Résumé

CISSP-certified cybersecurity leader and AI engineer. Nearly three decades in U.S. defense technology, starting with eight years of active duty in the Air Force. I also design and ship AI products in TypeScript and Svelte.

Experience

1. 2025 — Now

   Founder & developer · Koubou

   A local-first studio for AI-assisted writing and research, with a canvas editor for chaining prompts into automated workflows.

2. 2021 — Now

   Cybersecurity team lead · U.S. defense healthcare

   Lead a distributed team that runs security authorization for several military medical facilities under the Risk Management Framework. That covers authorization packages, POA&Ms, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management and asset tracking. Every system holds its authority to operate, and inspections have passed with no remediation required.

3. 2021 — Now

   Founder & developer · Chibi AI

   An AI writing platform with direct access to hundreds of models and fine control over prompts. Built with TypeScript and Svelte.

4. 2005 — 2021

   Systems engineer · U.S. defense healthcare

   Secure configuration, identity and access control, and virtualized healthcare environments for Air Force medical facilities, with 99.9% uptime for critical systems. Built a facility’s Risk Management Framework package and served as its enclave security manager.

5. 1996 — 2004

   Active duty · U.S. Air Force

   Medical systems, network security and military healthcare operations.

Certifications

1. 2020 — Now

   Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) · ISC2

Education

1. 2016

   B.S., Computer and Information Science · University of Maryland

Training

1. 2024

   Zero Trust Cybersecurity · CISA

2. 2024

   Continuity of Operations · CISA