
Romania
I am a highly motivated engineer certified as a security solutions specialist and instructor. I enjoy my work and I am comfortable in handling new technical and business challenges requiring fast learning curves.
Security Information and Event Management (ArcSight, RSA enVision) - ; -
Web Application Security Audit / Penetration Testing - ; -
Web Application Firewalls (F5, Imperva, ModSecurity) -;-
Database Security (Imperva, App. Security) -;-
Network Forensics, Monitoring and Investigations (NetWitness, Guidance EnCase)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
* ArcSight ESM Technical Product Manager supporting ArcSight’s involvement in the Romanian security market by accomplishing full presales, sales and post sales implementation cycle of ArcSight in one of Romania’s biggest telecom companies.
* Security Assessments Team Leader managing technical presales, implementations and report delivery for security audits.
* Implemented Internet Banking web applications security assessment services such as:
o Security Audit
o Vulnerability Assessment
o Ethical Hacking
o Penetration Testing
* Other activitities
o Teaching Ethical Hacking .
o Promoting of security services trough conference presentations, live demonstrations and technical writings.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
October 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Systems Engineer providing both technical support and development services to multiple web-application customers, among which one of the most popular Romanian B2B online portals.
Achievements:
- Technical support for one of the most popular Romanian B2B on-line portals (www.clubafaceri.ro). In particular, I implemented and delivered managed network and security services using the company’s datacenter infrastructure.
- Design, implementation and security configuration of the company's network as well as third parties networks in the form of managed network and security services.
- Network devices security configuration and monitoring.
- Setup and maintenance of various application servers: Web, DNS, FTP, E-mail, SQL.
- Project management and PHP programming.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — September 2003 (3 years )
While finalizing my undergraduate education, I founded XTS Software, a Romanian-Dutch partnership comprising a total of 5 associates. This enterprise strengthened my self-motivation, taught me planning strategies and how to act for solving both technical and business challenges.
I lead a team from creation of functional and technical specifications to implementation of several complex software solutions for General Electric, Aldipress, SCA Tilburg.
Graduate Studies , Advanced Software Technologies , 2001 — 2002
Batchelor's Degree , Computer Science , 1996 — 2001
Enterprise Security Management Information Security Audit Ethical Hacking / Penetration Testing Web Application Security Research
ISACA
ISACA CISA - 2007
VISA QSAP - 2006
ArcSight : ACSA - 2006
EC-Council : Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)-2005
Certified EC-Council Instructor - 2005
CheckPoint : CCSA - 2005
Linux Professional Institute : LPIC1 - 2004