Experience

Principal Security Consultant / Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), International Business Machines, Jan 2010 – Present

  • Provide consulting on system security and Db2 for IBM i and Power High Performance Computing (HPC).
  • Teach education classes both internally and externally.
  • Implement custom solutions for customers world-wide.
  • Publications in IBM Redbooks and national trade magazines.
  • Patents and Applications
  • Official certifications and badges, including The Open Group Certified Distinguished Technical Specialist

Senior People Manager, International Business Machines, Aug 2018 – Sept 2019

  • Direct technicians, analysts, and engineers to meet worldwide compliance requirements.
  • Guide transformation into Agile best practices.
  • Maintain financial and personnel levels to meet corporate requirements.
  • Manage remote research lab facility

Communications Unit Leader, U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Federal Emergency Management Agency, Apr 2013 – Apr 2014

  • Supervise IT and communications infrastructure management and team members.
  • Responsible for all Federal IT and communications needs in disaster environments.
  • Ensure proper allocation of government funding for personnel, equipment, and services.
  • Maintain Secret level security clearance.

Advisory Software Engineer, International Business Machines, July 2001 – Dec 2009

  • Provide remote and global onsite support for database related issues on IBM i.
  • Corporate training internally and externally on a wide range of IBM products.
  • Team webmaster for site with over 200 pages and 15 custom applications.
  • Team education coordinator and mentor to new team members.
  • Publications in IBM Redbooks and national trade magazines.
  • Wrote BluePages Advance tool, an award winning entry in TechConnect 2003.
  • Worked with corporate-wide architects to develop w3 v8 standard and NotesBuddy tool.

Teacher, West Bend School District, Jan 2001 – June 2001

  • Taught full class load of mathematics courses at the high school level.
  • Webmaster for multiple high schools in district.