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Larry Pingree
Sr. Manager Competitive Intelligence at McAfee, Inc.

925-980-5176 (cell)

Summary
With over 13 Years of Information Technology and Security experience, I am currently seeking a
management position utilizing my extensive background in engineering, technical
architecture, networking, security policies, procedures, systems analysis and auditing.
• Currently Vice President of the Digital Forensics Association
• Member of the Silicon Valley chapter of the ISSA (Information Systems Security Association).
• Member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
• Served as Vice President of the Springtown Association Board of Directors

Publications:

• Book: "The Manager's Guide to Becoming Great" by iUniverse Publishing - Author
• Book: "CCSA Study Guide" by Syngress Media/McGraw Hill - Author and Technical Editor
• White Paper: Analysis of VRRP v2 Issues and Solutions
• Blog: LawrencePingree.com "Pingree On Security"

Specialties
Vendor Negotiations, Contract Negotiations, Budget Management, Program Managment, Employee Management, Goal
and Strategy Development

Certifications:
CISSP CCSA CCSE
CCSI NSA ICE
NSS NCSA NCSP
CISA - Pending

Knowledge:
BGP OSPF IGRP EIGRP IAM (Identity Management)
RIP v1 & v2, and PIM 802.11 PKI DLP
RADIUS AAA IKE 802.1x Intrusion Prevention
GLBA Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Common Criteria
SB1386 COBIT ISO 17799 ISO 27001 FISMA

Experience

Sr. Manager Competitive Marketing at McAfee, Inc.
October 2007 - Present
• Responsible for McAfee Competitive Analysis for Enterprise Products
• Act as liaison to Internal and External Sales staff
• Responsible for Evangelizing Enterprise Security Products & Services
Chief Information Officer (CIO) at BuddyFetch, Inc.
August 2007 - Present (4 months)
• Provides strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of the
information and technology systems for the network.
• Facilitates communication between staff, management, vendors, and other technology resources
within the organization.
• Oversees the back office computer operations of the affiliate management information system,
including local area networks and wide-area networks.
• Responsible for the management of multiple information and communications systems and
projects, including voice, data, imaging, and office automation.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates the systems that support end users in the productive use of
computer hardware and software.
• Develops and implements user-training programs.
• Oversees and evaluates system security and back up procedures.

Vice President at Digital Forensics Association (DFA)
July 2007 - Present (5 months)
• Responsible for Member Services
• Responsible for Member Recruitment
• Member Collateral & Promotion
• Advertising and Evangelizing the Organization

Sr. Security Analyst at Safeway, Inc.
August 2004 - October 2007 (3 years 3 months)
• Served as Security Evangelist for Safeway Information Security program
• Managed over $1 Million in budget for Application Security Program, Information Security Lab and
Forensics/Investigations
• Managed complete eDiscovery Process for IT and Legal
• Responsible for over 52 Safeway Information Security policies for the Overall Safeway Security
Program
• Responsible for risk assessment and remediation recommendations of all IT applications
assessed by risk assessment process
• Responsible for SOX Compliance Audit and Assessment
• Liaison to the Business to promote security within Safeway
• Responsible for Training Classes for IT to ensure Information Security Standards are
communicated and adopted
• Responsible for developing Safeway’s Vulnerability Assessment Program
• Responsible for Safeway’s Intellectual Property Monitoring Program
• Safeway Forensics & Investigations team lead
• Responsible for assessing application security and compliance

President & CEO at Geek Guy, Inc. (Tried starting my own company)
January 2006 - February 2007 (1 year 2 months)
- In Charge of Day to Day operations
- Responsible for pricing and vendor negotiations
- Responsible for business execution and strategy development
- Maintained customer service levels and interactions
- Reviewed marketing plan and execution
- Worked with Third Party companies and consultants to deploy, execute and operate the
company's web presence.
- Responsible for maintaining corporate efficiency across all operational segements

Chief Security Architect at Netscreen Technologies
2003 - 2004 (1 year)
• Managed over $600,000+ budget for the Information Security Program
• Responsible for Information Security Program
• Responsible for Creation of Information security policies
• Responsible for Security assessment and audit of IT Projects
• Responsible for the Security Awareness training program
• Responsible for New Hire Training
• Completed the rollout of a SSL VPN Solution
• Successfully deployed TWO-Factor authentication system.
• Successfully deployed corporate wide intrusion detection and prevention devices
• Successfully deployed vulnerability assessment software
• Responsible for the creation and implementation of the IT Change Management plan, schedule.
• Participated extensively in the review of the companies Sarbanes/Oxley audit.
• Reduced overall corporate systems patch level non-compliance from 70% to 10%
• Implemented processes to provide investigatory services to other departments.
• General Network troubleshooting and support across global architecture.

