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Burlington, Ia, Us

Making DFIR investigators lives easier with CyberTriage and Autopsy.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

• Leadership: built a Digital Forensic and Incident Response consulting team from the ground up, including hiring, building process and procedures, AWS hosted forensic lab and training.• Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Led cyber investigations and assisted clients in containment, remediation and investigating cyber security incidents in both on-premise and cloud environments.• Threat Intelligence: Transformed threat intelligence operations from being dependent upon third party sources to collecting original data from honeypots, SOC operations, incident response engagements and pentesting team.• Public relations: Television and radio interviews, webinars and conference presentations.

New York, Ny, Us

• Conducted many investigations including a Ransomware attacks on a oil refinery, and manufacturing plant.• Supported clients as they dealt with one of the most stressful experiences in their career. • Trained team members and developed best practice methodologies and processes.

Berkeley, California, Us

• Recruited to build training center to turn recent graduates into expert DFIR professionals.• Led team of sixteen Incident Responders primarily investigating Ransomware incidents.• Built a proactive security consulting service line, focusing on long term partnerships with clients. • Broadened the Incident Response capabilities to support large complex investigations. • Developed systems to support the professional growth of team members.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Leading a global team of DFIR experts supporting clients in preparing for and responding cyber incidents and conducting digital forensic investigations.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Led a team of digital forensic investigators in conducting (initially in Americas, later globally) incident response and forensic investigations for a range of clients. • On the technical side drove improvements in processing through the development of automated preprocessing of case data using python and open-source tools. • Linux Forensics course accepted for Blackhat USA. • Leveraged EDR tools to accelerate IR engagements, both in terms of containment and investigation. Tools used include Carbon Black, CounterTack, CyberReason, Goggle Rapid Response and Velociraptor.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

• The lead cyber security position for Nuix in the Asia Pacific region, leading both the internal security team and the sales and support team for Nuix Insight products. • Multiple conference speaking engagements and television interviews.• Working with Nuix Adaptive Security development team to improve detection, response and user experience.• Building training course in Threat Hunting, Digital Forensics and Incident Response.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• As the APAC/EMEA Managing Consultant, was responsible for all IR consulting work performed outside the Americas, leading a global team with staff in London, Singapore, Sydney, Zurich and Melbourne. As a professional services team we provided a range of security consulting services to large and small organizations. • Developed retainer-based relationships with a number of large organizations (30,000+ employees), worked closely to ensure their security infrastructure and incident readiness capabilities maximized for efficiency and effectiveness. • During two years as Managing Consultant, doubled the size of the team and more than doubled sales.• Built analysis pre-processing engine on a Linux platform with a mix of open source and in-house developed tools.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Conducted Incident Response investigations in on-prem, cloud and webserver environments. • Built analysis pre-processing engine on a Linux platform with a mix of open source and in-house developed tools.• Training engagements at AusCERT and Blackhat • Running multi day courses in Incident Response for clients

Burlington, Vt, Us

Development and supervision of forensic analysis and research projects, including development of the open source TAPEWORM digital forensic automation environment (see www.feedthetapeworm.com ). Working closely with local law enforcement and private digital forensic investigators to provide solutions for challenges they are facing.

Burlington, Vt, Us

Working with industry, government and academic leaders to create one of the most advanced digital forensic Master’s degrees in the world. Tripled enrolment in three years, with zero increase in marketing budget. Taught classes ranging from foundation topics to python scripting for forensics and supervised graduate student capstone research projects.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Direct supervision of civilian analysts. Managing and developing training for civilian and sworn analysts. Preparing the lab for ISO17025 accreditation, representing SEEB at the National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS). Representing NIFS at Standards Australia. Preparation of laboratory for ISO17025 accreditation. Conducting ISO17025 audits. Developing preview and triage processes resulting in significant reductions in backlog.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Examination and reporting of the forensic analysis of hundreds of electronic devices, including CCTV, GPS, Mobile Phones, PDAs and computer systems. Regularly presented evidence as an expert witness in NSW local and district courts.

Master Of Information Systems, Security And Data Communications

Bachelor Of Business, Information Technology And Human Resources