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 (41)
dotnet10
socket-io9
webpack9
windows9
cpu9
csharp9
dotnet-core9
vue9
performance-analysis9
api-documentation9
windows-server9
react8
wireshark8
api8
javascript8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/Kerberos-Crypto
Feb 2025 - Jun 2026
Tools and information regarding Windows Kerberos cryptography
Contributions:10 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
cryptographykerberoswindowsmicrosoftpowershell
WAftring/EtwInfo
May 2020 - Sep 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 3 years 4 months
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