Resume
Work Experience
- Epic Hosting, LLC. (Verona, WI) Security Engineer (May 2020 - Present)
- Managed the Development Leads work group to coordinate development best practices across Hosting's 14 teams/focus areas
- Created and led the Secure Development Operations work group
- Provided resources for and evangelized the use of DevOps practices regarding automation, work tracking, and documentation
- Deployed and managed JFrog's XRay product for vulnerability scanning on internal and external packages
- Prevented 60\% of Security reviewed operational changes by empowering technical reviewers with security knowledge and a Security review opt-out workflow
- Worked closely with the Platform team to ensure the secure configuration and operation of GitLab, Artifactory, and Kubernetes
- Introduced and maintained a Linux VDI for development and administration work loads
- Deployed HashiCorp Vault
- Established Terraform workflows via GitLab CI/CD pipelines for configuring Vault, Azure deployments, and firewalls
- Enabled dynamic automation workflows, particularly with CI/CD and Puppet, using Vault as a secret store
- Exposed secrets from CyberArk within Vault to best support organic and inorganic access use cases
- Created a rolling maintenance Puppet automation plan to serially validate and upgrade a set of VMs in parallel across all 100+ customer domains
- Maintained the Development Pipeline and Programming Languages specification documents in compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and PCI DSS
- ETAS, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) Security Engineer - Graduate Intern (Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019)
- Documented internal procedures for performing Threat and Risk Analyses (TRA)
- Performed technical review of TRA documents prior to customer submission
- ETAS, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) Security Engineer (Jul. 2017 - Apr. 2018)
- Designed and implemented a secure software update solution
- Provided technical support for sales team during customer visits
- Completed overseas assignment in Stuttgart, Germany to create a security concept and design documentation for autonomous valet parking in conjunction with local team
- ETAS, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) Security Engineer - Intern (May 2015 - May 2017)
- Worked with a global team to create a KMS for a customer
- Created hardened live Linux for key generation
- Project led to a new product, satisfied customer, and additional business opportunities
- Developed training material for courses including Introduction to Cryptography, Security Concepts, and RSA and ECC
- Provided technical support for sales team during customer visits
- Assisted a multinational team in the planning and execution of ESCAR USA (2015, 2016)
- Performed final quality assurance review of all technical documentation prior to customer submission
Thesis Research
- Practically Efficient Group Signature Scheme
Advisor: Dr. Takanori Isobe (University of Hyogo – Kobe)
Advisor: Dr. Kilho Shin (Gakushuin University – Tokyo)
Reader: Dr. Virgil Gligor (Carnegie-Mellon University – ECE/CyLab)
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Education
University of Hyogo - Graduate School of Applied Informatics (Kobe, Japan)
Master of Applied Informatics
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
Dual-Degree Program in conjunction with Carnegie-Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University - Information Networking Institute (Pittsburgh, PA)
Master of Science in Information Technology - Information Security
Apr. 2018 - Dec. 2019
Dual-Degree Program in conjunction with University of HyogoUniversity of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Computer Science
Sep. 2013 - Apr. 2017
Minor: MathematicsEastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
Dual-Enrollment
Sep. 2012 - May 2013
Publications
Christensen, Dane, et al. “Risk Assessment at the Edge: Applying NERC CIP to Aggregated Grid-Edge Resources.” The Electricity Journal 32.2 (2019): 50-57.
Available Upon RequestChristensen, Dane T., et al. TIP-337 Home Battery System for Cybersecure Energy Efficiency and Demand Response. No. NREL/TP-5500-72184. National Renewable Energy Lab.(NREL), Golden, CO (United States), 2018.
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