My mission is to guide and facilitate people to even higher and higher levels of greatness!

Probably not what you were expecting from a Cyber security speaker huh…

I have a lot of other interests outside of cyber security and hacking.  As example, martial arts. I have studied for over 20 years and taught for over 15.  Since I imagine someone will eventually ask, I’m a 4th degree black belt in the arts I studied.

I was ordained as a Tendai Buddhist monk in 1997 at a beautiful temple in Hawaii.  Tendai is a Mahayana Buddhist school that was established in Japan back in 806.

I’m certified in NLP and face reading.  I have had multiple technical certification throughout my career – everything from Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Checkpoint, ethical hacking, etc.  The only Cyber security related certification that I still hold and keep current is my CISSP (certified Information Systems Security Professional).

Believe it or not I actually attended the Berklee School of music and got a certificate in song writing and production.

I worked for several years as a professional sound engineer and production tech for a local mega church.  For the record they were / are some of the most amazingly talented people I have ever had the opportunity to work side by side.  I learned so much from them.  I even got to be in our production of Wicked, which was… well – WICKED!  I also sang and played guitar for the kids in the youth ministry.1

On top of all this, I am prior military having served in the Air Force.  I joined to see the world and they sent me back home to Denver. Doh!

What I love most of all is being on stage speaking.  And my goal as a speaker is to help make each event as successful as possible and create as much value as my audience can stand.

1.Thank you Barry, Jennifer, Thom, Nathan, Rob, Mike, Blake, Roger, Larry, Kent, Steven, Tamara, Paul and many many more amazingly wonderful people – all of you have inspired me more than you will ever know!   Speaking of inspiration, please do check out the band Acoustic Eidolon.  They are dear and beloved friends that create the most amazing music.