After high school, I enlisted in the United States Air Force. I served 4 1/2 years active duty, 3 1/2 inactive as a combat communications specialist from Aug 2001 to Feb 2006.

After separating from the Air Force, I took a job as the Site Lead / Principal Technician for General Dynamics at Whiteman AFB in MO. In this position I was responsible for maintain the back-end infrastructure and clients for the base's Command and Control, Targeting Application Weapons, and Intel systems.

Leaving General Dynamics, I was hired on as a systems administrator with AECOM supporting the back-end data storage, video processing and dissemination, as well as command and control for the MQ-1 & MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft.

After getting tired of dealing with federal contracts, I left the AF for good in 2016 and joined U.S. Bank team. It was here I got involved with Tanium, focusing primarily on EDR and File Integrity Monitoring. We work closely with the end users to help identify any gaps in coverage and see where our products (various security tools including Tanium) can help to fill those. We are also responsible for the testing and implementation of any new solutions and everyday care and feeding of the platform.