX T. Anbu: Cloud Infrastructure Services and Cybersecurity Risk Services (CIS/CRS)
at Wipro Many students in the TLT Tomorrow's Leaders Today Cybersecurity Internship program A. Mojahed: Nokia Solutions Service Analyst Co-Op R. Murphy: Nokia Solutions Service Analyst Co-Op C. Aladekugbe: Support Technical Account Manager (STAM) at Tanium (Summer 25) C. Lynch: Support Technical Account Manager (STAM) at Tanium (Summer 25) C. David: Information/Cybersecurity Intern at USAA (Summer 25) Z. Nyelong: Collin College Helpdesk Intern J Shaw: Internal Audit/GRC Intern at Trintech R. Gutierrez: Information Technology Intern at North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) H. Hamza: Internship at MasTec C. Quinn: Cybersecurity Internship at CBRE
Currently Enrolled Student Employment Wins
T. Anbu: IT Specialist at Frisco ISD A. Crayton: Associate Cybersecurity Consultant at Undaunted Consulting M. Harryman: VOIP Analyst 1 at Spectrum VOIP S. Abdullah: VOIP Analyst 1 at Spectrum VOIP L.Geoghegan: Collin College Helpdesk Student Assistant S. Tamez: Moblie Repair Technician at Samsung C.Contant: Cybersecurity Engineer at Crowe (BAT Alumni) I. Gappinger: Cybersecurity Systems Administrator at Prosper ISD Z. Meeks: IT Support Specialist at AmpThink (in Computer Networking program) A. Rabeeah: End User Engineer at AccentCare J. Meisner: Network Administrator at Safari Solutions J. Barrier: Level 1 Network Analyst at Citi H. Sundal: Information Technology Support Technician at The 20 MSP I. Mustafa: Cybersecurity Tester and Assessor at Fidelity Investments W. Kingori: Cyber Security Technician at US Air Force M. Parker: Datacenter Technician at CoreWeave C. Oswald: Network Operations Center Manager at 1Finity
Alumni Employment Wins
H. Hamza: Asset Analyst at MasTec E. Hachem: Identity and Access Management Analyst at Toyota Financial Services D. Rangel Rios: Systems Engineer II at Ratheon C. Contant: Cybersecurity Engineer at Collins Aerospace G. Kyeremeh: VOIP Analyst 1 at Spectrum VOIP C. Moses: IT Customer Service at L3Harris Technologies A. Boivin: Service Desk Analyst at TEKSystems J. Pool: Information Technology Analyst at Nebraska Furniture Mart A. Maier: Technical Support Engineer at Forescout Technologies Inc C. David: Incident Response Analyst at Semperis K. Bazih: Network Engineer at Wipro R. Dutta: Cyber Security Analyst at Ribbon Communications D. Waisner: Cyber Defense Analyst/Project Manager at Logos Systems
Currently Enrolled Student Certification Wins
J. Khalid: CompTIA Security+ 9/2025 B. Khaldi: CompTIA A+ 8/2025 S. Hillard: CompTIA Security+ 8/2025 M. Untalan: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator from EC Council 8/2025 D. Robinson: Certified Ethical Hacker from EC Council 8/2025 M. Marquez: AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 7/2025 J. Shaw: Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals 7/2025 C. Aladekugbe: Azure Fundamentals Microsoft 5/2025 T. Korai: Cisco Certified Network Administrator 5/2025 M. Ingoldby: AWS Certified AI Practitioner 5/2025 K. Non: Splunk Core Certified User 5/2025 J. Barrier: Cisco Certified Specialist- Enterprise Core 5/2025 K. Non: CompTIA CySA+ 4/2025 R. Majhi: AWS AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 4/2025 F. Basit: AWS AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 4/2025 I. Gappinger: IS2 CISSP 3/2025 E. Sanchez: CompTIA Security+ 2/2025 R. Murphy: CompTIA Security+ 2/2025 D. Barazanji: CompTIA Network+ 2/2025 O. Prakash: ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity 1/2025 J. Edwards:CompTIA Security+ 1/2025 M. Hernandez: CompTIA Security+ 1/2025 E. Sanchez: CompTIA Network+ 1/2025 T. Korai: CompTIA Security+ 1/2025 G. Kyeremeh: AWS Cloud App Development 1/2025
Alumni Certification Wins
L. Lewallen: CompTIA A+ 8/2025 A. Masood: CompTIA Linux+ 7/2025 B. Eko: CompTIA PenTest+ 7/2025 S. Johnson: CompTIA Security+ 7/2025 A. Masood: Cisco AI Solutions on Cisco Infrastructure Essentials 5/2025 J. Greenlee: IS2 CISSP 4/2025 S. Ahmed: Cisco Certified Network Administrator 4/2025 S. Biju: CompTIA Security+ 2/2025 G. Kyeremeh:AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 3/2025
2024 Internships/training
2024 Employment
Please refer to above info.
