At Verkada, I support SLED customers as they evaluate security solutions for schools, cities, and public safety teams. My role is to make technical tradeoffs clear, keep implementation details visible, and help stakeholders move toward a workable deployment plan.
Overview
Grounded in operator and administrator needs.
My work sits where product depth, buyer trust, and implementation detail have to line up.
Experience
A path from cybersecurity work into field-facing technical leadership.
The common thread is translating technical systems into outcomes that customers and internal teams can act on.
June 2023 - Present
Verkada
Select Solutions Engineer
- Support SLED customers through discovery, technical evaluation, solution design, and deployment planning.
- Partner with Select segment account teams on complex opportunities across education, municipal, and public safety environments.
- Translate customer requirements into practical technical recommendations for mixed stakeholder groups.
- Lead technical enablement projects across Sales, Marketing, Product, and Engineering.
Aug 2022 - May 2023
Entara Corp.
Reactive Security Engineer Resident
- Implemented patches and solutions for client intrusion detection systems.
- Maintained continuity for critical systems during updates and removals.
June 2021 - Dec 2021
Entara Corp.
Intern Cybersecurity Engineer
- Collaborated with the Security Integrations team using SCRUM methodology.
- Implemented phishing attack training using the KnowBe4 platform.
Education
Purdue University
B.S. Computer & Information Technology | Graduated June 2023
Relevant coursework: Network Security, Database Management.
Working style
How I try to show up in the room.
Good solutions engineering is steady, specific, and useful before it is flashy.
Technical diligence
Ground recommendations in actual deployment realities, stakeholder constraints, and implementation detail.
Buyer confidence
Make complex evaluations easier to navigate without pretending the tradeoffs are simpler than they are.
Cross-functional leverage
Share useful field signal back with sales, marketing, product, and engineering teams.
Tools
Platforms that show up across the work.
A quick snapshot of the software, infrastructure, and security tools I have worked around day to day.
Security
Nessus
KnowBe4
Entra
Okta
Infrastructure
Proxmox
nginx
Cloudflare
Ninja RMM
Collaboration
Salesforce
Notion
Jitsi
Matrix
For security strategy, solutions engineering, or field execution conversations, email [email protected] or connect on LinkedIn.