Owner

• Jan 2017 - Present

Cyber Security Instructor

• 2021 - Present

Lead instructor for employees wanting to learn Operating Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, and C# language. I also teach Introduction to programming, Python, and Introduction to Cyber Security.

Privacy Engineer - Research Lead

• Jan 2018 - Nov 2021

Responsible for the implementation and development of NSA's Science of Privacy Research Strategy, focusing on data-driven privacy risk evaluation, Cloud-based privacy-oriented architecture, advanced privacy-preserving cryptographic techniques, and legal/policy automation. Current investigations are centered on machine learning applications within the privacy field.

National Security Agency, Senior Technical Development Program (STDP)

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2018

STDP is a program designed for NSA civilians, who are selected by the Director of NSA, to further enhance their knowledge and experience in order to strengthen NSA’s ability to respond to technical challenges of the future.Current specialization focuses on the nexus of cyber: engineering, law, and policy.

National Security Agency, Signals Intelligence Division (SID) Oversight and Compliance Office

• Sep 2010 - Aug 2014

Responsible for the development and implementation of comprehensive solutions to keep NSA’s activities consistent with the laws, policies, and procedures while protecting individual privacy.

National Security Agency, Time and Frequency Authority Office (TFA)

• Mar 2009 - Sep 2010

TFA was created to promote and ensure the proficiency of time and frequency metrology across the NSA/CSS Global Cryptologic Enterprise.Lead Software Engineer, designed and programmed an unprecedented software system to enable various timing activities across the global theater without needing to transport personnel or lose local synchronization amongst the hardware devices.

National Security Agency, National Threat Operations Center (NTOC)

• Jul 2006 - Mar 2009

NTOC is the Director of NSA’s principal element that conducts round-the-clock cryptologic activities to discover, characterize, and proactively counter threats to the U.S. National Security Systems and other networks of interest in accordance with U.S. law and policy.Served as Technical Director and Software Engineer, charged with establishing an instantiation of NTOC in Hawaii from the ground-up with respect to system procurement and design, along with software development to optimize analysis. Show less

National Security Agency, Systems Network Interdisciplinary Program (SNIP)

• Jul 1999 - Jul 2006

SNIP is designed to train personnel in the technical areas of Computer Network Operations (CNO). Graduates of the program become universal CNO problem-solvers and specialists in one of the core disciplines of network protection and exploitation, hardware protection and exploitation, or software protection and exploitation.Particular specializations were: Participation with the Honeynet Project; Development of an open source security tool (ice9) that could sessionize traffic and capture protocol information in a plug-in manner; Became a public speaker on Intrusion Detection Systems at various Network Security Forums in Boston, Dallas, and New York. Show less

Detailed to DoJ Cyber Crime and Intellectual Property Unit (CCIPs)

• Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

Intern

• Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

Spent time on the cyber security project engaging with post-docs and other academic thinkers. The goal was to bring practical implementation into discussions of theoretical applications. Spent time on the cyber security project engaging with post-docs and other academic thinkers. The goal was to bring practical implementation into discussions of theoretical applications.

Judicial Intern for the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, U.S. District Court

• Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

Information Warfare Officer

• Jun 1998 - May 2002

Served in various positions ranging from the Electronics Warfare Officer on the National SIGINT Operations Center to Intrusion Detection Specialist within the Information Assurance Directorate at NSA. Served in various positions ranging from the Electronics Warfare Officer on the National SIGINT Operations Center to Intrusion Detection Specialist within the Information Assurance Directorate at NSA.