Eric Peterson

Experience

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  Metropolitan State University of Denver

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  Adjunct Faculty
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  MxLogic

  Jul 2008 - Sept 2009

  Threat Technician

  Authored anti-spam heuristic rules, classified IPv4 addresses based on behavioral analysis, responded to customer submissions, provided remediation guidance for infected/compromised customers

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  McAfee

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2021

  Responsible for platform, quality, and ML/data mining to protect 30M+ end users.Scrum Master and PM for multiple Research and Engineering Teams delivering impactful technology.Specialized in time-series analysis of large datasets to inform business decisions and automate threat hunting Customer-facing technical leader for SOC operations, incident response, and business developmentResponsible for advancing Email Security initiatives among competing priorities through Agile processesDriving force behind complex solutions to Graymail, BEC, and Snowshoe spamPrimary technical expert for ~5 years’ 3rd party evaluation of three distinct email security product lines Mentored Team members on threat research/data mining using SQLPolished SaaS Email data pipeline for automation, resulting in multi-FTE efficiency gains

  • Director, Threat Research

    Oct 2015 - Jan 2021

  • Research Manager, Web and Messaging Security

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2015

  • Anti-Spam Researcher & Team Lead

    Sept 2009 - Jan 2011
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  Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

  Mar 2021 - now

  Senior Technical Leader