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San Diego, California, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Performed forensic analysis for incident response engagements involving ransomware, network intrusions, insider threats, and business email compromise (BEC).• Assisting with testing new software development project geared toward business email compromise and cloud incident response.• Led forensic analysis for cloud based incident response engagements involving Azure, M365, AWS, Google Workspace, and Google Cloud (GCP).

New York, New York, Us

• Led global team with the highest number of cyber incident investigations completed in 2023, surpassing the global average by over 30%.• Managed intake and assignment of all investigations for North and South America working closely with counterparts globally to ensure proper handling.• Following notification of cyber incidents from various sources, I performed host forensics, log analysis, and related activities in support of incident response investigations across a global organization in accordance with established procedures.• Improved overall readiness of cloud incident response efforts by creating playbooks based on top cloud threats.• Led effort to simplify and document key business processes resulting in reduction of time spent on task by entire department.• Garnered multiple awards for project ownership, proactive issue resolution, conducting impactful presentations to train peers on new technologies, and dedicated efforts to enhance team morale and foster positive relationships.

Us

• Conducted numerous examinations of digital evidence to extract and analyze data in support of criminal cyber investigations while assigned to a specialized unit and while assisting the Internet Crimes Against Children unit (ICAC), Computer Crimes Squad, and others.• Utilized various digital forensic tools and techniques to identify, preserve, and extract data from a variety of devices and media including computers, iOS & Android mobile devices, DVRs, and warrant returns.• Earned recognition for spearheading the realignment of the HR/payroll system (Workday) deployment, overseeing support, requirement development, testing, and training. Achieved enhanced user experience, streamlined processes, reduced labor requirements for payroll tasks, and elevated compliance with departmental policies across a workforce of 3500+ employees.• Received numerous awards for service including the Police Commendation Award for leading the deployment of new department wide software programs and processes, the Esprit de Corps Award for outstanding teamwork and performance during training and was a finalist for the 2021 Rookie of the Year Award.• Regularly exceeded the work output of peers including being 27.6% above the mean while assigned to the Patrol Division during 2020. • Regularly submitted offense and arrest reports for offenses responded to while on patrol and focused on reducing crime trends and violent crime by pursuing violent offenders while a member of the Crime Response Team.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

• Led effort on improvements to a critical business process and reduced errors by over 20% each year for four years. This was accomplished by consulting as a SME on a software development team, creating identifying insights from support tickets, providing user-centered IT support, and writing a series of SQL reports to ensure data integrity.• Provided first, second, and third-tier IT support for various programs and processes for clients across North America, Europe, and South America.• Managed a critical business and accuracy-driven process to analyze hybrid characterization data with multiple algorithms and provided summarized product reports to research and marketing clients.• Served as a test analyst and SME for multiple software development teams and wrote requirements, tested new builds, developed release plans, released deliverables, and trained users.• Recognized with the Research Contribution Award for contributions to iOS app development and testing.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration

Graduate Certificate, Incident Response

Master Of Science - Ms, Cybersecurity

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General

Associate Of Science - As, Engineering