Peter Schawacker, CISSP

2027 South Calle Palo Fierro, Palm Springs, CA 92264

Office 760 322 0248 ~ Mobile 760 880 4258

peter@schawacker.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tenable Network Security, Columbia, MD, March 2005 to Present

Systems Engineer

· Support worldwide sales and business development efforts

· Support sales throughout the Western United States, Canada and Latin American accounts

· Expert in Vulnerability Management, Security Information Management and Regulatory Compliance

McAfee (NYSE: MFE), Santa Clara, CA, December 2003 to March 2005

Security Evangelist

· Present McAfee IPS vision to audiences from 1 to 1,000+

· Advise Fortune 500 customers on IT security strategy

· Support McAfee product sales cycle on opportunities worth $1 million or more

NFR Security, Rockville, MD, August 2001 to October 2003

Senior Pre-sales Engineer

· Support worldwide sales and business development efforts

· Assigned to more than 100 Fortune 500 accounts, with emphasis on financial services

· Design intrusion detection deployments for key customers

Intrusion.com (NASDAQ: INTZ), Richardson, TX, April 2001 to July 2001

Network Security Engineer

· Supported direct and channel sales throughout the West, with emphasis on commercial accounts in Southern California and Nevada

· Conducted demonstrations and training on firewall and network intrusion detection technologies

· Actively developed new business among value-added resellers

Internet Security Systems (NASDAQ: ISSX), Atlanta, GA, March 2000 to April 2001

Systems Engineer

· Technical advisor to three field sales representatives in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada

· Responsible for more than $6.5 million in sales in 2000

· Conducted information security seminars, technical presentations and product training for customers, channel partners and ISS staff

Citigroup (NYSE: C), Newcastle, DE, August 1998 to March 2000

Senior Information Security Analyst

· Conducted penetration tests of production systems for Citigroup and its subsidiaries

· Managed Citigroup's global network intrusion detection program

· Supervised intrusion detection engineering, application development and monitoring staff

· Deployed and supported thirteen intrusion detection devices in four US locations

· Created corporate intrusion response policies and procedures

· Advised Citigroup's Information Security policymaking authority on development of corporate Intrusion Detection deployment requirements

DecisionOne, Frazer, PA, March 1998 to August 1998

Technical Support Engineer

· Provided end user support for high profile accounts, including the United Nations, AMP and Transamerica Leasing

· Served as primary customer liaison to the United Nations and to AMP, Inc.

EarthLink Network (NASDAQ: ELNK), Pasadena, CA, January 1996 to March 1998

Promoted twice in two years in the customer support division of this leading ISP

Technical Writer (1/97 to 3/98)

· Developed customer support intranet

· Built technical support extranet: http://help.earthlink.net

· Composed documentation for technical support agents and customers

· Evaluated and reported on new software products and network services

· Beta tested and documented EarthLink's "TotalAccess" Internet software suite

· Wrote user documentation for corporate and academic partners such as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Pasadena City College; Internet in a Mall; and Working Assets

NOC Engineer (8/96 to 1/97)

· Tested WAN, LAN, e-mail, NNTP news, web, account registration and other services

· Communicated network status to members and customer support staff

· Liaison between Technical Support and Engineering

· Analyzed logs for signs of intrusion

Technical Support Representative (1/96 to 8/96)

· Resolved Internet connectivity and application problems via telephone and e-mail

CERTIFICATIONS

Sun Solaris Certified Systems Administrator, October 2003

CompTIA Server+, December 2002

CISSP, November 2002

CompTIA Security+, September 2002

Linux Professional Institute General Linux Certification, July 2001

Checkpoint Certified Security Engineer, July 2001

Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator, June 2001

ISS SAFEsuite Decisions, August 2000

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, June 2000

CompTIA I-Net+, June 2000

Sair/GNU Linux Certified Professional, June 2000

ISS RealSecure, March 2000

ISS Internet Scanner, March 2000

ISS System Scanner, March 2000

ISS Database Scanner, March 2000

Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, January 2000

Microsoft Certified Professional, December 1999

CompTIA Network+, November 1998

CompTIA A+, July 1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ISSA

ISACA

Interex

Internet Society

DECUS