CEO, Principal Consultant and Founder of Digital Maelstrom, an IT strategy consulting firm which provides innovative solutions for clients through effective use of IT Architecture, IT Operations, Custom Software Dev, and Information Security expertise. I am a broadly skilled systems architect and infosec practitioner that draws from 24 years of experience across numerous programming languages, technologies, and integration platforms. I regularly author, contribute, and review for security soundness software code for internal tools and client needs.Architecture experience includes REST-style web services, Federated authentication services (OpenID, OAuth, Kerberos, SAML2), and various Information Security topics (Security Program development, Compliance & Audit, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Threat Assessment & Planning, Penetration Testing, Cryptography, Secure Protocol Design). Digital Maelstrom leverages agile practices including Scrum & Kanban to keep overhead to a minimum and improve responsiveness to client needs. We are firm believers in agile practice as applied not only to software development but to IT Operations and business management as well.Digital Maelstrom is well versed in cloud and virtualization technology with years of experience in both public cloud services and private virtualization solutions. We have consulted on a large number of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud solutions for small, medium, and enterprise businesses alike.As a personal goal, I try to apply my existing experience to problems in a novel or innovative manner. This approach can be extremely challenging but also endlessly rewarding. To set myself apart from others in my field, I refuse to pigeonhole myself in just IT or software development niche roles. Instead, the mix of experiences in many "silos" allows me to adapt to unknown or information-poor situations quickly.Specialties: AWS, systems/software architecture, open-source solutions, web-based applications, Information Security, Penetration Testing, Systems Automation (Salt, Puppet, Chef), Cloud Infrastructure, Cryptography and secure networking protocols.GPG ID: 6A19 558 B 05 04 2 F53 24EA DF5 3 06 AB 8 4D2 6222 45D F
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