{"id":120,"date":"2025-09-15T18:10:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/odupresentationtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:30:11","slug":"sample-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Alessandro Gildner! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m an Old Dominion University student living in Richmond, Virginia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 13 years of military experience and a strong foundation in IT support, I\u2019ve built a career around discipline, problem-solving, and adaptability. My journey has now led me to pursue a degree in Cybersecurity at ODU, where I\u2019m combining hands-on technical skills with a deeper understanding of how to protect and strengthen information systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m especially interested in cybersecurity because it represents both a challenge and a responsibility\u2014keeping data secure, defending against threats, and ensuring technology serves people safely and effectively. Alongside my academic work, I\u2019m developing a home lab environment to simulate enterprise IT infrastructure, giving me a space to practice, experiment, and sharpen my skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I live with my wife and our two cats, Andy and Rudy. Outside of technology, I like to train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and explore the Richmond restaurant scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My goal is to transition into cybersecurity full-time, leveraging my skills and background to contribute to organizations that value resilience, security, and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-630x840.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017-960x1280.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39666\/2025\/09\/IMG_0017.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Alessandro Gildner! I&#8217;m an Old Dominion University student living in Richmond, Virginia. With over 13 years of military experience and a strong foundation in IT support, I\u2019ve built a career around discipline, problem-solving, and adaptability. My journey has now led me to pursue a degree in Cybersecurity at ODU, where I\u2019m combining hands-on&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31442,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alessandro-gildner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}