
Jon Shectman
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About me
Principal Program Manager, Security at Microsoft
Education

Drake University
1991 - 1995BA Double major (English, communication studies)Activities and Societies: BA, Magna Cum Laude. Double major, English and communication studies. Received numerous awards, Truman Scholarship. As undergraduate, presented paper at Shakespeare Association of America conference.
Experience

Carolina Biological Supply Company
Apr 1998 - Aug 2000Science Education Editor• Editor of science education books with the NSF• Managed multiple publishing deadlines• Gained expert knowledge in history of technology (later published)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Oct 2000 - Aug 2007• Technical team lead and Associate Director• Lead Active Directory upgrade from 2000 to 2003 R2 native mode• Implemented a broad range of campus IT solutions• Supported Exchange, virtualization, OS and Hardware, networking technologies, etc.• Executed multi-forest AD migration and engineered four Novell-to-AD migrations• Won highly-competitive UNC IT award in April, 2006 • Provided support to UNC’s South Building (Chancellor and Provost)• Created training program for campus executives• Upgraded multiple Windows NT to Windows 2000 forests• Lead forest migration efforts from Novell to Windows 2000
Associate Director for Client Services and Systems
Aug 2004 - Aug 2007Computing Consultant
Oct 2000 - Aug 2004

Fidelity Investments
Aug 2007 - Oct 2014Principal Systems Engineer• Directory Services SME• Engineering lead for worldwide Active Directory, LDAP migrations• Engineering lead for Forest consolidation effort (approx. 120 domain controllers, 50,000 user objects)• Proficient with C# and PowerShell, working knowledge of FIM• Broad experience/expertise with many associated technologies (virtualization, collaboration, OS, server/workstation, cloud, social, messaging, FIM, identity, retention, provisioning, etc.)• Awarded multiple awards for outstanding work Show less

Microsoft
Oct 2014 - now• Worldwide lead for new Sentinel Adoption Strategy Program. Migrate off of your legacy SIEM by adopting SOC use cases as the primary instrument to manage and reduce risk to the business.• Technical Strategy Enablement Lead in Microsoft's Customer Success Unit. Focus on Sentinel Strategy for our Security-dedicated Cloud Solution Architects who enable our customers to achieve more in their Security Operation Centers. • Reduce attacker dwell time by detecting and responding to anomalous behavior quickly and efficiently.• RSA Talk with Mark Simos - Denoted a Top Rated Session - https://www.rsaconference.com/Library/presentation/USA/2024/Youre%20Doing%20It%20Wrong%20Common%20Security%20Antipatterns Show less • Program Architect for large multi-year enterprise digital transformation• Worldwide Security Community Lead (emeritus)• Creator of Project VAST (now a component of Azure Sentinel)• Industry journal coverage (https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/03/29/microsoft-project-vast-security-visualization-tool.aspx)• I contribute to the development of, and train widely on, Azure Sentinel• Awarded Gold Club (2018)• Cybersecurity architect for several Fortune 50 companies• Highly rated Ready speaker, Channel 9 contributor, MSDN blog author, conference speaker Show less • Helping customers achieve more on their Security Journey• Deliver MS Cybersecurity Engagements to Enterprise customers• Managed Content lead developer (North America) for several Security Assessments • Master Trainer of fellow PFEs for several Security Assessments• Regular speaker at conferences• Co-creator of the Visual Auditing Security Tool (Project VAST), which uses Azure and Power BI to visualize security data (https://aka.ms/securitypfe).• I am the Worldwide Security Community Lead at Microsoft Show less
Principal Program Manager
May 2022 - nowCybersecurity and Program Architect
Aug 2018 - May 2022Senior Premier Field Engineer, Security
Oct 2014 - Aug 2018
Licenses & Certifications
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Worldwide Communities - Community Lead 2018
Microsoft 
70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
MicrosoftJan 2016
AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
MicrosoftMay 2020
MCSE
MicrosoftJul 2000
AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
MicrosoftMar 2020
AZ-102: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition Exam
MicrosoftMay 2019
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