Expertise
- Red team operations and penetration testing
- Purple team exercises and defense strengthening
- Enterprise security strategy and program management
- Technical team and practice leadership
- Customer relationship and account management
Experience
I started at a helpdesk and worked my way through sysadmin work,
pentesting, and red teaming before starting Empiric
Security (opens in new tab) in
2024.
Work history
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2024 - present
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Owner, Empiric Security
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2023 - 2024
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Red Team, Bishop Fox
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2019 - 2023
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Penetration Testing Practice Lead, risk3sixty
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2019 - 2023
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Senior Penetration Tester, risk3sixty
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2018 - 2019
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Penetration Tester, risk3sixty
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2015 - 2018
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IT Security Systems Administrator
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2013 - 2015
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IT Helpdesk Technician
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Credentials
Professional certifications
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OSCP
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Offensive Security Certified Professional
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GWAPT
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GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (expired)
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CEH
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EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (expired)
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Security+ce
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CompTIA (expired)
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Speaking Events
I present at security conferences when I have something worth saying.
The range is wide — from technical subjects like serverless password
cracking and red team tooling to the organizational stuff: burnout,
budget justification, and explaining what a pentest actually is.