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Gary
Principal Intelligence Analyst & Technical Consultant
Preferred Location
Remote / Bellevue area
Versatile Intelligence Leader, Practitioner, & Mentor with Top Secret SCI clearance. Principal Intelligence Analyst with 9+ years at T-Mobile (2015-2024) and 16+ years as Air Force Cyber Intelligence Officer (2005-2021). Expert in cyber intelligence analysis, threat landscape trends, emerging threats tracking, and team leadership. Proven track record in reducing SIM swaps by 68%, managing key vendor relationships with 54% cost savings, and delivering strategic to tactical intelligence analysis. Also certified Technical Trainer and Contract Consultant with 20+ years of dedicated on-site assignments. Extensive Microsoft, Cisco, and Novell certifications including MCT, MCSE, CCNP, CCVP, and Security+.
Skills
Professional Experience
- Led team of 10 analysts in identifying and mitigating SIM swaps, intrusions, account takeovers, vulnerabilities, and data theft
- Reduced SIM swaps ~68% while serving as acting manager for 14 months
- Managed relationships, contracts, achieving 54% cost savings
- Supported incident response, including Connectivity Source response
- Established intelligence requirements program across 6 key teams
- Lead for strategic, operational, tactical & mobile intelligence
- Pushed 116 threat/vulnerability advisories
- Authored 14 decision support reports (TikTok, SolarWinds, etc.)
- Analyzed USB, OAUTH 2.0, and threat actors (ScatteredSpider, ALPHV)
- Delivered 2x weekly open-source and 1x weekly internal reports
- Built intelligence briefing program for CSO and security teams
- Deputy Technical Director, Cyber Command JFHQ DODIN
- Threat Intel Lead, Minuteman III nuclear assessment
- Intel Liaison, NATO-Afghanistan
- Chief of Intel, Info Operations, Iraq
- Implemented security controls across thousands of servers
- Authored logging standards balancing security with efficiency
- Analyzed ICS vulnerabilities and led infrastructure protections
- Built and led T-Mobile SecureT Security Awareness Program
- Directed Cybersecurity Awareness Months and secure code training
- Hand-picked by CSO to lead enterprise-wide efforts
Industry Professional Certifications
- Cisco Certified Network Professional
- Certified Technical Trainer Plus
- CCSK
- Recorded Future Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Microsoft Certified Trainer
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
- CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional
- CompTIA Security+ Certification
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- SANS GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
- SANS GIAC GOSI
- SANS GIAC GCIH
- SANS GIAC Security Essentials Certification
Education
- Certificate in Information Security Risk ManagementUniversity of Washington, Bothell
- Master of Arts (MA), Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure ProtectionUniversity of Washington, Seattle
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), Social SciencesPortland State University
- Professional Training & CertificationsMultiple Universities