Master of Science, Computer Science, concentration Security - 4.0 GPA, Boston University - 2008

Degree program is designated by the NSA as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Security Assurance.

Received the Distinguished Graduate Award.

Bachelor, Computer Science, Minor Business, University of Maine - 1997

Engineering
Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science with 14 years software and systems engineering experience.
* Embedded, client-server and database software development
* Wired and wireless networking stack internals and socket based communication
* Distributed, middleware, parallel, multi-core and threaded programming and concurrency Issues
* Interfacing with DSPs, FPGAs, Uarts, DMA and cryptographic modules
* Requirements development and architecture design
* Complete life cycle experience from design to production rollout and support

Security
Strong understanding of security from both an architectural, hardware and software perspective.
* Encryption, secure hashes, key exchange and management, suite B algorithms
* Wired and wireless security from physical layer to application stack
* Co-Author of a security architecture recommendations document for software reprogrammable, communication devices
* Security working group vice-chair for an international standards body
* Developed a unique solution to obscure link layer, multi-hop routing without decrypting packets and not increasing packet size

Leadership
Able to straddle both the business and technology side of a company.
* Managed and led multiple DoD research programs from proposal, through requirements development, design, engineering, integration and test to successful customer demonstrations
* Architect responsible for design, security, oversight of integration, roll out to production and communication of concepts to teams local and remote, data suppliers and management
* Technical team lead on multiple projects for teams both internal and external
* Excellent written and verbal skills with multiple white papers, proposals, patents, presentations and teaching experience

Publications
* Securing Software Reconfigurable Communications Devices, Wireless Innovation Forum, 2008
An approach for mobile device for defining a security architecture and processes to address threats and security issues.
* Development Approaches for an International Tactical Radio Cryptographic API Edit
* A Platform Independent Model and Threat Analysis for Mobile Adhoc Networks,SDR Forum, 2007
* FireWire Memory Dump of Windows XP: A Forensic Approach,Boston University Security Conference, 2007