Speaker profile

A Cyber Security and IT Professional with over 25 years experience in helping build and protect organisations and the people that work in them.
A self-admitted geek, who still finds wonder in things, I try to be a doer of good deeds.

Current and previous roles including

• Co-Founder – Damn Good Security Ltd – cyber security consultancy and managed services for companies of all sizes.
• Cyber Security Operations Director @ National Grid / National Gas, Head of Managed Security Services, Principal Consultant in Managed Services, Senior Technical
• Consultant, and Senior Incident Responder
• Co-Founder – Hack Glasgow – Scotland’s annual community led Cyber Security Conference

Volunteer, Presenter, MC and Mentor at various events and levels from student events through to customer, professional and CISO panels.

As a way of contributing and helping the cyber community I regularly volunteer for cyber groups, as a mentor to new speakers, panel member on cyber discussions, conference volunteer and as a presenter covering Keynotes, technical talks, Leadership and career topics.

Contributing Author : 97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know

Interesting Note: Nobody has ever seen Batman and David in the same room at the same time.