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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Tempe, Az, Us

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Leads upper tiers of cyber incident detection and response, with oversight of T-Mobile’s Security Operations Center (SOC) and Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT). Serves as incident commander for high-severity response operations, and acts as the primary point of contact for developing and presenting executive communications for the Cyber Operations teams. Provides strategic direction for incident remediation, and security enhancements to improve detection and prevention of future attacks.Experienced with high profile Incident Handling and legally sound investigation and forensic methods used in regulated data breach reporting, litigation, law enforcement referrals and expert witness testimony. ( https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-mobile-phone-store-owner-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison-multimillion-dollar)Investigated many notable cyber incidents:https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/new-t-mobile-breach-affects-37-million-accounts/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/leaked-chats-show-lapsus-stole-t-mobile-source-code/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/t-mobile-breach-exposed-ssn-dob-of-40m-people/https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3qpk5/t-mobile-hack-data-breach-api-customer-datahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/wjx3e4/t-mobile-website-allowed-hackers-to-access-your-account-data-with-just-your-phone-numberhttps://cybernews.com/news/tmobile-data-breach-new-hack/

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Cyber Incident Response/Incident Handler, Digital/Network Forensics, Malware Analysis, Threat Intel...Experienced with high profile Incident Handling and legally sound investigation and forensic methods used in regulated data breach reporting, litigation and law enforcement referrals.Leveraging: Elastics, Logstash, Kibana, Metron, Service Now, Threatgrid, Snyper, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense, Enterprise Malwarebytes, O365 Advanced Threat Protection, Mobile Iron, Zimperium, HP ArcSight; Splunk; Autopsy; RemNux; SIFT; FireEye (HX, CMS, NX, EX); Dark Trace; RSA eCat/Netwitness; HP User Behavior Analytics; Varonis; CyberArk; ExtraHop; McAfee IDS; InfoBlox; X Ways; Macquisition; Forensic Took Kit (FTK); EnCase; IDA Pro; Redline; Python; PowerShell; NIX shell scripting

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Cyber Incident Response/Incident Handler, Digital/Network Forensics, Malware Analysis, Threat Intel...Leveraging: Elastics, Logstash, Kibana, Metron, Service Now, Threatgrid, Snyper, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense, Enterprise Malwarebytes, O365 Advanced Threat Protection, Mobile Iron, Zimperium, HP ArcSight; Splunk; Autopsy; RemNux; SIFT; FireEye (HX, CMS, NX, EX); Dark Trace; RSA eCat/Netwitness; HP User Behavior Analytics; Varonis; CyberArk; ExtraHop; McAfee IDS; InfoBlox; X Ways; Macquisition; Forensic Took Kit (FTK); EnCase; IDA Pro; Redline; Python; PowerShell; NIX shell scripting;Experienced with high profile Incident Handling and legally sounds investigation and forensic methods used in regulated data breach reporting, litigation and law enforcement referrals.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Cyber Network Defense Team (CND-T), Hawaii National Guard (HING)- Implement technologies, policies and procedures to defend, detect, and respond to cyber threats to the 29th IBCT tactical information systems.- Respond to cyber threats as needed in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) within FEMA region IX.- Participate in local and national Cyber Security exercises and competitions to include the University of Hawaii’s (UH) annual Po’oihe Cyber Security Competition, and Cyber Shield, the National Guard Bureau’s annual Cyber Security exercise. 2nd place finish in 2016 UH competition.- Develops and provides training on incident handling, penetration testing, intrusion analysis, digital forensics, system hardening and auditing.- Proficient in the following skills: Custom malware and penetration test tool development using Python; Network scanning with NMAP and NESSUS; Web application pen testing using BURP, Nikto, and custom Python scripting; Malware behavioral analysis; Packet analysis and intrusion detection tools such as tcpdump, Wireshark, Security Onion and ELK/Elastic Stack.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deputy Chief of Staff Information Management (DCSIM), G-6, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)- Selected as initial appointment of new Programmer/Application developer position.- Developed the HIARNG’s first application development team.- Headed up application development projects to produce quality software design specifications meeting higher command requirements and user acceptance.- Implements System Design Life Cycle (SDLC) methods to develop applications that meet all design specifications.- Develops applications based on Oracle PL/SQL (APEX rapid application development environment), PHP, JavaScript, .NET with Oracle, MS SQL and MySQL database back-ends.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deputy Chief of Staff Information Management (DCSIM), G-6, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)I directly administer a variety of servers to include Microsoft SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013; Microsoft SQL 2008; Oracle 11g with APEX; MySQL; Microsoft IIS with PHP5; Symantec Ghostcast; VBrick Video on Demand; and AutoCAD license management on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 virtual platforms. I provide support as needed to our Network Control Center by directly administering our VMWare vCenter 5 server infrastructures, Microsoft DHCP and print services. Additionally, I assisted help desk operations that support approximately 1,500 users and 2,000 Army network compliant workstations.Key Accomplishments:- Migrated a legacy html web site (Dreamweaver based) consisting of 15GBs of data to a SharePoint 2010 team site.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)I plan, design, and maintain the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's tactical voice and data network. I provide guidance and training to network node teams, I plan and implement network configuration and network software updates for the entire Brigade. I directly supervise a ten person network operations team that monitors the performance of the Brigade network during command post operations.In addition, I am the Brigade’s Information Assurance Manager (IAM) III; providing guidance on system accreditation, user and administrator Information Assurance requirements, and all classified network considerations. As the Brigade’s Senior Signal Warrant Officer I provide training to Soldiers and other officers on Cisco Networking, Microsoft Server administration and General Dynamics Terrestrial and Celestial transmission systems. I coordinate monthly requests for satellite access time on the Army’s satellite network.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

