
Experienced Consultant, Security Professional, Relentless Problem-Solver and Master Programmer
Greater Chicago Area

Experienced Consultant, Security Professional, Relentless Problem-Solver and Master Programmer
Greater Chicago Area
Solutions-oriented Security & Software Engineer with track record of directing a broad range of IT initiatives while participating in planning, analysis and implementation of solutions in direct support of business objectives. Proposed and implemented complex solutions on time and within budget.
Network and Systems Security, Data Integrity & Recovery, Risk Management, Security Auditing & Penetration Testing, Information Security Governance, Security Engineering, Agile Software Development
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Worked with a team of talented consultants providing custom software solutions based on open source technologies to clients in the Chicago area. Worked on creating a content management platform for a leading digital direct marketing firm. Used Python and Django to create an application that allows semi-technical producers to easily create, manage and deploy a large number of highly customized websites. Developed an iPhone application for a Chicago area newspaper. Rewrote a legacy VB6 application using Python and PyGTK. Used test driven development and agile project management methodologies to consistently deliver quality work. In addition my group volunteered to create an open source application for Chicago Run, to allow them to track and manage thousands of student runners in the Chicago area.
Key Contributions:
1. Wrote a large parts of a Python interface to Daisy, a Java content repository
2. Created a Lisp dialect to allow management of reusable bits of application logic in a CMS
3. Implemented branching and import and export functionality for the CMS
4. Developed a host based licensing solution to protect a Python desktop application.
5. Used knowledge of security and LDAP to integrate Active Directory authentication and authorization
6. Developed a small capability based security system for Rails applications
distributed systems, agile development, web applications, network security, machine vision