I am a cybersecurity executive, professor, and researcher who connects business risk, adversary behavior, and technical reality. At DOT Security, I serve as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, helping organizations shape cybersecurity strategy, governance, enterprise risk management, incident readiness, and defensible priorities around their operating goals.

My foundation is hands-on. In consulting roles, I delivered external, internal, and web application penetration tests, vulnerability analysis, security risk assessments, and GRC support for organizations in healthcare, education, and finance. That experience helps me translate technical findings into practical decisions aligned with NIST, HIPAA, PCI, and real-world threat models.

I also serve as Cybersecurity Professor and Program Coordinator at Olive-Harvey College, where I lead applied, industry-aligned learning in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and cybersecurity fundamentals. My broader teaching experience includes Illinois Institute of Technology, Saint Louis University, and ThriveDX.

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science with research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. My technical research spans AI-driven threat detection, adversarial machine learning, security automation, distributed systems, quantum-circuit simulation at Argonne National Laboratory, and peer-reviewed computational physics.

This range—executive leadership, offensive security, governance, research, and education—allows me to evaluate cyber risk from the boardroom to the system level and build programs people can operate, defend, and sustain.

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