• Amazon AWS: EC2, EFS, S3, RDS, SES, IAM, ElasticSearch
• Operating Systems: Linux (CentOS, Amazon Linux, Kali Linux, any RHEL-based or Debian-based), Windows (2000-2012)
• Web Servers: Nginx, IIS, Apache
• Database Servers: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Other Servers and Systems: OpenSim, Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server, Ubiquiti UniFi, OpenVPN, VMWare (vSphere, Horizon, NSX)

• Languages and Frameworks: Python, Django, SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, SCSS/SASS, LaTeX, XML, JSON, Mono/LSL
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite
• Other Tools: uWSGI, Gunicorn, Apache Solr, ElasticSearch

• Social media datamining, profiling, and analysis
• Comparative image analysis using computer vision (scikit-image, OpenCV)
• Automated steganography encryption, recognition, and decryption, implemented in Python
• Penetration testing, and automation of penetration testing tools using Python
• Testing and Analysis Tools: Burp Suite, Cofense Triage, EnCase 6, nmap, Wireshark, Nessus, Tableau evidence collection hardware

• Over 12 years experience working primarily/exclusively remotely
• Experience leading highly-collaborative remote/distributed teams
• Experience and training in criminal investigations, digital evidence handling, and general law enforcement procedures
• Software and database architecture and planning
• Photography, 3D modeling/architectural design, graphic design, and UI/UX design and testing
• Over 18 years experience building and leading online communities
• Languages: English (native language), Español (Spanish - functional fluency), ᏣᎳᎩ (Cherokee - familiarity)

Short-term contract to analyze internal systems and procedures, and to provide guidance for improved information security.

Primary services included documentation and reports to inform configuration and purchasing decisions, including migration to cloud services.

Additionally provided security auditing and analysis for internal network infrastructure and systems.

Short-term contract to assist outgoing CEO with transitional technical and security issues during acquisition and reorganization.

Primary services included account management and security auditing for outgoing employees and system/account setup for incoming employees.

Additionally provided internal technical support for legacy systems while transitioning to replacements under new management.

Lead developer for Python scripts and libraries using the Cofense Triage API, for improved automation and integration with customers' systems.

Developed core patches for Cofense Triage 1.14 to fix a wide variety of bugs and enhance existing features.

Additionally tasked with diagnosing configuration and deployment issues in production installations of Cofense Triage, and assisting other product teams (primarily Cofense PhishMe) with a wide variety of technical issues as needed.

Responsible for architecture and development of software to modernize the collection, analysis, and archival storage of scientific research data, supporting the work of the Standard Test Methods for Response Robots program in the NIST Intelligent Systems Division.

Tasked with additional duties for the NIST Intelligent Systems team during the June 2017 meeting of the E54 (Homeland Security Applications) subcommittee of ASTM International in Toronto, including official photography of the team's experiments and demonstrations, transportation of equipment and materials used in testing robots, and assisting with setup and clean-up of experiments and demonstrations.

Responsible for multiple projects spearheaded by the Office of Investigations Computer Crimes Unit, both for internal use and for public use, using a wide variety of platforms and applications, including open-source and custom-built software.

Led a 6-person development team in designing, building, and launching a large-scale forensic evidence collection and analysis platform, with extensive management and automation of a large number of distributed servers/systems, to provide innovative tools for new types of investigative operations. » Full project detail: Remote Forensic Investigation Platform

Led a 5-person development team in restructuring and redesigning the USPS OIG website (www.uspsoig.gov). » Full project detail: USPSOIG.gov Rebuild

Led a 7-person team in implementing Single Sign-On between DANTES (www.dantesportal.org) and the USPS OIG Active Directory domain, using SAML 2.0. » Full project detail: DANTES Single Sign-On

Team Lead for development of new features on DANTES (www.dantesportal.org) and the USPS OIG website (www.uspsoig.gov), as well as maintenance and administrative tasks on both sites and their supporting infrastructure. » Full project detail: Data Analytics And Technical Expert Services (DANTES)

Worked closely with the 18F division of the General Services Administration to make the USPS OIG one of the first US federal agencies to implement HTTP Strict Transport Security, and one of the first .gov domains to be hard-coded into the Google HSTS pre-load list used by Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. » Full project detail: USPSOIG.gov HTTP Secure Transport Security/HSTS Preload

Responsible for software deployments, modifications, and bug fixes for numerous client websites, including open-source, commercial, and custom applications.

Performed bug fixes for open-source software used in client websites, turning experimental or poorly-supported projects into production-grade software when another solution was unavailable or undesirable.

Provided comprehensive top-tier technical support and PC repair to small businesses and home clients, with an emphasis on clear communication and high quality of work.

Provided a tailored “personal shopper” service for PC, peripheral, mobile, and home electronics purchases, helping clients choose the best product for their needs.

Specialized in providing support with a personal touch, and creating stronger client relationships than competing computer support services.

Developed custom PHP applications for client websites in a team environment, including architecture for a social networking site.

Tasked with modifications and bug fixes for existing PHP applications on client websites, including high-traffic sites with minimal allowed downtime.

Full site built from scratch, including graphics and underlying code, serving as a personal creative portfolio for photography, written work, and a platform for experimental development. Originally powered entirely by a hand-written PHP CMS on MySQL as an educational exercise, the current version of the site was rebuilt using Django and PostgreSQL after migrating to Amazon AWS infrastructure in 2014.

Notable Features

• DeerTrees, a content-agnostic site structure and content organization app.
• DeerBooks, a text-focused content management system with a simple, streamlined author interface, and robust format-conversion capabilities.
• Sunset, a heavily-automated image gallery with extensive server-side processing and analysis capabilities, providing interaction-free image publishing.
• A content-agnostic access control system, with a variety of granular permissions options, and features to ease integration into other apps.
• An event-attendance system to track appearances at conventions and other events, both in a list and on a map, with extended data options and integration with DeerBooks and Sunset.
• A system for managing external links, and displaying them throughout the site in contextually-appropriate areas.
• An intelligent 404 handler, to gracefully recover File Not Found errors as 301 redirects as often as possible, without needing to explicitly define a list of individual known-bad URLs.
• Fully-custom responsive layout, written in SASS, designed to keep photography as the site's focus as much as possible, with minimal intrusion of other elements and minimal extraneous markup.

Responsible for developing a dynamic backend and data management system for an iOS app, using Django. The Ponycons app was widely used to present information about My Little Pony conventions to the fan community.

Joint project with a developer in Germany to build an IME package for Ibus (standard IME for Debian-based Linux distributions) which automatically transliterates Cherokee written with Latin alphabet characters into the Cherokee Syllabary. No such package previously existed for Linux, and Windows implementations of this concept are generally difficult for Cherokee speakers to use. Preliminary user testing showed a 2-3x typing speed increase for people fluent in Cherokee written with syllabic characters, and a 4-5x speed increase for Cherokee speakers who have less experience using the syllabary.