Education & Certifications
University of San Diego
Master of Science (MS), Cybersecurity Operation & Leadership 2020 - 2022
Courses include Applied Cryptography, Secure Systems Architecture, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Cybersecurity Operational Policy, Management and Cybersecurity, Network Visualization and Security, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response and Forensics.
Point Loma Nazarene University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems 2003 – 2006
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
SANS GIAC GMON & GCSA
Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect
Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE)
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)
Experience
Splunk
Staff Cybersecurity Solutions Architect February 2024 - Present
Staff Consulting SE, Cybersecurity May 2022 - January 2024
Senior Consulting SE, Cybersecurity November 2020 - April 2022
Consulting SE, Cybersecurity February 2020 - October 2020
Sales Engineer, Strategic West July 2018 - January 2020
ServiceNow
Senior Network Engineer, Cloud Network Ops August 2017 - July 2018
San Diego State University
Network Analyst, Expert 2015 - 2017
Network Analyst, Career 2013 - 2015
Emotient
Systems Administrator 2013
Point Loma Nazarene University
Network Engineer 2012 - 2013
Shadow Mountain Ministries & San Diego Christian College
Network Administrator 2010 - 2012
Point Loma Nazarene University
Network Engineer 2005 - 2010
Skills
Sales: Value Selling, MEDDPICC, Champion Building, Pipeline Building, Sales Lifecycle, Technical Proof, Customer Facing Technical Demos & Workshops, Training, Content Creation, Conference & Trade Show Presenter.
Cybersecurity: Splunk, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR), User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), Threat Intelligence Management (TIM), Security Data Lake, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST RMF & CSF, Modern Attack TTPs, Threat Hunting, Identity & Access Management.
Cloud: Google Workspace & Office 365. ServiceNow Platform. Production deployments in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Sub-production experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). IaaS, PaaS, & SaaS components.
Network Engineering: 802.3, 802.11, 802.1Q, 802.1X, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IPv6, VRFs, HSRP, VRRP, GRE, IPsec, RADIUS, LACP, and Spanning Tree Protocol variants. Conceptually familiar with more advanced protocols such as MPLS, LDP, RSVP-TE, VXLAN, Fabric Path, NVGRE, SPB, DMVPN, and SDWAN.
Systems Engineering: Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows Server, VMware ESXi & vCenter, Apache, ISC BIND & DHCP, Python, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GitLab, GitHub (Cloud & Enterprise), Drupal, Broadcast Video & Live Media Streaming
University of San Diego
Master of Science (MS), Cybersecurity Operation & Leadership 2020 - 2022
Courses include Applied Cryptography, Secure Systems Architecture, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Cybersecurity Operational Policy, Management and Cybersecurity, Network Visualization and Security, Cyber Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response and Forensics.
Point Loma Nazarene University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Systems 2003 – 2006
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise
SANS GIAC GMON & GCSA
Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect
Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE)
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)
Experience
Splunk
Staff Cybersecurity Solutions Architect February 2024 - Present
Staff Consulting SE, Cybersecurity May 2022 - January 2024
Senior Consulting SE, Cybersecurity November 2020 - April 2022
Consulting SE, Cybersecurity February 2020 - October 2020
Sales Engineer, Strategic West July 2018 - January 2020
- Cybersecurity specialist overlay for strategic/named accounts in the western United States.
- Go-to technical presenter for customer-facing demonstrations and workshops, including highly specialized cybersecurity training, product roadmaps, demonstrations, and proof events.
- Trusted advisor to Fortune 100/strategic customers in the areas of Splunk Cloud, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration & Automation (SOAR), Cyber Threat Intelligence Management (CTI), and User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) product families.
- Contributor to strategic customer-facing and internal projects including Boss of the SOC facilitator and coach, Boss of the NOC scenario author, POV content developer, app reviewer, and workshop reviewer.
ServiceNow
Senior Network Engineer, Cloud Network Ops August 2017 - July 2018
- Operated/maintained ServiceNow’s production network (OSPF, BGP, IPSEC) in more than twenty data center locations with tens of thousands of network switches, routers, firewalls, and servers/systems.
- Direct interface with diverse domestic and international customers for client-facing network integrations, site-to-site VPN, ISP transit/peering, and troubleshooting.
San Diego State University
Network Analyst, Expert 2015 - 2017
Network Analyst, Career 2013 - 2015
- Received a promotion to SDSU’s highest technical classification and was designated a group lead with project management and tasking responsibilities. Responsible for overall network architecture and strategy relating to technology stability, optimization, adoption, and ultimate fulfillment of the University mission.
- Designed and operated the 68,000 daily device, 2,100 switch, 3,400 access point Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Palo Alto, HPE Aruba, A10, Gigamon, and BlueCat campus network and data center environment.
- Acted as advisor to student network technicians. Created extensive technical documentation, docs portal, and training video series, which was adopted by the California State University (CSU) system.
Emotient
Systems Administrator 2013
- Employee fifteen in a high-growth, fast-paced startup. First I.T. hire responsible for all network, security, and business systems including web, CRM, productivity suite, endpoint management, etc.
Point Loma Nazarene University
Network Engineer 2012 - 2013
- Invited back to PLNU to implement the next generation of University information systems including site-to-site mesh WAN redesign, client VPN overhaul, and Palo Alto firewall implementation.
- Initiated and led a “moonshot” project to internally refresh the Universities’ Drupal web properties, saving a proposed $80K in consulting fees and improving content publishing commit times by >40x.
Shadow Mountain Ministries & San Diego Christian College
Network Administrator 2010 - 2012
- Technical lead on comprehensive infrastructure refresh, including Dell wired/data center network, Meraki wireless, Hyper-V virtualization, Mitel VoIP, Google Apps for EDU, and supporting systems and applications.
Point Loma Nazarene University
Network Engineer 2005 - 2010
- Led full infrastructure modernization effort including design, engineering, and implementation of Cisco wired/data center switches, VPN and VoIP, Aruba wireless network, Fortinet firewalls, VMware virtualization, and supporting Linux and Windows server systems and software.
Skills
Sales: Value Selling, MEDDPICC, Champion Building, Pipeline Building, Sales Lifecycle, Technical Proof, Customer Facing Technical Demos & Workshops, Training, Content Creation, Conference & Trade Show Presenter.
Cybersecurity: Splunk, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR), User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), Threat Intelligence Management (TIM), Security Data Lake, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST RMF & CSF, Modern Attack TTPs, Threat Hunting, Identity & Access Management.
Cloud: Google Workspace & Office 365. ServiceNow Platform. Production deployments in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Sub-production experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). IaaS, PaaS, & SaaS components.
Network Engineering: 802.3, 802.11, 802.1Q, 802.1X, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IPv6, VRFs, HSRP, VRRP, GRE, IPsec, RADIUS, LACP, and Spanning Tree Protocol variants. Conceptually familiar with more advanced protocols such as MPLS, LDP, RSVP-TE, VXLAN, Fabric Path, NVGRE, SPB, DMVPN, and SDWAN.
Systems Engineering: Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows Server, VMware ESXi & vCenter, Apache, ISC BIND & DHCP, Python, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, GitLab, GitHub (Cloud & Enterprise), Drupal, Broadcast Video & Live Media Streaming