Code Red Partners

Tutela Talent has contracted with Code Red Partners to lead some of their Head of Security searches.

Contract Recruiter

TechCompass

TechCompass offers a comprehensive suite of services to primarily small and medium-sized tech and businesses, including:
* RedTeam Penetration Testing (covering web applications, API, cloud, network, wireless, mobile applications, embedded hardware testing, and physical security assessments)
* Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning
* Security Research & Advisory
* Cybersecurity Staff Augmentation 
* Virtual/Fractional CISO Leadership
* Cloud and Product Security Consulting
* Security Program Transformation
* Cyber Risk Assessments
* Ransomware Readiness Assessments
* M&A Cyber Due Diligence 
* Incident Response Tabletop Exercise

Head of Expansion

Tutela Talent

Tutela Talent is a boutique recruitment firm specializing placing professionals within Cyber Security, and Cloud infrastructure functions.  Our clients range from early-stage to public and are typically technology-led cloud-native/cloud-first companies between $5M-$500M in revenue.

Cyber Security recruiting specialties: 

-Security Engineering (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-Product Security.      (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-Application Security (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-Offensive Security(red team) (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-Incident Response/SecOps(blue team) (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-Information Security (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)
-GRC functions  (individual contributor level up to Director/VP)

Cloud Infrastructure specialties: 

-DevOps Engineers and Leaders(Manager to VP)
-DevSecOps Engineers and Leaders (Manager to VP)
-Site Reliability Engineers and Leaders (Manager to VP)

Founder | Recruiter | Managing Director

Forbes.jobs

Forbes.jobs unfortunately closed it doors as of December 31st, 2023.  Great idea, wrong time in the market to really grow.  I learned a lot from each of the training sessions, built great relationships with other recruiters, and was able to attend a Forbes event in NYC.  Hope to work with them again in the future if the concept comes back to life when the market shifts.

Recruitment Ambassador

Hitch Partners

Hitch Partners is a retained search firm that partners with technology companies on mission critical leadership roles. Our clients range from pre-revenue startup companies to large public companies and everything in between. Many of our client partners have been funded by Silicon Valley's top tier investors.

Check out our website to see a list of clients we have served: https://www.hitchpartners.com/

Functional Emphasis: Security Leadership(Director, Head, & VP of Security, Product Security, Application Security, Information Security, Incident Response, Security Research), Staff to Principal level Security IC roles(Offensive Security, Incident Response, Product & Application Security, Enterprise Security, and Blockchain/Smart Contract Security) and SRE/DevOps Leadership roles.
 
Domain Expertise: Security, Enterprise Software/Infrastructure /Cloud Computing(SAAS/PAAS), IoT, Blockchain/Smart Contract, etc.

Executive Search Professional

Wiley University Services

This organization supports online programs with proprietary state-of-the-art processes in marketing, recruitment, student services, and program development. This company represents over 38 prestigious colleges and universities offering a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and certification programs. 
My responsibilities included: 
•	Recruiting students looking to pursue graduate-level education in the areas of Cyber Security, Fraud Management, Fraud Investigation, Cyber Intelligence, Cyber Policy, and Compliance and Risk Management.
•	Aligning academic history with future career aspirations. 
•	Engaging prospective students in conversation over the phone while building a strong rapport and guiding them through the enrollment process in a consultative manner. 
•	Maintaining student contact levels, demonstrating strong communication skills, program knowledge, and meeting specific weekly, monthly, and quarterly goals. 
•	Manage and update computerized prospective student database using Salesforce.com, application paperwork, and follow-up documentation.

Executive Program Manager

T-Mobile

Responsibilities included: learning and becoming proficient at merchandising, sustaining retail sales excellence, and practicing and learning team leadership.  Ability to present innovative products and services to various audiences, using exceptional decision making skills, and excelling in customer service in a fast paced retail environment.  Meeting and exceeding sales goals given by matching customer needs with the right products and services.

Senior Sales Representive

My faith in Jesus Christ is everything to me and my faith in Him is where I draw my strength and wisdom. That being said, everything else flows from that relationship. 

