Experience

I am a Senior level Cybersecurity Leader and Information Security Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and am responsible for providing strategic and technical direction in secure product and service delivery,  enterprise risk management, financial services compliance and privacy oversight.  My proven track record and leadership abilities, coupled with sincere passion and commitment, have enabled me to achieve measurable success in the enterprise information security profession and the emerging Cyber Security forefront.  Technical experience spans all deployment architecture models, including enterprise, co-location hosted, and cloud (e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP),  Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud and Hyperledger,  Oracle SaaS and Baremetal, Government unclassified and classified (SCIF), Cloud Native (CNCF), and on-premise hybrid).

Southern Bancorp - https://banksouthern.com. 

• Jul 2024 - Present -  Head of Information Security

Colorado Department of State - https://www.coloradosos.gov. 

• Apr 2023 - Jul 2024 -  Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Silicon Valley Bank - https://www.svb.com.

• Jun 2022 - Dec 2022- Head of Threat Intel and  Cyber Security Operations

Zions Bancorporation - https://www.zionsbank.com 

• Oct 2020 - Jun 2022 - Senior Vice President | Director, Enterprise Information Security

Frontdoor Inc.-  https://www.frontdoorhome.com 

• Sep 2019 - Oct 2020 - Director, Security Engineering Product Owner, Identity Access Management Platform

Uber Security Engineering - https://eng.uber.com

• Nov 2018 - Sep 2019 - Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering & Identity Access Management Platform

Visa Inc. - https://usa.visa.com

• Jan 2018 - Nov 2018 - Chief Security Enterprise Architect for Issuer & Data Processing Services

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com 

• Jul 2017 - Jan 2018 - Senior Technical Manager, FinTech Risk Intelligence

Oracle Corporation - https://www.oracle.com 

• Aug 2009 – Jul 2017 - Senior Director, Product Development & Engineering Security Services

• Jul 2004 – Jul 2009 - Director, Information Security Regional Lead for the Americas Global Information Security

Hewlett-Packard - Agilent Technologies - https://www.hp.com and https://www.agilent.com  

• May 1997 – Jul 2004 - Senior IT Auditor and Information Security Analyst

Blockchain Advisor and Hackathon Dev Team Leader 

I have a passion for learning Blockchain technologies since 2018, when I formed a team at Visa and we took first place for the site level senior executive award by using blockchain and digital wallet technologies for replacing pre-paid credit cards using a QR code in place of plastic card issuance, that is subject to fraud and in-flexible fund use and balance transfers.  Since then, I have formed a hackathon team, Bchainify, and we have entered four hackathons and placed or received recognition in all events.

• Wyoming Hackathon 2020 won first place and 1BTC reward in the WyoHackathon 2020 Blockchain Voting Challenge with "FairVoteWY"

• Placed in two categories at ETHDenver & ColoradoJam 2021 with our Token MEME project, aimed to educate the next generation about blockchain, cryptography, and digital wallets

• Received recognition and 1 LINK Token for Chainvote a Corporate Governance dApp for the Solana Foundation x Serum DeFi Hackathon 2021

• Received recognition and an invitation to apply for the Tachyon Accelerator Program with Market-on-Chain supply chain dApp for the Chainlink Spring 2021 Hackathon 

• 2021-2022 Advisor for Chainscore Finance a DeFi protocol for Risk Scoring and Insights  Please review the Chainscore Pitchdeck and Investment Memo for more details.

US Military Service - Active Duty Army & Air Force Reserves

Mar 2000 - Jun 2021 (RETIRED) - Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) Intelligence Fusion Analyst and Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the North American Aerospace Defense Command  (NORAD) and US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) Intelligence Commander, in charge of North America missile defense, border security, and world-wide strategic operations. Certified as a Cyber and Intelligence Instructor for the Reserve Command that supports the National Security Space Institute and Advanced Space Operations School, delivering graduate level and advanced education courses. Served as an Intelligence Analyst for a multi-national, international space operations mission. Utilized big data systems to collect and analyze threat and intelligence information. Prepare and present intelligence information supporting national defense planning, operations, and training.