Forged from Islands.
Sharing the Path.
Nobody handed me a map. This is the route I found, and the reason Isleforge exists is so your version of it is faster.
U.S. Army, Signal Support (25U)
Joined at Fort Carson. Learned that networks matter most when everything else is going wrong.
Combat deployment, Afghanistan
Kept comms alive in places where a dropped link was more than an inconvenience.
Medically retired. Enrolled in computer science.
Left the Army with a disability rating and a decision: rebuild around what I could do, not what I lost. Went all in on school.
First rung: satellite communications operations
Started in 24/7 satellite broadcast operations, then defense network infrastructure. Not glamorous, but it was the door. I climbed from telecom to network engineering to systems engineering while carrying a full course load.
B.S. Computer Science, summa cum laude
Finished the bachelor's with a 3.95 while working full time. Schedule, not talent.
Cybersecurity engineer / ISSO, defense sector
Three years after starting at the bottom rung, the actual cyber role: RMF, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response for Department of Defense systems.
CISSP in January. M.S. Computer Science in April.
The cert everyone says to wait on, and a master's with a 3.94, stacked in the same year. There is a story and a study system behind both.
Built a company brand in 90 days, in public
Founded Isleforge Solutions LLC and took it from nothing to a full brand, website, and content engine in one quarter, solo, using AI-assisted systems. Now I am documenting all of it, and everything that comes next, on YouTube.