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Security Analyst & Strategic Thinker.

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Bringing relevant solutions to your business

Security Analyst & Strategic Thinker.

Security Analyst & Strategic Thinker. Security Analyst & Strategic Thinker. Security Analyst & Strategic Thinker.
My Brand

A Diversity of Experience

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With a primary focus on manufacturing and healthcare industries I am able to help clients by identifying best practices and tailoring them to their unique needs. With a stronger leadership and communication I improve service delivery through applying ITIL and increase security posture to meet HIPAA guidelines and secure intellectual property.

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Does positive energy drive your operations?

I root out toxicity and enhance the operating climate where I work.

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Earlier in my career I was recognized for making the complex simple.  I've made a living out of this and my experience with communicating at different organizational levels allows me greater influence with business and technology stakeholders.

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Having worked for service providers and onsite for clients paired with stronger soft skills I am malleable and can remove bottlenecks in organizations providing a premier service for staff and clients.

How might I fit in your team?

How coaching creates the accelerant

Curtis's Specialties

  • Infrastructure Support
  • Network Monitoring
  • Incident Response
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Security Awareness


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My Background

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

I have a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from South Dakota State University. 


During my user support career I pursued CompTIA certifications such as  A+, Network+, Server+ Security+ and Cisco's CCNA.


To help align my focus in CyberSecurity I gained industry knowledge through CompTIA certifications such as CySA+ and Pentest+ in Security Operations while gaining knowledge and experience in incident response.  I am a Certified Trained heart-based coach.

Work Experience

Education & Credentials

Education & Credentials

My work experience comprises primarily of 6 years of corporate private user support along with 2 years experience serving in IT operations.


I am experienced troubleshooting automation scripts and have leveraged script writing in multiple industries.


My primary industry expertise lies within Manufacturing, and Healthcare.

Skills

Education & Credentials

Skills

Experienced in managing Active Directory, automating scripts with PowerShell and Bash with a strong foundation in vulnerability management, threat remediation, network troubleshooting and asset management.


Skilled in security monitoring, incident response, and leveraging SIEM tools.  


  I have strengthened foundational knowledge in MITRE & ATT&CK through learning Splunk and utilizing while threat hunting on the KC7 platform. 


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My Brand

Skills and expertise your organization needs.

My Brand is Teacher, Communicator, Trainer and Coach.  I have built a portfolio career putting together uncommon group of skills and expertise in the tech & Cyber industry allowing me to have greater influence in the organizations I serve in.


I partner with organizations to optimize IT service delivery and improve Security posture utilizing ITIL best practices and ISO 27001 standards in order to leverage assets more securely and strategically.     


Because of my diversity of experience, coaching and leadership profile I elevate the IT & Cyber function in every organization I work.  I am an expert in bringing business and technology stakeholders to the bargaining table to facilitation change, drive innovation and efficiency.

Let's strengthen your security operations together.

If you have a role in mind, Feel free to connect with me and I would be happy to discuss.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I can be reached by phone (605-651-1213) or in the form below for additional questions.

Key differences might appear in my ability to influence security culture along with being able to work cross functionally and bridge understanding across departments.  I build trust and understanding more effectively within different functional groups because I have stronger soft skills.  I also have more experience speaking technical language to diverse audiences.


Having stronger network and IT fundamentals, It's uncommon for someone with my technical skill set to be paired with the type of soft skills I have. Having a strong desire to learn and help others succeed also makes me a rare asset.

I have training in Qualys, Azure Data Explorer and Splunk.


Qualys leverages my experience in vulnerability remediation and patch management.


Splunk and Microsoft Sentinel Leverages my experience in Network Operations and database and reporting support through other roles. Through Network Operations i have utilized tools such as CheckMK, Solarwinds, Grafana and Kibana.

Having worked in multiple industries with system and network administration experience I have stronger IT and network fundamentals than those with comparable experience.


A strong critical thinker with exceptional self awareness.  I am also a strong relationship builder and utilize ITIL to make it simpler for staff to achieve and unlock the value they may need from IT services.


Being able to look at the broad picture and also zero in on deep technical issues,  I easily work cross functionally across departments.  I am experienced working with HR, Operations, Marketing and Sales communicating across departmental lines and tie in how IT works within the Organization as a whole.  I am also effective with influencing the C-suite which is rare in our industry.


See my Leadership Corner for more of my strengths...

I have practiced applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework and foundational threat hunting skills through practical application in the KC7 platform through beginner and intermediate exercises.  I am currently focusing on experimentation with Microsoft sentinel and Tenable.

I regularly attend AITP, ISC2, ISSA and OWASP in Los Angeles and Orange County.  I attend Conferences that include Layer-one, Techno Digital Security & Forensics, SCALE, Planet Cyber Security, FutureCon and the annual ISSA Security Summit.


I also watch trends in IT and Cyber Security through social media, Dark Reading and other channels.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

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