Prev. Cyber & Security Operations Intern @ Ridge IT Cyber
Miles Johnson · Computer Science @ NC A&T
I build software,secure systems,and businesses.
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CS student at North Carolina A&T and co-founder of AutonomIQ, a voice AI startup. I ship AI products at hackathons, have triaged real threats in CrowdStrike, and run a streetwear brand on the side.
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About
Builder first. Specialist later.
I'm a Computer Science student at North Carolina A&T (Class of 2029) who likes being useful in more than one room. That has meant tuning CrowdStrike detections for client environments, wiring an LLM into a product at 3 a.m. during a hackathon, and closing deals for my startup.
I'm staying broad on purpose: software engineering, security, AI, and business all feed each other. Building my own companies taught me to ship and sell. Working in security taught me how things break. Competing on the USA Taekwondo National Team taught me how to keep showing up.
Languages
Systems Programming
Security & Testing
Infrastructure
Application & AI
Experience
Work Experience.
Cyber & Security Operations Intern @ Ridge IT Cyber
- Triaged 30+ endpoint and identity alerts weekly in CrowdStrike, spotting recurring benign patterns and applying exclusion rules that cut false-positive volume across 500+ managed client devices.
- Onboarded 2 client environments onto CrowdStrike Falcon end to end: tenant provisioning, sensor deployment via GPO, RMM, and MDM, prevention policy tuning, and migration off legacy EDR tools.
- Completed Zscaler zero trust training (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX) and documented configuration changes supporting policy reviews, IdP migration, and version profile management across client environments.
Founder
My startup.
Co-Founder · Product Lead · Since 2026
AutonomIQ
Every call answered. Every opportunity captured.
AutonomIQ is my startup. Local service businesses lose jobs every time a call goes to voicemail, so we built an AI receptionist that picks up 24/7, answers questions, recovers missed calls, and books the appointment on the spot.
- Own the product build for an AI voice receptionist sold to local trade businesses, shipped on Vapi, Make, Twilio, and Google Calendar.
- Found a silent failure in a vendor calendar integration that had never been OAuth-connected, then rebuilt booking, availability, and live transfer as custom routed tools verified on live end-to-end calls.
- Directed compliance and launch setup: LLC filing, Twilio A2P brand registration, two-party-consent recording disclosures, and per-client data isolation.
Also building
Founder · Creative Director
Operating System
Independent streetwear, self-funded from day one.
My clothing brand. I handle design, production, drops, and marketing. Our first drop sold out, and every dollar since has been reinvested into the next release.
Projects
Things I’ve built.
Mini Shell
A Unix shell written from scratch in C++20 on raw POSIX system calls, with pipelines, output redirection, built-ins, and Ctrl+C handling.
- Built on fork, execvp, waitpid, pipe, dup2, open, and signal, supporting pipelines, output redirection, built-ins (cd, exit), and Ctrl+C.
- Fuzz-tested the command parser with libFuzzer and AddressSanitizer across 5.5M+ inputs with zero crashes, and proved the harness works by planting a parser bug it caught within seconds.
- Automated GitHub Actions CI that builds the shell, runs 15 end-to-end tests, reruns them under AddressSanitizer with leak detection, and fuzzes the parser on every push.
PitchPad1st Place
AI pitch studio that turns a business idea into a structured pitch deck in under 5 minutes, then coaches your delivery in real time.
- Integrated Claude's API to generate pitch deck content and slide formatting from user-submitted ideas.
- Built a real-time voice coach with GPT-4o and Whisper that scores pacing, clarity, and confidence.
- Architected 12+ REST APIs with JWT auth for multi-user decks, coaching sessions, and live slide generation.
ScholarSync3rd Place
Financial wellness platform that puts a student's expenses, scholarships, GPA, and career plan in one dashboard, with a voice AI advisor.
- Consolidated 5+ student pain points into a single full-stack dashboard.
- Engineered a voice-enabled advisor (Whisper, GPT-4o, TTS) delivering personalized budgeting and career guidance.
Heart Care AI
AI medical site that translates and simplifies cardiac documents into 100+ languages, with gamified education to keep patients engaged.
- Built LLM-powered translation and simplification of cardiac documents in 100+ languages.
- Designed a quiz and reward engine projected to boost patient engagement 30–40%.
- Engineered Supabase auth and real-time dashboards for secure patient monitoring.
Taekwondo
Discipline, on the mat.
Long before hackathons, there was the mat. Taekwondo taught me the habits I bring to everything else: show up, put in the reps, take the loss, and come back sharper.
It took me to a #1 U.S. ranking, international competition, 11 national medals (4 gold), and two selections to the USA Taekwondo National Team.
Former #1 U.S. Ranking
Ranked first in the country
National Medalist
4 gold medals at the national level
USA Taekwondo National Team
Represented Team USA internationally
Gold, USA Taekwondo Team Trials
National team qualifier
Bronze, Costa Rica President's Cup
World Taekwondo G2 ranking event · Heredia, Costa Rica
Gold, AAU Junior Olympic Games (Team Trials)
Won to make the 2024 AAU Senior National Team · Greensboro, NC
Leadership & Service
On campus and beyond.
Cyber Development SIG Lead
Mar 2026 – PresentACM · NC A&T
Lead a cybersecurity workshop each semester for roughly 50 ACM members (network security, endpoint protection, ethical hacking) and co-facilitate about 5 general meetings per term.
Social Media Chair
Aug 2025 – PresentProject Renaissance · NC A&T
Grow the organization's presence across platforms with campaigns that drive member engagement and event attendance.
Honors
- Chancellor's List (Fall 2025)
- Aggie Merit Scholarship
- 2x USA Taekwondo National Team, former #1 U.S. rank
- Member: ACM, Project Renaissance, Noble Brothers & Sisters, SpeakOut
Beyond the campus
Project Renaissance
Community service and member events
ACM · NC A&T
Events I helped plan and program
Contact
Let’s work together.
I’m looking for software engineering, security, and fintech internships for Summer 2027. Recruiters, founders, and fellow builders: my inbox is open.
Email me