Growth-minded builder who enjoys developing platforms and systems that help meet mission needs and accelerate the pace of innovation. Driven by learning new technologies and leveraging them to satisfy business objectives. Energized by facilitating workflow optimization through analysis of business processes, efficient use of tooling, and scripting/automation.
- Platform design & architecture
- Cybersecurity tools - SEIM, SOAR, EDR
- Scripting/Coding - Python, PowerShell/PowerCLI
- Cloud Platforms - AWS/Azure
- VMware vSphere
- Windows Server
- Windows Services - AD, GP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
- Cisco/Meraki networking
- Troubleshooting
- R&D/Testing
Active participant in the FW VMUG.
Cycling and outdoor tech.
Building Legos with my kids.
Currently learning: Ansible, Docker, FastAPI
Manage the Advanced Processing Lab in support of the program needs of the Space and Airborne Systems division.
- Ensure systems developed by various functional groups can communicate and work cohesively.
- Gather requirements and develop support systems that meet department needs.
- Develop adaptable test racks that support diverse mission needs.
Design and maintain a cohesive, turnkey security platform that is easily deployed and scales with customer needs.
- Developed tooling, testing processes, and documentation to deploy EDR to 14,000 endpoints across a wide variety of client environments
- Worked with the SOC to develop SIEM and SOAR workflows that triage, enrich, and/or auto-close tickets
- Collaborated with development team to determine ways to drive engagement with and value of the Corsica Client Portal
- Consolidated legacy tool sprawl to drive SOC efficiency and ease Cyber Engineering management burden
- Developed client onboarding tooling and methodologies to reduce time to serviceability and show value to the client
Deploy cybersecurity tools for new client onboardings and manage the initial client relationship.
- Led R&D activities to streamline deployments and evaluate new product offerings; write clear and concise supporting documentation
- Ensured the SOC could operate efficiently by owning the service delivery and integrations of the cybersecurity tool stack
- Served as a technical advisor to Director and C-level individuals within Corsica and acted as an inter-departmental liaison
Drive efficiency and consistency of both internal and client-facing processes through the use of scripting and automation.
- Developed workflows and ETL pipelines to migrate data from acquired companies into Corsica back-end systems
- Developed a SharePoint wiki web scraper to extract documentation and files for ingest into a document management platform using Python
- Took charge of the reorganization of the DevOps GitHub repo and development of a code style guide
Responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining flexible and scalable IT infrastructure to support business needs and ever-changing requirements.
- Led the company through their virtualization journey to modernize the infrastructure
- Planned and presented business cases for proposed infrastructure projects
- Prepared IT budgets with 5-year projections for various growth targets
- Started lunch 'n learns to teach users about IT security and new tools in bite-sized sessions
Minor in Biblical Languages
Grace College
2004 - 2009