CISSP · Microsoft Certified Trainer · 15 Active Certifications
Cloud and cybersecurity architect with 20 years designing secure, scalable platforms across Fortune 500, national defense, and regulated industries. Known for calm leadership, deep technical authority, and solutions that hold up.
Azure, AWS, GCP. Landing zones, serverless, AKS, Terraform, Bicep, CI/CD, and FinOps. Modernization across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Entra ID, Active Directory, PIM, Conditional Access, MFA, federation, OAuth/OIDC, certificate-based auth, B2B/B2C at enterprise scale.
Zero Trust design and maturity modeling. Sentinel, Defender suite, Purview DLP, Key Vault. NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and MCSB compliance.
Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI governance frameworks. Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Intune, and Purview architecture.
PowerShell, C#, Node.js. Azure Functions, Logic Apps, ETL pipelines, API integrations. Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Bicep.
25+ years of technical instruction at Microsoft, Learning Tree International, and Google. Keynote speaker at government, enterprise, and Microsoft events. Co-designed the AZ-305, SC-100, and SC-300 certification tracks. Pre-sales, customer discovery, SOW development, QBRs, and team direction at director level. Founded and scaled a 13-person MSP to 1,000+ clients over 20 years.
Leading Microsoft, M365, and cybersecurity practices. Architect-level solution design alongside pre-sales, QBRs, and vulnerability management for national enterprise clients.
IAM and cloud security delivery across finance, national defense, aviation, and global retail. Co-designed AZ-305 and SC-300 certification tracks. Diamond Award for organizational impact.
Built an MSP to 13 employees and 1,000+ clients over 20 years. Healthcare, government, defense, and financial sectors. Multiple Best IT Company awards. Successful exit to an internal engineer.
Authored seven technical courses on virtualization, Windows Server, and deployment. Delivered training at education centers across the US, UK, and Sweden, and at client sites across the US and Canada. Served on the official Windows curriculum planning team, designing the structure of Learning Tree's entire Windows course catalog. Notable clients include NASA, FBI, FDIC, Boeing, and the US Supreme Court. Keynote speaker at the US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Conference.
Shane quickly gained the confidence of the customer and displayed his skill and experience with challenging stakeholders. He has done a superb job at leading technical discussions and guiding the consultants doing the hands-on work.
Bill C. · Principal Services Manager, Microsoft