Bradley A. Chippi Jr.

Bradley Chippi

Cyber Security Automation Specialist at The Dow Chemical Company

Masters of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems

About Me

I consider myself as an agile leader and a well-rounded student that puts pride and dedication into every role and task. Typically, most people are afraid of change, but I welcome it because it has the ability to enhance everyday life. To me, the thought of change is exciting and I feel the possibilities in computer technology are endless.

I am a self-driven individual, even if the odds are not in my favor. Failure is the key to learning and passion is the door to being a developer. I have an urge in wanting to make a difference in the world and one day, my dream will come true. My motto is: I can get a pay check anywhere, but there is only a certain amount of places where I can make a difference.

Latest Project

EcoSPAN

A Smartphone Ad-Hoc Network Communication Application to Help After a Natural Disaster and Keep the World Greener

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Inspiration

To this day, a lot of people are still affected by the causes of Hurricane Irma because of poor communication. Google has been trying to solve this problem with Project Loon; which offers balloons to float over areas and offer internet to people below. This is cool, but not instantly deployable after a natural disaster. Not only are there communicational issues, but people all around the world are living in a littered infestation. So much litter is showing up on coastal shores, local highways, and etc. We all know we need to aim for a sustainable future.
There are so many reasons to build a local decentralized mesh network: local freedom of speech, local decentralized file sharing, and etc.

What it does

The app utilizes a technology stack called SPAN, Smart Phone Ad-hoc Networking. This allows to create a mesh network of cellphones ("nodes") to communicate with each other with no internet or cellular connectivity. The way it works is, it uses your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip to communicate with different cellphones that are listening for the same ad-hoc network identifier. This being said, SPAN is perfect for post natural disasters. Imagine being on a small populated island that got hit by a monstrous hurricane with no internet, electricity, and cellular service. Using EcoSPAN, you can use your cellphone that has some battery life left and communicate with the locals to help or be assisted.
Furthermore, the other portion of the app allows users to go out in groups and start cleaning up our beautiful planet. We created an incentive-based garbage collection platform that gets everyone motivated. With the app, you can take a picture of trash bags, send it to the API, it classify's if you are outside and are collecting garbage, then award you and everyone around you. The way we award the ones around you is through the local ad-hoc platform. If you are connected to other phones, those phones will receive a small reward and notify the user they just been awarded some points because someone nearby is picking up garbage. Hopefully, this would create a chain of picking up trash.
The incentive program would be funded by donations and ad-revenue.

Accomplishments

Creating a Smart Phone Ad-hoc Network that completely works and allows you to communicate with anyone that has the app downloaded and running on their iPhone.
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Other Projects

FishNet

Detect fish of all shapes and sizes! We wanted to find a way to detect fish that are biting at your bait. We also wanted to find a way to find the best fishing spots near you!

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GIFifai

We turn sound and text into a stream of moving art.

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Real-Time Alerts for Museum Artifacts and Storage

Sleep easy knowing that important artifacts and storage rooms are under ideal conditions.

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The Profiler

Keep tabs on the emotional state of those around you or those thousands of miles away with The Profiler.

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PICTURAPPZ

Take a picture, make a rap song.

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Visualizing Social Economics

Visualizations to show that the world is a much better place than it has ever been.

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FlightBook

A program that finds cheap vacations for you and your friends

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Work Experience

Cyber Security Operations Automation Specialist - The Dow Chemical Company (July 2018 - Present)

Systems Developer (Co-op) - The Dow Chemical Company (September 2014 - April 2018)

  • Responsible for managing Dow databases
  • Manage custom scripts for extensibility of Microsoft SharePoint sites using JavaScript.
  • Create autonomous scripts to ease and eliminate workloads, using C#, PowerShell, and VB. Fully adopted.
  • Designed Data Visualizations that showcased Dow manufacturing.

Cyber Security (Internship) - The Dow Chemical Company (May 2017 - August 2017)

  • Built threat prevention and network health dashboards with Pygal and Power BI.
  • Created a web application that manages black/white listing for the company’s corporate firewalls.
  • Setup Juniper firewall development lab, configured policy groups and threat prevention policies.
  • Setup logging, SSL Inspection, and connected to advanced threat prevention feeds.
  • Automated tracking of potential cyber security threats on social media using bots.

Information Technician - Chicky Chippi LLC. (2013 - 2014)

  • Develop and maintain all company websites.
  • Build and maintain the on-site computers and servers.