IT CS RETOOL
EDUCATION CS/IT: GOOGLE CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
(completed 2023 - 8 course series)
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/Google-Cybersecurity-Professional-Certificate-Coursera-TAVWCQ7V4TUV.pdf
EDUCATION CS/IT: A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CYBERSECURITY
University of Maryland, College Park (completed 2023)
https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/LZZ5YED9RVEX
EDUCATION CS/IT: MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE (2024)
EDUCATION AI: Northeastern University “AI in the workplace” (2025)
EDUCATION CS/IT: BACK-END SPECIALIZATION PHP/SQL/JSON/JQUERY
University of Michigan (completed 2022) Web Programming for Everybody (4 course series)
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/Martin-Balestie-Michigan-Back-End-Specialization.png
EDUCATION CS/IT: W3C MICROSOFT FRONT-END SPECIALIZATION PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
University of Cote d'Azur France/Microsoft/W3C front-end professional certificate (completed 2019)
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/WebDeveloperCertificate.gif
EDUCATION CS/IT: SEO SPECIALIZATION UC DAVIS (COMPLETED 2016)
UC Davis (2016) SEO (6 course series + Capstone)
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/UCDavisSEOcertificate.jpg
EDUCATION CS/IT: UC DAVIS EXTENSION (COMPLETED 2016)
CONTINUING EDUCATION CS/IT: JAVA
Duke University (2 of 4 completed, 2022)
Java Programming Solving Problems with Software
Java Programming Arrays, Lists and Structured Data
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/Duke-Java-Martin-Balestie.png
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/Duke-Java-Arrays-Lists-Structured-Martin-Balestie.png
EDUCATION: BUSINESS/COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEER
University of Maryland College Park B.A. Business & Management (1997) State University
Computer Systems Engineer (State U.)
Systems Analyst/Programmer (State U.(
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/Maryland.jpg
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/ComputerSystemsEngineer.jpg
MENTOR CS/IT/Engineering
University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2023-present)
University of California Davis (2022-present)
University of Maryland College Park (2021-present)
Coursera Mentor (2016)
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/PocketMartin/Peer-Alumni-Mentoring-Agreement-Fall-2021-signed.pdf
https://engineeringfundamentals.com/Coursera-Mentor-D3BBM2VS26EQ.pdf
SAMPLE WORKS: SMALL IT/CS PET PROJECTS/PORTFOLIO/DIGITAL MARKETING/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/OTHER/MISC
www.PocketGoogle.com (very simple but totally awesome Perl script plus about 3,000 html content pages; was able to reach 5k/visitors month)
www.GalopeApproach.com
www.DigitalProspection.com (need to add some nuances/updates)
https:/engineeringfundamentals.com/Keep-Up-The-Splash-Up.pdf
(developed during covid for DuPont, Brentwood Industries)
EDUCATION: RECENT CS/IT WORKOUTS (had to stall about midway as most had become stale or broken code as a result of newer OS/version releases): Node.js/Express.js/React.js via Dave Gray -TA Java Selenium via Angie Jones
