Career Highlights
- ► Graduate, Arizona State University, School of Engineering, BSE in Computer Science Engineering
- ► Graduate, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, MBA in Decision Sciences
- ► Graduate, University of Pennsylvania, Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies, MA in International Management
- ► Served in the US Army as a Military Police Officer
- ► Served in the US Navy as a civilian coordinator for US-Japan cooperative technology programs
- ► Lead IT security consulting business units at Symantec and RSA Japan
- ► Experienced in financial industry (System Analyst at Goldman Sachs Japan, IT Assistant Manager at W.I. Carr Japan, and Director of IT at Swiss Bank Corporation Japan)
- ► Early provider of web application pen-testing in Japan
- ► Founder Pathfinders Japan Ltd., a consulting firm for IT security and global business development
- ► Visiting instructor for Temple University Japan in the field of IT and global business and communication skills
- ► Native speaker of English and Japanese
- ► Currently serves as an IT security consultant, instructor, and business advisor for multi-national companies in the US, Japan, and Asia Pacific regions
Project Management Experience
- ► Internal, customer, and outsourced IT projects
- ► Offshore IT projects
- ► Defense-related projects
- ► Global business development projects
Instructor and Speaker Experience
- ► Freelance AWS Instructor covering Architecting, DevOps Engineering, Security Engineering, Machine Learning, and Development.
- ► Freelance Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Instructor covering Architecting on GCP.
- ► Consults and instructs in the IT security field. Specialities are: Certification prep. courses (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, CCNA, CEH, etc.), and customized security courses (e.g. Security in the SDLC, Threat Modeling, Application Security)
- ► Consults and instructs in the global business skills field (e.g. Communication skills for IT professionals, Global solution sales, Assertiveness, Public speaking skills, Coaching, etc.)
- ► Past speaker for ASEAN Information Security Forum, Hawaii Cyber Five-O, AFCEA Hawaii, Cloud Security Alliance Japan, and others.
- ► TV appearance for Business Breakthrough "Role of the CISO"
- ► Online training series for Microsoft products
- ► Newspaper and digital media interviews related to IT security
IT Certifications
- AWS Authorized Instructor Champion
- GCP AUthorized Instructor
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, Security Speciality, Machine Learning Speciality, SysOps, Dev, and Cloud Essentials
- CISSP
- CCSP
- CCSK
- CCNA
- CEH
- Security+
- Network+
- MCSE, MCDBA
- Scrum Master
- BTA Certified Blockchain Business Foundations (CBBF)
Products Experience
- Skybox Security solutions
- Cisco routers and IDS (formerly Sourcefire)
- McAfee enterprise security products
- Algosec firewall analyzer
- EMC VNX
- DevSecOps related products (Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, AWS pipeline, etc.)
- Security education and testing related products (Various OWASP security tools, WebInspect, AppScan, Nessus, Maltigo, Kali tools, etc.)
Current Interest
- DevSecOps
- Incorporating security using BlockChain
- Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, Cloud Native Technology