Columbus, Ohio, United States
I like to solve problems, to make things better. Since I also enjoy logic and, by extension, computers and programming, I tend to focus on computer- and network-related problems. As a manager, I've enjoyed solving "people" problems, with an emphasis on principled leadership and emotional intelligence. I crave the delight in creativity - mine, and others. Granting space for creativity is typically tough in Incident Response, but sometimes novelty arises from situations that many may consider tough, like handling an active attack or trying to produce solid analyses with limited or flawed data. I've worked in networking, infosec, developed software, I was a founder of a local non-profit arts group, and I own a 4000 square foot maker space in Columbus, OH. I've guest-lectured for courses at OSU, and I served as a professor for a grad-level infosec class at OSU. I've done public speaking at OSU, for local conferences (security and otherwise), and national education-focused online security conferences. I meditate on solving big problems, trying to limit myself to alignments of opportunity and capability. I like to think I'm a dreamer who is also a doer - something I've been told is impossible. Repeatedly. My main focuses as of this writing are Zero Trust Strategy, Security Operations Automation, Incident Response, and Identity and Access Management - a strange combination, I know. Stranger still is that I wrote another network mapping tool for E-911 Location Determination compliance for use here at OSU by multiple departments, and soon: open-sourcing it. What animates me more than implementing a solution to a problem is seeing the elation and the real growth while watching (and maybe helping) someone else do something they thought they couldn't: making a tangible object - a thing - at the maker space using tools they didn't even know about before, a new method, or material; doing a pull-up for the first time; solving a problem without fear of "failure."
Previous responsibilities plus management and strategic planning, working broadly across teams - skunkworker in chief.
Specialization in network security and Incident Response with the Information Security Team in the Office of the CIO at The Ohio State University, holistic security preparedness and response, lightweight management, consulting, security assessments and penetration testing.
Specialization in network security and Incident Response with the Information Security Team in the Office of the CIO at The Ohio State University
Projects, as assigned, related to network management, visualization and customer reports
Secondary Departmental Network Administrator for /18, primary or secondary administrator of ~20 *nix servers
Research in H.323 videoconferencing, firewall/NAT traversal for the Internet2 Commons Participation in Megaconference Reporting to Dr. Bob Dixon, PhD.