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Texas, United States

Houston, TX, US

CISO for LendingPoint, a full-spectrum consumer lending organization, using proprietary technology and algorithms to drive better lending performance to consumers. Oversees cyber security, enterprise risk management, privacy, GRC, and physical security. Member of the Executive Committee.

Paris, Ile De France, FR

I Lead a team designing, implementing, and operating security controls based on multiple compliance and control frameworks, supporting Publicis Groupe’s multi-national advertising agencies, Digital Consulting Service, and Industry-leading data-driven marketing product leader.

Fort Worth, TX, US

I teach information security to upcoming cybersecurity professionals

Mclean, Virginia, US

I led global cybersecurity & architecture teams, implementing technology solutions and collaborating with business leaders to secure the global enterprise of a $8B+ provider of Government services.

Reston, VA, US

• Led team of IT Security professionals providing information assurance services to NASA and NASA HQ.
• Security lifecycle: managed team of security professionals conducting NIST-based security planning and risk management, and managing NASA HQ security tools and network defense.
• Risk & Vulnerability Improvements: Lowered average CVSS score for all NASA HQ systems from over 10 to less than 4.
• Incident Response: Led NASA HQ CERT, responding to hundreds of incidents across the NASA enterprise
• Technology Resource: Primary knowledge base for security engineering, security solutions, and new product deployments throughout the center.
• Process Development: Created new processes to limit risk and incorporate security earlier into system engineering by providing guidelines for product procurement, design, and deployment.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Senior systems and security engineer for Army Knowledge Online (AKO). Maintained web, mail, and LDAP servers as well as security administration for AKO and army.mil. Built and deployed Solaris and Window servers, utilizing Active Directory and Netscape/Sun Directory Server, as well as Exchange and Netscape/Sun Messaging Server. Maintained CheckPoint.

London, GB

Led Corporate Security Operations Center, for both internal systems and applications as well as a Managed SOC for third-party customers. Managed corporate firewalls, anti-virus, vulnerability scanners, and network intrusion detection systems. Performed incident response internally as well as for customers, including commercial and government clients..

Bethesda, MD, US

Built and maintained the SAINT vulnerability scanner (Patent 6,185,689). Administered corporate network and firewalls, and Linux and Windows servers. Performed Incident Response for USG and commercial clients.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology