Professional Journey

Over 20 years of experience in information security, system architecture, and digital transformation, with a focus on AI-powered solutions and secure enterprise systems.

Career Timeline

2024

President and Consultant

Third WAG

Leading AI-powered security and digital transformation initiatives

Developed reference architecture for Sunrun's identity function

Created AI-assisted policy program using Secure Controls Framework

Built AI-assisted Slackbot for self-service threat modeling

2022

Information Security Architect

Integrated DNA Technologies

Led security integration and cloud cost optimization initiatives

Led ArcherDX product security integration into Danaher/IDT

Reduced AWS costs by 30% over three months

Managed security architecture in regulated environments

2020

Security Architecture Engineering Lead

Invitae

Led enterprise security architecture and M&A security initiatives

Restructured security organization implementing compliance as code

Led security M&A evaluations for ~4 companies/year

Maximized ROI at intersection of security, compliance, and privacy

2011

Information Security Architect

AMERGINT Technologies

Built and led comprehensive security program during significant company growth

Grew company security program from $7M to $37M revenue

Implemented NIST 800-171 compliance

Led $8M JTAGS project with 40% margins

Areas of Expertise

Security & Compliance

Information Security Architecture Expert
Cloud Security Expert
Compliance Management Expert
Risk Management Expert

Technologies

Python Expert
JavaScript Advanced
AWS Expert
Linux Expert

Leadership

Security Program Development Expert
Team Leadership Expert
M&A Security Integration Expert
Strategic Planning Expert

Specialized

AI/ML Security Advanced
Healthcare/Biotech Security Expert
Defense Systems Expert
Patent Development Advanced

Key Projects

AI-Powered Security Policy Program

Developed an innovative AI system for generating and managing security policies

Problem

Manual policy creation was time-consuming and often resulted in inconsistent alignment with controls

Solution

Created an AI-assisted program utilizing Secure Controls Framework for automated policy generation

Technologies

AI/ML Python Natural Language Processing Security Frameworks

Key Outcomes

  • • Automated policy generation and mapping
  • • Improved alignment with business requirements
  • • Significantly reduced policy creation time

Enterprise Security Architecture Transformation

Led complete restructuring of security organization at Invitae

Problem

Traditional security approaches created friction and slowed development velocity

Solution

Implemented compliance as code and decentralized security model

Technologies

AWS Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Security Automation

Key Outcomes

  • • Reduced security friction
  • • Increased developer velocity
  • • Improved compliance coverage