A little of my professional story... I started my sales career originally in retail sales at T-Mobile and eventually moved into an inside sales role for an EdTech company in 2006. This led me into recruiting for degree programs in cyber security for Utica College, one of our partner schools. I did that for 12 years and during that time I was also involved in a leadership team that was building an e-commerce business on the side. Through that business I was reading a ton of books, listening to successful people on CD, and growing my skills professionally. In 2016 I decided to make a change and partnered up with a friend of mine who had been running a recruiting company for about 5 yrs and we started Tutela Talent which would focus on recruitment of cyber security and IT talent. I learned recruiting and how to run a new business all at the same time. It was like drinking from a firehose!! Eventually, I started to create success and landed some big clients such as Electronic Arts and T-Mobile(before they were breached T-Mobile). From there our business started to focus more and more on security leadership roles at the Director level to VP and I found this to be an area of focus I really enjoyed. 

Today I run Tutela Talent a small boutique recruiting firm where we specialize in placing cybersecurity, IT, and cloud infrastructure engineering talent from individual contributor to C level.  

At home, I am married to my beautiful God-fearing wife who is from Brazil, and my 3 kids ages 25, 12, and 9. I enjoy working out with my wife at the gym, singing in the choir at my church, reading the Bible, eating great food, playing basketball(when I can find the time these days), and traveling with my wife. I also enjoy hiking, skiing, biking, paddle-boarding, going to the beach, playing volleyball, and just being active.

Jesse Meadors

innov8law

Consulting company that provides best-of-breed data, digital, and technology solutions for
advanced legal and justice capability across the United Kingdom. Support cybersecurity business initiatives as advisory board member.

Advisory Board Member

I.T. Consulting St Petersburg LLC

Established in 2017 as a technology services company covering all enterprise IT and cybersecurity needs. What sets us apart is our wealth of knowledge and resources which empowers our ability to provide solutions at a fraction of the cost of alternatives, with equal or better quality. Support cybersecurity business initiatives as advisory board member.

Founder & CEO Advisory Board

This peer advisory board is a private place to connect with fellow founders & CEOs to network and discuss trends and share ideas and suggestions to help each other grow. You’ll be able to ask questions and get advice from your peers as well as share your advice with others seeking guidance.

UVIONIX Corporation

Founded in 2016, Uvionix revolutionizes inventory management with unparalleled transparency and real-time verified data on the fly. Using AI and autonomous drones, we enhance stock verification efficiency and reliability in warehouses and big-box retail stores, giving enterprises complete control over their supply chain logistics. Our tech-driven approach reduces errors, lowers costs, and streamlines operations, setting a new standard for logistic management.

Spring Labs

Spring Labs, which was established in 2018 to give companies the tools to proactively address their data security and compliance risks. Support cybersecurity business initiatives as advisory board member.

NIYA Wellbeing Solutions

Digital health tech platform that offers comprehensive and hyper-personalized support for emotional and mental well-being to employees in workplaces of all sizes.

Zschool

Established in 2014 to connect universities and corporations to provide best-in-class executive education.

Ontra

Ontra is a legaltech solutions provider.

Leadership and Innovation:
• Built, scaled, and led cybersecurity team in development of a world-class, frictionless security architecture, establishing Secure by Design and Secure by Default systems.
• Conducted gap analysis to set organizational strategy and priorities, aligning cybersecurity objectives with
overall business maturity goals. Optimized resource allocation, restructuring budget and staff, to successfully resolve critical gaps. 
• Secured analytical algorithms and framework for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) models running on Ontra platform.
• Designed and managed annual training for IT, DevOps, and security engineers and architects to advance secure coding skills. Contributed to career path advancement and quarterly/yearly awards.

Risk Management and Collaboration:
* Integrated cutting-edge threat intelligence into EDR/XDR environment, enhancing resilience to contemporary threats on laptops and endpoint services. Achieved millions in cost savings through reduction in costly investigations related to potential security breaches and compromises.
* Revised and developed new cybersecurity policies and procedures, including the approval process for vendor purchases, minimizing company’s overall security footprint and associated risk.
* Partnered with cross-functional security departments (cloud, purple teaming, data security, logging, monitoring, compliance, infrastructure, automation) to develop engineering best practices.
* Spearheaded cross-functional meetings to streamline processes and procedures that enhance Identity and
* Access Management (IAM) Zero Trust architecture for SaaS offerings, incorporating OAuth and SAML technologies within Ontra’s products and services
* Established security champions team across engineering and IT departments, reducing headcount costs, enhancing security communications, and more efficiently mitigating risks. Increased speed of product releases to production

Cybersecurity - Head of Product Security

SailPoint

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer on the Product Security > Architecture and Engineering Team

Sailpoint is a leading identity management security company.