L. Geoghegan Cisco Dream Team GSX
J. Higgins: Cisco TCE Apprenticeship
T. Shepard: Tanium Internship
L. Song: WICYS Security Training Scholarship Tier 2
S. Couture: Enterprise Resilience Intern at Globe Life
A. Masood: Hired by Spectrum as a VOIP Analyst
C. Hachem: Hired by Toyota Financial Services as a Data Protection Analyst
J. Deckard: Hired by Prosper ISD as a Campus Technologist
B. Hasan: Collin College Adjunct Faculty and Cyber Lab Manager
A. Zehri: Hired by Citi as a Information security Analyst- Microsegmentation and VP
of Infrastructure Defense
G. Carter: GRC Audit Associate at Trintech
M. Marquez: Technical Support Specialist at Newline Interactive
Carl N.: Threat Intelligence Content Analyst at KC7
O. Arevalo: recently promoted to Senior Threat Detection SIEM Engineer at Texas Capital
R. Gerleman: Technical Service Engineer at Black Belt Service
C. Hudek: Technical Product Support Team Lead at Inovalon
S. Asif: AWS Engineer at Amazon Web Services (was intern)
C. Hilton: Information Technology Network Analyst at Amphenol (was intern)
B. Malone: Tier 2 Remote Support Specialist at Area Wide Technological Support
J. Miller: Cyber Threat Analyst at Verizon
S. Cantello: Chief Technology Officer at IT for Scrubs (BAT Alum, promoted from Technical
Engineer)
A. Masood: CompTIA Security+ 12/2023
D. Rangel-Rios: EC-Council CEH 12/2023
I. Mustafa: CompTIA Security+ 1/2024
A. Odhaib: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 1/2024
A. Alshihani: CompTIA Security+ 2/2024
G. Appicciafuoco: CompTIA Security+ 3/2024
S. Meftah: CompTIA CySA 6/2024
J. Mesiner: Cisco Certified Support Technician 6/2024
S. Abdullah: AWS Certified Security Specialty 6/2024
G. Broxton: CompTIA Security+ 9/2024
S. Maher: CompTIA CySA+ 7/2024
J. Mesiner: CIsco CCNA 8/2024
K. Abdela: Cisco Linux Certification 9/2024
E. Sanchez: CCNA Certification 9/2024
G. Broxton: CompTIA A+ 9/2024
J. Illoani: CCNA Certification 9/2024
A. Khatun: CompTIA Security+ 10/2024
D. Shrestha: CompTIA Security+ 10/2024
M. Cheema: Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate 10/2024
N. Shaw CompTIA Security+ 11/2024
J. Mahji: CompTIA Security+ 11/2024
J. Illoani: IS2 CISSP 11/2024
M. Harryman: CompTIA Security+ 11/2024
Tristan Hipolito: CCNA Certification 12/2024
C. Aladekugbe: CompTIA Security+ 12/2024
M. Hernandez: CompTIA Network+ 12/2024
D. Fox: CCNA Certification12/2024
Want to be on the brag wall? Email GoCyber@collin.edu to get yourself added today!
