Career Timeline
38 years of building — from military service to Fortune 100 architecture to AI innovation
PayPal (12 years)
Charles Schwab (14 years)
Internet
Telecom
Manufacturing / Aerospace
Military
'20
Director / Principal Architect — Technology & Security Oversight
PayPal2020 – 2025
Principal SME for 2nd Line Risk Oversight across Asset, Identity, Change, Incident, BCM, and Core Functions for Risk and Compliance. Designed Digital Lifecycle Strategy supporting effective risk classification and criticality, ensuring compliance and metadata mapping for inline control assertion.
Key Impact
- Principal SME — 2nd Line Risk Oversight across 6 functional domains
- 2 patents granted in dynamic modeling & deterministic incident response
- Architected Change Management real-time risk decisioning platform
- Developed Python toolkit for reverse engineering IaC architectures
- Led breach simulation programs with Red Team partners and DR verification
- Comprehensive NIST/CSF/DORA Risk Assessments driving outcome-based remediation
Technologies
Python
IaC
NIST
CSF
DORA
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
ML/AI
'17
Head of Security Quality Assurance
PayPal2017 – 2020
'14
Director — Enterprise IAM & Security Engineering
PayPal2014 – 2017
'13
Payments Monitoring & Observability Architect
PayPal2013 – 2014
'11
Director — Distributed & Mainframe Monitoring Platforms
Charles Schwab2011 – 2013
'10
Web Architect Senior — Ad Serving
Yahoo!2010 – 2010
'99
Availability Director & Solutions Architect
Charles Schwab1999 – 2010
'98
Systems Architect / IT Manager
Ameritec Cellular1998 – 1999
'96
Design Engineer — Progressive & Compound Dies (Tool & Die)
Seastroms Manufacturing1996 – 1998
'94
Machinist & Engineer — Mold Injection
Spears Manufacturing1994 – 1996
'92
Machinist Mill Operator
ERI Labs1992 – 1994
'88
Military Police
U.S. Army1988 – 1991
38+
Years of Experience
8
Companies
3
Patents Granted
6
Industry Domains