G-1, Personnel, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)I plan, design, and develop strategic personnel tracking and management applications. Applications are developed on Oracle’s APEX rapid application development platform. I ensure applications are built off of requirements identified by management and end users and ensure all steps of the software development life-cycle are met.Key Accomplishments:- I developed the Hawaii Army National Guard’s first application to identify Soldiers who do not meet their occupational specialty requirements and further identify actionable items to remedy the situation. This application was built using a variety of complex SQL table joins, case statements, query optimization and other scripting languages.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)As the 29th IBCT S-6 I provided advice to the Brigade commander on the unit's communication capabilities as well as possible courses of action based on mission requirements. I provided guidance in both policy and direct tasking format to subordinate units on communication systems readiness and deployment. I directly supervised a team of 30 personnel that provided direct communication support for the Brigade headquarters as well as a planning cell for operational orders to subordinate communications units while performing the tasks required of my Network Management Technician position that I still held.Significant Contributions:- First place finish as a team member of the Hawaii Army National Guard team in the first and second annual Po’oihe Cyber Range cyber defense competition. Acted as the primary Microsoft Windows security expert, and backup Linux security expert of the team; managing and defending Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu, and CentOS hosts.- Successful integration of the Brigade’s digital tactical operations center systems for the first time since the equipment was issued in 2008.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deputy Chief of Staff Information Management (DCSIM), G-6, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)As the acting Information Management Branch chief for the Hawaii Army National Guard's full-time workforce I planned and directed Information Assurance (IA), Data Management (DataMGT), Visual Information (VI), Information Systems Support Branch (ISSB) and Help Desk operations. I ensured each functional area was supported and resolved issues as needed while performing the tasks required of my DataMGT position that I still held.I directly administered a variety of servers to include Microsoft SharePoint 2003, 2007, and 2010; Microsoft SQL 2000, 2003 and 2008; Oracle 11g with APEX; MySQL; Microsoft IIS with PHP5; Symantec Ghostcast; Numera TrackIt; VBrick Video on Demand; and AutoCAD license management on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008 virtual platforms. I provided support as needed for our Network Control Center by directly administering our VMWare vCenter 5 server infrastructures, Microsoft Exchange 2003, DHCP and print services. Additionally, I oversaw help desk operations that supported approximately 1,500 users and 2,000 Army network compliant workstations.Key Accomplishments:- I headed up the DISA Enterprise Email migration from local Microsoft Exchange mailboxes to the new DISA enterprise mailboxes. This involved the migration of approximately 1,100 mailboxes and required constant synchronization with external entities such as DISA and Army National Guard Bureau as well as the internal units.- I designed, planned, and implemented the Hawaii Army National Guard's new SharePoint architecture consisting of one SharePoint 2010 intranet server, one SharePoint 2010 extra-net site collection, and one SharePoint 2007 Internet site collection. I used common project management practices and methods to create an timely project plan with minimal creep and end user acceptance.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deputy Chief of Staff Information Management (DCSIM), G-6, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)I directly administered a variety of servers to include Microsoft SharePoint 2003, 2007, and 2010; Microsoft SQL 2000, 2003 and 2008; Oracle 11g with APEX; MySQL; Microsoft IIS with PHP5; Symantec Ghostcast; Numera TrackIt; VBrick Video on Demand; and AutoCAD license management on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008 virtual platforms. I provided support as needed for our Network Control Center by directly administering our VMWare vCenter 5 server infrastructures, Microsoft Exchange 2003, DHCP and print services. Additionally, I assisted help desk operations that supported approximately 1,500 users and 2,000 Army network compliant workstations.Key Accomplishments:- I developed three custom applications based on C#, PHP, JavaScript, Oracle, and MySQL that converted overwhelming amounts of raw data into presentable reports with the ability to query the data using an intuitive user interface. This provided the command team with information useful in allocating assets and resources to support real world operations and training missions.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)I plan, design, and maintain the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's tactical voice and data network. I provide guidance and training to network node teams, I plan and implement network configuration and network software updates for the entire Brigade. I directly supervise a ten person network operations team that monitors the performance of the Brigade network during command post operations.Significant Contributions:- Appointed as the acting Signal Company Commander for one month. Commanded Signal Company in support of domestic security operations in support of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Honolulu, HI.- Established the brigade's first classified and unclassified WIN-T network plan and telephone directory.- Planned and coordinated the brigade's first CompTIA Network+ and Security+ mobile training team for IDT Soldiers. This resulted in 40 Soldier meeting DoD 8570 IA Workforce compliance.- Established the brigade's first workstation deployment network server using Symantec Ghostcast. Allowing for increased and decentralized productivity in Information Assurance compliant workstation deployment

