Experience

  1. Chief Information Security Officer, Director of Security and IT

    Cerebral

    Responsibilities include:

    • Define and optimize the security strategy in concert with the executive leadership team, and stakeholders across the business
    • Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive information security strategies and initiatives
    • Define requirements and monitor implementation for operations on public cloud (AWS, GCP) providers.
    • Identify, assess, and prioritize security risks and vulnerabilities across the organization.
    • Collaborate with legal teams to ensure compliance with evolving laws and regulations, translating regulatory knowledge into actionable plans to mitigate potential risks.
    • Develop and implement risk management processes to mitigate threats effectively. Coaching and mentoring to ensure your team members are motivated and engaged
    • Provide continuous monitoring and documentation of organizational risk
    • Monitor compliance with security policies and procedures, including HIPAA and SOC2, driving continuous improvement efforts
  2. Lead Devops Consultant

    FP Complete

    Responsibilities include:

    • Developed software development and security lifecycle processes that improved efficiency by over 10-20%.
    • Developed product guidance and drove the implementation of various product features.
    • Mentored 10+ team members in varying contemporary development technologies, secured cloud platforms, and Kubernetes.
    • Designed and implemented architectural solutions across various technologies, including AWS, GCP, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Kubernetes.
    • Provide guidance to assist clients in achieving SOC 2, HITRUST, and ISO27001 compliance.
    • Implemented custom client solutions utilizing Terraform, Rust, Scala, and Python to achieve SOC 2, HITRUST, and ISO27001 compliance.
    • Create project plans and estimates for both sales leads and existing customers
  3. Principal Technical Consultant

    Object Partners

    Responsibilities include:

    • Provide strategic and technical consulting services for various industries, including Finance and Healthcare
    • Mentored clients in best practice designs for DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and Secure Development.
    • Through strategic planning, effective communication, and meticulous attention to detail, led the delivery of projects across AWS, GCP, and Azure that met and exceeded client expectations.
    • Design and implement secure architectures across on-premise, AWS, GCP, and Azure.
    • Assist customers in achieving HITRUST, HIPAA, SOX, FEDRAMP and SOC 2 compliance.
    • Designed and built real-time communications platforms utilizing Kafka.
    • Designed and built custom client solutions utilizing Python, Terraform, and Go.
    • Design and implement custom machine learning pipelines.
    • Implement automation to ensure secure configurations for cloud infrastructure, implement custom security monitoring software, create custom web-based reporting software, and create/manage various tools to automate security control remediation.
    • Provided project plans and estimates for both sales leads and existing customers
  4. Security Team Lead

    Northrop Grumman

    Responsibilities include:

    • Lead vulnerability management team
    • Lead incident response team
    • Collaborate with Government Clients on cybersecurity inititives
    • Compile and audit cybersecurity STIGs
  5. Security Team Lead

    Tech Systems - Contract to Northrop Grumman

    Responsibilities include:

    • Lead vulnerability management team
    • Lead incident response team
    • Collaborate with Government Clients on cybersecurity inititives
    • Compile and audit cybersecurity STIGs
  6. Senior Systems Engineer

    Hayneedle

    Responsibilities include:

    • Develop CI/CD Pipelines
    • Engineer site search infrastructure, utilizing tools like Solr and Zookeeper
    • Manage projects
    • Deploy and manage web fleet using VMware
  7. Network Engineer - Team lead

    Stillwater Insurance Group

    Responsibilities include:

    • Manage enterprise network
    • Build CI/CD Pipelines
    • Optimize infrastructure deployments
    • Manage System Administration and IT teams
    • Perform internal penetration tests
    • Design Incident Response processes
  8. IT Analyst

    State of Nebraska

    Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and secure enterprise wireless network
    • Manage enterprise firewalls and load balancers
    • Review Qualys security scans
    • Perform internal penetration tests
  9. IT Analyst

    Nebraska State Historical Society

    Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and secure enterprise wireless network
    • Manage enterprise firewalls and load balancers
    • Review Qualys security scans
    • Perform internal penetration tests
  10. IT Analyst

    Nebraska Book Company

    Responsibilities include:

    • Travel to customer sites across the US and Canada
    • Install and Configure point of sale and inventory management solutions
    • Optimize and troubleshoot infrastructure issues

Education

  1. Doctorate Cybersecurity

    Capitol Technology University
    Thesis titled “Exploring Human Error: Comparing Intention and Action in US HealthCare Startups”
  2. MS Data Analytics

    Western Governors University
  3. BS CyberSecurity

    Bellevue University
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Data Science
SQL
Hobbies
Reading
Games
Awards
Advanced-Data Modeling Credential
Western Governors University ∙ November 2022
Python for Data Science Certificate
eCornell ∙ November 2022
Certified Professional Penetration Tester
elearnSecurity ∙ November 2021
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Amazon ∙ October 2022
Google Data Analytics Certification
Coursera ∙ May 2021