Austin Tyler Conn — General Software

Summary

Software engineer with 5+ years at Northrop Grumman designing and implementing production software features — including an object-oriented SDR payload emulator — across defense programs, plus a decade of broader experience spanning application development, database administration, and test automation. Delivered 28 internal projects and administered 8 Microsoft SQL databases at Cincinnati Precision Instruments, and builds/maintains a large portfolio of Python libraries and tools (most-starred: Pynab, a YNAB API client). Strong across Python and C/C++/C#, with added depth in reverse engineering, embedded systems, and secure software. MS in Computer Science (2025).

Work History

Northrop Grumman Corporation — Cincinnati, Ohio

Program names and mission specifics omitted; descriptions generalized to releasable technology and skills only.

Cyber Software Engineer 02/2023 – Present

Designed and implemented a software emulator for a software-defined radio (SDR) payload, implementing TCP/UDP and serial communication protocols using object-oriented design (inheritance and polymorphism).
Delivered design and implementation of new product features; contributed to 25+ major customer deliveries across programs over tenure.
Collaborated within program teams and coordinated across multiple teams and programs; mentored and helped onboard teammates.

Associate Cyber Software Engineer 08/2020 – 02/2023

Maintained and extended large program-specific automated test suites and GitLab CI pipelines (across multiple runners), and contributed upstream fixes to a shared internal test-framework repository used across programs.

Cincinnati Precision Instruments — Cincinnati, Ohio

Information Technology Manager 02/2019 – 05/2020

Managed all IT operations and a $300,000 IT budget, streamlining processes to cut operating costs by $50,000.
Led an IT department of 3 employees, recruiting, hiring, and conducting performance reviews for 2 college co-op / intern positions.
Liaised with vendors and team members to promote ongoing network design; reevaluated and optimized systems and software to scale with company growth.
Analyzed network security and infrastructure, recommending and installing upgrades across 55 workstations.
Performed detailed risk/constraint assessments, identifying 6 major areas of unaccounted risk, and developed mitigation strategies and upgrades.
Built and maintained a production virtualization environment of 12 business-critical virtual machines; streamlined processes using IndySoft and QuickBooks.

Software Developer / Software Engineer 01/2016 – 02/2019

Analyzed, designed, administered, and supported 8 Microsoft SQL databases, including backup and migration strategies, with rigorous pre-deployment testing and post-deployment issue resolution.
Worked directly with clients to establish problem specifications and system designs; collected feedback across planning, development, and release phases and addressed concerns directly.
Designed, built, documented, and tested 28 major internal projects (12 new, 16 existing) using VBScript, C#, Java, Pascal, and Delphi, consistently surpassing client expectations.

Bugaboo Controls — Cincinnati, Ohio

Progressed from Specialist to a senior Foreman role; senior individual contributor rather than people manager.

Control System Specialist → Control Panel Foreman 2013 – 2015

Consulted with the Engineering Department on discrepancies in dimensions, wiring specifications, panel layout, and incompatible parts prior to manufacture.
Performed load and functionality testing of control panels, documenting all test procedures, corrections, and errors in conformance with Underwriter Laboratories (UL) specifications.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, C#, Java, Assembly, VBScript, Pascal, Delphi (plus shell scripting; JavaScript/TypeScript and Go via open-source work).
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), MySQL.
Systems, Networking & DevOps: Ubuntu Server 14.04 and later, macOS 10.8 and later, Windows 7/10/11, Windows Server 2008+, Cisco, GitLab CI runners, Docker, Nginx/reverse proxies, self-hosted infrastructure, virtualization.
Tooling & Other: LaTeX, Git/GitHub, IndySoft, QuickBooks.

Education

University of Cincinnati — Cincinnati, Ohio

Master of Science, Computer Science (May 2025)
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology — Cybersecurity Track (2020)

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College — Cincinnati, Ohio

Associate of Applied Science, Software Engineering

Personal Projects

IoT Device Reverse Engineering & Integration

A range of exploratory projects to reclaim control of consumer devices and their data — kept public for the open-source community rather than actively maintained: Python libraries and bridges for Blink cameras (including a Blink-to-RTSP bridge); tools for Ford (a FordPass widget and a downloader for Ford service manuals); a Node CLI to download VW/Audi erWin service documents (session-auth plus magic-byte file-type detection); and drone photogrammetry work that included reverse engineering the Dronelink protocol used to programmatically control DJI drones.

Blink bridge · Blink library · FordPass widget · Ford manuals · erWin downloader · Dronelink RE

API Client Libraries (Python)

Authored several Python API clients, led by Pynab — a full-featured library for the YNAB (You Need A Budget) API and the most-starred project in the portfolio (~53 stars) — plus clients for Have I Been Pwned, LastPass, CPAP machine data, and voip.ms.

Pynab · Have I Been Pwned · LastPass · CPAP · voip.ms

Software Tools & Automation

AIrganizer — an AI-powered file-organization pipeline that recursively scans files, extracts metadata (EXIF, binwalk, MIME), analyzes each file with the best-fit AI model (OpenAI, Anthropic, or local Ollama), then proposes names, tags, and a hierarchical taxonomy and physically reorganizes the files; features full resumability via a permanent cache, dry-run mode, and privacy-focused local-model support. Also built reusable dev tooling: a Python project template, a GitHub fork-syncer, and Backblaze B2 Docker backups.

AIrganizer · Project template · Fork-syncer · B2 backups

Volunteer & Awards

Ohio Cyber Reserve (OhCR) — Southwest Ohio Region

02/2020 – 08/2021
08/2022 – 11/2023

BRAVO Award (Northrop Grumman)

For a rapid, quick-turnaround customer delivery that fulfilled urgent warfighter needs (in support of multiple quick-reaction capabilities / QRCs).