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Bremerton, Wa, Us

Puyallup, Wa

Responsible for design, implementation, and management of technology infrastructure and security. Led initiative to convert on premises storage and archival to a cloud based storage environment resulting in significant savings by reducing hardware and bandwidth requirements and improving the ability for engineers to work collaboratively on projects between multiple sites.Implemented next generation firewalls resulting in greatly improved enterprise security and a significant reduction of malware incidents as well as the ability to hunt for malicious traffic.Managed the move and consolidation of 2 data centers into a fully redundant, net new data center architecture.Responsible for management of Microsoft EA licensing.Led initiative to move all email, Public Folders, and Skype for Business into Office 365 resulting in a more than 90% ROI increase and reduction in Microsoft licensing costs.

Audit West focused on providing organizations with assistance in evaluating compliance with information security regulations such as HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes Oxley, NERC-CIP, and Microsoft VPA. We provided penetration testing, IT Audit and digital forensics services to our clients.

Greater Seattle Area

Information security is critical to business success. As the Director of Security Services, I worked with GCS clients to evaluate controls, recommend solutions, and help develop information security and compliance programs.

As President of TrustCC, I was responsible for the overall management of company operations including delivery of all client engagements, training, evaluations, sales, marketing, and quality assurance.Supervised a team of 7 consultants in an entirely mobile environment.