Bruce Gabbard

Experience

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  North Winds Investigations

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  State Licensed Private Investigator
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  WAL MART STORES INC 1559

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  General Liability Claims Adjuster
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  Bentonville Public Schools Foundation

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Information Systems Manager
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  United Connectivity Solutions, Inc

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Systems Engineer & Owner
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  Wal-Mart

  Oct 1998 - Mar 2007

  Threat Research & Analysist

  -- Principal & founding member Wal-Mart Stores Information Security Division. -- Responsible for threat Research and Analysis Group. -- Specializing in Surveillance, Digital/Physical Investigation, Digital Forensics, SIRT, TSCM, OSINT, HUMINT, SIGINT.-- Senior & founding team member responsible for organizing corporate Security Incident Response (SIRT) team. -- Specializing in computer forensics & incident response, experienced in planning and actively leading "Red Team" and physical/IT penetration audits.-- Responsible for development, execution, training and management of company TSCM efforts worldwide. -- Defined and established corporate Technical Security Countermeasure (TSCM) operations and operational procedures.-- Founding team member responsible for organizing corporate Technical Security Countermeasure (TSCM) operations. -- Primary representative responsible for securing data, voice, video, and verbal communications for all executive and other high level meetings, persons, and functions. -- Primary communications and counter-surveillance support for company executive protection team.-- Founding member of company's threat research team, responsible for hundreds of digital forensic investigations. -- Defined operational framework procedures regarding incident response, digital evidence collection/preservation, and other standard operational procedures specific to IT security. Show less

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  Forensic Survey, LLC

  Mar 2007 - now

  Owner / Investigator - Digital Forensics, Expert Witness Testimony, & Consulting

  -- Providing Digital Forensics, Network & IT System Vulnerability Assessments & Security Consulting. -- Responsible for System Monitoring, Regulatory Compliance (HIPAA, SOX, PCI) & Incident Response.

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  Shape Security

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2019

  Lead Security Engineer & Architect - Data Center Operations

  -- Successfully leaded the design, development, implementation of a critical and complex part of an Application Security Tools and Services. This includes building brand new systems, or enhancements, modifications to existing software. Implementing PoCs and comparing different technologies.-- Worked closely with our internal and external partners, lead the technical low level design. -- Worked with project team members (Chief Security Architects, Senior Developers, Application Security Engineers, Project Managers, etc.), and coordinate and lead interfaces with other groups from different domains.-- Successfully Leaded by example in producing high quality code with zero security vulnerabilities throughout the project SDLC.-- Successfully managed the implementation process for assigned projects. Estimated work effort on a project.-- Served as a point contact for onshore and offshore development teams to assist them in integration activities. Show less