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HENRY
NWAGWU
Studying CS + Mathematics at the University of Kansas. Building economic conflict simulations at the Trade War Lab, with interests in systems infrastructure, security research, quantitative modeling, and decentralized systems.
VICEROY ScholarTrade War Lab
07.08.26
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Personal Projects
001 - systems
VBRCC
From-scratch C compiler written in Rust targeting x86-64 Intel style assembly. Custom lexer, recursive-descent parser, codegen, and a custom assembler that encodes Intel mnemonics into raw machine bytes.
Rustx86-64CompilersC
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002 - finance
Black-Scholes implementation
Small project that implements the Black–Scholes option pricing model and helpers to fetch/compute inputs (historical volatility, current stock price, and an approximate USD risk-free rate). Only requires stock ticker and time to maturity
PythonNumPyPandas
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Hackathon Projects
003 - web3
TERRANOVA
On-chain commodity trading platform enabling tokenization of real-world assets on the XRP Ledger.
Next.jsXRPLSolidityTailwindCSS
Best Business Analysis · Best Use of XRPL
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004 - web3
Campus Shield
On-chain emergency fund for university students, powered by USDC on Base
BaseUSDCSolidityNext.js
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Research Projects
005 - security
ECHIDNA
Ring-3 Linux kernel rootkit integrating with the Mythic C2 framework. Implements LPE, dynamic-library hijacking, file/process/network hiding and persistence mechanisms for adversarial red-team simulation. Unfortunately not public yet
CLinux KernelMythic C2
006 - economics / political science
TRADE WAR LAB SIMULATION PLATFORM
Web-based classroom simulation platform for U.S.–China trade negotiation scenarios. Supports instructor-managed phases, team briefings, real-time proposal voting, and multi-round bilateral negotiation, with structured data collection on negotiation behavior for research.
Next.jsSupabaseTypeScriptFull-Stack Web Development
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Experience
4 roles
SelectQuoteSoftware Engineering Intern (FinTech)
05/2026 - 08/2026
  • Developing full-stack internal financial tooling in Flask and SQL to automate tracking and recovery of ~$400k in missing capital through the corporate appeals process, improving reconciliation workflows across accounting operations.
  • Building an AWS-hosted internal LLM assistant featuring RAG, S3-backed document retrieval, semantic caching, rate limiting, and conversational search capabilities for finance teams.
FlaskSQLSSMSJira
the Trade War LabResearch Assistant / Lead Developer
10/2025 - Present
  • Built a fullstack web-based classroom simulation platform for U.S.–China trade negotiation scenarios, using NextJS, Typescript, and Supabase
  • The simulation supports instructor-managed phases, team briefings, real-time proposal voting, and multi-round bilateral negotiation, with structured data collection on negotiation behavior for research.
  • Wrote articles for the lab Substack page synthesizing current events and the latest academic research for a nontechnical audience
RReactTypeScriptSupabase
University of Kansas ITStudent IT Technician
05/2025 - 11/2025
  • Processed inbound support requests via phone, email, chat, and in-person, ensuring efficient response and resolution times
  • Maintained security and confidentiality standards in compliance with FERPA and departmental policies when handling user data and account access
Customer ServiceTicketing SystemsTroubleshooting
Sardius MediaSoftware Engineering Intern
09/2023 - 05/2024
  • Engineered frontend features and interactive UI components using React and responsive design principles
  • Utilized Agile methodologies like sprint planning, and team design sessions to optimize user interfaces
ReactAgile
Education & Skills
University of Kansas
B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Math | GPA 3.72/4.00
Expected May 2028 · Lawrence, KS
Relevant Courses:Digital Logic Design, Embedded Systems, Software Engineering, Discrete Structures, Operating Systems, DSA, Computer Architecture, Machine Learning, Theory of Computing, Modern Algebra, Linear Algebra, SDR Attacks & Defenses, EMS Security
Certifications
CompTIA Security+CompTIAJune 2025
GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies (GFACT)GIACMay 2024
Skills
Languages
PythonJavaScript/TypeScriptC/C++RustSoliditySQL
Frameworks / Libraries
ReactNext.jsAstroSvelteTailwindCSSFlask
Tools
GitPostmanDockerNodeLinuxWindowsSSMSAWS (S3, Bedrock)SupabaseJupyter Notebook