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New York, United States

Syracuse, New York, United States

• Led GRC, DevSecOps & SRE, Security Posture & Innovation for X-Force Protection Platform• Responsible for direct interaction, maintenance and enhancements to client integrations• Liaison between Engineering Development Teams & Compliance Teams• Voting member of IDT (Invention Disclosure Team)• Core member for Slack@IBM• Remediated over 100k secrets inside code base• Remediated over 9.7k vulnerabilities across 1.5k code repositories spanning 6M+ LoC• Reduced spend from $100k/month to under $6k/month while increasing expanding telemetry and visibility monitoring • Designed, Implemented & Delivered process for all risk evaluations and process deviations of all development teams against defined standards• 20+ Submitted patents (4 currently issued, 6 published, 10+ in current IP pipeline)• Outstanding Technical Achievement Award recipient (Corporate Award)• Rearchitected CI/CD solution to include best practices including Code Signing, Artifact Scanning, Obfuscation and Reporting• Led migration from Native Kubernetes to OpenShift Orchestration Platforms• Designed & Led Implementation for “optimized containerization clusters” (Multiple Clusters into single managed large-scale clusters)• Core Technical Resources in migration from BMC Remedy (Worlds largest instance) to ServiceNow

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• swiss army knife crossing multiple engineering towers• Co-led transformation from legacy systems into DevSecOps best practices• Liaison between developers, compliance and leadership to ensure standards are maintained• Security focal providing source code review and feedback across more then 6M Lines of Code(LoC) and 1,500+ source code repositories• Implemented dependency scanning, license scanning, SAST/DAST, quality gates and securityscanning into CI/CD pipelines utilizing Jenkins declarative pipelines and shared libraries

• Designed, architected, and implemented custom solutions for clients ranging from writing code toarchitecting and deploying infrastructure• Supported internal and external teams with challenges and knowledge gaps• Directly interfaced with clients and executives throughout project life-cycle• Solutioned offerings for multi-million-dollar RFPs and custom partnership solutions• Co-led the creation of an IBM Security QRadar App for field deployment using CI/CD pipelines• Delivered between $3M-$5M annually in signings for both green-field and brown-fieldengagements

Greater Atlanta Area

• Identified inefficiencies and operational deficiencies that negatively affect KPIs• Conceptualized, designed, and architected solutions to correct or optimize known issues• Implemented & architected solutions through Agile sprints utilizing CI/CD solutions• Led user feedback sessions and curated Jira stories for continued solution success

• Provided higher level analysis and research on client escalated cases• Worked as a focal while merging legacy XPS and MSIEM teams into one blended team, ThreatMonitoring• Created training material, documentation and trained Threat Monitoring analysts as well astrained new hires and those requiring a refresher on analysis methodologies and techniques

Greater Atlanta Area

• Provided “eyes on glass” monitoring for 10-20 clients at a time• Escalated security events to clients through both ticketing systems and call outs

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for network and system uptime to accomplish day to day operations, management of network logs and reports. Remained on call 24/7 for any network or hardware emergencies, as well as assisting the guests with any technological problems.Designed and implemented a complete network overhaul which went from consumer-off-the-shelf (COTS) DLink routers running stock firmware, to high-performance Linksys WRT series routers running custom DDWRT images that were specifically tailored to the needs of the company. Installed and remotely configured an onsite DVR to allow offsite monitoring of property and also increase security for guests safety.Applications: Logmein Rescue, Logmein ProHardware: Linksys & Cisco routers and switches, Dell Optiplex Desktops, MacBook Pro, MacBook AirOperating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows 7, Windows 8, Custom DDWRTLanguages: Bash, C, C++

Syracuse, New York Area

Interfaced between clients and hardware vendors, responsible for complete cycle from hardware and software based diagnosis of problems through completion of repairs. Maintained client privacy and confidence with encrypted and secured backups of their private information. Designed and implemented complete hardware solutions to meet client needs for computers, networks and servers. Offer and maintain warranty services.Completed hardware rebuilds of desktop and servers. Designed and implemented a massive RAID system (100Tb) for a client utilizing a mix of hardware based RAID accelerator cards, RAID60 and ZFS to offer a very fast and stable storage system. Designed and implemented a complete 10Gb/s network infrastructure on a client’s home to allow a HPC cluster to be installed the house. Redesigned websites and created custom e-commerce websites for clients. Several virtualization projects utilizing latest offerings from VMWare, OpenCloud, Hyper-V and Xen.Designed and created a high-availability VMWare ESX cluster utilizing a SAN and NFS for storage locations and provisioning of the RAID arrays. Managed running VM’s though vCenter and utilized Cisco Nexus 1000V on ESX for internal networking. Whole ESX cluster was used as a test bed for development and scalability research by upcoming client projects.Applications: Adobe CS5 Masters Collection, Adobe CS6 Masters Collection, Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Apple Compressor, Apple Motion, Encase, FTK, Microsoft Office 2007, 2011 & 2013, Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 & 2012, Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Access, SQL, VMWare ESX, VMWare vMotion, VMWare vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-VHardware: Desktops, Laptops, Workstations, Servers, Network Equipment, VOIP, TelePresence, RAID, NAS, DAS, SANOperating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, Mac OS X 10.0-10.8, Linux, UNIX Languages: C, C++, C#, J#, Java, Asp.net, Python, Perl, CSS, HTML5, ColdFusion, SQL

Syracuse, New York Area

Accountable for the entire network, computer hardware, and general infrastructure required for all day to day operations. Maintain MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Dell Latitude, Dell Precision, Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Cisco ASA and Linux firewalls across both local and remote sites. Train remote site personnel across four distinct locations across the nation. Maintain multiple stable workstation images. Began designs for iOS and Android application for streaming services and handling communication and event information.Implemented real-time video feed for service distribution leveraging fiber and satellite connections. Both generated hardware purchase acquisition lists and purchased equipment up to $75,000.00. Overhauled all video production systems resulting in a 600% productivity increase in overall performance. Created and distributed a master image to all support systems which allows for a significant decrease in maintenance time as well as established a standard system baseline.Applications: Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X, Apple Compressor 3, Apple Compressor 4, Apple Motion 4, Apple Motion 5, Apple iWork 09, Adobe After Effects CS6, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, Adobe SpeedGrade CS6, Adobe Photoshop CS6, BlackMagic Studio, Microsoft Office 2012, SmaartHardware: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Mac Pro, Apple iMac, Dell Latitude, Dell Precision, Dell OptiPlex, Dell PowerEdge, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA5505, Lenovo ThinkPad, Yamaha LS9-32, Yamaha M7CL, Shure ULXD wireless systemsOperating Systems: Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, Microsoft Server 2008 r2, 2012, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Languages: AppleScript, Bash, C, C++, Python, Java, Cocoa, Objective-C

Tempe Arizona

Maintained production and beta images for campus wide systems, degree specific images (game development, robotics and embedded systems, network security, forensics, video production and graphic design). Accountable for all hardware replacements and configurations. Liaison to hardware companies.Implemented Dell Kace to simplify compliance and imaging of 550 desktops, 75 laptops and 37 servers. Implemented Apple Remote Desktop to manage and support 50 MacBook Pro laptops that were located all around the country. Designed and built Windows 7 Enterprise gold images, Mac OS X gold images and configured remote installation capabilities allowing systems to be imaged from any geographic location. Held open forums with professors and students allowing everyone to inform me what they wanted which was then approved and deployed. Designed and implemented a complete VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) utilizing the latest generation DellPowerEdge servers, 10Gb/s Cisco networking hardware and VMWare ESX server with vMotion and vDirector. Assisted in the build and configuration of a campus wide OpenCloud infrastructure that allowed students to learn programming and scripting of virtual data centers and practice with scalability in their software.Applications: Symantec GSS, WDS, Dell Kace, Windows Update Service, Netinstaller, CUCM, Cisco CM, Cisco CME, Microsoft Office 2007-2012 (Mac & PC), Apple iWork ’09, Adobe CS5/CS6 Masters Collection, FCP7, Autodesk Complete Software Suite, Encase, FTK, Citrix Virtualization SuiteHardware: Lenovo, Dell, PowerEdge, HP Proliant, Apple xServe, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook Air, Apple Mac Pro, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Routers, ASA and PIXOperating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2003-2012, Microsoft Windows XP-7, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007-2010, Microsoft Communication Server, Apple Mac OS X 10.5-10.7, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Arch, FedoraLanguages: Powershell 2, vbscript, applescript, bash, python, C, C++, C#, Java, Asp.net

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Robotics And Embedded Systems

Emphasis on parallel processing, cluster computing, HPC, virtualization, computer vision, and autonomous systems

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Emphasis on security, forensics, covert communication methodologies, virtualization and high-availability

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism

Honors Regents Diploma With Advanced Designation

Designed and helped implement Network and Cyber Security class for incoming students