Deep R
Mentor - US Cyber Team at US Cyber Games
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDeep R is a cybersecurity educator and mentor with eight years of formal experience and a broader 20+-year IT background, currently directing the Cybersecurity Program and teaching offensive/defensive security, reverse engineering, and networking at Xavier University. He also mentors the US Cyber Team for US Cyber Games, bridging academic training with competitive, real-world cyber challenges. Deep emphasizes immersive, hands-on learning and teamwork to prepare students for practical threats, and his research focuses on improving cybersecurity pedagogy through experiential exercises. Prior roles across community college program coordination and IT consulting give him a pragmatic perspective on workforce readiness and applied security operations. Based in Cincinnati, he pairs academic leadership with direct mentoring in national cyber competitions, helping translate classroom skills into high-impact practice.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, MSc at Morehead State UniversityGraduate Studies, Graduate Studies at Purdue UniversityBsc, Bsc at Northern Kentucky University
English, SinhaleseProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DeepXU/CSCI190
Jan 2022 - Dec 2024
Contributions:21 PRs, 43 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 11 months
DeepXU/GatewayCIT
Nov 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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