Chief Network Security Architect at PeopleSoft, Inc.
October 2001 - June 2003 (1 year 9 months)
• Lead for PeopleSoft Network Infrastructure Security Group.
• Provided enterprise networking experience to troubleshoot network and security related events.
• Designed implemented and maintain the PeopleSoft worldwide firewall security and Network
architecture.
• Provided design and support for customer and internal IT related security solutions.
• Provided top-level support in the creation of company-wide security policies and procedures.
• Developed Unix Security standards
• Participated in the forensics, tracking and assessment of threats to PeopleSoft's global network.
• Provided security auditing services
• Multiple Installations of Cisco PIX firewall for internal access controls.
• PIX VPN integration with Checkpoint firewall-1
• Responsible for Perimeter access controls
• SecurID strong authentication controls with Cisco routers and layer 3 switches.

Sr. Security Consultant at Siegeworks, Inc
January 2001 - October 2001 (10 months)
• Responsible for Training Room Setup and maintenance at the main corporate campus
• Customer Firewall Deployment
• Provided essential Pre and Post sales customer support for security products
• Network Vulnerability Assessments
• Physical security evaluations
• Taught certification courses in Check Point Firewall-1 and the Nokia Security Administrator for
many large scale customers

Sr. Network/Security Engineer at Avantgo, Inc
June 2000 - January 2001 (8 months)
• Designed and supported the Avantgo corporate Network infrastructure on Cisco 7206 and 2621
routers
• Wide Area Network planning and support of DS3 Circuits for national infrastructure.
• Installation of corporate security infrastructure using Check Point Firewall-1(Nokia Ipsolon
platform).
• Management, configuration, installation and maintenance of National and International Virtual
Private Network.
• Responsible for the management and monitoring of the Avantgo National Intrusion Detection
deployment.
• Created project management plans for national Intrusion detection deployment.

Sr Security Engineer at Nokia, Inc
May 1999 - June 2000 (1 year 2 months)

• Supported Value added resellers and end customers of the Checkpoint firewall-1 Nokia Security Appliance.
• Supporting all Network components of the Nokia product family, which included supporting OSPF, RIPv1, RIPv2, DVMRP, T-1 Serial Lines, Frame-Relay, CSU/DSU, Fast Ethernet and other complex environments.
• Installed 150+ Check Point firewalls across the country on Solaris, NT, and Nokia Platforms.
• Team lead for USinternetworking upgrade project. The project consisted of coordinating and assisting the upgrade of approximately 120 firewalls nationwide.
• Trained Customer Support engineers for the Nokia UK and Singapore Support centers
• Interviewed potential candidates for each site and helping the launch of each support center.
• Developed in-house documentation and lab testing for Ipsolon integration with other security products (e.g. Cisco PIX and Axent Raptor.

Sr. Security Consultant at Verisign, Inc
December 1997 - March 1999 (1 year 4 months)
• Responsible for Management of San Diego Office location
• Duties included, firewall installations, technical support, pre-sales, network vulnerability
assessment and physical security evaluations.
• Network and Security architecture, design and implementation for customers.
• Taught certification courses in Firewall-1, Internet Security Systems ISS product and a course in
advanced hacking techniques and methodology.
• Consulted for the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Department of
Defense - Defense Information Systems Agency, and other related agencies and companies about
hacker attack scenarios and abilities and methods.
• Certified and taught Check Point Firewall-1 to over 400 people across the country including many
large banks, Government Agencies, and fortune 500 and 100 companies.

Sr. Security Consultant at Websense, Inc
November 1996 - November 1997 (1 year 1 month)
• Duties included design, implementation and installation of 3 different Firewall Software packages
for customers.
• Responsible for troubleshooting and support for existing customers.
• Consulted in the implementation of the following technologies: Checkpoint's Firewall-1,
Borderware, and Raptor.
• Responsible for the maintenance of all NetPartners# Internal Workstations, Servers, and Internet
connections using Cisco 2501 routers.
• Responsible for internal NetPartners# machines including Windows 95, Windows NT Workstation
and Server.
• Responsible for implementing a clear and concise backup policy for our networked machines.

• Responsible for implementing a standard WinNT Login and Drive mapping policy, and administration our Corporate SQL server.

• Final duty included the management of our corporate computer security policy and our corporate

Firewalls.

Education
Las Positas Community College
N/A, Criminal Investigations, 2007 - 2007
Las Positas Community College
N/A, Criminal Evidence, 2006 - 2006

El Capitan
1990 - 1994

Honors and Awards
2006 - Presented at Cornerstones of Trust Conference on Emerging Firewall Technologies
2007 - Presented at ISACA 25th Anniversary - Penetration testing panel
2007 - Presented at SecureWorld Expo - eDiscovery and Forensics
Interests
Computers, Electronics, Hiking, Biking & Exploring the Wilderness

