About me.
I am a highly experienced technology leader and well-versed in a variety of information security specialties, I have over a decade of technical leadership and running large, distributed teams. I have excelled, particularly around identity and mobile platform architecture. My expertise has been focused on achieving robust and secure solutions at the intersection of business and technology. .
Virtual Resume and C.V.
The Kroger, Co. (2018 to Present)
Advanced Manager, Identity Solutions
Cincinnati, OH
Leads the operations, engineering and development teams for associate identity. Oversees multiple modernization projects over privileged access management (PAM), Identity governance and administration (IGA), directory systems and access management suites (SSO providers). Hands on leadership with over 50 direct reports and aggressive deadlines. Worked with team to grow into a competitive, modern and industry leading identity practice. Specialized in unique workforce, regulatory and union compliance with solutions.
Tags: Leadership, Management, IAM, IGA, IDP, SSO, infosec, Directory, Active Directory, Azure, Entra ID, Okta, Ping
Sr. Engineer / Architect, Associate Mobility Platform Solutions
Cincinnati, OH
Worked with team to design, stage and implement the roll out over 200k managed devices in under a year during the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Partnered with external vendors to develop and rollout a SCEP solutions for certificate proxy, zero trust authentication utilized by over 400,000 associates. Worked to design and architect a new, custom platform with a development team for future growth. Oversaw regular penetration testing, hardware evaluation, rollouts and major incident management. Served as a technical lead for security in this space.
Tags: Android, SSO, Cert Proxy, MDM, UEM, iOS, Development, Kotlin, Java, Penetration testing, Agile, Product leadership, Architecture
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Cincinnati, OH
Developed and rolled out the Windows 7 to 10 migration strategy across 2400+ locations. Developed custom code to assist with a non SCCM based deployment. Wrote a series of scripts used daily across 75k workstations to manage daily user experience. Utilized expertise around security to help clean up legacy imaging code and standardize with .NET and PowerShell. Brought project from behind schedule and over budget to within acceptable means for rollout.
Tags: Windows, MacOS, Powershell, Project lead, Largescale rollout, Security
Cannon Fodder Security, 501C3 (2019 – Present)
Co-Founder, Speaker & Board Member
Cincinnati, OH
Founded and works to operate Cannon Fodder Security, Inc. and our information security conference “Queen City Con”. This group was founded to help train, spread awareness and maintain our information security workforce in the greater Cincinnati area as well as the rest of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. In 2024 Queen City Con had over 600 attendees ranging from high school and college students to professional researchers.
Tags: 501c3, engineering, infosec, hacking, training, volunteer, non-profit
CBTS (April 2018 – October 2018)
Infrastructure Engineer II
Cincinnati, OH
Worked with the Kroger, Co. engineering team to map out and bring in required expertise for a large scale rollout. Added in to team to help get project back on track for Windows 7 to Windows 10 migrations. After 7 months, I was given the great honor and opportunity to work with Kroger leadership to be hired in full time.
Tags: Systems engineering, infrastructure, powershell, windows, mac
Dealer Tire, LLC. (2015 – 2018)
IT Customer Support Specialist
Cleveland, OH
Multiple awards for work at this role including IT employee of the quarter. Focused on endpoint security and user support in mixed Windows, Linux and Mac environment. Created response standard operating procedures for antimalware and virus mitigation. Worked directly as a part of the security team to create incident response and education plans for customers and end users.
Tags: Systems engineering, SIEM, SOAR, Incident response, service delivery, customer support, engineering, infosec, hacking, training
Grafix (2012 – 2015)
IT Business Systems Support Specialist
Maple Heights, OH
Managed all day to day computer network, both hardware and software administration, including server, networks and end user levels. Focused on education of user population to help improve productivity and security of PII and intellectual property by adopting industry best practices. Developed plans and oversaw upgrades of; infrastructure, ERP, websites and CRM.
Tags: WordPress, CRM, ERP, Windows, Server management, networking, manufacturing, SMB
Skills
- Identity and access management (IDAM)
- Crisis mangement
- Leadership
- Team building
- SSO (SAML, OIDC, OAuth)
- Architecture
- Large scale solutions
- Business justification
- Large distributed team management
- Mentorship
Extracurriculars
- International Travel
- Foodie
- Photography
- Hardware hacking
- Cooking
- Cannon Fodder Security: Co-founder, board member, volunteer (2019-present)
- System Admin Advisor Shaarey Tikvah (2020)
- BBYO: Youth Advisor (2013-2018)
Education and Certifications
- University of Vermont, B.S. Psychology: bio-behavioral Concentration (2012)
- ISC2 CISSP #624539
- FMI Future Leader 2023