He holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management from The George Washington University and is a CISSP. He has previously held positions with Gartner, AOL, Wells Fargo, ICSA Labs, LockPath, and Ernst & Young. He is former co-chair of the American Bar Association Information Security Committee, a senior member of ISSA, former board member at large for the Society of Information Risk Analysts, and former board member for the OWASP NoVA chapter. He is a published author and an experienced public speaker, including speaking engagements with the RSA Conference, MISTI, ISSA, Secure360, RVAsec and RMISC, as well as Gartner events.