Murray State University - December 2002

Bachelor of Science - Telecommunications Systems Management

CompTIA A+ Certification

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Partner / Owner - RocketForce Media

What is 110mb?
110mb.com is one of the largest free webhosting providers on the Internet. It offers both free hosting and shared "premium" hosting 110mb currently has 1.7 million subscribers with datacenter locations in the Neatherlands, USA, and Canada.
Key Responsibilities Included:

• 110mbAdmin Control Panel - Internal Administration Application Development
• Enhanced Registration / Enrollment processes
• Server Administration and Maintenance
• Network Infrastructure - Network Monitoring
• Security and Compliance

Chief Technology Officer - AmeriFlex

What is AmeriFlex?
AmeriFlex is an independent benefits administrator providing technology-based, consumer-driven benefits and compliance solutions. At my time of employment, AmeriFlex was focused on FSAs, HRAs, HSAs, and very progressive healthcare payment solutions. AmeriFlex is headquartered in Frisco, TX.
Key Responsibilities Included:

• Creating innovative solutions to fix our countries ongoing healthcare crisis.
• Managing the Day to Day Operations of a growing IT Department
• Security and Compliance reviews - IT Auditing / SAS70 certification processes
• Implemented VOIP telecom solution, Server Virtualization for rapid server deployment
• Getting my hands dirty - helping my team meet goals & deadlines - taking over project management, application development, site design, css, jquery
• Before hiring my IT team - Server administration, Exchange Administration, Network Infrastructure

Director of IT Project Implementation and Management

First Horizon Msaver

What is First Horizon Msaver?
First Horizon Msaver is one of the largest providers of HSA (health savings accounts) in the country. Msaver is headquartered in Overland Park, KS. First Horizon Msaver is a division of First Tennessee Bank which is located in Memphis, TN.
Update: First Horizon Msaver was recently acquired by HealthEquity.
Key Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

• Managed and Developed projects such as the HSA Online Enrollment system that utilized Identity Verification to allow clients to create accounts, online, that were OFAC compliant
• Created "first to market" tools for brokers: A blog & forum with online portal for checking referrals
• Developed Online Marketing strategy that focused on finding profitable lead-generating keywords and gaining new accounts from them
• Developed award-winning website and portal with analytics that was search engine optimized, allowing for a nearly 300% increase in traffic over a six month period.

Information Security Consultant - Attus Technologies / CSI

What is Attus Technologies?
ATTUS is a recognized leader in USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) , BSA (Bank Secrecy Act), FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) compliance. Attus Technologies is a subsidiary of CSI, Inc in Paducah, KY. I created a rigid internal and external information security audit that Attus Technologies uses as a protocol for penetration testing its clients to this day.
Key Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

• Created a rigid internal and external information security audit that Attus Technologies uses as a protocol for penetration testing its clients to this day.
• Audited and evaluated the information security of over 30 banks with various IT structures.
• Developed model disaster recovery (DR) & business continuity (BCP) plans.
• Evaluated controls of banks for Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)Compliance.
• Created various physical security & social engineering tests to test the security of banks staff.

Systems Engineer - Crittenden County School System

What is the Crittenden County Board of Education?
The Crittenden County Board of Education, located in Marion, KY, consisted of five schools with over 1200 students and nearly 150 staff members.
Key Responsibilities and Accomplishments:

• Developed enterprise level IT infrastructure allowing rapid deployment of desktops
• Configured initial release of Active Directory as well as built scripts
• Automated all procedures, creating disaster recovery and business continuity procedures
• Managed project to upgrade and move to statewide STI software
• Developed custom content management based website for sharing information