Will Aftring
Adjunct Professor at Microsoft
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolWill Aftring is a software engineer and educator with nine years of experience specializing in Windows authentication, networking, and security, currently writing public-facing documentation and modernizing legacy Windows code at Microsoft while teaching computer technologies as an adjunct professor. He brings deep troubleshooting chops from escalation roles, having debugged LSASS, Active Directory, Kerberos and supported complex Docker/Kubernetes scenarios, and has built CI/CD policies to automate code quality. Will pairs hands-on C++ modernization and security incident response with prior product and team leadership experience as a Director of Technology, and holds an MS in Software Development from Boston University. Based in Asheville, NC, he combines practical operational know-how with a knack for clear technical communication—his public-facing docs and blog work make dense authentication topics accessible to engineers and security teams.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Management Information Systems General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Management Information Systems General at Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Radnor High SchoolMaster of Science - MS Software Development, Master of Science - MS Software Development at Boston University
Github Skills (45)
mongoose10
cpu10
dotnet10
disable10
performance-analysis10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
socket-io9
webpack9
windows9
vue9
api9
fsharp9
api-documentation9
windows-server9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
WAftring/EtwInfo
May 2020 - Sep 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 3 years 4 months
WAftring/Scripts
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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