Consulting Manager for Berry, Dunn, McNeil and Parker, a public accounting firm located in Portland, Maine.

I have been a systems engineer, network admin, webmistress, managed firewalls and intrusion detection systems for over ten years. I’m a Certified Novell Engineer (the BEST networked OS), Certified Ethical Hacker, Microsoft Certified Professional, Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. I guess all that means I’m certifiable….

After ten years of systems administration, I’ve spent the next seven years doing pentesting, PCI exams for Tier 1 and 2 vendors, been assisting and attesting auditor for SOX 404 exams, and completed 50 or so SAS 70 Type 2s. Last year I was in fifteen different states doing audits.

I’ve examined universities, stadium seat manufacturers, newspaper publishers, soda distributors, lotteries, racetracks, banks (a LOT of banks), recycling companies, hospitals, state government departments (four states so far), online retailers and wood processors.

I’ve seen it all…..

I also have two Master’s degrees, one in Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School and the other in Information Assurance from Norwich University.

Under my desk at work I have: Windows 2000 (with SQL 2000), Windows 2003 (with SQL 2005), Fedora (with Oracle 10), AS 400 v5r2, and Backtrack. I’m a total GEEK.

Who is responsible for secure systems? I am. You are.