Security architecture and engineering for a large casino and hospitality organization.

Deputy State CISO in charge of all security operations for the State of Ohio enterprise. Responsible for security engineering, architecture, vulnerability management and security operations center teams.

Lead team that provides security architecture expertise to statewide projects. Primary security architect on the state IT Optimization projects including VOIP, SEIM, IPS, endpoint protection and datacenter modernization. Key Contributions: Implemented statewide SIEM Led statewide workgroups responsible for developing security policies and procedures Led implementation of security controls for states new Medicaid eligibility system Developed security architecture plan for centralizing security operations functions of all state agencies

Manage security and network operations teams consisting of 14 technicians. Act as CISO for 1400 person agency with 35 locations throughout the state. Built information security program from the ground up. Active participant in statewide workgroups for developing security policies and procedures. Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on agency networks and applications. Perform security investigations in conjunction with HR, Inspector General’s office and Highway Patrol as needed.Key Contributions: -Implemented RSC’s first VPN and intrusion prevention systems -Led statewide workgroups on secure email, vulnerability assessments, and risk management procedures -Led teams that implemented disk encryption, enterprise backup, wireless access, firewall, NAC, and SIM -Created agency policies and procedures governing information security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response

Network and systems administration of the taxpayer remittance and key entry systems used to process and image checks and forms. Environment consisted of 20+ Windows servers, Novell Servers, Microsoft SQL servers used in a large image storage and retrieval system. Key Contributions: Successfully implemented new Unisys image storage and retrieval system Implementation of test virtualization environment

Trained students in the Cisco Network Academy for the CCNA certification and the Comptia Security+ certification.

Team lead responsible for product architecture, product service level agreements, engineering (fourth level) support, test lab systems architecture and administration, product rollout and release management and project management services for WorldCom VPN and security products. This team was also responsible for all product-specific communications with Operations, Sales and Product Marketing. Developed VPN products on the Cisco, Nortel and Lucent platforms; as well as worked on Corporate Dial remote access, personal firewall, Checkpoint firewall and dial analysis products. Key Contributions: Development of Cisco/Altega based VPN product Deployment of Sun Solaris cluster for LDAP authentication of remote access solutions

Lead regional engineer for security products. Designed custom solutions for integrating customer networks in to a wide area network, Internet or virtual private network. Presented solutions to customer engineer and executive staff. Duties included Installing and configuring products at customer site; including routers, switches and servers. Provided post sale technical support and consulting. Train customers on the use of Firewall and Authentication server products. Also performed project management and security consulting for customers as required.Key Contributions: Designed, implemented and supported a 2000+ site frame relay network for a large manufacturing company Designed, implemented and supported a 500+ site dedicated VPN and a 45,000+ end-user remote access solution for a large insurance company

Provided third level support for network products, specializing in IP based products. Senior security engineer for firewall and authentication server products. Developed and maintained internal web servers, Linux and NT environment machines. Worked with vendors to resolve complex problems.

Provided second level support for WAN backbone and customer LAN/WAN connections, specializing in IP connections. Duties included troubleshooting/support of PPP dial, x.25, frame relay lines, and IP and frame relay backbones. Responsibilities also included for creating documentation and training new associates.