Black Hat USA 2015 - "My Bro The Elk"Black Hat USA 2015 Arsenal - "TARDIS"Def Con 23 (2015) IOT Village - "Sweet Security"M3AAWG 35 - "Security Implications of IOT Devices"SF ISACA Chapter Meeting (November 2015) - "Are You Ready for High Impact Vulnerabilities"B-Sides SF - "Sweet Security: Deploying a Defensive Raspberry Pi"RSA 2016 - "Dreaming of IOC: Adding Time Context to Threat Intelligence" ISC2 CyberSecureGov 2016 - "Dreaming of IOC: Adding Time Context to Threat Intelligence" ICSJWG Spring Meeting 2016 - "Convergence of IT and OT"InfoSec Europe Intelligent Defense - "Sweet Security: Deploying a Defensive Raspberry Pi"B-Sides PDX - "Sending the Elevator Back Down"B-Sides PDX Training Workshop - "Learning the ELK Stack"SecTor 2016 - "Hiding in Plain Sight: Taking Control of Windows Patch Data"ISC2 CyberSecureGov 2017 - "Securing Critical Assets: A Case Study of Common Windows Exploits"Black Hat USA 2017 Arsenal - "Sweet Security"ATT&CKcon 1.0 2018 - ATT&CK as a TeacherBSidesPDX 2018 - Learning Security by ATT&CK'ing YourselfBSidesPDX 2019 - Open Season: Building a Threat Hunting Program with Open Source ToolsRSA 2020 - Red Teaming for Blue Teamers: A Practical Approach Using Open Source ToolsBSides Vancouver 2020 - Open Season: Building a Threat Hunting Program with Open Source Tools

-2018 Belden Innovator of the Year-Research methods to improve Tripwire product lines through in-house or external integration partners-Build proof of concept code based off of market research-Analyze the latest security trends to understand the risks to Tripwire customers-Drive adoption of POC's through R&D, product management, marketing, sales, and external entities-Research security solutions to market problems-Develop product content for Tripwire Enterprise, Tripwire Log Center, Configuration Compliance Manger, and various other Tripwire product lines-Research and develop original product content for Tripwire products to meet market needs-Author blogs, white papers, and various marketing collateral -Member of Tripwire public relations team

Addomplishments:-Improved endpoint security through existing technologies-Developed network security architecture from scratch-Implemented automated patch management solution-Created automated help desk management solution to decrease overhead in day-to-day IT operationsDuties:-Maintain security posture of organization-Maintain network performance via continuous monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.-Maintain multi-site VMware cluster-Provide technical guidance to other IT members

- Provide system-level expertise in a variety of technologies such as security/network devices, system applications, user applications, user applications, application servers, databases, and operating systems - Conduct research for logging/messaging capability of log sources and capture supporting data including log message generation triggers, content, format, storage medium, transport/protocol, and transmission rate - Collect and analyze sample log messages, produce and apply message classification, and design message parsing rules - Generate proposals for device support that aligns with the company’s strategic objectives and product development directions - Work with internal groups to design, implement, test, and document device support, including processing, alerting, and reporting capabilities - Maintain a library of sample log message, associated attributes, and vendor product configuration and messaging documentation-Research & Develop custom alerting/reporting for various compliance suites (HIPAA, PCI, COBIT/SOX, ITIL, NERC, ISO 27002, FISMA)