• Developed and built Def-Logix, Inc. from start-up with strong, established government contracts, and commercial business.• Produced 100% of all new business through proposal writing, grant writing, and referrals.• Hired and supervised all new software engineers, administrative, and support staff.• Developed and delivered multiple presentations in Washington, D.C. to military, government, and academic cyber security experts and policy makers.• Principal investigator on a DHS BAA funded project to defend against zero day exploits.• Managed team of software engineers developing HBSS modules for system information gathering.• Managed team of test engineers’ setup of the HBSS test environment.• Team lead and architect of virtual environment for detection and catalog of malicious email attachments.

• Developed Cloudshield applications in RAVE and PacketC focusing on VOIP.• Subject matter expert in assessing web servers and web applications. • Tools used were Nessus, Wikto, nmap, metasploit, fping and hping.

• Conducted System Vulnerability Assessments for USAF computer networks.• Tested and evaluated commercial off the shelf intrusion prevention systems.• Developed correlation engine/service for customer which mapped customer product events to the SANS Top 20 computer vulnerabilities.

• Assessed network security, developed risk mitigation plans and security policies for HIPAA compliance for various clients (pharmacies and small medical practices). • Researched and Analyzed vulnerabilities and exploits for network intrusion detection system signature development.• Developed code to exploit vulnerabilities using C and bash shell scripting. Analyzed results of network captures of various protocol exploits (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, NFS, etc.)

• Developed an Automated Test Framework for the Intrusion Detection Signature Team. The Test Framework validated signature accuracy and tested the signature language capabilities of the intrusion detection engine.

• Team lead on integration of third-party network intrusion detection systems into CIDDS utilizing SYSLOG and SNMP features for Veteran Administration Hospital Networks. • Researched and tested network protocols and network applications to determine flaws and vulnerabilities. • Supported management staff with development of proposals and statements of work. • Installed, configured and managed various intrusion detection systems. ISS Realsecure, Recourse ManHunt, ASIM, Cisco Secure (NetRanger), Dragon and Snort. • Tested capabilities of COTS IDS in handling evasion techniques.