Arlington, Virginia, Us

C Company (Signal), 29th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)Supervised one Joint Network Node team of six Soldiers consisting of JNN, HCLOS, and STT operators. I ensured node operators were proficient in their equipment maintenance and operations tasks to provide the highest equipment up-time in the Signal Company. In addition, I shared my lessons learned from previous deployments on tactical communications assisting in the Brigade's overall communications readiness in Blue Force Tracker systems as well as Harris radio vehicle configurations which the Brigade would receive shortly after.Significant Contributions:- I managed the Brigade's satellite access requests; forecasted Brigade WIN-T training for the entire training year. - Filled in as acting platoon sergeant as needed.- Assumed additional duties as the range safety officer and additional duty safety officer. - Provided lessons learned to future Camp Virginia Operations NCOs by reaching out to units ahead of schedule to ensure continued positive results at Camp Virginia well after my redeployment.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 2nd of the 300th Field Artillery Battalion (Fa BN), 115th Fires Brigade, Wyoming Army National Guard (WYARNG)Appointed as the assistant S-6 NCOIC and acting Battalion S-6 NCOIC while the incumbent was on R&R leave and emergency leave. Awarded the Army Commendation medal for exemplary service in this position. Responsible for day to day operations of the automations section of the S6 shop. Supported over five hundred users and administered more than two hundred Microsoft workstations. Ensured all users were in compliance with strict information assurance policies for both classified and unclassified networks on the South West Asian domain. Administered multiple Cisco switches and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory users and computers.Additionally responsible for tactical communications maintenance section and assisting the electronic warfare section. Supervised a team of six personnel to maintain communications systems for two hundred convoy security vehicles. Provided 24 hours communication system maintenance for the battalion, ensured convoy security teams had over ninety percent up time for their communications and electronic warfare systems on more than five hundred security escort missions between Kuwait and Iraq. Performed communications systems installation for the Battalion's transition to M1152 HMMWVs; completed transfer of Harris radio and Blue Force Tracker systems for the entire Battalion's fleet of HMMWVs.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 29th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)Awarded the Army Commendation medal for meritorious service. Responsible for facilities capable of housing more than twelve thousand personnel. Headed up and completed many quality of life projects for residents of Camp Virginia. Supervised subordinate resident managers and contracted maintenance personnel to ensure facilities were maintained to the highest standards. Maintained one hundred percent accountability of equipment worth in excess of $3,807,000.Assigned many additional responsibilities to include: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) shift NCOIC, Unit Prevention Leader (UPL) NCOIC, accident investigation and reporting officer, Information Assurance Security Officer (IASO)/System Administrator (SA), Additional Duty Safety Officer (ADSO), acting S6 NCOIC, and fire warden. As the acting S6 NCOIC, was only one of three soldiers in the entire brigade meeting the Information Assurance Training level two (IAT-II) requirements to become a Fort Hood system administrator.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

