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About Me

I am a Senior Systems Administrator with over 9 years of professional experience in Information Technology, Information Security, and Software Development, and many more years of technical knowledge and interest. My work centers on security: identity and access management, securing cloud environments, and using Python, PowerShell, and Infrastructure as Code to automate and enforce controls consistently. I also use AI tools in my own engineering work and focus on how to adopt them safely: governing access, protecting data, and managing the new risks AI introduces. I'm looking to bring that experience to a dedicated security role.

  • Identity & Access Management
  • Cloud Security
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Secure Service Edge (Netskope)
  • AI Security & Governance
  • AI-Assisted Engineering
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Security Automation
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • 9+Years in IT
  • 7Certifications
  • 3Microsoft Certs

Security

Identity & Access

Identity is the new perimeter. Certified in Microsoft identity administration (SC-300), with day-to-day focus on access management.

SC-300

Cloud Security

Designing and administering Azure environments, plus Netskope One for secure access to cloud and web resources.

AZ-104Netskope One

Security Automation

Python, PowerShell, and Infrastructure as Code to make controls repeatable, auditable, and consistent.

AI Security & Adoption

I use AI assistants and coding agents in my own work, and approach them as a security engineer: least-privilege access for AI tools and agents, data loss prevention for generative AI, and awareness of risks such as prompt injection, data leakage and shadow AI.

Responsible AI UseData Protection

Security Fundamentals

A strong base in networking and security principles, backed by CompTIA credentials.

Security+Network+

Experience

WESTconsin Credit Union

Senior Systems Administrator•April 2024 - Present
Systems Administrator•January 2022 - April 2024

TDS Telecom

Information Technology Analyst Intern•June 2020 - December 2021

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Help Desk Network Consultant•August 2019 - December 2021

Altis Life Game Server

Lead Developer•October 2016 - October 2019

Education

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Certifications

Netskope One Administration AccreditationSecurity

Netskope•ID: 295773574•Issued November 2025

Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator AssociateSecurity

SC-300•Microsoft Verify•Issued March 2025

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

AZ-104•Microsoft Verify•Issued September 2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

AZ-900•Microsoft Verify•Issued May 2023

CompTIA Security+Security

SY0-601•ID: HPM912HY3BBEQV3F•Issued February 2023

CompTIA Network+

N10-007•ID: M0935RC5C2BE1E3B•Issued June 2022

CompTIA A+

220-1001/1002•ID: PEDB52ZPTPVQQMCB•Issued July 2021