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San Jose, CA, US

Sunnyvale, California, US

Was given the charter to create a Security/Threat Intelligence solution in the Digital Risk space, while building out a world class team.- Envisioned the ideal product to compliment current offering- Scoped a domain centric security/intelligence product and created a roadmap- Defined all data points to collect and their frequency- Designed the product to.

Milpitas, California, US

In addition to previous responsibilities manage Email Security Research team. Managed two product releases which include both on premise security and cloud security. Worked with both engineering teams to plan releases and features. Grew team locally and overseas to help scale capabilities. Vision to push machine learning first approach to solve security.

Milpitas, California, US

Created a new R&D Security Infrastructure team by hiring, mentoring, and laying out the roadmap for the team. Team created and managed several Cassandra clusters totaling in over 250 nodes and largest cluster 110 nodes. Stored several 100's of terabytes of malware and security intelligence. Created API's into whole infrastructure to provide security.

Milpitas, California, US

Created portal/workflow using python automation and portal using Django/jQuery. Created Data warehouse and stats framework to facilitate in interactive and on the fly telemetry stats gathering and analysis. Lead author on several FireEye Advanced Threat Reports. Managed legacy distributed malware analysis system. Architected replacement malware analysis.

Austin, TX, US

Created several highly accurate classifiers using Machine Learning to classify malicious content on the web without needing signatures. Researched various web based security threats and solutions to protect against them. Led teams of researchers to create security solutions. Worked with development teams to implement my security solutions into customer.

As the director of Software QA at DigMedia I was in charge of software QA that spanned accross the following platforms web, desktop, backend servers, and propietary hardware devices. Led a team of QA engineers in planning and testing this complex digital rights management system. Created QA metrics with weekly reports to track progress. Reported to CTO.

Involved in QA of all three products OFM, Update Expert, and iPrism. All three products were completely different technology. Became subject matter expert on all three products with emphasis on security. Worked on R&D projects with small teams of developers to prove validity of theories.