Jim is a Senior Systems Administrator at AppRiver, LLC. His team is responsible for global network deployments and manages the SecureSurf global DNS infrastructure and SecureTide global SPAM & Virus filtering infrastructure as well as all internal applications and helps manage security operations for the entire company. He is completing his CISSP certification. He is also well- versed in ethical hacking and penetration testing techniques and has been involved in technology for more than 20 years. He has expertise in and an understanding of a wide range of IT technologies.

Jim has presented at Nolacon, iTen Wired and a number of smaller conferences. He regularly attends national security conferences. He is passionate about conveying the importance of developing, implementing and maintaining security policies for organizations. His talks convey unique and practical techniques that help attendees harden their security in practical and easy-to-deploy ways. He stays connected with the trend setters in the InfoSec and ethical hacker community and is well-known by his peers.

When not at the computer, Jim can be found working out, playing guitar, traveling or just relaxing with an adult beverage.