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Enduir has built its reputation as the premiere full-service Incident Response & Recovery (IR&R) services firm, by leading some of the largest incidents over the past few years and consistently helping clients Enduir the attack and get back to business. Our integrated and outcome-focused approach combines our blended experience across incident command, legal, forensics, containment, recovery, and remediation work-streams. Furthermore, we leverage our front-line IR&R experience to inform and… Show more Enduir has built its reputation as the premiere full-service Incident Response & Recovery (IR&R) services firm, by leading some of the largest incidents over the past few years and consistently helping clients Enduir the attack and get back to business. Our integrated and outcome-focused approach combines our blended experience across incident command, legal, forensics, containment, recovery, and remediation work-streams. Furthermore, we leverage our front-line IR&R experience to inform and advise clients to become more resilient. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As part of the IT M&A team I assisted Private Equity buyers in identifying risks to potential transactions related to cybersecurity, infrastructure, compliance, or business operations. This included technical architecture concerns, ineffective tooling, immature governance, or compliance issues. Furthermore, I worked with Private Equity firms in developing strategies to re-align the organization to an investment thesis or prepare for an exit.

Chicago

As the first Incident Commander on the West Monroe Cybersecurity team I was responsible for leading our largest incident response and recovery engagements, including facilitating forensic collections, coordinating infrastructure recovery teams, and influencing executive decision making. This gave me exposure to many of the most common ransomware, data exfiltration, and espionage threat actors. Additionally, I was also responsible for growing the team by developing methodology, driving… Show more As the first Incident Commander on the West Monroe Cybersecurity team I was responsible for leading our largest incident response and recovery engagements, including facilitating forensic collections, coordinating infrastructure recovery teams, and influencing executive decision making. This gave me exposure to many of the most common ransomware, data exfiltration, and espionage threat actors. Additionally, I was also responsible for growing the team by developing methodology, driving revenue with new forensic and legal firm partnerships, and acting as an industry thought leader. Show less

As part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure team I aided enterprise clients in infrastructure transformations (e.g., cloud migrations, end user computing deployments, disaster recovery planning) and cybersecurity assessments (e.g., NIST CSF, policy and procedure development, target operating model creation).

Elmwood Park, Illinois

As an intern I led the update of credit metrics for the Bank’s $200 million loan portfolio to assist the Bank with the management of its credit risk via the Credit Stress Analysis program. As part of the project I audited over 400 loans for accurate debt service coverage ratios, loan-to-value ratios, FICO scores, MSA codes, and NAICS categories.

Master’S Degree, Technology And Management

The program is organized to teach students how to think critically about competitive strategy, and how to effectively execute it.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

History Minor