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Denver, Colorado, United States

Proactively hunted for emerging cyber threats, swiftly responded to and mitigated incidents, and provided expert advisement to strengthen customer security postures.Jointly spearheaded transformation of the Threat Hunt team’s mission towards proactive hunting, developing new mission statements, methodologies, and training documentation, while enhancing task management and collaboration, empowering ~20 Threat Hunters with strategies for identifying and reporting emerging threats.Produced and disseminated actionable threat hunting reports, highlighted critical indicators of compromise and recommended defense strategies, significantly improved client response times to active threats. Efficiently analyzed thousands of real-time alerts from hundreds of network and endpoint devices, delivering accurate, complete, and timely threat detection and response.

Section lead for ~15 threat hunting team in Hunt Forward Operations, employing cloud, network, and host-based analysis across national critical infrastructure to detect, record, and remove nation state APTs.Led 1 of 3 teams in the identification of adversary activities, development of mitigation strategies and remediation actions, safeguarding six international partner networks, advancing US Cyber Command objectives.Advised and oversaw the remediation and recovery of compromised systems, effectively reducing the mean adversary dwell time from 18 months to under 30 days, significantly reducing operation down time and safeguarding critical data across multiple incidents.Stood up a new malware triage section, streamlined training and operating procedures, resulted in actionable intelligence from over 200 malware samples analyzed.Revamped partner cybersecurity inquiry communication channel, reducing resolution times by 33% and strengthening collaborative security measures for more than 20 partner entities.

Acted as the team leader for ~20 technical technicians, maintaining a large Enterprise scale communications network, ensuring reliable communication infrastructure for mission-critical operations.Developed and enforced robust cybersecurity practices, executed penetration and vulnerability assessments that enabled attack surface hardening, complying with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) guidelines.Mastered a wide array of technical competencies that bolstered mission-critical projects, facilitated a broader understanding of operational needs and solutions, enhancing the organization's capacity to navigate complex challenges.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cyber Security

Associate Of Science - As, Cyber/Electronic Operations And Warfare, 4.0