A talented, results-producing leader of high performance technical teams with a strong emphasis on Cyber Defense, Threat Intelligence, Corporate Security Strategy, Data Protection, and Information Systems engineering. 20 years of experience in information security and protecting critical infrastructure from advanced cyber threats, my technical expertise and understanding of the inherent risks corporations face today give an unique ability to build strong defenses to detect, degrade, or disrupt cyber threats. I have proven track record of creating, developing, and managing strong technical teams needed to provide Incident Response, Digital Forensics,Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing, and Policy enforcement to large (Fortune 150) corporations including CenturyLink and Sprint.Bill is the Director of Cyber Defense for CenturyLink, the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and a recognized leader in network services, internet service provision, cloud infrastructure, and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers and governments. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. Bill has focused on reduction of Mean Time to Detect through continuous development of real-time alerting utilizing OSINT, private, and internally developed threat intelligence, external partnerships, and Incident Readiness Exercises (IREs) that simulate real attacks on the CenturyLink infrastructure. Strong expertise in the following areas:Cyber Incident Response, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), digital forensics, penetration testing, vulnerability and information security risk assessment, Root cause analysis, Security policy development & enforcement, Infrastructure engineering, Team building and management, and legal and regulatory compliance.