01_RESUME // CURRICULUM VITAE

Tristan Jessup

Independent AI Alignment Researcher · Founder, Mindlink Research Group LLC · Advanced Repair Agent, Geek Squad

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02_EDUCATION

Education

B.S. Information Technology

In Progress

AI Concentration

Strayer University

General Studies Coursework

2008 — 2010

University of Kentucky

03_EXPERIENCE // TIMELINE

Experience

Founder & Independent Researcher

2025 — Present

Mindlink Research Group LLC

Run multi-agent empirical experiments on emergent behavior and design governance frameworks that treat alignment as a group-level property. Built AGI-SAC (testing whether persistent memory alone drives behavioral divergence between identical-base-model LLM agents) and authored the Concord of Coexistence alignment framework.

Advanced Repair Agent

Apr 2021 — Present

Best Buy / Geek Squad

Senior technical resource on the bench — mentor associates and own the most complex escalations. Diagnose and repair hardware/software faults across Windows and macOS, including data recovery, NVMe/SSD cloning and migration, BIOS/UEFI issues, and malware remediation.

04_CERTIFICATIONS

Certifications

CompTIA Security+

Certified

CompTIA Network+

Certified

CompTIA A+

Certified

05_SKILLS // MATRIX

Skills

AI / ML & Research

Multi-Agent Systems LLM Evaluation & Behavioral Analysis AI Alignment & Safety Governance-Framework Design Statistical Analysis

Tools & Platforms

Anthropic Claude / Claude Code Google Vertex AI Google Cloud Platform Microsoft 365 / Copilot Studio Obsidian Git

Systems & Hardware

Windows & macOS Diagnostics Linux (Kubuntu) Data Recovery NVMe/SSD Cloning & Migration BIOS/UEFI Endpoint Security & Malware Remediation