FIFO Networks

Now offering personal cybersecurity setup for journalists, stalking victims and others. DM me or use the "Contact Us" page on the FIFO Networks website. It's only me. You'll be communicating directly with me.

Most of my income: network and cybersecurity projects for public utilities.
Most of my time: IT services by the hour for companies too small to have an in-house IT staff, including SOHO businesses and residential.
I also unlock computers and do data recovery and account recovery for people when a loved one dies. (Advice: keep paying their cell phone bill until you've got all their data back, and if they used a smartwatch, keep it charged and ready).

Network design assistance (both wired and wireless).
Cybersecurity assistance: policy, design, implementation, training.
Training at all levels for IT and RF engineers and technicians.
Expert witness services in cases involving data or wireless networks.
Crisis resolution.
Emergency interim management.
Clients include hospitals and many public utilities (electric, gas, water), nationwide.

Licensed and insured.

Sole Proprietor, Consultant - IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Management 

Wireless Advocates

CISO and Director of Information Security

Everett Community College

I wrote and taught the course, "Basic Electronics and Troubleshooting," at Boeing's request. I also updated and taught the follow-up course, "Intermediate Electronics and Troubleshooting."

Technical Instructor

Bellevue College

Over the years I have taught various courses at BC including: Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security, Server Management, Smartphone and Tablet Security, Network+, A+, Certified Cellular/PCS Technician, Wireless Fundamentals, Cellular Fundamentals, Voice over IP, and more. I have also provided custom training through BC to various companies including T-Mobile, Costco, and the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources.

Adjunct Professor

Peripheral Vision Communications, Inc.

Wireless and telecom consulting and technical services. Integration of voice and data communications systems using diverse communications protocols. Design review, budgeting assistance. 802.11, VoIP, bandwidth calculations, propagation solutions, and more. Clients include all major US cellular carriers.

President

Western Wireless

Directed all new cell site construction, and all civil upgrades to existing cell sites, in Western Wireless' area of operation (19 states). Western Wireless owned the Cellular One brand name. Received 100% of my bonus for in-budget completion.

Director, National System Development

Tele-Waves

Directed the design, installation, and maintenance of two satellite data distribution systems with a nationwide footprint. In budget every year.

Director, Technical Services

Portland Paging/PageWEST-TSI

On time, in budget: managed the design and installation of a profitable satellite controlled wireless communications system.

Regional Manager, Technical Services

US Navy

My last assignment was Shop Supervisor, all shifts, Avionics Department, USS Okinawa (LPH-3). I held a Secret clearance related to crypto electronics.

Aviation Electronics Technician

I make networks resilient, recoverable, and - almost always - simpler.

Some of my projects:
Interstate highway network design for California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) for part of Interstate 10 for traffic monitoring and control.

Network and cybersecurity evaluations for various public utilities.

Achieved PCI DSS compliance in less than 4 months for a company that was paying monthly fines for non-compliance.

Designed, installed, and maintained wired and wireless communications systems and network infrastructure in many hospitals in many states.

Cell and WISP site lease valuations for Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Wireless communications site inspections for the City of Bremerton, Washington.

Antenna and tower design for the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Commercial communications tower lease valuation for Port of Olympia, Washington.

Reviewed patent applications.

Expert witness with trial experience.

Developed certification course for electronics technicians under contract with Boeing.

Developed and taught courses at Bellevue College, Everett Community College, Oregon Coast Community College, and Perry Technical Institute (Cybersecurity - Networks - Wireless – Telecom - VoIP).

Taught several CompTIA courses to hundreds of students.

In addition to training and management, I'm also providing remote tech support to small businesses and home office workers. See https://fifonetworks.com/ or call me at (206) 465-2422 for more info or to schedule service. Fast response times.

Years of CISO and Director experience.
I take delight in mentoring today's leaders and teams.
I'm 69 years old and cutting edge current. My age isn't a bug, it's a feature.

Cybersecurity - Networks - Wireless – Telecom - VoIP

I can help your city, corporation, or small business be prepared for a crisis, or recover from it.

Available by the hour, weekly, monthly, project - let's discuss!

Full time? I'll accept an invitation to interview. We can take care of paperwork if we both agree it's a good fit.

Comfortable in the server room and the boardroom. Successfully managed budgets and projects up to $132M and nationally distributed teams. Quite familiar with extensive travel (Delta Gold, Hilton Diamond) and remote work. Crisis management, department overhauls, network optimization - contact me today at (206) 465-2422.

US Government offices: registered through SAM, available to work on federal government projects.

State of Washington offices: registered through MRSC Rosters for state, county, and city projects.

Bob Young

Energy Queensland

Cyber Security risk assessment and control design across EQL.

Cyber Security Design Specialist

Cyber Security Risk analysis for IT/OT/Cloud Systems and Applications.

Cyber Security Risk Specialist 

Mott MacDonald

Lead Cyber Resilience programs across Mott Macdonald projects supporting our clients to develop cyber resilient systems and infrastructure.

Technical Director - Cyber Resilience

Australian Department of Defence

• Defence Projects - DSPF, PSPF, ISM
• Threat and Risk Assessment
• Governance Risk and Compliance
• IRAP Certification and Accreditation – ISM, + NIST 800 Series, ISO 27000 Series, FEDRamp
• Security Documentation Suites -SSP, SOA, SRMP, SOD, SRS, IRP, PMP, SOP etc. etc.

Cyber Security Consultant

Threat Vector Security

Focus on facts, not silver bullets.
www.threatvectorsecurity.com

Raising the security consulting game in:

• Strategy
• Architecture
• Cloud Security
• Threat Modelling
• Governance
• Risk
• Compliance
• OSINT
• Cybercrime
• Threat Intelligence
• Incident Response
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Culture
• Awareness

Director

IBM Cloud IRAP certification Project.

• Threat Modelling and Risk Assessment of IBM Unlassified DLM/OFFICIAL and PROTECTED Cloud services.   This includes design and architecture of control solutions for mitigation of risks and producing security documentation for certification and accreditation of these systems. 
• Incident Response and SOC Opearations
• Governance Risk and Compliance across multiple standards. 
• IRAP Certification and Accreditation – ISM, + NIST 800 Series, ISO 27000 Series, FEDRamp
• Australian Government - PSPF, ISM, DSM, 
• Security Documentation Suites -SSP, SOA, SRMP, SOD, SRS, IRP, PMP, SOP

Security Consultant

Flight Centre Travel Group

Short Term Contract.
PCI-DSS Security uplift.

Security Architect

Boeing

Senior Security Engineer

Queensland Government

ISMS uplift. IS18, ISO27001/2, ASD Essential 8
Threat and Risk assessment, modelling.
Incident Management
Cloud Security - Azure, Office 365, AWS
Security Architecture

Cyber Security Officer

Confidential

GridEx V Cyber Security Incident Exercise

Lead Evaluator

Stanwell Corporation Limited

Holistic security consulting services across Technical and GRC domains. IT and OT environments.

• Security Architecture
• Risk Assessment of complex enterprise IT and OT networks. Bowtie XP
• Threat Modelling
• Vulnerability Management
• OS Hardening
• Technical security advisory, analysis and implementation.
• Vulnerability assessment and Penetration testing.
• Cloud Security, Web Application Security (Azure) 
• NIST CSF and 800-53rev.4 Control Set, AEMO AESCSF Maturity Framework
• Security Strategy and Policy Development
• Incident triage and SOC liason (Enosys).

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