OPERATIONS · ENGINEERING · SECURITY PRODUCTS

Cybersecurity leadership.
Built on technical depth.

I bring SOC leadership, detection engineering and security-product experience to enterprise cyber defense and AI-enabled security operations.

EXPERIENCE 18+ years
in cybersecurity
Nearly 15 years at Microsoft
OPERATIONS SOC
leadership
Microsoft and a global MSSP
ENGINEERING Detection Engineering
Leadership
Microsoft

SELECTED WORK

Practical work. Publicly available.

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New · Free vendor-evaluation guide

Buying an AI SOC?
Ask These 70 Questions First

Assess the evidence, permissions, failure handling, detection quality, cost and exit before you buy.

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37-page guide + editable Excel worksheet · No email or signup required

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FREE FIELD GUIDE

The Defender’s Guide
to AI Agents

What to log, detect, investigate and contain when AI agents act on real systems.

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PDF · 84 pages · Free · No email or signup

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CYBER RISK

Cyber P&L

Open-source research for examining cyber loss, control assumptions and security investment decisions.

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AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

From investigation to engineering and leadership.

Security operations & response

SOC leadership, threat intelligence, complex investigations and response readiness.

Detection & security engineering

Detection authoring, validation, tuning and delivery across SIEM and XDR environments.

AI security & governance

Agent identity, operational evidence, AI management systems and assurance.

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Experience across 8 SIEM and 2 XDR platforms, connecting technical direction with operational ownership, escalation and analyst development.

Let’s connect.

Professional conversations, research, speaking and media.

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