Leadership, Collaboration, and Risk Management:
• Led cybersecurity team of engineers and managers in developing, implementing, and supporting Zero Trust architecture, cloud security, CSPM, cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), EDR, investigations, and product security.
• Decreased security risk through comprehensive security testing, overcoming 9K vulnerabilities in 2 weeks during WIZ CSPM rollout.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, the Chief Information Security Officer, and Cybersecurity Chief Architect to develop and lead robust strategies covering cloud security, FedRAMP, DevSecOps automation, EDR, SIEM, product and application security, SOC team investigations, vulnerabilities, risk/governance, and Zero Trust.

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer on the Architecture and Engineering Team

Bain & Company

Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Global Engineering - Devops, Security, Hybrid Cloud.

Design, Security Advocacy, and Collaboration:
• Built secure environments in platform infrastructure, DevOps, and security to support data scientists and ML engineers in transforming security of CI/CD pipelines. 
• Named Global Engineering Security Champion for active promotion of security measures and practices.
• Collaborated with diverse engineering team to secure software development lifecycle at production scale of the world’s largest companies. Contributed to design, development, optimization, automation, and deployment of new ML solutions and infrastructure. 
• Co-led the architecture, project implementation, and security testing of Zero Trust project.

Sr. Staff Engineer - Global Engineering - Devops, Security, Hybrid Cloud.

Investor | Cybersecurity Executive | Advisory Board Member | Information Security Architecture (AI, Zero Trust, Data, Cloud, and Product Security) | Mentor and Veteran

I’m a senior cybersecurity leader with 20+ years of experience engineering technology to safeguard companies, products, and complex cloud environments. Balancing technical complexity with business strategy, I’ve played a crucial role in advancing the development of secure architectures, tools, policies, and procedures across diverse startup, enterprise, and government entities, including NASA, and Bain & Company. I excel at building and mentoring high-performing, cross-functional teams and cultivating strong stakeholder relationships. 

I fell in love with the security industry early on. With a natural ability to understand complex concepts, I launched my career in networking and the open-source world exploring new ways to innovate. I learned to build high-performance computing (HPC) systems at Teradata and supported special projects at NAVAIR. A collaborative leader with an unwavering commitment to security and continuous learning, I served as one of the first contributors to OpenStack cloud at NASA and HPE Cloud, leading supercomputer and HPC team projects supporting computational fluid dynamics and security.

Valued for my ability to solve cutting-edge problems, I’m known for resolving high-stress incidents and tackling difficult technical challenges. As a senior engineer at ViaSat, I designed, built, and secured a complex, one-of-a-kind Kubernetes environment that supported 124 government agencies and commercial projects. At Ontra, I created the first vendor security process, developing a secure continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that enhanced the Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMM) by 1.2 points, propelling the startup organization forward towards enterprise.

An active voice in shaping business plans, outlining future horizons, and ensuring a strong foundation for business growth, I’ve been recruited to, and currently serve on, multiple cybersecurity advisory boards.

Technical Expertise:
• AI, ML, IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, Cloud Native, AWS EKS, Google GKS, Docker, Cloud, Kubernetes, and Application Security Posture Management (CSPM, KSPM, ASPM)
• Secure by Design, Secure by Default, S-SDLC, Application Security (Gitlab, Github, BurpSuite), Bug Bounty
• DevSecOps, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR) (Crowdstrike and SentinalOne), SIEM (Splunk, DataDog), IAM (Sailpoint, OKTA, Auth0), Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)(Zscaler, Netskope)
• High Scalability Computing, CFD, PGI Compiler, Message Passing Interface (MPI)
• Terraform, YAML, HELM, Ansible, Bash, Golang, Python, Postgres SQL
• FedRAMP, NIST, SOC2, ISO27001, PII. PCI

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