29th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)Primarily responsible for one network switching team. Ensured the team was properly trained and ready to perform their communications tasks. Shared a wealth of experience as a signal NCO to many new Soldiers as the new signal company was stood up. Prepared transitioning soldiers for the technical challenges they would face as they re-classified to new military occupation specialties to meet the requirements of the Brigade. Placed in charge of battalion communications training in preparation for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.Additionally selected as acting platoon sergeant and responsible for preparing the junior enlisted Soldiers for Warrior Leader Course (WLC). Also selected as NCOIC of many company level training tasks, validating Soldiers individual readiness for deployment in support of OIF.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

C Company (Medical), 29th Support Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)Awarded the Army Achievement medal, for meritorious service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Appointed company communications NCO, overall in charge of both automations and tactical communications systems. Performed as the troop medical clinic network and systems administrator; supported over one hundred end users, and maintained a category five Ethernet network. Conducted and validated communications systems and automations training for one hundred percent of the company prior to deployment. Additionally appointed as the headquarters platoon sergeant for a twelve month period, including mobilization training and the initial half of deployment to Iraq. Was responsible for accountability, welfare, and administrative issues of more than forty Soldiers. Managed additional tasking assigned to the platoon to include tower and surveillance system manning, and interpreter escort.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

C Company (Medical), 29th Support Battalion (Spt BN), 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)Appointed as the company guidon bearer, communications section leader, and squad leader shortly after completion of AIT. Meritoriously promoted to the rank of Specialist after only four months time in grade as a Private First Class. Awarded the Army Achievement Medal, for meritorious services as the acting communications section NCOIC during annual training.I supervised a team of 3 Soldiers in the communication section and an additional four Soldiers in the NBC and Armorer section. Provided tactical communications and automations support to the Brigade's Troop Medical Clinic. Established company command post tactical radios, digital tactical phone systems and basic local area networked computer systems. Ensured the highest communication system readiness to the clinic's fleet of 18 ambulances.Significant Contributions:- Provided communications to the company command post using remote radio systems and DNVT telephones for the first time.- Achieved the highest COMET inspection rating in the Battalion for company's communication systems maintenance for two year in a row.

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Teaching Assistant / Associate Instructor - part of the instructor development program for SANS Cybersecurity leadership courses (MGT551)

Austin, Tx, Us

The Synack Red Team (SRT) gives the most talented security researchers across the globe a platform to do what they love and get paid for it. As a private network of highly-curated and vetted security researchers, the SRT is challenged every day to deliver exploitation intelligence for some of the biggest brands in the world. Find out more at: https://www.synack.com/red-team/

Rockville, Maryland, Us

Aspiring SANS instructor; currently mentoring SANS SEC 504 in 2020 for the greater Seattle area.

