
Information Security Consultant
Japan

Information Security Consultant
Japan
A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) who is exceptionally savvy with the technical aspects of network security. Experienced and proven effective leader. Supply vision and leadership for developing, supporting and administering security initiatives and systems.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Network Perimeter Security, Firewall Administration, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Web Proxy Servers, Content Filtering Server, Log Aggregation Appliances and Log Analysis.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MTCT; Defense & Space industry)
December 2005 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Adept, multi-talented, technically savvy Information Assurance Manager who’s vision and leadership are unparalleled. Highly energetic, self-motivated engineer capable of making hard decisions which have allowed United States Forces Japan to remain on the cutting edge of Information Security technology. Support, and administer technical and administrative security initiatives for multiple networks utilized by United States Forces Japan. Directly responsible for the management of a four man Information Assurance team; additionally responsible for the day to day administration of 4 SideWinder G2 firewalls which provide perimeter defense protection for a variety of networks. Accountable for IT security within system development lifecycle, change management, production systems support, and technology-enabled projects. Effectively train network security analysts. Oversee regulatory policy audits and vulnerability assessments.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
March 2000 — November 2005 (5 years 9 months)
Provide dynamic vision, leadership, and decision making to develop, support, and administer security initiatives and systems. Direct planning, implementation, and support of enterprise systems with infrastructure of 100+ Windows 2003/2000/NT servers, Cisco routers and switches, and Marconi ATM switches. Responsible for IT security within system development lifecycle, change management, production systems support, and technology-enabled projects. Effectively manage and train network security analysts/administrators and Computer Incident Response Team. Oversee regulatory policy audits and vulnerability assessments. Supervise entire regional Information Assurance Department in absence of Manager. Maintained, configured, and modified Gauntlet 5.5 enterprise network firewall architecture operating under BSDI 3.2. Installed and maintained BSDI 4.2 (on internal and external DNS servers) and Gentoo Linux running Squid Proxy Server and NAGIOS networking.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2000 — July 2005 (5 years)
Co-Founded the most successful online art community the Internet has seen to-date. Created, designed and architected the framework upon which deviantART operated during the first 3 years of the life of the site. Responsible for all HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL code written during the first 3 years deviantART operated. Steered the deviantART ship in the direction the site required in order to grow organically, employing various viral marketing techniques.
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Military industry)
September 1994 — July 1999 (4 years 11 months)
BSIT, Information Technology, 2006 — 2007
CISSP, Information Security, 2006 — 2006
Computers, New Technology, Apple, Macs, Linux, Web 2.0, AJAX, PHP, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Blogging, Music, Movies
ISSA Tokyo Chapter, AFCEA Tokyo Chapter