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

HyperGuest

Principal DevOps Engineer 

ITSOFT.co.il

Senior DevOps Engineer 

Hopper

Site Reliability Engineer

Packet, an Equinix Company 

Staff Kubernetes Engineer

Kong Inc.

• Authored and maintained the Kong Terraform module for AWS, a reference and PoC platform for deploying Kong clusters in AWS in minutes with minimal requirements. https://github.com/kong/kong-terraform-aws
• Developed controls, guidelines, and best practices for AWS accounts providing federated identity management, centralized billing and reporting, and security auditing.
• Architected the platform for the company’s next generation SaaS offering:

     ○ Modularized Terraform and implemented versioning with a deployment pipeline unifying multiple AWS accounts, regions, and environments for development, staging, and production.
    ○ Instrumented a lightweight, automated provisioning system using Ansible.
     ○ Introduced container orchestration using Nomad, Consul, and Vault clusters leveraging GlusterFS for stateful workloads.
    ○ Replaced existing SaaS architecture, reducing cost sevenfold through better utilization of compute resources, scaling, and improved configuration management.
     ○ Accepted as a Pro Session for DeveloperWeek Seattle: Cloud Edition, September 2020.
Title: Building a Lightweight, Enterprise-Ready Solution for Container Orchestration.
https://www.developerweek.com/CloudEdition/conference/speakers/

• Played a critical role in SOC-2 certification.
• Formed DevOps Office Hours and virtual team for knowledge sharing, demos, and Q & A with engineers across the organization

Senior Cloud Engineer

Electronic Arts (EA)

• Build Kubernetes clusters for game studios using Terraform and in-house tooling. Integrate regional clusters with centralized EKS, Prometheus/Grafana, and DataDog logging and metric stacks.
• Train tier-1/2 engineers worldwide on EA’s cloud stack.
• Partner with game studios to leverage features of EA’s cloud stack including alerting, reporting, and deployments.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Zillow Group

• Implemented Kong Enterprise clusters for securing public and cross-brand APIs. The resulting architecture and Terraform module was adopted as the standard for Zillow Group and presented at the first Kong Summit conference.

•  Advised product teams on design of production services as a member of the Zillow Architecture Feedback group.

• Provisioned resources in AWS including Cloudwatch, DynamoDB, EC2, ElastiCache, Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Load Balancers, Elastic Transcoder, EMR, IAM, Kinesis, Lamba, Route53, S3, SNS, and SQS across multiple accounts and regions in VPC environments using the CLI and Terraform.

• Automated management of 1,800+ Linux servers in development, integration, and production
environments using Ganeti, kvm, SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins, and in-house tooling for CI/CD.

• Developed best practices for Kubernetes and container strategy. Core member of a cross-function team working on Istio, Envoy, and Consul to provide service discovery, health checks, circuit breaking, rate limiting, request tracing, and monitoring of microservices.

Risk Based Security

• Documented technical analysis, risk, impact, and mitigation of new vulnerabilities for the RBS VulnDB
product.

•  Reviewed version control system changelogs and commits of open source software for security
vulnerabilities.

• Validated exploits and solutions in sandbox environments.

• Performed independent security research, coordinated with vendors, and published advisories of discovered vulnerabilities.

• Demonstrated a strong understanding of vulnerability types such as, but not limited to, CSRF, code
execution, DoS, inclusion, information disclosure, injection, Mit

Security Analyst/Consultant

Stevens Pass Mountain Resort

• Served on the senior management team, providing technology plans, budgeting, and expertise that aligned with business strategies. Influenced and implemented company policies and decisions.

• Developed the first, third-party SQL library for order and transaction processing in RTP|One (ERP system for resorts) used for $5+ million in E-commerce sales and saved $70,000 in labor expenses annually.

• Reduced IT operational expenses 20% by consolidating core technology components, renegotiating support contracts, and selecting reputable vendors with lower prices.

• A servant leader who valued input, appreciated diversity, cultivated trust through transparency, and inspired by example. Actively championed my staff, fostered career and personal growth.

IT Manager

• Implemented RTP|One with holistic analysis and modeling of operational processes, products, and the user/guest experiences. Played a critical role in the $1.2 million, first-ever resort-wide implementation of the RTP–SKIDATA integrated RFID ticketing and gate access solution.

• Performed database administration, product design, ETL, reporting, and analytics.

• Leveraged technology to assist Marketing and Sales with unique promotions and product development. 

• Strengthened work relationships and improved system value by initiating a weekly outreach program, user group, and training for business units.

RTP Administrator

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

• Prepared capital project business plans to fulfill management directives. Implemented
solutions with new and existing resources that improved reliability and performance of
server, network, and storage infrastructure using a highly available, redundant architecture.

• Solved complex technical problems and mentored IT staff.

• Utilized Active Directory and Group Policy for centralized configuration of users and
computers. Automated OS and software installations. Implemented system monitoring and
alerting.

• Developed .NET applications to automate system configuration, troubleshooting, and
reporting.

Senior Systems Engineer

An AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional with notable experience in systems, network, and
security engineering focused on cloud and hybrid cloud environments/migrations, microservices, and
orchestration. Possesses an ability to manage diverse, complex, concurrent projects and meet deadlines. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility, strong interpersonal skills, and expert problem solving. Combines technical excellence and community building to deliver success.

Specialties: Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps, Database Administration, Security

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