Glen Allen, Va, Us

Contract to hire with T-Mobile.Cyber Incident Response/Incident Handler, Digital/Network Forensics, Malware Analysis, Threat Intel...Leveraging: Elastics, Logstash, Kibana, Metron, Service Now, Threatgrid, Snyper, McAfee Advanced Threat Defense, Enterprise Malwarebytes, O365 Advanced Threat Protection, Mobile Iron, Zimperium, HP ArcSight; Splunk; Autopsy; RemNux; SIFT; FireEye (HX, CMS, NX, EX); Dark Trace; RSA eCat/Netwitness; HP User Behavior Analytics; Varonis; CyberArk; ExtraHop; McAfee IDS; InfoBlox; X Ways; Macquisition; Forensic Took Kit (FTK); EnCase; IDA Pro; Redline; Python; PowerShell; NIX shell scripting;Experienced with high profile Incident Handling and legally sounds investigation and forensic methods used regulated data breach reporting, litigation and law enforcement referrals.

Reston, Virginia, Us

- Threat hunting; intrusion detection/analysis; incident handling/response; auditing; vulnerability assessment/remediation. Plans and participates in incident response/disaster recovery exercises.- Implements/Operates the following tools: McAfee HBSS; Suricata / Snort / Jumpstart; ELK / Elastic Stack / Kibana / Logstash; ArcSight; Splunk; Bro; Python/Perl/Shell Scripting.- Recommends procurement of tools (software), training, security controls and configuration to enhance security posture.- Site lead for all ACET contractors; manages schedules and attendance; assists with recruiting, hiring, and job requisitions; monthly contract requirements reporting; DoD 8570/8140 compliance.

Mililani, Hi, Us

I was hired as part of a two person team to conduct a short-term assessment for the migration of the US Army Pacific Command’s SharePoint migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. The project was chartered to provide an assessment from a technical and cultural perspective as well as reports based on project milestones and a final report. I was assigned the technical aspect of the assessment process while my partner conducted the cultural analysis or user interface.For the technical assessment, I did an analysis of the many servers in the USARPAC SharePoint farm, to include Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, and Korea. In addition to analysis and assessment of server and network compatibility, I assessed components of the user-interface. I tested compatibility of standard features as well as third party and custom additions.Significant Contributions:- In my final report, I provided detailed methods of migration with alternate courses of actions. I identified positive and negative impacts of migration and potential risks with mitigation strategies.

Madison, Al, Us

I provided all levels of support to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Nuclear Information Network, from domain and network administration to end user support. I administered multiple Microsoft servers (2000/2003) in a wide variety of roles: Domain controller, DNS, file, web (MS IIS and SharePoint), database (MS SQL 2000/2005), e-mail (MS Exchange), and terminal services (Citrix ICA). I also maintained the Cisco routers and switches within the network. Last, I deployed and maintained end user workstations from Basic Windows XP clients to Wyse or HP (Linux based) thin clients.In this position documentation was extremely important. Due to strict requirements from the Department of Energy (owner of nuclear propulsion information), modification to every workstation, server, switch, router and domain policy must be well documented to show the organization is safeguarding nuclear information. I provided thorough documentation for installations and modification I completed.

As a User Support Technician II for the Department of Education my primary job was to provide classroom training on information systems software to department employees. Once users have been trained, provide all levels technical support to more than five thousand users. In the process of supporting users, I launched web servers to provide instant access to systems information and support web sites within the department's intranet. This web server was the pilot server for the State’s previous “E-school” platform.

Aiea, Hawaii, Us

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Record of 2-1; 2nd place finish in Amateur Fighting Championship 4 under 200 lbs division held in Ewa Beach, HI.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Valet at Venus Nightclub

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Summer job detailing tour buses. Detailing windows and interior cleaning.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Candidate - Master Of Science (Ms), Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Bachelors Of Science, Information Technology

High School Diploma, General Education

Strategic Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Certificate Program