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Expert leads the Security Technologies team for (Undisclosed). Security Technologies includes Security Application Development, Security Architecture, Security Release Management, Security Shared Services, and Threat Management Solutions; essentially, Security Technologies is responsible for all of the designing, developing, engineering, implementing, administering, and operationally maintaining aspects of nearly all of the technologies that support the Cybersecurity teams’ functions.

Expert has 16 years of experience in the information security field, eight of which are within the financial services industry. Prior to his current role, Expert has held roles within the Information Security field at Ernst & Young consulting within the financial services industry exclusively, Hewlett Packard supporting the Department of Homeland Security as their Lead Security Architect, and Lowe’s Companies in a senior security engineering capacity, with his career starting in the United States Air Force. Expert is currently a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Symantec, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for Observe IT, and previously was a member of the Advisory Board for Skyhigh Networks and FireEye.

Expert also develops information security content and courses for Pluralsight (most of which is their Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) content) and was previously an Adjunct Professor within the School of Technology at Westwood College.

Expert was an honors graduate for his Masters of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Information Systems Management, an honors graduate for his Masters of Information Systems degree with a concentration in Computer Security Management, and a Summa Cum Laude graduate for his Bachelors of Information Technology degree with a concentration in Network Administration. Expert possesses 31 information security and information technology certifications, with the most noteworthy being the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security), and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security (MCSE: Security) certifications, with the remaining being from Cisco, Microsoft, the National Security Agency (NSA), RSA, and a few other organizations. Expert has a patent pending for the method and apparatus for identifying and deceiving non-proxy aware malware destined for a black hole network.

Prior consulting engagements:

- Developed the data sharing strategy for one of the world's largest automotive financial services firms to meet international privacy requirements for their operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
- Overhauled the strategy for production logging and monitoring one of the world's largest banking and financial services companies.
- Designed the enterprise-wide customer data safeguards for a leading global financial services firm.
- Defined the requirements for segregation of duties at one of the world's largest banking and financial services companies.
- Built the enterprise-wide privacy program for one of the world's largest financial services firms.
- Designed and engineered a fault-tolerant Network Intrusion Detection / Prevention System (IDS/IPS), which successfully captured all relevant network traffic, even with bandwidths exceeding 20 gigabits per second (Gbps).
- Designed and engineered the fully virtualized, multi-tier demilitarized zone (DMZ), consisting of Web, App, Database, and Management tiers, ensuring protection of sensitive assets and data.
- Led the data center consolidation effort, from the security perspective, of 250+ data centers into two data centers, which enabled fully redundant and consistent operations.
- Designed an overarching, enterprise-wide Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system, incorporating data flows, events, and logs from the enterprise's hundreds of geographically disperse sites and Security Operations Centers (SOCs).
- Engineered a custom, innovative antivirus solution for the AIX and Solaris platforms, enabling these system types' ability to meet regulatory requirements on antivirus management and automation.