Sawyer Valin

Sawyer Valin in a cream quarter-zip sweater, smiling

I validate NIST 800-171 controls for government contractors at RSM, build software on my own time, and have been performing on camera since I was five.

What I'm doing now.

RSM US LLP · Government Contracting · Oct 2026 to present

NIST 800-171 Technical Control Lead, MCI GovCon

I'm the client-facing technical control lead on a Service Engagement Team in RSM's Government Contracting practice: validating NIST SP 800-171 technical controls, reviewing evidence, and getting clients ready for compliance. It builds on my summer internship and an extension as the primary on-site field resource for a client engagement. I return as an Associate after graduation.

3roles at RSM in five months, each extension earned on performance
455endpoints imaged and deployed on-site for one client

Technical expertise, laid out like a die shot.

Every block on the chip is a domain I work in. Select one to see the tools and where I've used them. Drag to orbit.

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  1. Entra ID, Active Directory, MFA / Duo, user provisioning

    Provisioning, permissions, and MFA enrollment for 50+ client organizations at RSM.

  2. Intune, Defender for Endpoint, Windows imaging, macOS, custom PC builds

    Imaged and deployed 455 endpoints on-site for one client. Recovered a failed QNAP NAS with a client's MSP.

  3. Tenant administration, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive

    Tier 1 and 2 tenant support for enterprise clients and M365 rollouts for small businesses.

  4. PowerShell, TCP/IP, DNS, SPF & DMARC, Linux CLI

    Write the PowerShell install scripts for RSM deployments. Built DNS, WHOIS, SPF, and DMARC checks into Constryke.

  5. Incident management, root-cause analysis, ConnectWise PSA, Syncro MSP, Barracuda RMM

    Stood up Syncro and ConnectWise at The Supreme Tech and cut resolution time by about 40%.

  6. Gemini API, local Llama 3.1, tool calling, Claude & Copilot enablement

    Ran Llama 3.1 8B on a Raspberry Pi 5 with no cloud round trip. Support Claude and Copilot onboarding for clients.

  7. Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, React Native, Java, C++

    Shipped a FastAPI + Next.js Chrome extension in 36 hours at IrvineHacks 2026.

  8. SQL, PostgreSQL, Supabase, MySQL, pandas, Plotly

    Wrote a pandas cleaner that splits multi-item eBay sales into accurate per-item numbers.

  9. Client communication, scoping, documentation, UI/UX, pitching

    Fifteen years on camera made this the easy part. I own client comms at RSM and run investor outreach for SIBYL.

From a medical office help desk to enterprise consulting.

Three years of support, operations, and building, most of it while studying full time.

  1. Jun 2026 → now

    RSM US LLP

    NIST 800-171 Technical Control Lead, MCI GovCon

    Summer intern on the Managed IT, Cloud & Infrastructure team (Jun to Aug), then extended as the on-site field resource for a client engagement (Aug to Oct). Now leading NIST SP 800-171 technical control validation and evidence review for government contractors.

  2. Apr 2026 → now

    SIBYL ↗

    UI/UX & Business Development

    Designed the product and marketing surfaces and lead investor outreach.

  3. Dec 2025 → now

    CircuitPoint ↗

    Founder, Technical Consultant

    End-to-end IT for small businesses, from workstation builds to NAS recovery.

  4. Sep 2025 → now

    Deimos-One

    Business Development Associate

    Source partners for space systems and data science work, alongside the founders.

  5. Sep 2025 → Oct 2026

    Best Buy

    Core Sales Advisor, Computing

    Technical consultations on laptops, desktops, networking, and peripherals.

  6. Sep 2025 → Apr 2026

    Stealth startup

    Software Developer

    Front end, UI/UX design, and software architecture.

  7. Mar 2025 → Jul 2025

    The Supreme Tech

    IT Systems & Operations Lead

    Launched MSP operations from scratch: 5 clients in 3 months and about 40% faster resolutions.

  8. Aug 2023 → Sep 2025

    Caring Family Medicine

    Technical Support Specialist

    Kept the workstations, printers, and networks running for a clinic serving 600+ patients.

Things I've built.

Hackathons, coursework, and the side projects I keep coming back to.

Constryke

Wire fraud detection for home buyers, built in 36 hours at IrvineHacks 2026. Paste an email, upload a PDF, or connect Gmail, and Constryke checks the routing number, lookalike domains, DNS and WHOIS age, SPF and DMARC, Safe Browsing, and pressure language, then returns a risk score with plain-English reasons.

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constryke scansample.eml
> aba 021000021 checksum ok
> sender escrow@tit1e-co.com
  homoglyph of title-co.com (1 → l)
> whois registered 4 days ago
> spf pass · dmarc none
> phrase "do not call to confirm"
risk86/100

Paradez

Career-fair prep for UC Irvine students, co-founded with Seth Flucas. It matches students to the employers at a fair, maps a route between booths, and coaches the 30-second pitch with Claude. Built on Next.js and Postgres.

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LifeLens

An IoT system design that tracks sleep, focus, and driving across a Blink camera, Apple Watch, and car sensors, with a Llama 3.1 coach running entirely on a Raspberry Pi 5.

design write-up →

Selling Collectibles

I'm selling my dad's collection to help fund college and treating it as a data project, with a pandas cleaner and dashboards that show what actually makes money.

project journal →

Team MoonRock

Predictive allergen risk modeling for SafeSpec, a food-scanning startup, at Sunstone Management's AI hackathon, October 2025. Placed 2nd overall and took Investors' Pick.

the pitch →

Accquainted

A campus-first social app for UCI's ACC community: verified UCI sign-up, matching on shared interests and clubs, chat, and events.

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On stage and on camera.

A working actor since age five and SAG-AFTRA member since 2011. Performing taught me to read a room and explain things clearly, which turns out to be most of consulting. These days I mostly perform music: guitar, piano, bass, and voice.

Television

Guest roles on Instant Mom, Unusual Suspects, and Magic for Humans, plus national commercials.

Wayne Brady's Comedy IQ

Series regular and finalist on the improv competition. Later trained at The Groundlings.

Shots Studios

Recurring sketch roles alongside Lele Pons, Hannah Stocking, and Rudy Mancuso, seen by hundreds of millions.

IMDb credits ↗

Education.

UC Irvine

B.S. Informatics, expected Jun 2027

Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. Regents' Scholar.

Citrus College

A.A. Film, Television & Electronic Media, 2025

Dual-enrolled from ninth grade. Dean's List every year from 2019 to 2025.

Certifications

CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101)

Plus 10 LinkedIn Learning courses in 2026, including Prompt Engineering and Executive Presence.

Let's build
something.

Hiring for IT or consulting, need help with your business's technology, or building a startup? Send me a note.

officialsawyervalin@gmail.com
email me LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗ resume ↓