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Cloud security controls Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).At Citi I have refactored the SDLC of our cloud security controls. I work with threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, IAM, logging, and security operations teams to ensure our infrastructure and application workloads in the cloud are secure. Day to day responsibilities involve pair programming, code reviews, project management, writing software and documentation. I am promoting Authentication, Authorization, and Attestation/Accountability in the CISO organization. Month to month I meet with various teams to propose changes, collect feedback, and ensure we are working towards a common understanding of risk reduction across the organization.- Reduce cycle time of preventative, detective, and auto-remedial controls by designing and implementing new architectures and application logic- Reduce operational cost of log processing by 90% through software and architecture changes- Recommend new software for version control and remote development to senior leadership resulting in approvals and implementation- Audit developer workflow and help secure developer environments- Work across teams to vet new ideas and create new workflows in a highly regulated environment- Produce documentation espousing security ideology and meeting with stakeholders to come to consensus - Spoke at AWS Re:invent 2021 live. Prerecorded video available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLtbNPiuK0E

Lead teams consulting for large enterprise clients. I joined Stelligent to run a small team sub-contracting on IoT using the AWS platform at a fortune 500 company. During the short 3-month contract I helped land a longer 1-year commitment with a larger team on direct contract. I ended up as technical lead on all contracts for this company until I left. Day to day I worked on a research arm developing a new cloud SDLC and secure delivery platform for the corporation. I helped introduce and implement tools like Open Policy Agent, IAM/KMS vending, OIDC, code scanning, and AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Attestation). - Create and run a 2-day workshop to advise on cloud migration of payments processing system with Fortune 100 financial services company- Lead team on AWS IoT platform creation- Lead multiple teams across different contracts for same company. Provide technical and soft skills advice. Coach on speaking and presentation. Resolve conflicts and help with successful service delivery- Lead our internal Architecture Committee. Help drive business decisions on which tools and processes we should use on contracts. Evaluate potential partners- Mentor new employees. Help define and contribute to our internal tools and training for new employees- Design and implement policy based authorization using Open Policy Agent (OPA) with various policies related to ABAC, RBAC, and custom authorization schemes. Work with Auth0 backed by Azure AD- Advise on automated account provisioning / baseline resources and IAM permissions- Champion attestation for distributed code signature verification

Portland, Oregon Area

Lead teams building efficient & secure products.In a typical week I would conduct architecture and code reviews, manage direct reports, and work with multiple stakeholders across the business to deliver new capabilities. I started at Helios as a Senior Engineer. I lead a new team to create a service API capable of running in the cloud as well as on-premises to support the core business of Experiential Marketing. While developing this product I set new network, delivery, and security standards across teams (Operations, QA, and Engineering). I was promoted to Technical Director and helped during our acquisition by Freeman (an events company). - Designed and developed secure HTTPS/JSON/WebSocket APIs- Secured networking and hardware with encryption at rest/transit- Formed technical committee to steer engineering standards around lint, test, framework and code standards- Document and share new technologies and standards- Worked with direct reports to unblock work and help them grow as individual contributors- Communicate with senior leadership bi-weekly to advance projects and plan upcoming capacity requirements- Identify new technology use cases like recurrent neural networks, IoT, and web assembly- Helped start and run quarterly explorations of new capabilities to educate staff and the public about our work

Workorders helps property managers schedule and track common maintenance jobs. Generate tax forms, track spend, and ensure your tenants are happy.- Develop and document an API to track workorders for property managers- Assist with UI development in React- Architect a fully functioning MVP- Onboard customersWorkorders has sold! https://thewagonerfirm.com/workorder-es-acquired-by-nyc-startup/

- NodeJS application development- Wrote integrations for migrating from other platforms to Muut- Implemented distributed ZMQ message broker for microservice architecture. Clustered async request / reply @ 1400 rps/node- Automated tests for integrations with core message API- Participate in customer support to learn pain points and gather feature requests

Freelance gun for hire. I have several years experience working with teams of developers both remotely and on-site but I handle many projects solo from start to finish. My education in Communications and Marketing along with my 8+ years developing web applications makes me a valuable consultant as well.If I have the choice though I will always choose to write code and add dependable functionality to any application. I'll leave the spec writing and busy work to the management.

Lighthouse Ready® was created in response to the idea that we must prepare for a National Crisis in order to care for our loved ones. - See more at: http://lighthouseready.org/about/#sthash.G220bpu7.dpufI helped develop the LighthouseReady.org and LighthouseReadyStore.org websites using WordPress. We also added a custom WooCommerce theme to tie the store into the rest of the site.Check out the Lighthouse Ready Resource Center! http://lighthousereadystore.org/resource-center/

- Tested and administrated Ruby REST API- Developed “whitelabel” PHP system for interfacing multiple clients with the API- Maintain several servers- Setup deployment “best practices” with GIT and Capistrano- Help maintain Wiki for other developers to integrate with the API- Work alongside other developers to meet deadlines

Wrote the code for a growing e-commerce business model based on user interaction, rewards and savings integrated with several 3rd party platforms and maintaining systems.

Lead developer at Fluxar Studios Inc helping design and develop the best websites around.

Bakersfield, California Area

This is my first stint in contract development work. I perform tasks such as fixing, updating, and maintaining PHP, JavaScript, CSS, JAVA, MySQL, and Flash AS2/AS3 websites. I learned a little JAVA in school which I apply to my strict class/object based AS3 coding style. I split my time between mostly between AS3 and PHP applications and generally use libraries like CakePHP and WordPress.

B.A., Communications

Activities and Societies: I am a member of Lambda Pi Eta, a nationally recognized communications honor society.

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi