Navarre, Florida, United States
Experienced Cyberspace Operations leader skilled in Operational Planning, Organizational Leadership, Cyber Security, Program Management, and Instruction with 26 years of military service. Sr. Cyber Instructor certified by the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), College Adjunct Professor for Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) curriculum, and previous Assistant Professor for Senior Air Force ROTC at Marquette University, WI. Graduate of the USAF Network Warfare Bridge (NWBC), Cyber Warfare Operations (CWO), Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Network Analyst (DCO-NA), Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter Weapon System (CVAH) courses as well as the USMC Expeditionary Warfare School. Achieved multiple IAT/IAM certifications from SANS/GIAC and ISC2 to include two DoD 8570 level III certifications. Maintains current TS/SCI clearance.
Community College of the Air Force Level II accredited (2000+ instructor hours) instructor teaching Cyber Warfare Operations and weapon system courses. Co-developer and a lead instructor of the Air Force Network Analyst Course; an intensive course incorporating practical application and extensive lab environment to facilitate the Air Force’s gold-standard training of Cyber Protection Team (CPT) Network Analysts. Training includes Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter (CVA/H) weapon system platform configuration and operation, SIEM and container applications, network baselining, gathering network device artifacts, MITRE ATT&CK, anomaly detection, network and log analysis, signature development, IDS & IPS employment and hands-on hunt operations to identify and root out malicious activities. Beyond platform and various tool fundamentals, the course provides instruction and practical labs on the Plan, Brief, Execute and Debrief (PBED) methodology, continuous improvement, refinement of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and incident handling and response. Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Network Analyst course provides foundational network cyberspace operations training for students assigned to a CPT. Students learn concepts and functions focusing on defensive tactics related to network analyst roles. These include IPv4 and IPv6 networking, protocols and traffic analysis, network infrastructure security and hardening, network monitoring, packet analysis and network forensics. Cyber Warfare Operations course is the initial course for Air Force cyberspace defenders encompassing familiarization and operation of Windows and Linux systems, programming and scripting, (Assembly, C++ programming / Bash, Python and PowerShell scripting), host and network analysis, offensive techniques and malware analysis. Teaching focus was on the Linux OS covering its history, system startup, configuration, security and log analysis, and use in baselining and host analysis.
Guiding graduate students in pursuit of a graduate degree in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations. - Reviewed current curriculum content of two courses and consolidated recommendations for technical and administrative course improvements to ensure high quality educational content. - Engaged the college portfolio director, help desks & curriculum designer with solutions to fix non-functioning virtual machine that was central to course execution. Courses taught include: Network Intrusions- A hands-on evaluation of the tools and processes used to defend a cloud-based or traditional network against evolving and persistent threats. The objective is to examine network traffic, logs and malware to correlate events while supporting threat hunting and defense against network attacks. Topics include secure network architecture and zero-trust network design, network protocols, packet analysis, file carving, network intrusion detection and prevention, log analysis, network scanning tools, attack vectors, threat hunting, and network forensics. Tools in the course include: Security Onion, Kali, Wireshark, Nmap/Zenmap, tcpdump, NetworkMiner, Windows Event Logs, Windows Firewalls, Elastic Stack. Suricata. Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation Foundations - A project-based introduction to digital forensics and cyber investigation supporting evidence collection (logical and physical acquisition), examination, analysis, and reporting of incidents and cybercrimes. The objective is to participate in data and evidence processing while preserving the integrity of the information and maintaining a strict chain of custody. Topics include secure network design, online evidence collection, incident response, filesystem analysis, windows timestamp and registry anomalies, legal frameworks, cyberattack investigation, and specialized tools and methodologies used in cyber investigations. Tools in the course: FTK Imager, Autopsy, Volatility, PowerShell, native command line tools.
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Led 16-person cyber division for Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) that is responsible for requirements development, feasibility analysis and project development. Oversaw Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution for cyber and communications systems. Managed funding, training and personnel management of all AFSOC communications professionals.
Led a 52-member team of specially selected military and civilians providing a $55M Information Technology enterprise supporting 100K Combatant Command, Command and Control warfighters. Directs operations, plans, programs, maintenance and personnel support to the wing's Air Operations Center training and Modeling & Simulation networks. Supports Air Force, service, Combatant Command and multinational exercise via the wing's dedicated wing Wide Area Network, linking Hurlburt Field with the Air Force's most advanced Command and Control geographically distributed training centers. Manages communications support for 100+ joint exercises, training events, experiments and tests; supports training of 190 senior leaders & 61K+ warfighters annually.
Leads squadron's 80 military, civilian & contractor team in Operational Test & Evaluation of new Command and Control, Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance systems & subsequent updates. Translates warfighter requirements into operationally realistic scenarios; designs far-reaching, complex test events. Evaluates system effectiveness, suitability and network interoperability; coordinates test activity with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Headquarters Air Force, Air Combat Command and Program Offices. Executes daily squadron operations; develops schedules, reports, budgets; tracks higher headquarters taskers and manages squadron's special projects. Serves as right-hand to the Director of Operations (DO) and acting commander in absence of the Commander and DO.