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Louisville, Ky

• Created and lead an operational IT Security team of 13 cyber security professionals• Developed the company’s IT Security forensics program• Created the company’s IT Security metrics program which included both technical and executive dashboards• Reduced the company’s average phishing click rate from 33% to under 2%• Reduced the company’s malware infection rate by 99% over a five-year period• Lead team to improve the vulnerability management program which includes weekly… Show more • Created and lead an operational IT Security team of 13 cyber security professionals• Developed the company’s IT Security forensics program• Created the company’s IT Security metrics program which included both technical and executive dashboards• Reduced the company’s average phishing click rate from 33% to under 2%• Reduced the company’s malware infection rate by 99% over a five-year period• Lead team to improve the vulnerability management program which includes weekly authenticated scans, executive reporting, weekly meetings with key stakeholders and monthly meetings with management• Responsible for a multiple seven figure annual capital and O&M budget for IT Security Operations which includes accurate five-year roadmaps• Successfully reduced capital and O&M budget waste• Developed tool to automate incoming threat intelligence which includes distribution to the SIEM and firewalls• Experience working with Emerging Threats, Cisco Talos, Palo Alto Wildfire, US-CERT, ISAC, NERC CRISP, VirusTotal, IBM X-Force and other threat intelligence sources• Implemented a SIEM solution that included user behavior analytics, machine learning and automated threat hunting• Developed and managed organization’s threat intelligence program which included open source intelligence, third party subscriptions and internally developed threat intelligence• Created and lead a proactive security team which includes penetration testing, forensics, threat hunting, SIEM tactical analysis and threat intelligence• Mentored junior level employees and helped to develop both technical and business-related skills• Lead the Cyber Incident Response Team and Vulnerability Assessment Team which includes regularly scheduled simulation tabletops and training• Experience with the NIST-CSF, SANS Top 20 and ISO 27001 security frameworks Show less

Lexington, Kentucky

• Designed the company’s virtual management infrastructure• Developed the company’s IT Security metrics program• Deployed the company’s first Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)• Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration tests for both company and customers• Developed and deployed secure network architectures for the company and customer networks including, Intrusion Prevention, Firewalls, Anti-malware/virus and e-mail security scanning• Authored and distributed the… Show more • Designed the company’s virtual management infrastructure• Developed the company’s IT Security metrics program• Deployed the company’s first Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)• Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration tests for both company and customers• Developed and deployed secure network architectures for the company and customer networks including, Intrusion Prevention, Firewalls, Anti-malware/virus and e-mail security scanning• Authored and distributed the corporate security policies and procedures• Designed and implemented datacenter protections to meet PCI, SOX, HIPPA and FISMA compliance requirements Show less

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Installed and maintained security infrastructure including IPS, core firewalls, log management and endpoint protection• Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration tests for corporate owned systems, customer servers and applications• Developed a weekly vulnerability assessment service to inform customers of high and critical level vulnerabilities• Monitored systems, logs and network activity to ensure policies, procedures and best practices were being followed by employees… Show more • Installed and maintained security infrastructure including IPS, core firewalls, log management and endpoint protection• Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration tests for corporate owned systems, customer servers and applications• Developed a weekly vulnerability assessment service to inform customers of high and critical level vulnerabilities• Monitored systems, logs and network activity to ensure policies, procedures and best practices were being followed by employees and customers• Responsible for the management of all Intrusion Prevention Systems for the corporate network• Implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) for critical servers, network devices and VPN connectivity Show less

Louisville, Ky

• Architected and implemented the company’s Internet facing datacenter• Datacenter achieved 100% uptime in its first year of operation• Created a secure file transfer system to eliminate the need for complicated hardware or software VPN connectivity for customers and business partners• Designed and implemented a redundant datacenter for internal data warehousing, disaster recovery and business continuity • Ran day to day cyber and physical security operations for the… Show more • Architected and implemented the company’s Internet facing datacenter• Datacenter achieved 100% uptime in its first year of operation• Created a secure file transfer system to eliminate the need for complicated hardware or software VPN connectivity for customers and business partners• Designed and implemented a redundant datacenter for internal data warehousing, disaster recovery and business continuity • Ran day to day cyber and physical security operations for the company• Designed and implemented a Network Operation Center (NOC) to monitor all IT resources and cyber/physical security Show less

• Develop new service products to be offered to customer base• Designed, implemented and maintained a Sun Solaris based e-mail cluster with a capacity of 2.5 million mailboxes• Built a load balanced Apache web cluster that served 140,000+ customer web applications• Responsible for the implementation, operation and maintenance of network monitoring tools for the IT infrastructure• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior members of the Network Operations Team• Supervise the… Show more • Develop new service products to be offered to customer base• Designed, implemented and maintained a Sun Solaris based e-mail cluster with a capacity of 2.5 million mailboxes• Built a load balanced Apache web cluster that served 140,000+ customer web applications• Responsible for the implementation, operation and maintenance of network monitoring tools for the IT infrastructure• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior members of the Network Operations Team• Supervise the lower level NOC technicians in day to day duties such as circuit turn-up, hardware maintenance, configuration updates and changes for all network systems• Provide 24x7 after-hours support to other members of the NOC as required Show less

North Carolina, Iceland, Japan, Korea

• Stationed throughout the world including Iceland, Korea and Japan• Held US Government Secret clearance• Received Marine Corps Good Conduct medal• Earned multiple Meritorious Mast awards• Received an Honorable discharge in 1995