Pronouns
he/him
What do you do as a consultant/coach?
I focus on Digital Security Awareness Training and Phishing Education, Vulnerability Assessment and Audit Reports, Device Scans, Malware Analysis, and Endpoint Forensic Analysis as well as Digital Security Policy, Legal Compliance, and Strategic Technology Development
What is your approach?
Practice deep listening to the needs of the client, then craft solutions that are effective, secure, and create rapid sustainable transformation.
How has your experience/background contributed to your work?
For the past decade I have directed Constitutional Communications, an organization that specializes in information security for professionals and civil society organizations. I have also been a Mozilla and Ford Foundation Media and Democracy Fund Technologist Fellow in the Policy Department of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), where I served as a technology expert providing oral and written public testimony to the New York City Council about the risks to undocumented people of adding surveillance technology to the New York City Municipal ID (NYCID). I have also led trainings and accredited CLEs (Continuing Legal Education) for hundreds of attorneys and law students on cybersecurity, professional ethics, international law, and attorney-client communications with the NYCLA (New York County) Bar Association, Law For Black Lives, the Continuing Legal Resource Network at CUNY (City University Of New York) and The New York State Bar Association. I have also trained journalists, foundations, activists, and technologists from more then 40 countries at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Thoughtworks global corporation, The Bertha Foundation, Rockfeller Brothers Foundation, The International Development Exchange, The Ford Foundation, The Legal Clinics of the CUNY School of Law, and The Florestan Fernandes National School in Brazil. My work has been featured in The ABA Journal, Reuters, The Indypendent, NY Magazine, and The New York Law Journal.
Relevant certifications or trainings
- Juris Doctor (Passed NY State Bar Exam) City University of New York School of Law, Queens, NY. (Admitted to practice in NY State Bar #5317813)
- Malware Analyst, Malware Analysis Skill Path Certification, Let’s Defend (https://letsdefend.io/), (Updated) 2024.