Cybersecurity executive and technologist with 20+ years building and scaling security programs across enterprise, federal, and channel markets. Currently serving as Cyber CTO at World Wide Technology, advising CIO, CISO, and CTO stakeholders on AI-driven security strategies, Zero Trust architectures, and threat intelligence platforms. Previously VP of Cybersecurity Engineering & AI at Lumen Technologies, leading the Black Lotus Security Group—a $62M division delivering Threat Intelligence, Security Architecture, and classified national-security programs. Grew revenue to $61.8M (+13% YoY) and launched AI-driven products including Lumen Defender Plus and the Threat Recon platform. Deep expertise in cyber threat intelligence and nation-state advanced actor tracking: led teams that discovered and interdicted Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon infrastructure, disrupted the Raptor Train botnet (Flax Typhoon) impacting 1.2M+ devices, and conducted multi-partner takedowns with the FBI, Europol, USCYBERCOM, and Microsoft. Earned the 2024 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award for Threat Intelligence Company of the Year. Earlier at Cisco, I created and launched SecureX—the world's first security XDR and orchestration platform—driving $100M+ in ARR and earning CRN Security Product of the Year 2020. I also built Cisco's global CSIRT team, managed 20B+ security events/day, and led managed security services across four global SOCs. Published O'Reilly author of Security Monitoring and SQL Injection Defenses. Master of Engineering, NC State. Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph. Passionate about turning cybersecurity into a business growth engine through elite threat research, trusted law enforcement partnerships, and AI-driven innovation.