
Engineering Director at GFI Software Development Ltd
Malta

Engineering Director at GFI Software Development Ltd
Malta
Security Specialist in Professional Services team.
Perl, C, Java, Network and Host Security, LDAP, SMTP, Spam, core internet Technologies etc..
(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2002 — November 2009 (7 years 1 month)
Owner, creator, and primary maintainer of the Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS).
Involves coding in C, Perl, and various shell scripting languages.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 2009 — July 2009 (5 months)
(Public Company; VZ; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 8 months)
(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)
August 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 8 months)
Professional Services Engineer, on government contracts requiring Security Clearance.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 3 months)
IT Security Manager for the University. Responsible for input, revision and content of all security related policies, analysis and information dissemination regarding new threats and attack vectors, forensic analysis of intrusions, and strategic direction with regard to IT Security.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2001 — June 2005 (3 years 8 months)
Primary maintainer for Directory (LDAP), Email and Calendar systems at The University of Queensland.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NSCP; Internet industry)
September 1998 — October 2001 (3 years 2 months)
Senior Technical Support Engineer working in a small team first in the UK, then in Australia, and specialising in Directory Servers (LDAP) and Email systems.
Position involved talking to technical personal within the organisation and with external customers. Occasional onsite visits were required.