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Boulder, CO, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Conducted successful ‘Proof of Values’ from start to finish, aiding in the technical win.
• Served as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on insider risk and data loss protection.
• Delivered live product presentations and demos to a wide array of audiences, from CISO to Sys Admin.

Leesburg, Virginia, US

• Both taught and conducted phish/email analysis and incident response
• Wrote the companies external customer guide to phishing incident response
• Developed training program material, and technical documentation
• Created and reviewed standard operating procedures and best practices
• Taught customers YARA and regular expressions
• Frequently assisted in pre-sales efforts

Broomfield, Colorado, US

• Administered several managed services responsible for DoS attack mitigation, firewall/VPN solutions, and threat intelligence.
• Managed firewall policies, VPN builds/troubleshooting, white/black list administration, log reviews, single sign-on administration, and web-filter changes.
• Analyzed potential threats against corporate and customer assets by leveraging SIEMs and logging systems.
• Coordinated incident management efforts related to enterprise security events.
• Wrote two automation tools in Python - a cross-platform ACL generator (Juniper, Alcatel, Cisco) used to mitigate DDoS attacks and a tool that generates bulk network address or service command line objects for Fortinet.

Broomfield, Colorado, US

• Initially hired as Production Support Engineer to drive root cause analysis and problem resolution in support of 300 business critical applications.
• Transitioned to Infrastructure Engineer role responsible for hands-on technical support for 1800 business applications and the overall performance and uptime of Level 3’s critical infrastructure.
• Troubleshot, monitored, and triaged issues with Unix, Windows, applications, and networks. Provided solutions within tight SLA’s for any impairments or outages.
• Managed critical incident resolution processes and coordinated efforts of team members and stakeholders.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Promoted to Sergeant as the youngest NCO in the battalion and among the youngest in the US.
• Mentored and maintained accountability of a 13-person squad, assessing training needs and ensuring combat readiness.
• Supervised inventory management for communications, medical, and specialty equipment worth millions of dollars.
• Served as master fitness trainer, overseeing all aspects of the company’s fitness program.
• Planned and supervised dozens of logistical movements with many heavy vehicles.