Aaron Barnett was a dear friend of ours, a unique individual with an unprecedented passion for Cybersecurity and Technology. He served Moreno Valley Unified District as an IT director for 20 years. He was a pioneer to motivate K12 students to pursue their careers in Cybersecurity.  Aaron passed away on November 13,  2018, at 9:00 pm after battling stomach cancer for one and a half years.

Aaron Barnett Foundation was established by two of his best friends (Sabina Islam & Zeina Ammar) to keep his legacy alive by offering scholarships and incentives to K12 students who set goals to be cyber leaders and pursue their further education in Cybersecurity and technology.

I have volunteered the entire portion of my work to this foundation showing my tribute to Aaron, who was a great partner, mentor, and best friend.

• A Unique Site 
• Brand Creation: Logo Design, Letterhead, Invite letters, multiple brochures (award-winners, event, scholarship intro)
• Promotional Material Design & Printing (T-shirts, Magnets, Ribbons, Lanyards, Booth Banners) 
• Event Promotion -CETPA (Now CITE)
• Event Organization 
• Creative Project Management 
• Web Development Project Management 
• Content Development 
• Photo & Video Archiving
• Photo & Video Shoot Organizing
• Interview process of Board Of Directors
• Event video customization

We achieved the following milestones for Aaron Barnett Foundation website: 

The site is built from scratch with Custom CMS System by PHP Code-Igniter and MySQL without using any premade plugins. I chose this method because it’s highly scalable, robust, fast downloadable, and secure.  As the foundation grows, any future technical modules can be implemented.

The technology used: PHP Code igniter, MySQL, Java Scripts, Bootstraps, CSS

Browser compatibility:

IE9, IE10, IE10, IE10, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Edge

With the emperor's support from our president Zeina Ammar, Steve Thornton, and other board members, we launched the Aaron Barnett Foundation with great success on November 22, 2020, on CITE (formerly CETPA) at Anaheim Marriott!