Director, IT (Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Security & Technology Support) at IGS (2016-Present)
Leads department of 30 individuals with responsibilities including Information Security, DevOps, Network Engineering, Systems Administration, Database Administration, Telecommunications and Technology Support for an energy supplier with over 1,000,000 customers across 10+ states
Serves as a Product Manager by setting direction for a cross functional team comprised of Developers, Quality Assurance Testers and Business Analysts that are responsible for software solutions designed to support the organization’s Home Warranty line of business
Responsible IT department’s for multi-million dollar non-labor budget
Implemented Kanban/Scrum process to manage 20+ concurrent projects while leading retrospectives in an effort to ensure continuous improvement
Developed high-performing team members into leadership roles through mentoring, training, and individual development plans
Formalized organization’s first Information Security program which included establishing processes for vulnerability, patch and identity management
Lecturer at The Ohio State University (2021-Present)
Currently teaching CSE 4471 (Information Security) at The Ohio State University
Adjunct Faculty at Franklin University (2016-2021)
Served as Adjunct Faculty in the Computer Science department of an accredited nonprofit college based in Columbus, Ohio
Taught undergraduate courses with a focus on Network Engineering, Systems Administration and Information Security
Worked closely with Department Chair to modernize curriculum in an effort to prepare students for the workforce
Senior Engineer at MicroSolved, Inc.
Team Lead for Threat Intelligence practice which has helped protect organizations ranging from small credit unions to Fortune 500 companies
Leveraged methodologies adopted from the U.S. Department of Energy to perform Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Tests for clients across all major verticals
Designed and wrote software (now called SilentTiger™) to passively assess an organization’s risk posture using information collected from over 250 unique data sources
Served as organization’s only Pre-Sales Engineer during a period of tremendous growth which resulted in a revenue increase of over 30%
Managed global deployment of MicroSolved’s proprietary HoneyPot software which is leveraged to gather Threat Intelligence data in near real-time
Systems Administrator at Ascena Retail Group
Systems Administrator for retail organization with almost 4,000 stores, 14,000 employees and revenues reaching almost $5 billion per year
Directory Services lead on cross-functional team that migrated hundreds of servers and thousands of Exchange Mailboxes from Philadelphia to Ohio during a $900 million corporate acquisition integration
Responsible for the tuning and support of the organization’s cloud-based spam filter which received an average of 2.5 million messages per month
Lead a project to design, deploy and maintain an automated patch management solution in an effort to address thousands of vulnerabilities affecting over 1,000 servers
Systems Administrator at Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Responsible for network and server administration for mid-sized (1,500-3,000 employees) county agency
Discovered, analyzed and remediated over 5,000 server security vulnerabilities
Designed a centralized fax server solution in an effort to increase productivity and reduce organizational costs while eliminating almost 100 individual fax lines/ machines
Lead project to implement a new enterprise-wide whole disk encryption solution
Supervisor, IT Infrastruture at American Health Holding
Managed team of 8 individuals with range of responsibilities including the planning, engineering, coordination and maintenance of established systems and enterprise technical infrastructure, including networks, firewalls, servers, workstations, telecommunications equipment, data lines, emergency power for a Medical Management company with revenues exceeding $45 million annually
Served as the organization’s Information Security Officer while overseeing all aspects of Information Security including but not limited to application security, threat prevention/detection, vulnerability management and monitoring the organization’s HIPAA and HITECH compliance
Lead project to complete over 50 physical to virtual server conversions during initial VMWare ESX implementation
Oversaw call center phone system migration from Inter-Tel to Avaya which included 400+ handsets and 300+ toll free numbers
Education
Ohio University – Master of Information and Telecommunication Systems
Ohio University – Bachelor of Science in Communication
Certifications
VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
Microsoft Certified Professional – Windows Server Administration
Volunteer Experience
Alvis, Inc. – Board of Trustees Member
Ohio University – Advisory Board Member/Guest Lecturer, Analytics and Information Systems Program
Tiffin University – Advisory Board Member/Guest Lecturer, Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program
Hocking College – Advisory Board Member, Cyber Security & Network Systems Program
i.c.stars|*COLUMBUS – Mentor
Professional Affiliations
Infragard – InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector. It is an association of persons who represent businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States of America.
ISSA – The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications, and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members.
