Resume

Experience

Leads team of 22 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
Drives efforts to improve reliability while reducing the need for capital investments by leveraging cloud technologies which has included overseeing a migration of over 1,000 email and chat accounts from a legacy Microsoft Exchange environment to Office 365
Implemented Kanban process to manage 20+ concurrent Infrastructure projects while leading monthly retrospectives in an effort to ensure continuous improvement
Formalized organization’s first Information Security program which included establishing processes for vulnerability, patch and identity management while also creating a cross-functional Governance Committee comprised of leaders from every major department to ensure the company maintains their unique corporate culture while taking the necessary steps to protect IGS Energy’s digital assets

Serves as Adjunct Faculty in the Computer Science department of an accredited nonprofit college based in Columbus, Ohio
Currently teaching undergraduate courses with a focus on Network Engineering, Systems Administration and Information Security
Works closely with Department Chair to modernize curriculum in an effort to prepare students for the workforce

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 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

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

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

Alvis, Inc. – Board of Trustees Member
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 Committee Chair

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.
LOPSA – The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) is a nonprofit corporation that focuses on furthering the profession of infrastructure and operations. Their mission is to advance the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues.