Ethan R.

Experience

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  Delta Computers

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Computer Technician

  • Resolved a variety of software and hardware issues for business and home users• Provided exceptional technical support via telephone and in person• Constructed cost-efficient computer systems to meet customers’ needs• Recommended and suggested beneficial upgrades and optimized aging computers• Performed software and limited hardware-based data recovery and archiving• Accurately recorded customers’ technical issues and provided resolution feedback

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  My Hard Drive Died / Forensic Strategy Services

  Jun 2010 - Nov 2012

  Senior Data Recovery and Forensics Specialist

  • Performed high-end data recovery for clients in all manners from clean room hard drive physical repair to logical recovery of damaged RAID arrays and mangled file systems to NAND extraction from solid state drives• Handled complete forensic data collection and preparation of evidence ensuring forensic integrity and chain of custody• Worked with clients in organizations including multi-million dollar corporations, government agencies, and law firms• Managed logistics and performed all day-to-day data recovery operations• Crafted specialized data recovery solutions for in-depth recoveries that exceeded traditional techniques• Built and maintained internal NAS, servers, data recovery hardware, and workstations and ensured PCI DSS compliance Show less

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  PossibleNOW

  Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  Senior Network Security Engineer

  • Performed vulnerability scans and penetration tests and provided remediation plans for a variety of clients in different architectures to complete or maintain compliance regulations• Played a key role in migrating company’s primary datacenter involving relocation of all production servers and hundreds of firewall and networking rule changes• Designed and established connectivity and routing from the ground up to new disaster recovery datacenters• Was in charge of architecting, designing, and deploying all firewalls, IPSes, and relevant rulesets• Architected, built, and tuned high performance Splunk servers for all company SIEM log aggregation and parsing• Managed global load balancers to ensure high availability of all company servers• Wrote and maintained company hardening guides for all Linux servers• Configured, installed, and maintained monitoring of all servers, workstations, firewalls, IPSes, routers, switches and accompanying services Show less

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  Securicon, LLC

  Feb 2015 - Mar 2016

  Security Consultant

  • Spearheading long term security remediation project of large fiber backbone for a Fortune 150 company based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework• Designed, deployed, and maintains a robust custom RADIUS backend to support migration of hundreds of disparate network elements to a centralized AAA framework consisting of thousands of users• Crafted, refined, and implemented SIEM use cases to audit hundreds of devices’ logs to satisfy relevant security controls and SOC requirements• Engages with vendors in ongoing effort to harden proprietary support servers and devices to comply with industry regulations• Works with clients to determine needs and architect proper security controls to ensure NERC CIP compliance• Performs independent risk assessments and reviews of SCADA/ICS network equipment as well as telecommunications hardware in a variety of environments Show less

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  UL

  Mar 2016 - Apr 2018

  Senior Security Analyst, Consumer Security Group

  • Member of UL Cyber Assurance Program Technical Committee.• Created and taught hands-on penetration testing training to Fortune 100 customers.• Conceptualized, designed, built, and manages new specialized market offering in the data storage space to meet government, corporate, and manufacturer client compliance needs.• Evaluated, tested, and reported on security strength of automotive and consumer electronic IoT devices for a multitude of Fortune 20 companies based on the UL 2900 series of standards resulting in a UL CAP Certification.• Led penetration tests and vulnerability assessments for domestic and international clients in accordance with a variety of exotic compliance and governmental regulations.• Facilitated UL M&A activities by evaluating acquired company’s security posture and policies and performing risk assessment and recommending remediation steps to ensure corporate security policy compliance. Show less

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  Newell Brands

  May 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Principal IoT Security Architect

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Senior Threat Researcher

    May 2018 - Jan 2022
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  Synack Red Team

  Jun 2019 - Jan 2020

  Security Researcher
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  Cobalt.io

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  Security Researcher / Penetration Tester
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  Fanatics

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Director of Cybersecurity

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Director of Cybersecurity

    Aug 2022 - Feb 2024