Principal Information Security Officer
Capital One
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May 2025 - Present
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Mastercard
At Mastercard I worked on doing proof-of-concept testing, evaluations, and implementations of cutting edge security technologies to improve the security posture of the company. My work involved making implementation architectures and going through strict security evaluations to ensure my implementation was done in a secure manner and complied with internal and external requirements. The technologies I implemented improved Linux server security, enhanced existing DLP capabilities, improved cloud database monitoring, and made sure existing tools in the security stack prevented TTPs used by APT threat actors.
March 2022 - April 2025
IT Security Analyst
George Mason University
During my time as a security analyst at GMU I worked on setting up alerts and dashboards in Splunk to monitor the NIST 800-171 CUI research environment to ensure compliance. Additionally, I actively assisted fellow analysts in carrying out operational responsibilities, including prompt response to alerts from our EDR, IDS, and DNS security tools, as well as proactively hunting for emerging threats within our environment. Collaborating closely with system administrators, I diligently informed them about identified vulnerabilities, while also serving as the primary point of contact for IT security in various projects.
February 2019 - March 2022
IT Security Intern
George Mason University
While I was an IT security intern at GMU, I primarily assisted full time analysts with the vulnerability management process, investigated compromised accounts, and used Splunk to gather more information around alerts coming from our IDS tool. Additionally I worked on projects to help improve the security maturity of the network by looking at new technologies that could be implemented with little additional cost.
January 2017 - Feburary 2019
Enterprise IT Intern
BAE Systems
As a summer intern, I worked with various teams on a rotation to learn more about how an IT team functions in a corporate setting. During this internship I worked with the SOC to extract IoC's from open source intelligence reports and import them to the SIEM to enhance detection capabilities. I also helped the tech support team by preparing old machines for disposal.
May 2018 - August 2018
IT Intern
ScienceLogic
During my time at ScienceLogic I imaged machines and made AD accounts for new employees. I also worked closely with the help desk and worked on tickets as they came in for various IT issues. Additionally, with the help of the sysadmin team I was able to install ESXi on new servers and setup RAID as well as configure IP addresses.
May 2017 - August 2017
NOC Intern
Time Warner Cable (aquired by Charter Communications)
While I was an intern at TWC, I worked in the NOC surveillance and VoIP teams to create tickets based on issues and alerts that came in as well as create documentation on existing and new processes. Additionally, I worked closely with senior technicians to escalate complex or undocumented issues to they could be resolved.
June 2015 - August 2016