Senior Security Consultant

• Feb 2022 - Present

Drink all the sweet tea, Hack all the things! Professionally Evil Drink all the sweet tea, Hack all the things! Professionally Evil

TShirt and Sticker Cat

• Aug 2014 - Present

Oklahoma's PREMIERE Cyber/Information Security/Hacker Confererence Oklahoma's PREMIERE Cyber/Information Security/Hacker Confererence

Senior Security Consultant

• Apr 2020 - Feb 2022

Security Consultant

• Mar 2017 - Apr 2020

Security Consultant

Director of Information Technology

• Aug 2015 - Mar 2017

IT Manager

• Apr 2013 - Aug 2015

• Managed the IT Department of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, directing day to day workflow, including helpdesk tickets, budgets and staff meetings, providing leadership to the IT staff • Wrote several Quarterly Reports on state of affairs of the IT department for the Pawnee Business Council, and presented IT policies and findings to them on several occasions • Effectively presented information in one-on-one and small to large group situations to Council, upper management, clients and other employees of the organization • Distilled advanced security, networking, and investigative concepts down to principles that could be understood and applied by Council, management, and employees • Performed various vulnerability assessments with Nessus to verify issues with networks and server systems, then implemented solutions to resolve issues, ranging from patching to firewall management and Group Policy management • Wrote and updated policies and procedures used to protect the Organization’s data and other assets, including updating the Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government plans, and writing the Information Technology Strategic Plan for 2014-2016, with Information Security as a primary focus • Led the Information Technology team to bring the Pawnee Nation “Continuity of Government” project provided by the US Administration of Native Americans – Social and Economic Development Strategies (ANA-SEDS) grant back on track, and completed the grant on time and on budget Show less

Mentor

• Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

• Mentored the SANS SEC401 class in Tulsa, OK from June – September 2014. • All three students that attended passed the GIAC GSEC exam on the first attempt. • Mentored the SANS SEC401 class in Tulsa, OK from June – September 2014. • All three students that attended passed the GIAC GSEC exam on the first attempt.

IT Tech

• Aug 2012 - Apr 2013

• My primary responsibility is IT Technician – I took care of HelpDesk tickets for most break/fix for the Iowa Tribe Complex, the OES Building, and the Perkins Family Clinic. • Provided End User training on topics such as Phishing emails, computer vulnerabilities, and how to protect themselves and the organization from threats, both external and internal • Microsoft Active Directory management, creating and maintaining Group Policy Objects, Software Installation Policies, Software Restriction Policies, Printer Installations • Networking – switching/firewall policy management • Created and implemented standard Windows 7 images for desktop computers around the Complex and OES building Show less

Computer Tech II

• Mar 2011 - Aug 2012

• IT support for the entire school district, mainly break/fix on work orders by various schools, and the Admin Board Building, including desktop support • Microsoft Active Directory management, creating and maintaining Group Policy Objects, Software Installation Policies, Software Restriction Policies, Printer Installations • Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall administration – creating firewall rules, application restriction policies, attack monitoring • Incident Response - Malware analysis/low-level forensic analysis of malware infections Show less

System Tech/ IT Consultant

• Apr 2008 - Mar 2011

• IT support for a large clientele base of small to medium business across Northeast Oklahoma • Implemented security policies at client offices that reduced their attack surfaces • Incident Response on malware infections, using various tools to clean infections, including rootkits/Trojans/botnets • Performed Data recovery on hard drives • IT support for a large clientele base of small to medium business across Northeast Oklahoma • Implemented security policies at client offices that reduced their attack surfaces • Incident Response on malware infections, using various tools to clean infections, including rootkits/Trojans/botnets • Performed Data recovery on hard drives

Cherokee Data Center Site Support

• Jan 2006 - Apr 2008

• Staged, installed, and maintained over 15,000 Midrange servers/switches/routers from various solution providers • Maintained physical security of Tier 4 Datacenter – worked overnights and authorized access to facilities by various vendors and clients • Responsible for upholding customer SLA agreements/contracts based on Severity levels ranging from major outages to maintenance windows • Staged, installed, and maintained over 15,000 Midrange servers/switches/routers from various solution providers • Maintained physical security of Tier 4 Datacenter – worked overnights and authorized access to facilities by various vendors and clients • Responsible for upholding customer SLA agreements/contracts based on Severity levels ranging from major outages to maintenance windows