{"id":4,"date":"2023-09-11T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.pprd.odu.edu\/spring2017-met330-template\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:47:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello, my name is Aaron Jones, and I\u2019m from Greensboro, North Carolina. I have roughly three years of experience in Cybersecurity including education, and hands-on-training. Majority of my work experience comes from serving in the in the U.S. Marine Corps. While serving I developed a strong sense of discipline, teamwork, and a passion for problem-solving which helped me navigate towards this new profession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Cybersecurity Graduate Student, and NSF CyberCorps\u00ae: Scholarship for Service (SFS) recipient. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity (August 2024) and am currently pursuing a Master\u2019s in Cybersecurity (expected May 2026). My certifications include CompTIA Security+, and I am actively working toward my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification to enhance my project leadership capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of work and academics, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, trying out new restaurants, and into DIY projects with my wife. I also love coaching my son and daughter in football and track. Sharing my love for sports as a coach and a parent helps them develop work ethic while creating  memories for a lifetime.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my name is Aaron Jones, and I\u2019m from Greensboro, North Carolina. I have roughly three years of experience in Cybersecurity including education, and hands-on-training. Majority of my work experience comes from serving in the in the U.S. Marine Corps. While serving I developed a strong sense of discipline, teamwork, and a passion for problem-solving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25292,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/aaronjones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}