44Net PoP
connect.44net.cloud ->VPN infrastructure points of presence for the 44Net cloud network, serving the amateur radio community.
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Summary
Cybersecurity Leader in the defence market at Thales, supporting Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces projects. 20+ years leading cybersecurity teams with 7+ years in senior leadership. Background as a digital forensics practitioner, sales engineer, and in consulting. Experienced in turning complex engineering projects into practical capabilities, and leading the teams that deliver them.
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Experience
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Principal of Cyber Security (Acting Head of Discipline)
Thales- Grew the Defence Cyber team, building the discipline's delivery capacity from a part-time function into a full Cyber team.
- Stood up the NDEC's (National Digital Excellence Centre) first centralized cyber lab, creating in-house network threat hunting (RSA NetWitness & Zeek), threat intelligence (MISP & OpenCTI), forensics (Encase and X-Ways) and detection-engineering capabilities that previously did not exist.
- Designed and launched a cyber range training environment (DIATeam), used today to train hundreds of personnel, improving operational readiness and threat response skills.
- Owned the vision and multi-PI roadmap (SAFe Agile) for LC5ISRT cybersecurity, sequencing delivery across Thales teams, defence-industry partners and government stakeholders to align with Canadian Forces mission requirements.
- Translated DND/CAF operational requirements into a prioritized program board, owning ship/no-ship decisions and resolving cross-team dependencies to keep delivery aligned to timelines.
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Director of Engineering (CXtr 3rd Party Integrations)
Cisco- Led the SecureX integration ecosystem supporting thousands of enterprise SOC users, enabling cross-platform detection and response workflows.
- Grew ecosystem from 10 to 75+ vendors over 3.5 years, expanding coverage across security tools and data sources.
- Transformed integration onboarding from 3-4 months down to 1 week by shifting from partner-built AWS/Python solutions to a fully managed platform model.
- Enabled scalable, partner-driven integrations, reducing dependency on custom engineering and accelerating ecosystem growth.
- Built containerized pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes) to streamline integration development and improve delivery speed.
- Managed a $5M integration program, improving adoption through workflow automation and developer enablement.
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Principal Consultant
RSA- Designed and delivered threat hunting programs for executive stakeholders, improving understanding of detection and response workflows.
- Built sandboxed cyber range environments simulating real attack scenarios, enabling hands-on training for enterprise customers.
- Translated real-world threat patterns into actionable product insights, aligning platform capabilities with customer needs.
- Developed investigative playbooks used by incident response and SOC teams.
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Specialist / Forensics Investigator
KPMG- Conducted forensic investigations across enterprise environments using X-Ways and F-Response, including malware analysis, insider threats, and incident response.
- Built custom forensic tools (Automated FTK Imager bootable CD) to support regulatory and legal investigations.
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Senior Consultant
Deloitte- Built a Cyber Threat Management Portal (CTMP) product and service delivering real-time, actionable intelligence feeds to enterprise customers.
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Forensics Investigator
Research in Motion- Led incident triage and malware reverse-engineering for global breaches.
- Pinpointed gaps in RIM's security posture and built incident-response playbooks, streamlining tooling and cutting response times.
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Network Security Analyst
Scotiabank- Performed forensic investigations on insider-threat, fraud, and malware incidents.
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Education
- Jun 2025 - Jun 2026 Product Management, MIT (Professional Education)
- 2003 - 2006 Advanced Diploma, Computer Security and Investigations, Sir Sandford Fleming College
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Certifications & Coursework
- Aug 2022 - Apr 2030GCTI - Cyber Threat Intelligence - GIAC
- Oct 2020 - Nov 2028GCFA - Certified Forensics Analyst - GIAC
- Oct 2017 - PresentOSCP - Certified Professional - Offensive Security
- Aug 2015 - Aug 2027GREM - Reverse Engineering Malware - GIAC
- Jun 2025 - Sep 2025Designing High Impact Solutions (MITdesignX) - MIT
- Sep 2025 - Dec 2025Designing Product Families: From Strategy to Implementation - MIT
- Dec 2025 - Mar 2026Digital Platforms: Designing Two-Sided Markets - MIT
- Mar 2026 - Jun 2026Forecasting Technology Innovation: Using Data for Strategic Advantage - MIT
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Skills
Product & Strategy
AI Product Management · Product Roadmapping · Strategic Planning · User-Centric Design · SaaS Platforms
Cybersecurity
Digital Forensics & Incident Response · Threat Detection & Response · Threat Intelligence · Computer Security · Networking Protocols
Forensics Tooling
FTK · X-Ways · Encase
Technical
OpenAI API · Anthropic API · Model Context Protocol (MCP) · LLM Technologies · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · Python · Secure Architecture
Execution
Cross-Functional Leadership · Stakeholder Management · Agile (SAFe) · Process Optimization
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Projects
HashLookup.org
coming soonNext-generation AI-powered cyber search engine utilizing MCP and a custom backend.
DarkHound
github.com/ceilingduster/darkhound ->Threat hunting meets AI. Ask it to hunt for you, and it generates a report.
Ant Colony
github.com/ceilingduster/ant-colony ->Autonomous LLM-powered agents in sandboxed Docker containers for building AI applications with minimal guidance.
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Also
Outside the day job: licensed amateur radio operator (VA3IAN), homelab tinkerer (Proxmox, Docker Swarm, MikroTik, SDR), and persistent builder of things that probably didn't need to exist but were fun to make anyway.