Ping Identity

Infrastructure leader/manager of engineering, architecture, and operations functions within the Ping Identity  Security team across UK, US, and Canada. Rebuilt team and integrated security architecture and operations functions within the first six months, onboarding multiple security engineers following period of high attrition in the department. Re-architected vulnerability management solution for FedRAMP compliance in Q3 2022. Led improvements in monthly ConMon submissions and the creation of MITRE based alerting and dashboards in GovCloud environments. Modernized endpoint security footprint and led upgrade to EDR and elimination of low-value DLP/AV tooling. Led triage, response, and customer communication on multiple corporate and cloud security events. Currently driving efforts to eliminate low-ROI vendors, reduce SIEM costs and minimize security theatre while simplifying security alerting, modernizing vulnerability management, and bringing DevOps to SecOps. Security lead for ForgeRock and Ping technology integration efforts.

Director, Security Operations & Engineering

Alyssum Global Services

Advisor

CrowdStrike

Led multiple engineering teams within CRWD Professional Services that built tools and infrastructure in support of Global DFIR service offerings. Partnered with legal to onboard replacement NDR vendor solution, while stabilizing operational support of in-house solution. Supported  product, sales and customer escalations for Beta Linux/Mac Forensics offering. Streamlined hiring processes to select and attract talent during a hyper-competitive market for Golang developers in Q1 2022. Left the team in a better place than when I started and achieved a smooth transition after giving notice despite my short tenure.

Director, TechOps

T. Rowe Price

Initially joined as an IC then transitioned to EM that led the design, development, and operation of AWS-based CIAM platform and anti-fraud tooling within Enteprise Security. Grew and reshaped a diverse team of full-stack engineers during a global pandemic and a period of extreme market volatility and business uncertainty. Led replatforming of complex multi-vendor, multi-region EC2 CIAM solution to containerized packing and delivery. Led modernization and cloud migration of proprietary Java SSO middleware solution that improved automation, resilience, and observability. Led the re-engineering of maturation of Python anti-fraud tools and data platforms to scale detection and response to identity threats across multiple business units.

Principal Architect, Enterprise Security

COFENSE

Led multiple infrastructure and security teams in U.S. and Romania that supported the PhishMe, Triage, and Vision anti-phishing solutions in AWS. Rebuilt Infrastructure Engineering & Security teams following PE acquisition, strengthened relationships with offshore engineering teams, and maintained high morale in my department during multiple rounds of cost cutting. Matured SaaS Platform management and AWS governance by attracting key talent. Directly led appliance platform team, partnering with sales and product to develop Azure offerings for Triage and Vision. Partnered with legal and sales teams to review and approve hundreds of contracts and data privacy addendums.

VP, Production Engineering & Security Operations

Thales Digital Security and Identity (ex Gemalto)

Led the global DevOps team within Gemalto Software Monetization product development that delivered Sentinel SaaS and Managed Services offerings in AWS and on-prem datacenters. Led multiple application, infrastructure, and datacenter migration projects that dramatically improved reliability, resiliency, and observability. Partnered with sales and product to drive SaaS adoption and growth in North America and Europe and rebuilt North American team in 2015 following Gemalto M&A of SafeNet. Led pre and post-sales support for large customers and partnered with professional services to migrate from legacy licensing solutions. Managed multiple high-visibility operational incidents and customer escalations. Led the defintion and development of improved software delivery solution based on AWS (replacing legacy CDN solution) from POC to GA.

Director, Service Operations

Mandiant

Founding Infrastructure leader that grew the Cloud Operations team that launched the Cloud SIEM that is now called Helix (Trellix Product) Led deployment automation and observability platform development across multiple generations of microservices and data pipelines that ingested 100s of terabytes security events for search, analytics, and alerting. Matured operational processes established strong relationships with software development teams during a period of rapid growth and change prior to the FireEye acquisition of Mandiant.

Cloud Operations Manager

ZeniMax Online Studios

Grew a team of infrastructure and release engineers that supported the development of Elder Scrolls Online from pre-announcement to open beta in datacenter and AWS. Served as DevOps and Security Product Owner. Managed multiple rounds of 3rd party network and application pentests. Led multiple platform and technology migrations to include operating system, virtualization, configuration management, and build system changes.

Operations Engineering Manager

SAIC

Architected security solutions and led consulting engagements for Federal and Commercial customers to include vulnerability management, network IDS, firewall architecture, server hardware, and virtualization. Hired nationwide team focusing on Energy (Oil and Gas, Electric, Nuclear) CyberSecurity security and compliance. Led full-stack penetration testing of multiple Smart Grid solutions and out and managed Smart Grid security testing lab. Wrote proposals, priced T&M and FFP engagements, contributed to capture efforts.

Principal Security Engineer

Tenable

Developed and taught face to face and online courses on vulnerability scanning, network security monitoring, and log management. Developed Tenable's first product training certification and online courseware.

Product Training Lead

Over two decades of technology and cybersecurity experience with a passion for building, running and securing cloud platforms, mostly in AWS. Global builder and leader of diverse teams from 5 to 25. Champion of organizational and platform resilience, with a proven track record of guiding teams through periods of transformation, growth and disruption.

(I'm also curious about military history and strategy,  intelligence and information warfare, national security and international relations, disinformation, as well a theology and religion. Connect if you we have any shared personal or professional interests and see my Calendly schedule to meet and greet!)

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