Principal Security Strategist based in New York, working with large Splunk security customers to find and solve interesting security challenges, and focusing on security analytics, detections, UEBA, and their place in the security organization.Accomplishments - Primary Author of Splunk Security Essentials, most successful app launch in Splunk history (2017) and the 2nd most installed app in Splunkbase (2020), and the forebearer of the Essentials Brand at Splunk - Creator of the enablement program for Splunk UBA, the first virtualized SE training course at the company, and served as the SE lead working with a small team that drove a 25x year-over-year sales increase. - Championed consolidation and development of Security ML on Splunk's core platform in conjunction with Analytics Specialists - Delivered top-rated presentations to thousands of Splunkers about advanced SPL, scalable analytics, and UBA through 13 talks over six .confs,. - As an early principal pre-sales resource, mentored numerous others going through the principal process with a 100% success rate.

Sales Engineer with a specialization in security working out of the San Francisco Bay Area and supporting major accounts across all their needs..Specializations: - UBA SME (User Behavior Analytics) - Security SME - Architecture SME - Analytics SME

Sales Engineer for Network Security products at Check Point, working with Western Strategic Sales Team, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.Highlights:- Built strong relationships with customers, peers, and internal resources- Along with sales rep, awarded the North America Account Team of the Year award for 2012- Member of High End Security Subject Matter Expert group- Average product attainment in excess of 200%

IT Generalist serving as a member of the Net Ops team, and owning Windows Servers, Windows Endpoints, Splunk Development, and other projects.Highlights:- Researched and designed the initial implementation of VRFs to segment Development Environment- Built business-facing Splunk App to provide visibility and analytics for core company product- Built operations-internal Splunk apps for firewall monitoring, Windows security troubleshooting and to analyze Cisco CDR data- Designed and worked with Linux team to implement Active Directory-based authentication plan for fleet of Linux servers- Wrote a full-featured Purchase Request system in Perl, customized to specific business needs

Handled IT needs for an Open Source ERP & CRM start-up.Highlights:- Managed 45 physical and virtual Windows and Linux servers, and provided desktop support for 30 employees.- Designed virtualization environments for IT, Dev and QA- Implemented Centralized Logging, Network Security Monitoring, Systems Monitoring, updated Backup System and limited Disaster Recovery Plan- Created thorough documentation on systems architecture, policies, services and servers- Began an ongoing effort for PCI Compliance in both IT Operations and Compiere product- Managed company move to new building

Web Development and Niche Programming, System Administration, Security Analysis, and General IT Work for the College of Health and Human Services at San Francisco State University.Highlights:- Customized Perl SQL Help Desk system to provided needed functionality for the college- Built, managed and maintained CHHS Web and SQL servers- Secured Active Directory to isolate and protect Domain Controllers and domain administrative privileges- Provided advice for desktop support and server issues