SUMMARY:

• 15 years of Experience

• Cybersecurity Products / Operations Background
• Product Requirement Development / Prioritization
• Customer - Facing Engagement / Success
• Use Case / User Story Development
• Technology Evangelist
• Marketing Material and Webcast Delivery
• Presales Engineer / Solutions Architect
• Competitive Intelligence / Market Analysis
• Field Enablement Development and Delivery
• Customer and Tradeshow Demonstration Delivery
• Strategic Sales Assistance
• Align Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Support, and Services Efforts

SKILLS:

• Popular OS / Software: Windows, Linux, Office
• Extensive Cybersecurity Technology Knowledge
• Familiar with Public and Private Sectors
• Strong Oral / Written Communication Skills
• Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expertise
• Teamwork / Collaboration / Strategic Vision
• Strong Problem Solving / Critical Thinking Skills
• Customer Success Advocate

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Regional Product Management Director

Confidential, Purcellville, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise in cyber security and security operations to ArcSight Product Management and Development organizations to improve feature / function and foster meaningful innovation in products and solutions
• Research and analysis of competitive products and market trends in security and analytics spaces to develop requirements for product improvements, new offerings, product strategy, and go-to-market
• Gather and translate complex customer pain into requirements for product improvements and new offerings
• Synchronize cross-product initiatives between individual product lines and de-conflict prioritization of key features
• Align efforts between field organizations, professional services, and support to accelerate resolution of customer technology escalations. Identify opportunities for product and process improvements to better serve customers
• Develop and deliver product and technology enablement to increase the expertise of field organizations and partners
• Assist Product Marketing in developing and refining product messaging and assisting with strategic initiatives
• Interface with customers across AMS region to ensure that region-specific needs are understood and met.
• Private and public speaking and presentations to evangelize products offerings and facilitate customer interaction and technology adoption.

Senior Pre-Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provide classroom and training on the ArcSight family of products including ESM, Logger, and Connector software
• Lead network engineer / architect; evaluate initial equipment utilization and topology design; identify weaknesses and limitations; redesign and implement topology and equipment configuration changes to better promote efficiency and security across all corporate networks
• Serve as network security subject matter expert. Collaborate with management to develop and execute security policy and secure operations guidelines; design enterprise security architecture plan for monitoring, IR, and SIEM
• Security consultant; develop tailored ArcSight use cases built to customer specifications; provide customers with on­site support, incident response consulting, product briefs, and customized ArcSight training presentations

SOC Watch Officer / SIEM Content Manager

Confidential, Manassas, VA

Responsibilities:

• Lead daily operations and personnel within 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC).
• Provided expertise and guidance to the identification and resolution of all cyber security threats and attacks, foreign or domestic, against systems and networks owned or operated by the Confidential nationwide
• Lead investigation of all security events / incidents. Provided top tier analysis during investigations to identify the vector of attack, and scope of impact; created on the fly recommendations for response, remediation, and prevention
• ArcSight Content Developer: created ArcSight content to intelligently interpret over 100 million alerts a day identifying suspicious activity fitting various attack vectors. Content is capable of identifying most compromises resultant from zero-day exploitation or targeted attacks from malicious actors. Designed to place valuable data at the fingertips of security analysts. Information formatted to be easy to interpret and analyze by all levels expertise
• SOC Subject Matter Expert (SME). Applied expert level analytical and problem solving skills to incident investigation and response. Provided guidance and recommendations to customer. Fostered working relationships with other members of the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST) community

Network Security Team Lead

Confidential, Ft Meade, MD

Responsibilities:

• Lead Confidential ’s network defense for all agency information systems and networks worldwide
• Detect cyber attacks against Confidential /CSS information assets and direct protective actions to secure its information assets in real-time
• Focal point for all emergency situations involving Confidential information assets
• Coordinate real-time analysis of network security events to ensure network integrity and availability
• Manage response to virus outbreaks on Confidential networks, ensuring the mission is able to continue without degradation
• Proactively identify zero-day vulnerabilities in Confidential networks and coordinate measures to prevent exploitation
• Provide real-time information to the Intelligence Community and Joint Task Force- Global Network Operations on computer security issues and network status

• Developed and delivered technical product and solutions training to customers, partners, and internal organizations
• Evangelized HP solutions across technical portfolios through work with HP and partner marketing organizations via trade shows and technical workshops
• Displayed thought leadership and initiative in the development of unique technical materials on advanced strategic designs and revitalized competitive intelligence programs through training, research, development, and presentation of competitive materials to the world-wide sales / Pre-Sales staff