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Moneymore, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Lead a team of software developers delivering web- and app-based software and services using Scrum:
• Lead daily scrum, backlog grooming, sprint review, and retrospective meetings (Scrum Master).
• Recruit, hire, and manage software developers to help them achieve results and grow professionally.
• Lead Server Security, Disaster Recovery, and cloud migration projects.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Lead a team of engineers delivering DevOps pipelines and services to internal software teams:
• Coach and mentor engineers to help them achieve results and grow professionally.
• Manage technical projects using Agile methodologies.
• Recruit and hire DevOps engineers.Note: Due to a hiring freeze announced during my second week here, the nature of this role changed from 'people leader, to grow Belfast DevOps team from 2 to 10' to 'project manager.

Newcastle, County Down

• Run a sole proprietorship providing information technology and security services:
• Troubleshoot, repair, and upgrade PC and Mac computers.
• Resell, configure, and maintain Microsoft 365 and web, email, and domain hosting.
• Assist customers with security incidents and Information Security compliance.
• Manage company image, marketing, and finances.

Telford, United Kingdom

• Establish and lead the global Enterprise Security team at Protolabs:
• Partner with IT to implement security policies via network segmentation, firewall rules, DLP, IAM, patching, IDS/IPS, email filters/scanners, and proxy servers/web filters.
• Implement 24x7 security monitoring via a MSSP using log collection, packet inspection, email threat detection, DNS monitoring, and endpoint agents.
• Develop global Incident Response Plan and lead the Incident Response Team to investigate security events and incidents and escalate as needed.
• Conduct vulnerability scans and risk assessments.
• Develop and deliver security awareness training (anti-phishing, OWASP Top 10, general InfoSec).

Telford, United Kingdom

• Recruit and lead a very successful software team with eight developers located in England, one developer and one BA in USA, one developer in Finland, and one developer in Japan.
• Manage software projects in the role of Scrum Master.
• Write ad-hoc SQL queries and stored procedures to gather data for reports.
• Leverage Protolabs domain knowledge to investigate issues and mentor newer team members.
• Help to manage enterprise security (PCI and SOX compliance) for all global business locations.

Telford, United Kingdom

• Lead a project to split production, dev, and QA environments in US, UK, and Japan for SOX compliance.
• Provide application development and support focusing primarily on our UK and EU locations.
• Develop web applications using C#.Net, SQL Server, SOAP web services, with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Mentor and share domain knowledge with other developers.

Maple Plain, MN

• Expand CI/CD (CruiseControl) environment to ease global development, testing, and deployment.
• Develop web applications using C#.Net, SQL Server, SOAP web services, with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Mentor and share domain knowledge with other developers.

Maple Plain, MN

• Develop web applications using C#.Net, SQL Server, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Design and build reusable business objects.
• Design and develop SOAP web services to support customer-facing web applications.

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States

• Maintain all computer hardware and software, including Windows Servers and desktop PCs.
• Manage computer networks, Active Directory, Group Policy, and DNS.
• Prepare annual technology budget and help to write grant applications.
• Build and maintain database-driven internal web applications and public website.
• Prepare computer lab for electronic exams and facilitate testing of all students.
• Serve on the school board as Board Member and Vice-Chair.

Mankato, Minnesota, United States

• Helped build HTML and JavaScript front-end for GM BuyPower (web-based GM Prospec), a client-server application for configuring vehicles.
• Build customer applications using Firepond Application Suite (FAS), a Java-based app framework.
• Develop the FAS Reporting module.
• Build prototype applications using HTML and JavaScript.
• Build the company's first public website and intranet applications.(Firepond was later renamed FPX.)

Mankato, Minnesota, United States

Clear With Computers (CWC) was renamed Firepond and later FPX.

Master’S Degree, Software And Systems Security, Distinction

I earned a Master of Science (MSc) degree, with distinction, in Software and Systems Security, a course offered by the Software.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), English (Technical Writing), Microcomputers, Cum Laude (Cumulative Gpa 3.32)

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, Society for Technical Communication, MSU Student ChapterIn addition to studying English and computer.