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Praeryx is redefining cyber threat intelligence by tearing down the barriers keeping actionable intelligence out of reach for most organizations. Security teams are overwhelmed by relentless alerts while adversaries strike with speed and precision, exploiting blind spots before defenders can react. Traditional cyber threat intelligence solutions fail to decode the chaos into clarity, leaving organizations stuck in a reactive cycle instead of proactively preventing attacks. Praeryx transforms this disorder into control, ensuring intelligence is no longer siloed but accessible, understandable, and operational for every stakeholder. By dismantling outdated cyber threat intelligence models and delivering high impact, tailored insights, Praeryx empowers organizations to anticipate threats, act with confidence, and take command of the cyber battlefield.

Direct CrowdStrike’s Threat Intelligence business for Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ), and Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), at the forefront of selling advanced government-grade intelligence and 24/7/365 threat hunting capabilities. Entrusted with the stewardship of CrowdStrike’s Counter Adversary Operations (CAO) solution suite in APJ & META, pivotal in enabling sales across these regions, and offering unrivaled insights and protection against sophisticated adversaries.

Empower clients by selling and integrating cutting-edge threat intelligence and threat hunting methodologies into comprehensive cyber security strategies. Illuminate the path for organizations to harness actionable intelligence, digital risk monitoring, and proactive threat hunting, demonstrating their indispensable value in today’s complex threat environment. These efforts bolster account teams by driving significant sales advancements in CrowdStrike’s CAO portfolio, including OverWatch, Falcon Intelligence, Falcon Intelligence Recon, and beyond.

A key aspect of the role involves presenting specialized threat landscape briefs, delving into regional and industry-specific security challenges at numerous international security conferences and events. Sought after by APJ-based news outlets for expert commentary on global security threats, nation-state and e-crime activities, geopolitical movements, and international cyber security developments. Through these engagements, champion the transformative power of threat intelligence and the broader array of CrowdStrike solutions.

Responsible for the development and ongoing enhancement of an arsenal of threat intelligence marketing collateral tailored to meet the dynamic needs of global, regional, and local stakeholders. Deliver specialized threat intelligence content, meticulously designed to resonate with the unique security landscapes of the APJ and META markets.

Working towards achieving world domination one threat intelligence sale at a time ...

Integrate an enriched hybrid of high-level U.S. government cyber security strategy and tactics, thought leadership, evangelism, and technical savvy for McAfee Japan Cyber Strategic Initiative Office. Apply firsthand experience governing U.S. Department of Defense and cross-government information systems, as well as expertise architecting and administering defense-grade security frameworks, to deliver robust cyber security solutions and capabilities centered around the Threat Defense Lifecycle. Primarily focus on the Government of Japan, particularly the Japanese Ministry of Defense, as well as Japanese critical infrastructure, and other industries

• Regularly featured in Japanese cyber security news media, providing expert commentary on foreign cyber security news issues, foreign cyber threats, and potential threats targeting Japan. Specifically featured in Sankei, Nikkei, MyNavi, and other professional publications from 2017-present
• Keynote speaker at over fifteen cyber security seminars per year from 2013-2018, focusing primarily on influencing Government of Japan agencies to adopt stronger, more resilient cyber security policies. Regularly present at events and venue co-hosted by ACCJ, Keio University, and more
• Directed a Sales Engineering team responsible for a US$10m Security Information and Event Manager deal for Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the largest ever SIEM sales project in McAfee history
• Key member of a 4-person Intel Security team responsible for assisting the largest Japanese electric power company research cyber security for critical infrastructure, ultimately leading to securing a multi-year, multi-million-dollar professional services and consultation contract
• Led a 4-person Intel Security team responsible for developing, & delivering recommendations for a Government-mandated cyber security framework for the Japanese critical infrastructure industry that was ultimately adopted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)

Headquarters United States Forces Japan Chief of Cyber Security, responsible for complete oversight, administration and execution of the Information Assurance program and bilateral Information Assurance relationship. Supervise a staff of two Department of Navy civilians and one senior Air Force personnel. Highly sought after Subject Matter Expert (SME) conducting bilateral information assurance operations with U.S. and Japanese IA professionals. Sole USFJ Cyber Security representative on the Bilateral Information Security Consultation (BISC) Cyber Defense Working Group, a high-level U.S. Embassy Tokyo led, bilateral information security effort between the United States Government (USG) and the Government of Japan (GOJ).

