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Students from the Cybersecurity program competed in the National Cyber League Fall 2024 season competition, 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 into the following programs and colleges.


2025 Internships/training


2025 Employment


2025 Certification Exams
  • Texas A&M :Masters in Legal Studies for Cybersecurity Law and Policy 
    Graduates
    1. V. West March 2024
  • University of Maryland:Masters in Cybersecurity 
    1. H. Bilal expected March 2025
  • WGU: Masters in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
    Graduates: 
    1. M. Hameed October 2024
  • 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 
  • UT Austin: Post Graduate Program Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Business Applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 
  • Z. Nyelong: Collin College Helpdesk Intern
  • 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 a Support Technical Account Manager (STAM) at Tanium (Summer 25)
  • C. David: Information/Cybersecurity Intern at USAA (Summer 25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  • L.Geoghegan: Collin College Helpdesk Student Assistant
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  • 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

 

 


Graduate School 
  
2024 Internships/training

2024 Employment

2024 Certification Achievements
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