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Founder & President of Bitstream Forensics Digital Forensics Investigator CORPORATE EXPERIENCE Senior Cyber Security Operations Center Engineer for Forensic Security Investigations for a fortune 50 healthcare company, leading eDiscovery, digital forensics investigation, and cyber security investigations for Human Resources (HR), Legal, Privacy, Ethics & Compliance, Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Global Security (GS), Government Business (GB), for internal, state court, and federal court cases. Worked with local, state and federal law enforcement. |
· Lead redesign of the Cyber Security Operation Center (CSOC) Incident Response Platform and the Investigation System of Record that strengthen investigations, enterprise security posture, and assisted in achieving a higher Cyber Security Capability Maturity Framework score.
· Created the Forensic Security Investigation reporting used for investigation enterprise wide.
· Represented the Forensic Security Investigations in major implementations of cloud-based technologies.
· Design, implementation, and maintaining of forensics and security software and hardware solutions.
· Data Loss Prevention (DLP) of a fortune 50 healthcare company’s data assets and member protected health information (PHI) for over 3 million members.
· DLP cases that lead to executives pledging $9 million in funding for DLP and making DLP the top security priority.
· Worked security incident box including malware, phishing, threats, and other issues.
· Worked to improve the Security Awareness Training Program.
· Data Analysis for executives that lead to $97 million.
EDUCATION
· AS Computer Information Systems, Ivy Tech Community College (Summa Cum Laude)
· BS Information Technology – Security (focus Cyber Security), Western Governors University
· MS Cyber Security & Information Assurance (focus Digital Forensics), Western Governors University (Excellence Award) – Final Term
CERTIFICATIONS
· AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE)
· Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (C|HFI)
· Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH)
· NSA/CNSS 4011 – Information Security Professional (The National Security Agency and Committee on National Security Systems)
· NSA/CNSS 4012 – Senior System Managers (The National Security Agency and Committee on National Security Systems)
· Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
· Cisco CCNA Security (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
· CompTIA Security + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· LPI Certified (Linux Professional Institute)
· CompTIA Protect + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· CompTIA Linux + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· CIW Database Design Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· CIW Web Design Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· CIW JavaScript Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· Java Programming
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
MS Award of Excellence in Information Technology
· Created the Forensic Security Investigation reporting used for investigation enterprise wide.
· Represented the Forensic Security Investigations in major implementations of cloud-based technologies.
· Design, implementation, and maintaining of forensics and security software and hardware solutions.
· Data Loss Prevention (DLP) of a fortune 50 healthcare company’s data assets and member protected health information (PHI) for over 3 million members.
· DLP cases that lead to executives pledging $9 million in funding for DLP and making DLP the top security priority.
· Worked security incident box including malware, phishing, threats, and other issues.
· Worked to improve the Security Awareness Training Program.
· Data Analysis for executives that lead to $97 million.
EDUCATION
· AS Computer Information Systems, Ivy Tech Community College (Summa Cum Laude)
· BS Information Technology – Security (focus Cyber Security), Western Governors University
· MS Cyber Security & Information Assurance (focus Digital Forensics), Western Governors University (Excellence Award) – Final Term
CERTIFICATIONS
· AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE)
· Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (C|HFI)
· Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH)
· NSA/CNSS 4011 – Information Security Professional (The National Security Agency and Committee on National Security Systems)
· NSA/CNSS 4012 – Senior System Managers (The National Security Agency and Committee on National Security Systems)
· Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
· Cisco CCNA Security (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
· CompTIA Security + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· LPI Certified (Linux Professional Institute)
· CompTIA Protect + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· CompTIA Linux + (Computing Technology Industry Association)
· CIW Database Design Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· CIW Web Design Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· CIW JavaScript Specialist (Certified Internet Web Professional)
· Java Programming
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
MS Award of Excellence in Information Technology