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Merino, Co, Us

Sterling, Colorado, United States

Department head of Enterprise Systems and Cyber Security.• Implement security controls to protect information and network assets.• Advise executives on Cybersecurity Risks.• Continuously improve business Cybersecurity Risk Posture.• Hiring, managing, training and mentoring network and cybersecurity staff.• Network, System and Information Security SME.• Perform Security Risk Assessment and Risk Management.• Perform Security Controls Assessment and Gap Analysis.• Security Policy Creation and Review.• Ensure HIPAA Compliance of Information Management.

Sterling, Colorado, United States

• Performed Windows and Linux server administration.• Identified numerous Information Security Risks within business information systems and networks, and performed remediation or mitigation.• Advised CIO on system, network and information security matters.• Contributed to IT budget planning and prioritization to align with organizational goals.• Continuously improved Information, System and Network Security Risk Posture.• Initiated and oversaw network segmentation across 14 sites.• Initiated move to Enterprise Password Manager.• Implemented MFA for externally facing interfaces.• Utilized and configured advanced security features in existing firewalls and systems, ensuring compliance and reducing vulnerabilities.• Vendor and technology research, assessment and selection.

Merino, Co

Website development in Wordpress and Drupal, linux administration and related contract work.Primarily focused on building websites, with custom development where needed. Have customized Wordpress themes, written a few plugins, and perform the never-ending task of installing and testing updates.Contract work includes linux server administration (LAMP stack), Proxmox+Ceph clusters, website updates, post-hack cleanups, and many website and email migrations. Numerous open source contributions, including to webhosting control panels.

Olds, Alberta, Canada

Work primarily is linux web server administration. Installed Parallels Cloud Server virtualization cluster running the clustered Plesk Automation hosting control panel, Proxmox virtualization cluster with Ceph storage cluster, standalone plesk servers, various other servers (mail, backup, logging, dns), network switches and firewalls. Performed server installation, updates, backups, migrations, website migrations, updates, and post-hack cleanups, configure VPNs, implement multiple customer mail services and secure websites.

Sterling, Colorado, United States

Responsibilities covered UNIX system administration, IP networking, and hands-on Research & Development. Designed and implemented ISP networks and services, and configured and maintained BGP routers, ensuring reliable and efficient network performance. Led initiatives in firewall management and IDS/IPS for both hosts and networks, actively contributing to open-source projects. Supported CATV systems and IPTV networking, as well as developing and managing web hosting infrastructure and providing business support. Developed web applications for internal system management and provisioning, and customer portal.Performed consulting on many occasions including network design and troubleshooting, server setup, Cisco PIX/ASA, server and website incident response, hosting services, network and system security, and complete ISP design and deployments.Contributed to the WISPA CALEA Standard for IP Network Access, helping shape industry standards in network security and compliance.

Paid responsibility was off-hours support on howtoforge.com forums.Non-paid as one of the main developers of the ISPConfig control panel for over 2 years, leading up to the 3.2 release. Frequent use of gitlab for code development and issue tracking, with out-of-band colaboration with the other developers (currently using Mattermost).

CMInet is an ISP I setup and maintained the (linux) servers and routers/firewall. Created sybase-backed user managment app. Aside from perpetual ISM-band wireless problems, things pretty much just keep running.CMInet sold to Rebletec Communications in May, 2013.

Served as Trustee on the Town Board. Tend to town business, create and revise ordinances, review policy procedures.

An Internet provider based in Scottsbluff, NE. I wrote a user managment system (in sybperl), integrated services and configured routers/switches. Helped with some initial wireless deployment. Things have been completely redone/replaced and the network vastly grown since then.

Tech support for various products including IRIX OS. Unix systemadministration. Minor application development and report generation.

My first involvement with a startup ISP. Technically this was fun and very beneficial, but the business/revenue side didn't play out well. Good times.

Worked a semester in the Computer Labs at NJC. Pretty mundane duties.