Certifications:
I try to learn all the time. One metric of this is to be 'certified' by someone for something. Its not perfect, and certifications are really only a shorthand to capability, but they are a convenient benchmark. So I shamelessly present my Certifications here for your amusement!
LPT – EC-Council Licensed Penetration Tester, 2009 (aka "The 007")
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional, 2007
ECSA - EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, 2008
CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker, 2006
CHFI - Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, 2006
Patent Filings
I'm still on my patent tear and was again named one of the Verizon Top Inventors for the fourth year at Verizon with over 30 filings. How did it start? In 2006, I organized a team of entrepreneurial thinkers to create Intellectual Property. It turned out we were quite good at it. While we don't own the IP (a la employment contracts) the creativity and invention is quite satisfactory in many ways. Here is a list of the most recent ones I have filed. I can't describe the filing itself until they are publicly available through the USPTO systems (Updated list is here via Google), but these high level title should provide a reasonable idea:
2011
- Method and Apparatus for Providing Angle Image Correction
- Method and Apparatus for Authorizing Transfer of Mobile Devices
- Cellular Network traffic Offload Via Local Wireless Connectivity
- Method and System for Providing Virtual Conferencing
- Method and System for Managing Device Profiles
- Method and Apparatus for Device Resource Pooling
- Method and System for Generating an Alert on Car seat Use-Detection
2010
- Method and System for Performing Data Backup and Restoration
- Method and System for Providing Proximity-Relationship Group Creation
- Method and Apparatus for Synchronizing Content Playback
- Method and Apparatus for Group Coordination of Calendar Events
- Alarm Activated Information Technology Interface Notification and Securing System
- Context Sensitive User Device Control Profile
- Method and Apparatus for Managing Digital Video Recorders
- System and Method for Providing Authentication Continuity
2009
- Network Providing Geotagged Data
- Method and System for Providing Virtual Credit Card Services
- Method and System for Providing Remote Control Configuration of Missing Mobile Devices
- Method and Apparatus for Notifying Registered Devices of an Emergency Call
- A System and Method for Relaying Messages Using an Ad-hoc Network
- Method and System for Providing Caller Identification-Based Messaging Services
- Double Click Channel Button Access of User Defined Content Lists
- A System for and Method of Parallel Searching
2008
- Improved Distributed Network Homing Models
- 911 Activated Camera System
- Audio Frequency Remapping
- Video Bookmarking
- USB Virus Scanner / Malware Detection Device
- Integrated Policy Enforcement Network Interface Card
- Piracy Prevention, Detection and Content Management
- A System and Method for Verification of IP Device Location
Social Media sites that I deign with my presence include the following. You'll note that I post infrequently. It's not that I have nothing to say, it's that I don't feel the urge for incessant documentation nor does everyone need to know what when I do :-)
- LinkedIn ("Hire Me!")
- Facebook ("Look at me!"
- TheLadders.com ("Seriously, Hire Me!)
- DIY Drones.com - (Fun at last - My Autonomous Quadcopter and Frankenplane II UAV and electronic)