Open to Summer 2027 internships

Jaxsen Rinke

I study Cyber Security and Finance at Mercyhurst University and work on the blue team in the CIRAT Cyber Lab. I like the spot where technology risk meets financial controls. I also built a scheduling app for college students and sold it.

3.97GPA across two majors
8 wksfirst commit to working app
12 hrsa week in the CIRAT lab
$20K+parts inventory reconciled

Experience

Dec 2025 to now

BizzyB Sold

Founder and Developer, now Equity Partner and Technical Consultant

  • Built a social scheduling app for college students on my own, from first commit to a working product in 8 weeks and about 150 hours.
  • Stack: React, PostgreSQL on Supabase, serverless edge functions, and continuous deployment on Vercel.
  • Shipped group chat, a privacy model enforced at the database level, and automated email.
  • Negotiated the sale through an asset purchase agreement. I kept an equity stake and a consulting role.
Apr 2025 to now

Blue Team Member

CIRAT Cyber Lab, Mercyhurst University

  • Monitor network traffic and system logs in Splunk for indicators of compromise and anomalous behavior, averaging 12 hours a week in the lab.
  • Run vulnerability assessments and harden systems by patching, reviewing configurations, and closing attack surface gaps.
  • Help with containment, eradication, and recovery during simulated incident response exercises.
May 2025 to Aug 2025

Importer of Record Intern

Logistics Plus Inc., Erie, PA

  • Reconciled inventory records across 100+ parts shipments covering $20,000+ in parts.
  • Caught and escalated discrepancies in shipping and receiving records.
  • Supported internal controls for import documentation and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Security
SIEM (Splunk), EDR, incident response, threat detection, log analysis, system hardening, patch management, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF
Finance
Financial analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, risk assessment
Data
Excel, Python
Systems and code
TCP/IP, OSI model, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, LDAP, Windows, Linux, JavaScript, React

Education

Class of 2028

Mercyhurst University

B.S. Cyber Security and B.A. Finance, Junior, GPA 3.97

Coursework includes Digital Forensics, Python Programming I and II, Cyber Law and Policy, Systems and Security, Financial Planning, Financial Management, Managerial Accounting, and Business Statistics.

Contact

The best way to reach me is email or LinkedIn.