I did a stint in the US Army as a diesel mechanic, including tours in Korea and Afghanistan. After separating from service, I worked odd jobs until I had the means to go to college, where I studied Information Technology with an emphasis in Network Administration and Security. Right out of college, I landed an internship with Blue Coat Systems, later acquired by Symantec, doing web threat analysis. Now I work for Sling Television as Network Systems Engineer, though I have also filled SRE and production incident response roles for the company as well.