Stuart Horner Email & Phone Number

Centennial, Co, Us

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

As the Watson AI Security Operations & Compliance Manager, I am responsible for ensuring the security and compliance of IBM Watson AI systems. I work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that Watson AI systems comply with industry standards and regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI DSS. I identify and mitigate security risks, manage security incidents, and ensure that security policies and procedures are followed. I manage a team of security professionals and am the primary point of contact for all security-related matters pertaining to Watson AI. Additionally, I design and implement security solutions that ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Watson AI systems. This includes the automation of security functions, such as primary and secondary controls, software vulnerability remediation and compliance, and other tooling to accelerate software development while maintaining security and compliance.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

As the Security Focal for IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding, I was responsible for ensuring the security of the product throughout its development and deployment cycle. I worked closely with cross-functional teams to identify security risks, develop security controls, and implement security best practices. I conducted security assessments and audits to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations such as SOC2, HIPAA, and GDPR. I implemented automation which increased productivity while maintaining the security of our kubernetes based system. I managed security incidents, investigated possible security breaches, and provided guidance on security matters to project teams. My expertise in security and risk management played a critical role in maintaining the security and integrity of the IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding product.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

As a highly skilled member of a dynamic startup team, I have held multiple roles with exceptional expertise in managing and maintaining diverse systems. With a proven track record of success, I have been responsible for overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of all co-located and employee machines, datacenter, and local networks, including VPN access and permission management. Additionally, I have managed our AWS production EC2 server farm with a focus on dynamic load scaling based on CPU and custom metrics.I have contributed significantly to our agile methodologies by implementing a custom "one button" deploy system that has resulted in increased development to production iteration. Moreover, I have implemented our production monitoring system and have been on call 24/7 to ensure our uptime.As a dedicated team leader, I have managed a team of engineers to complete various infrastructure automation-oriented work. Additionally, I have revamped our key-based API system to support a more robust and automated provisioning system. Furthermore, I implemented a DNS-based failover monitoring system that automatically switches from AWS US-East to US-West if downtime is detected.I have also played a key role in maintaining the security of all systems, automating the rebuilding of Nginx server SSL stacks to maintain security of our production front end, and managing access and security to the AlchemyAPI suite to ensure access and authentication. Additionally, I have served as the purchasing agent responsible for the acquisition of all necessary items for the company.

Reston, Virginia, Us

I worked on the tools team which was responsible for integrating various system with each other to facilitate data sharing between departments and teams. On project I worked on was our on-site server inventory system with ServiceNow for context aware paging. This required understanding the relationships between different network and server devices and ensuring those relationships were correctly assigned in ServiceNow.

Morristown, New Jersey, Us

I troubleshot, designed, and diagnosed a web based electronic case management system for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, which serves the Federal Courts. The system is based on Perl, Informix and Javascript/AJAX.

9+ years experience: Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, XML, Mac OS X, Unix, HTML 4+ years experience: PHP, SVN (Subversion), CSS, TRAC, Custom CMS development, some Javascript/jQuery,AJAX, REST; During this period I worked on multiple complex web applications for various companies under contract. The majority of the work was done in PHP utilizing a MySQL DB backend.Skillset Utilized on the JobDeveloped complex PHP based web portals/CMS systemsDeveloped SQL schemas and complex MySQL queries to extract necessary dataInstalled and hardened PHP and Apache to prevent security issuesReconfigured Apache and PHP for use with custom developed web appsDeveloped custom web apps using multiple PHP MVC frameworks

I was responsible for developing and maintaining a complex Perl based high volume web payment portal originally developed at Core Communications, Inc. My duties included CMS system and module development, refactoring, gateway integration, administrative interface development, and versioning system deployment and development. Skillset Utilized on the JobLAMP - Utilize Linux, Apache, MySQL to create modular, object oriented software in PerlConfigure, optimize, and administer ApacheMySQL database schema design, optimization and maintenanceExperience with large-scale (100 Million+ rows) MySQL tables and asset managementWrote custom production deployment system utilizing the SVN version control management system, perl, and rsyncDevelopment of end-user support tools and customer support policies and proceduresForeign system integration and data interchange in XML, HTML, and proprietary socket-based communicationUnix server management skills:Task scheduling and automationSecurity - PHP, MySQL, and Apache Server hardeningCustom configuration of Sendmail, TRAC, POP, cron, OpenSSL, SSH, SMTP, Apache, MySQL, SVN and other OS-independent software utilities

Co-founded Core Communications, Inc. in the fall of 1996 with a focus on custom software development. The major projects successfully undertaken by this company were a high volume banner exchange, a web to bank credit card order system, and many smaller site and program design projects. In regards to the credit card system Core Communications, Inc's purpose was to act as the sole provider of software development, management, and accounting services for over 900,000 customers on 4,000 websites worldwide, with a gross transaction volume in excess of 4.5 million distinct billing-related events.Skillset Utilized on the JobStrategic development of reliable, automated recurring billing systemsDesign and implementation of multi-tiered, intrusion-resistant infrastructuresMulti-OS integrations on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, and BSDVulnerability assessment, firewall policy design, intrusion detection, and attack mitigation

Was responsible for product design, advertising, and development for consumer, business, and government computer hardware and software systems. Clients included numerous local businesses, government organizations requiring turnkey installations and retrofitting of new system installations into old infrastructures.

Bachelors Of Science, Psychology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)