• U.S. Co-Chair of the DoD-CIO Information Assurance Working Group (IAWG) between U.S. and Japan. Single-handedly reinvigorated a stale bilateral relationship, leading to increased IA information sharing between U.S. Department of Defense and Japanese Ministry of Defense.
• Directed a 4-person network security team responding to a high-visibility incident, providing on-site network analysis, methodically mitigating an imminent threat to DoD network assets & data.
• Led the installation of Host-Based Security System (HBSS) on two USFJ networks, deploying the McAfee Agent (MA) on 500+ workstations and 40+ servers and configuring all necessary policies.
• Sole cyber security architect responsible for the engineering, installation and day-to-day administration of six McAfee Enterprise Firewalls.
• Single-handedly engineered major network security upgrades using McAfee Enterprise Firewall, Nitro SIEM, and Sourefire IDS’s after being awarded $2.3m from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Provided and coordinated multiple training events for Japan Joint Staff J6 IA personnel, educating the delegation on DoD IA policy, and TTP’s for protecting sensitive, mission critical networks.

Adept, multi-talented, technically savvy Information Assurance Manager with unparalleled vision and leadership. Highly energetic, self-motivated engineer capable of making hard decisions which have allowed United States Forces Japan to remain on the cutting edge of Information Security technology. Support and administer technical and administrative security initiatives for multiple networks utilized by United States Forces Japan. Directly responsible for the daily administration of three network perimeter security suites. Installed six (6) McAfee Sidewinder firewalls, Blue Coat Web Proxy Server, Blue Coat Web Proxy Anti-Virus Server, Sourcefire IDS/IPS, and a myriad of other technical controls designed to prevent the unauthorized access to network resources and protect DoD information. Accountable for IT security within system development lifecycle, change management, production systems support, and technology-enabled projects. Effectively train network security analysts. Oversee regulatory policy audits and vulnerability assessments.

Provide dynamic vision, leadership, and decision making to develop, support, and administer security initiatives and systems. Direct planning, implementation, and support of enterprise systems with infrastructure of 100+ Windows 2003/2000/NT servers, Cisco routers and switches, and Marconi ATM switches. Responsible for IT security within system development lifecycle, change management, production systems support, and technology-enabled projects. Effectively manage and train network security analysts/administrators and Computer Incident Response Team. Oversee regulatory policy audits and vulnerability assessments. Supervise entire regional Information Assurance Department in absence of Manager. Maintained, configured, and modified Gauntlet 5.5 enterprise network firewall architecture operating under BSDI 3.2. Installed and maintained BSDI 4.2 (on internal and external DNS servers) and Gentoo Linux running Squid Proxy Server and NAGIOS networking.

• Instrumental in launching Japan Regional Network Operations Center and Information Technology Service Center Far East, which is responsible for all Navy networking in the entire Far East.
• Created new Security Operations Center including workload planning, security incident investigation and documentation, and counseling of clients in violation of user agreement.
• Solely responsible for the installation and day to day maintenance of 6 Gauntlet 5.5 enterprise firewalls running on BSDI 3.2, supporting perimeter defense for over 10,000 simultaneous users. Single-handedly upgraded to SideWinder G2 appliances operating in high-availability mode.
• Analyzed and improved networking infrastructure, hardware, and software to meet customer needs and requirements more effectively.

Co-Founded the most successful online art community the Internet has ever seen. Created, designed and architected the framework upon which deviantART operated during the first 3 years of the life of the site. Responsible for all HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL code written during the first 3 years deviantART operated. Steered the deviantART ship in the direction the community required in order to grow organically, employing various viral marketing techniques.