I am currently a fractional CISO having onboarded and implemented data protection and information security management systems across the software and aviation industries. I am also senior cyber security risk consultant specializing in third party risk management and SOX compliance. for a blue chip German telecommunications company.
Previously, I was a Technical Writer for Domain Tools and Technical Evangelist for NXLog. NXLog is a multi-platform log management tool that helps to easily identify security risks, policy breaches or analyze operational problems in server logs, operation system logs and application logs. consultant for a secure file transfer software, open source enthusiast and contributor and currently pursuing further specialization in information security.
Entering this field has been my goal since mid 2014 having completed a digital mobile forensics online challenge and finding myself completely engrossed in cyber security.
Getting back to tinkering, this time with agentic AI across from strategy and development, right through to production.
I am an autodidact having learnt primarily on my own. I remember at age 11/12 observing how Internet resources loaded on a page to try and gain more XP points at this online game. I learnt how to code by looking at a website's source code in my teens using Notepad. I learn by doing ie homelab/VM setup (ie Kali on VM and Kali Nethunter on Android, various Linux OS' on live USB etc).
Right now, I am learning in a structured way on the following topics:
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Mastering AI Agents with OpenAI Agents SDK, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen and MCP
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Build and deploy 8 LLM apps, mastering Generative AI, RAG, LoRA and AI Agents
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Deploy AI to AWS, GCP, Azure, Vercel with MLOps, Bedrock, SageMaker, RAG, Agents, MCP
Facets of AI from conception to production, with a focus on compliance and information security objectives being met.
Volunteer opportunities in cyber security - I am currently ISC2 scholarship committee reviewer and a mentor.
I enjoy traveling and living outside of my home country of Australia as a digital nomad. I am currently splitting my time between Dubai, UAE and Italy. But, I enjoy travelling around the world and I have previously lived in Paris, Dublin, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Berlin and Brisbane!
For sports, I'm into tennis, golf (just started learning) and the occassional hike.
Since I used to work in the arts and creative industries, I also love to try to spend more time going to art fairs and learning more about arts, culture and architecture.
Information security, compliance (SOC, ISO, SOX, and more), data protection (GDPR, and more), third party risk management, cloud security, and more!
You can also ask me about digital nomad topics, what it is like to work remotely and live in various countries.
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