Cybersecurity Nerd · Hampton Roads, VA · CISSP
I assess cybersecurity risk for a living, tell dad jokes for free, and explore technology and build small tools in my spare time. My résumé is very informative (and great for insomnia!); the more interesting stuff is on this page. You'll have to hit me up for the dad jokes.
Read my résumé Browse the toolsFormer fetus with over four decades of experience converting oxygen to carbon dioxide (except for those 53 minutes in 2023…).
Follower of Jesus Christ. Trying to be a good person and to make this good world an even better place by loving God and loving others. Trying to be a love-your-neighbor Christian, not a culture-war kind.
Husband to one wife (that we know of), father to one son.
Passionate about technology. Player of story-driven video games. Listener of audiobooks. Enjoyer of quality sci-fi and fantasy. Purveyor of dadjokes. Dabbler in 3D printing. Player of board games. Amateur carpenter.
Volunteer with The Norfolk Street Choir and Neighborhood.
Twenty-five-plus years in cybersecurity compliance and risk assessment. Architect of MITRE’s Adaptive Cybersecurity Testing (ACT) risk-based assessment framework.
Before that: Common Criteria and FIPS 140 certifications, security controls assessments, and a lot of policy writing. The full story, with all the jargon, is on the résumé.
Tools I’ve vibe coded (i.e., through iterative prompting) using Claude and Codex. Everything runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you drop in is uploaded anywhere.