JaafarAbdeen

Grader

Arizona State University

• Guided and assessed approximately 50 undergraduate and graduate students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation courses (FSE 301 and ENT 360) in a fully online learning environment.
• Evaluated assignments focused on opportunity recognition, customer discovery, value propositions, market research, competitive analysis, and venture development.
• Provided timely, personalized feedback and coaching to support iterative thinking, entrepreneurial problem-solving, and new business development.
• Identified at-risk students, escalated concerns to course instructors, and collaborated with the grading team to ensure consistent assessment standards.
• Used Canvas LMS, Gradebook, and SpeedGrader to manage submissions, complete assessments, and maintain grading accuracy.

GRC Intern

NextgenID

• FedRAMP
• NIST SP 800-63
• NIST SP 800-53
• NIST SP 800-171
• UK DVS
• GDPR

• Built and deployed NextgenID's public-facing FedRAMP Trust Center, and served as the listed security contact for external security and compliance inquiries.
• Coordinated evidence collection, gap remediation, and audit preparation for FedRAMP and UK Digital Verification Services certification readiness.
• Mapped FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-63 Rev. 4, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIST SP 800-171, GDPR, and UK DVS requirements to internal controls, policies, and platform evidence.
• Built compliance artifacts including risk memos, vulnerability trackers, activity logs, security questionnaires, policy documents, and auditor-ready evidence packages.
• Partnered with engineering, QA, security, and product teams to resolve control gaps, streamline evidence requests, and support auditor-facing assessment responses.

Lead Engineer & Product Developer

Out There Social Club

• Built and shipped a full-stack social platform serving 500+ active users across web and native iOS.
• Designed the SwiftUI and Next.js product experiences, including internal developer and manager controls.
• Owned Firebase architecture for authentication, real-time data, and Cloud Functions.
• Designed and deployed the production marketing site, with Mailerlite driving newsletter and lifecycle campaigns.

Software Engineering Intern

Benessere North

• Led development of a responsive, HIPAA-aligned portal for patient and provider workflows using SvelteKit and TailwindCSS.
• Designed encrypted data models, role-based access control, and audit logging with Drizzle and Cloudflare-backed infrastructure.
• Owned core backend and security decisions while coordinating architecture and implementation across a multi-developer team.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

Arizona State University

• Supported instruction in propositional and first-order logic, proof techniques, and computational logic for CSE 259.
• Led office hours and exam reviews, providing targeted support in collaboration with course instructors.

IT and Software Intern

Al Ameed Coffee Co.

• Built a secure PHP and SQL internal database system deployed across 30+ branches.
• Configured POS systems, SQL databases, Synology NAS, NVRs, routers, and access points.
• Handled IT inventory audits and resolved phishing, printer, network, and device issues.

Intern

IrisGuard UK Ltd

• Resolved 50+ user software issues alongside the technical team.
• Developed a Kotlin Android app with integrated functionality.