References/Recommendations for Mr. Pingree

Sr. Manager Competitive Analysis at McAfee, Inc.
geekguy@geek-guy.com
14 people have recommended Larry
"PeopleSoft was moving to a complete architecture and platform change for our support systems
and our customer support website. Larry worked on the project team to design security for our
customer facing applications. Larry's prior experience and understanding of how we wanted to
conduct business with our customers was critical to releasing the project and new capabilities on
time with minimal impact to our customer base. Larry possessed a business focus and a could
relate real risks back during the process, which minimized debate as we planned, configured and
communicated."
— Sean Bingham, Director, Service Readiness, PeopleSoft, Inc., worked with Larry at PeopleSoft,
Inc.
"Larry was a highly valued security thought leader at Safeway. He is an extremly well versed
computer security professional who provided superior customer service to a wide variety of internal
customers."
— colin anderson, Director Information Security, Safeway, managed Larry at Safeway, Inc.
"Larry has a great passion about what he does. He is also willing to take the time to teach anyone
who will listen. If you go to Larry needing help, he will teach how to solve your problem. He would
make a great manager."
— Benjamin Woodford, Information Security Analyst, Safeway Inc., worked indirectly for Larry at
Safeway, Inc.
"Larry is an incredibly sharp and well rounded information security and technology professional. In
working with Larry, no matter what the technology issue was at hand, he always seemed to have a
very insightful and visionary perspective. I quickly learned that he is a very valuable resource and
his willingness to go above and beyond to help others makes him that much more valuable."
— James Range, Senior Consultant, PwC, was with another company when working with Larry at
Safeway, Inc.
"Larry is a technologist, very personable, creative strategist who can execute and implement the
solution meeting the business needs. I know him for long time from his days at Nokia when we
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were building Global Firewall Management Solution and partners trust model at Applied Materials.
He was, always, out there to understand our technical/complex global blue print architecture and
surprised us every time with the solution. He was a life saver for my team and highly respected. I
am very impressed with his progress over these years and helping companies succeed and expand
globally. I highly recommend him for a leadership role in the area of security requiring to bridge the
gap between business, IT and spearhead security program/product."
— Jit Singh, was Larry's client
"Larry is a brilliant Security Architect who I first met while trying to sell him NetScreen security
solutions while he worked at PeopleSoft. I recall very clearly how impressed I was with his depth of
knowledge, penetrating questions, wit, and engaging personality. I was thrilled when not long after
Larry ended up working at NetScreen! When I moved into a Business Development and Solutions
Strategy position at NetScreen, Larry became one of my most reliable and effective advisors whom
I routinely sought for feedback and counsel on my most important strategic initiatives and projects. I
strongly endorse Larry as a top tier player in the security industry."
— Vince Barboni, Sr. Solution Architect - Corp Dev Strategist, Juniper / NetScreen, worked with
Larry at Netscreen Technologies
"I worked with Larry for almost 4 years at two different companies. Larry is an extremely intelligent,
dedicated, and passionate IT professional. Larry cares about continously improving the
organization and himself. I would hire Larry (and have) in a heartbeat!"
— Joshua Mauk, Manager, Information Security, Safeway, Inc., worked directly with Larry at
PeopleSoft, Inc.
"Larry was a fantasic coworker--knowledgeable, dependable, and a sincere personal interest in his
field of expertise and expanding it. I knew that if I asked him something, he either knew the answer
or knew where to find it. Any company would benefit from having Larry on board!"
— Laura Leff, PMP, Director, Vendor Management Office, Safeway, worked with Larry at Safeway,
Inc.
"Larry is an excellent engineer whose passion for excellence leads him to deploy the right solution
with the right components in the right way. He was a pleasure to manage, both professionally and
interpersonally. I look forward to working with him again sometime."
— Sean Casey, Manager of Networks and Information Security, Avantgo, managed Larry at
Avantgo, Inc
"Larry has a lot of expertise of information security. He is very dedicated to his work at Safeway. He
has contributed to the improvement of enterprise security posture."
— Lena Shey, CPA, CISA, CISSP, MBA, Supervisor Sr. IT Auditor, Safeway, worked with Larry at
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Safeway, Inc.
"Larry has been the lead engineer for digital forensics and workplace investigations for our team.
His customer focus and dedication have been instrumental in handling many large scale cases. He
is a skilled mentor for junior members of the team, as well as an excellent educator for raising
security awareness among business groups. He is one of those rare breeds--a person with strong
technical knowledge and the soft skills to interface well with all levels of management."
— Suzanne Widup, Sr. Information Security Analyst, Safeway, worked directly with Larry at
Safeway, Inc.
"Larry is a down to earth, very detail oriented, technical person, who knows how to get the job done.
He is always ready to go the extra mile to get the job done."
— Eric Locastro, Account Rep, Netscreen, worked with Larry at Safeway, Inc.
"Larry is a strong security expert. Many people know him and respect him in the area. I always
heard great things about Larry."
— Norman Girard, Technical Product Manager, Qualys, was with another company when working
with Larry at Netscreen
"Larry made an immediate impact when he joined Netscreen. Working in the Legal Department, I
soon had my consciousness raised to the significance of security awareness not just for our
network but also for every aspect of our information handling. Larry weaves together threads from
many disciplines into one comprehensive picture. And he's fun, too."
— Alex Rathbone, Part-time Contracts Administrator / Records Specialist, NetScreen, worked with
Larry at Netscreen