Chris N. Email & Phone Number

Arden Hills, Minnesota, US

I'm excited to lead slashBlue's Cybersecurity expansion!

• IT health check and security assessments, IT Security services, IT architecture design, implementation and support primarily for small-medium sized businesses and non-profits.
• Offering managed security services (MSSP) division utilizing SIEM, IDS, HIDS, vulnerability scanning, FIM, deception, Digital Forensics/Incident Response (DFIR).

• Implemented an organization wide and distributed SIEM/logging solution, vendor risk assessment management system, vulnerability management system, distributed honeypot system, threat hunting system, web.
• Configured SPF, DMARC and DKIM and Mimecast email security to harden Office365 email system for 50+ domains
• Consulted and designed IT and security architectures to meet and exceed security compliance requirements
• Oversaw and drafted policies and procedures related to IT logical and physical security
• Created and negotiated partnerships and product purchases with critical vendors
• Primary incident responder for breaches – performed network and host based forensic data collection and analysis

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Utilizing existing hardware, designed and implemented isolated hot & cold sites, fully redundant VMware virtual testing environment for malware security analysis and security testing which included a long term pcap.
• Proof of concept testing of both Attivo Networks and Acalvio commercial deception technologies
• Scoped, designed, deployed and upgraded long term syslog repository archival system
• Deployed Alienvault Enterprise throughout the internal private cloud and in Code42’s public facing cloud, configured redundant Nessus & Alienvault vulnerability scanning systems for threat and vulnerability management
• Management of multi-node elastic stack (ELK)
• Deployed Nagios for availability monitoring of the internal Security departmental assets

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Deployed and lead the managed security services (MSSP) division.
• Assisted with training, management and oversight of managed services team members and clients along with conducting IT health checks, risk assessments, penetration testing, project scoping, implementation and management.
• Responsible for management of all aspects of Human Resources, Legal, Regulatory Compliance and Finance.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Managed a team of network engineers, system administrators, outside consultants and vendors.
• Responsible for all enterprise IT servers, storage and networks, budget, scheduling and management of vendor resources, hardware/software inventory, software licensing, data and telecommunications procurement and VAR.
• Implemented Riverbed SteelCentral NPM (Cascade Profiler and vShark) and Steelhead WAN optimization appliances and central management servers
• Lead Mitel IPT VoIP telephony migration and remote office network upgrade projects
• Created QoS policies to prioritize network traffic
• Split out flat /16 subnet into separate VLANs and subnets to segregate and secure network traffic

New Richmond, Wisconsin, US

• Managed IT budget, scheduling, hiring, hardware/software inventory, licensing, telecommunications, WAN, LAN, WLAN, VPNs, company wide security, servers, and storage
• Leveraged my skill set to reduce consultant fees by 95%
• Upgraded firewalls to pfSense using existing hardware which saved $15,000 in hardware costs
• Installed enterprise WLAN solution
• Installed open source network monitoring systems and cut network monitoring costs by $5000/year
• Deployed SharePoint 2010 Standard across enterprise

Watertown, Wisconsin, US

• Cut cost of new email system in half while adding additional functionality
• Leveraged open source solutions to dramatically cut software licensing expenses
• Maintained the availability of the hospital network resources consisting of Cisco, Windows and Linux systems
• Consolidated servers into a VMware cluster virtual environment
• Reduced consultant fees by 75%
• Enforced network security policy, addressed server security issues and applied appropriate security patches and upgrades

Boston, MA, US

• Consulted with executive management on issues related to International and domestic HIPAA privacy
• Designed network switching solution that saved $15,000 in hardware costs
• Migrated from a Nortel core switch to a Cisco 6509
• Deployed new SSL VPN connectivity solution
• Relocated office IT resources two times in one year flawlessly
• Held responsibility for all network connectivity and security including LAN, WAN, VPN, and Wireless

• Guided students throughout their studies to find a desired career in the Information Technology job sector.
• Helped with lab setup and with questions from students
• Administered and supported the LAN, hardware, and software
• Demonstrated how the information technology training program worked

Ccna, Ccnp, Mcse, Security+, Network+, Linux+, Networking

Certification

(Isc)2 Cissp Certification

Wcna - Wireshark Certified Network Analyst, Packet Analysis, Network Security And Network Forensics