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

SecuriThink

At SecuriThink, we know what done looks like for cybersecurity. 

That’s a bold statement. 
While cybersecurity standards and best practices advise what to do, they rarely define how much to do. It is critical to understand that cyber risk can never be eliminated and, at a certain point, there are diminishing returns on investment.

Setting the goal for what is “good enough” is both a business decision and a judgement call by experienced security practitioners.

Our cybersecurity maturity journey is the story of “HOW we know what done looks like”; you can read more about that at our website. The SecuriThink team has already made the journey so we can show you the way.

SecuriThink cybersecurity strategies are a game-changer. 
When your people are engaged and empowered, your culture becomes a force multiplier for security. We call this your Cultural Armour™. Once it’s in place, you’ll wonder why you waited.

Principal and Founder

HumaniKey

Humanikey specializes in projects where human engagement is key to the success of technology.

There is often business change needed to get full benefit from a tech investment, but when the technology is given center stage, frequently the rest is dismissed as “soft skills” and no one keeps their eye on the ball of business change.

Deeply steeped in technology and project management, Humanikey applies business transformation the way an engineer applies physics – pragmatic and hyper-practical with a focus on the business result.

Several Humanikey projects focused on information security gave rise to SecuriThink.

CEO and Founder

Carlson

Director, IT Shared Services

Strategic cybersecurity advisor to Fortune 100 C-suite and Board, Private Equity, and Owners | Top-down CMMC and M&A Estimates with verified accuracy in 72 hours | vCISO

I put senior business leaders in a strong position to make cybersecurity decisions which:
◾️ Preserve and build brand value
◾️ Protect company assets
◾️ Reduce liability risk
◾️ Leverage Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
◾️ Are cost-effective

HOW?
◾️ Translating cybersecurity risks into terms senior business leaders understand
◾️ Hyper-practical strategies to align the enterprise to their decisions, once made

CURRENTLY:
◾️ Collaborating with Mike Warner to create Field-Tested Cybersecurity Solutions based on our body of work over the 10 years Mike was my client as the VP and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at a global Fortune 500 specialty vehicle innovator
◾️ Each with a proven track record of success, delivered by the extensive SecuriThink Guild of deeply experienced practitioners
◾️ Our preeminent solution — Step Zero™, in 72 hours delivers an estimate with verified accuracy for the cybersecurity costs of an M&A deal or a compliance gap like CMMC.

MY STORY
By the time of my first cybersecurity project in 2012, I’d had a long career of mission-critical projects that required a combination of technical skills and business savvy.  I had observed that the worst breakdowns were caused by new technology forcing the business to change and had deliberately acquired skills to avoid and to manage those breakdowns. 

My skills were needed for a multi-year, multi million-dollar cyber program sponsored by the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 critical infrastructure enterprise. That’s when I discovered the strong business case for cybersecurity. 

My superpower is to articulate the why and how of that business case in ways which have consistently made sense to a wide range of senior business leaders. 

IMPACT
My clients describe my track record and impact far better than I can. The endorsements section below has a sample; more are at SecuriThink.com

EXPERIENCE DETAILS
Ownership models: Public, Privately held, and Private Equity (PE)
Size by Headcount:  From 50 - 50,000 employees
Size by Revenue: From $15 million to $26 Billion; a bank with $28 Trillion under custody
Industries: (ranked by experience) Automotive and discrete manufacturing, High tech manufacturing, Systems Integration, Banking and Insurance, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software, Healthcare and Consumer Electronics
Business Model: Business to Business
Geography: US-based, working coast to coast, usually with global companies or companies serving global clients covering the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific

FOR MORE
Please visit us at SecuriThink.com

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