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Leading Product Development and Product Management for Nehemiah’s Exploit Quantifier (EQ) product. EQ executes hundreds of automated cyber attacks against a virtual customer environment to measure the effectiveness of the customer’s security controls. My role includes the following duties:Management - Managed a small offshore development and product test team to develop new features and content.Development - Personally implemented and tested a wide variety of cyber attack techniques using various languages (e.g. batch scripts, powershell scripts, VBA scripts, C++) and tools (e.g. Metasploit, Powersploit, Mimikatz, ZAP). I personally implemented over 200 attack techniques or about 85% of the Mitre ATT&CK matrix.Product Management - Prepared all EQ product documentation and release documentation. Performed numerous customer demonstrations in support of the Sales team.

Founded Triumfant Inc. and raised approximately $10 million in venture capital. Triumfant's flagship product was AtomicEye, an endpoint protection solution designed to discover and remediate cyber threats that evaded signature based products. AtomicEye was based on a unique anomaly detection technology. In this approach hundreds of thousands of data points were periodically gathered from every machine in an enterprise (e.g. registry, file hashes, processes, etc.). This data was then used to compute an "Adaptive Reference Model" that allowed unusual changes in the environment to be detected with high accuracy and a relatively low noise level. The anomalies were then filtered and and correlated to produce alerts accompanied by an automatic forensic analysis. My duties included the following:Engineering Management - Managed a team of 10-15 engineers engaged in the development, testing, delivery, and support of AtomicEye. I also developed the processes for software development and release management.Research - Invented and patented the anomaly detection and remediation techniques that represented the core intellectual property for the company.Filter Development - I was personally responsible for creating approximately 4,000 recognition filters. The filters allowed anomalous changes to be recognized as specific types of attack techniques. I also developed a number of tools that AtomicEye used to automatically gather additional information about a potential threat (memory forensics, file capture, process tree, etc.) and to remediate harmful changes.Product Management - Formulated, prioritized, and executed the AtomicEye product roadmap. Also authored and edited all product documentation. Performed hundreds of product demonstrations.

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Led the organization responsible for the development and delivery of the Switched Lines over ATM (SLoA) network solution, a packet telephony product intended to replace Nortel’s DMS 100 end office. At its peak the organization consisted of over 200 people including Hardware Development, Software Development, Product Verification, Product Line Management (requirements definition, product planning), and New Product Introduction (project planning and tracking). A Beta trial version of the SloA solution was delivered to the lead customer in March 2001 resulting in a letter of intent awarding Nortel 100% of a multi year supply agreement valued at over $1B. Managed the team responsible for developing the Media Gateway 9000 (MG 9000) and the associated element management system. The MG 9000 is a large (up to 15,000 lines), multi-service access gateway.Established OEM relationships with a number of external suppliers to create a portfolio of Integrated Access Devices (IAD’s). Negotiated transfer pricing and customer support agreements that ensure that Nortel will receive a minimum of 30% gross margin. Served on the board of Directors for Mediatrix.

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Managed a group of about 160 people engaged in the definition, development, and maintenance of a portfolio of access products associated with the DMS family of digital switching systems. This organization was comprised of Software Development, Product Verification, Field Support, Product Line Management, and New Product Introduction. Key products delivered by the team included:• Industry’s first multivendor GR-303 interface• Industry’s first multivendor V5.2 interface• 1-Meg Modem (One of the first xDSL products on the market. Drove $1B in orders)• PTS trunk interface for DMS-250• ATM trunk interface for DMS-250• Line side Channel Bank interface for DMS-100• xDSL data subsystem for UE-9000 Digital Loop Carrier system• MG-4000 (Trunking Media Gateway used in ATM tandem applications)

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Managed a group of about a dozen product managers responsible for defining and driving the evolution of DMS-100 access interface technology. The group was established in response to major residential broadband initiatives announced by certain key customers. The functional responsibilities of the group included Product Marketing, Product Management, and New Product Introduction. This group formulated and executed the product strategies that established Nortel as the market leader in the development of open access interfaces, an achievement that resulted in a major contract award during 1994.

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Managed a software design group charged with developing an interface for connecting the DMS-100 digital switch to Nortel’s AccessNode Digital Loop Carrier product. Primary responsibility was to direct software feature development for the call processing base and the Embedded Operations Channel (EOC) protocol stack. Also served as lead system architect and project planner.

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Established and staffed an access product planning group within the Network Technology Division. The chief function of this group was to develop commercial requirements as well as detailed technical requirements for access products under development at the RTP lab. The team also played a key role in working with Bellcore to develop the GR303 standard.

Managed a group whose function was to develop a new line of products intended to launch ITT Raleigh into the data networks business. Led approximately 30 hardware, software, and systems engineers in the design and development of a family of high end statistical multiplexers. Personally designed the high performance system architecture that was the foundation for the product family (patent application submitted).

Designed the OA&M subsystem (hardware and software) for the 1218 Digital Loop Carrier system. Wrote the software for the Automatic Test and Alignment Unit (ATAU). Designed the hardware and software for the Trunk Processing and Alarm Unit (TPA) in the D448 channel bank.

Master'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering