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Security Operations Architect, Incident Response Lead, Sr. Principal Systems Security Engineer @ Fortinet Implementing and managing SIEM's and security posture and risk management/GRC systems across network, server, workstation, people and IoT's for Fortinet's global large-enterprise IT operations. Lead incident, vulnerability and threat hunting/response. Sunnyvale, CATechnical Marketing Engineer @ Fortinet Subject matter expert in Network Management and reporting...

Security Operations Architect, Incident Response Lead, Sr. Principal Systems Security Engineer @ Fortinet Implementing and managing SIEM's and security posture and risk management/GRC systems across network, server, workstation, people and IoT's for Fortinet's global large-enterprise IT operations. Lead incident, vulnerability and threat hunting/response. Sunnyvale, CATechnical Marketing Engineer @ Fortinet Subject matter expert in Network Management and reporting products, producing technical marketing documentation and industry competitive analysis for FortiManager, FortiSIEM, FortiAnalyzer, FortiCloud, FortiMonitor in appliance and VM/cloud product lines. Support marketing sales and training with advanced product collateral. From January 2016 to April 2017 (1 year 4 months) Sunnyvale, CAIT Manager @ SteelEye Technology IT Manager from startup of company to about 100 employees. Planned and directed implementation of Linux based client and server architecture for core IT services and Development teams at HA-high availability software development company. From January 2000 to March 2002 (2 years 3 months) IT Manager @ Pretzel Logic Software IT management and technical support for rapidly growing Silicon Valley based Software Configuration Management consulting and software company's NT and Sun infrastructure. Managed melding of remote network after acquisition of an East Coast office. Early adopter of IPSEC as alternative to leased lines to link remote sites. Provided on-site and project consulting to clients such as Sun (Clearcase), Northwestern Mutual Life (QA Lab Automation), and HP OSO group (Java Based Project). From March 1997 to December 1999 (2 years 10 months) Technical Director @ Ian Freed Consulting Produced and hosted database integrated websites, coordinating programmers, graphic artists and marketing talent for sites such as - Neoptx.com, CyberGolf.com, the Interior Ministry of Uganda and other cutting edge web sites while maintaining network integrity and security. From 1996 to 1997 (1 year) Owner/Proprietor @ Visualan - San Jose, CA Started and ran network consulting firm specializing in providing IT support and Internet/LAN/WAN connectivity and security consulting for high tech and bio-tech companies. Clients included Geron, Polycom, Sigma Circuits, Calico Software and other Silicon Valley-based companies. From February 1993 to March 1996 (3 years 2 months) IT Contractor (VisuaLAN) @ Geron Supplied contract IT personnel to provide bulk of IT infrastructure support and architecture while working special projects such as creating monitoring alert system for genomic/pipetting robots, providing emergency diagnostics and repair of various specialized lab computers, creating and delivering security awareness training, and facilitating secure download and integration of daily NIH human genome project sequences into internal data systems for analysis. From 1991 to 1995 (4 years) Consulting Security Engineer @ Fortinet I support sales activities as a strategic and high-level corporate technical resource for vital pre-sales engagements and key opportunities. Job Responsibilities:Core competency on Fortinet’s entire product line and technologiesExpert-level technical and marketing knowledge of Fortinet’s products: Network Security Infrastructure – Switching, Routing, and Availability Network Security Enforcement – Firewall/VPN; Access, Authentication, and Privacy Network Security Management – Centralized Configuration, Administration, and Reporting Network Security Intelligence – Stateful inspection, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Intrusion Prevention, Content-Filtering, DDoS and Application-level SecurityAct as subject-matter expert in pre-sales design reviews and serve as authoritative consultant to Field Systems Engineers by providing technical guidance and leadership.Participate with SE peers to lead the design and architecture of secure IP networks utilizing and leveraging all aspects of Fortinet’s product line to create superior solutions in competitive environments.Work closely with Product Management and Engineering to help identify, qualify, and develop features critical to Fortinet’s success.Write whitepapers, tech notes, and other high-level technical documentation as required.Interface with Fortinet’s Business and Technology partners and distribute that knowledge to the field Systems Engineers. Utilize top tier performance tools to validate and provide data for device/systems metrics documentation. From July 2013 to January 2016 (2 years 7 months) Sunnyvale, CATechnical Account Manager @ Fortinet As Technical Account Manager I am the primary escalated technical resource, problem solver, bug reporter and support activity coordinator for a handful of high priority American and Global accounts. I am also a backup for the rest of the TAM and federal support teams in the US and have the additional duty of mantaining and growing our Sunnyvale FortiLab which allows for remote, virtual complex network simulations in order to be able to reproduce customer failure scenarios. Fortinet TAM's are a high touch and premium support team, with a determined drive to be proactive and always immersed with high situational awareness of our customer environments so that we can minimize crisis events while providing a more efficient path to resolution when problems do arise. From March 2011 to July 2013 (2 years 5 months) Sunnyvale, CAOwner @ netTracers.com I founded netTracers to work with existing IT teams VAR's and consultants in securing their systems and networks. netTracers does not compete with your existing IT department, VAR's or consultants; rather, we augment them to improve your data security stance and to significantly and measurably reduce your current monetary risks from data loss.I specialize in router/UTM configuration, penetration testing, custom policy development, security auditing and Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, secure VPN setup and auditing. worm/virus removal, firewall content control, DR/BCP planning, and protocol optimization/QOS in networks for user experience optimization (VOIP, WWW, e-commerce). From March 2002 to March 2011 (9 years 1 month) Sunnyvale, CAIT Manager @ Coast Oil Company, LLC IT Manager for a local San Jose area petroleum distributor. Implemented VMWare to consolidate servers and key workstations and improve disaster recovery position. Fortinet is used for HA firewall/UTM solution, and Unitrends is the backup/data-vaulting choice, while ACTi is the IP Camera solution.Implemented high availability Unified Threat Management (UTM) Fortigate firewalls at corporate and satellite offices via IPSec, providing for Microsoft Active Directory integrated content control and malware detection/prevention. Designed and implemented IP Camera surveillance architecture for multiple sites. Through intelligent planning and design, provided state of the art disaster recovery and high availability for Exchange, Active Directory servers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, routers/UTM, and key workstations and ACTi IP camera solution with secure wireless link for a remote observation site - resulting in immediate and documented savings of over $100,000 in software hardware and electrical conduit trenching. Giving Coast the ability to recover from disaster via VMWare ESXi on a duplicate server, and utilizing Unitrends disk based backup to a fire vault, with data de-duplicated backup to a co-location in Arizona - priceless. From February 2008 to August 2009 (1 year 7 months) Level 3 TAC Engineer/ Technical Account Manager/ Fed Support @ Fortinet, Inc. - Work closely and provide direct technical email and phone support to customers in the America's Region (Canada, US, Central and South America) - Entitlement Check - Create tracking ticket - Analysis of Support request, Completion of requests for information and docs - Collection, Analysis and change recommendations of configuration - Collection and Analysis of customer network information - Collection and initial analysis of packet trace information - Recommend actions based on analysis - Customer education (Gaps in networking, product knowledge etc) - Installation and first-time configuration assistance - Consultation of Technical documentation, bulletins and release notes for known problems - Reproduction of customer environments on lab equipment - Mentor Junior level techs - Work cases escalated from the junior techs - Manage and work special projects as assigned - Follow up technical cases, escalate, manage customer expectations until the closure From July 2006 to February 2008 (1 year 8 months) Service Manager @ Computerland Managed service departments for rapidly growing franchisee holder of San Fancisco area computer retailer Computerland, SF. Performed component level repairs on-site and in-shop for all computer hardware sold and serviced at several SF locations. Trained new techs, and managed service departments at various store locations.Managed service aspect of Fed-Line project for the Federal Reserve Bank, a mail-in depot repair and ship service for inter-bank transaction processing computers. From October 1981 to November 1984 (3 years 2 months)