My Impact on the World
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These are what I believe to be my most significant creations and contributions that I have learned from and have helped others. None of these accomplishments would've been possible without God, great mentors, friends, family and the Internet. I'm actively trying to do what I am called to do which I believe is to engage, enlighten and empower others to be all that they are called to be.
🤖 Introducing TechProfGPT (version 1), my first AI (made with OpenAI's custom GPTs feature). This is a tech-savy professor that can teach IT, Cybersecurity and AI to learners of all skill levels. TechProf attempts to be mindful of students understanding, ask challenge questions, tell stories and explain practical application. This process of training TechProf has been a great learning opportunity for me and has made me realize that I have not written down nearly enough of what I have learned over the years and am actively learning.
This involved doing research, visiting other colleges, convincing higher education leaders to invest time and resources into making it happen. I lead the initiative on hiring high quality educators to manage the program.
Conquering the false misconception that I couldn't do it effectively. God told me I could do it but I really didn't believe it at first. The only human being at the time that believed I could was my mentor. I've gone on to empower thousands of people through my college classes, YouTube videos, conference talks and content done through partnership with companies like HackTheBox. Here are some nice things some of my students have shared over the years. Each of these recommendations were given via Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertftheisen/)
In the process of authoring, coauthoring, quality reviewing modules (interactive courses) I developed a keen attention to detail and heightened awareness of learner's perspectives as they read and learn.
This is widely regarded as one of the best learning materials on pivoting in the security industry. Lots of blood sweat and tears went into designing and testing the challenges. Lots of focus went into writing the content to adequately prepare the learner for the challenges while not giving away the answers.
People can learn a lot through suffering. This module is a challenge that requires a lot of persistence, patience and repetition. Pentesting and a lot of Cybersecurity roles require a certain degree of accepting suffering. I say this with a hint of humor but I am serious. Certainly targets, problems, breaches and more that you will come across in the real world will make you want to pull your hair out as you work towards finding a solution. This module does a great job teaching that.
Widely regarded as the best learning resource on AD Enumeration & Attacks. Learners that complete this module should put it on their resume. It takes lots of knowledge and skill to complete it and we built it that way on purpose. It feels real and Im glad to have been part of the development.
I also wrote several blog posts for Hack The Box's blog
I raised money and brought several learners to a conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They assisted me in delivering my free training called Practical Network Fundamentals.
Here is the recap video:
Here is the website promoting my free training: https://www.hackspacecon.com/workshops24 (click Robert "LTNBob" Theisen and it will take you to the talk description)
