Formal Resume | Publications List | Short Bio

Overview

I’ve worked in the information technology business for over 25 years, starting as a software developer, and more recently as an executive in software companies. Both computing infrastructure and security have been a focus throughout, though in several roles: developer, executive, consultant, or program manager. Much of the time, my responsibility for execution has been as a contributor, leader, or manager. However, a significant part of time, I’ve acted as a consultant, either as an employee of a company that provided services, or as an independent consultant.

Employment highlights include CTO at Solidcore Systems (enterprise software); VP Strategy at Securify (IT security professional services); Technology Officer of Network Associates Labs (McAfee, enterprise security); and variety of consulting, development, and R&D management roles at commercial InfoSec pioneer Trusted Information Systems (TIS). (See my full resume for more information.)

Roles and Responsibilities

I’ve played a variety of roles with various responsibilities, including:

	Executive management responsibilities at Solidcore and Securify, as well as at consulting clients in mobile devices, security, and network management.
	Technology strategy responsibility at Solidcore, Securify, Network Associates (now MacAfee, enterprise security), and consulting clients.
	Reviewer of, or consultant for, a wide variety of network, system, or security design efforts for clients of Securify, Network Associates, TIS, and my independent consulting practice.
	Development leadership and/or project management in a wide variety of network, system, or security efforts for Solidcore, Securify, Network Associates, and TIS.
	R&D program management at Solidcore, Network Associates, and TIS, leading both program development and proposal activity, as well as serving as Principal Investigator for several funded technology innovation efforts, most recently for the Department of Homeland Security, USAF, and DARPA.
	Technology assessment and due diligence analysis for consulting clients.

Specialties

A few notable specialties include:

	Commercialization of innovative information technology for enterprise-scale use.
	Security strategy for incumbent technology vendors in expanding markets.
	Development and management of government funded R&D programs.
	U.S. Federal government market development and strategic sales.
	Analysis, design, and review of usage of network and application infrastructure technology.
	Analysis, design, and review of usage of several disciplines of information security.

I’ve performed these activities in a wide variety of technology domains in network and application infrastructure, as well as security. Some of my favorites are:

	High-assurance electronic voting systems;
	Mobile applications and mobile code;
	Datacenter operations management;
	Security-critical systems of several kinds including banking, payments, healthcare informatics, electronic medical records, and national-scale public-key infrastructure;
	Embedded or dedicated systems of several kinds including avionics, SCADA, and digital control systems;
	National critical infrastructure protection, and homeland cyber-security.

Further Information

For more information, please see my short bio, my resume, my publications list, or my Blog.
Or, even better, Contact me directly to hear more.