San Francisco Bay Area
I see the world through a hacker’s mindset. Follow me, and I might drop some unconventional security wisdom that actually works when the stakes are real. The engineer in me refuses to accept no-win scenarios. Every Kobayashi Maru has a hack that turns it winnable. As a technical CISO and engineering leader, I have worn many hats: scaling cyber maturity programs that evolve faster than the threats, driving large-scale IT infrastructure transformations, and building security products that are redefining the industry. I focus on security first principles. I thrive on solving the hardest, most complex problems others walk away from. I build security orgs with a practitioner-first philosophy. My best teams are composed of lifelong hackers and engineers who thrive on innovation and a relentless drive to master the next technical frontier. I am an OG hacker. Back when ASM was table stakes and “detection engineering” meant decoding live tcpdump output while spinning up custom Snort rules in real time. We built our own log search and event correlation engines with Lucene long before Splunk or Elastic existed. Stranded on a deserted island, one programming language only? I am bringing Perl, the most under-appreciated and overpowered IT supertool of all time. Fun facts & high scores: • Professional gamer who ranked number 1 in the world in Command & Conquer • Protected the Dubya Bush White House from cyber threats • Doing AI before it was cool • Written over 1 million PCRE threat signatures Need elite security leads or world-class engineers for a project that seems impossible? Let’s talk. I have a direct line to the heroes and experts who actually get it done.
Enterprise CISO for a high-performing house of iconic American brands. Leading cyber strategy, operations, and board-level risk oversight across a large distributed environment.