Joe McAlerney
Portland, OR joemca AT gmail.com
Objective
A career position in security related software development

Education
Master of Science, Computer Science, emphasis in Computer Security
University of California, Davis, 3.32/4.00 GPA
Thesis title, "An Internet Worm Propagation Data Model"
Awarded September 2005
 
Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Administration minor
Humboldt State University, 3.66/4.00 GPA
Awarded December 1999

Employment Experience
Security Engineer
SYColeman		 Huntsville, AL
October 2003 - Present
  • Performed a software security review for a division within the MDA.
  • Performed a feasibility study on computer security technologies for use in the military's GMD network.
  • Analyzed and made recommendations for COTS/GOTS security software to augment the GMD network's security.
  • Member of a level 2 CMMI SCAMPI appraisal team.
  • Lead engineer and developer for a DARPA funded secure software wrapping project.
  • Assisted in writing technical content for government proposals.
  • Performed trade studies on existing and emerging computer security products and tools.

Computer Security Programmer/Analyst/Consultant
Silicon Defense, Inc.		 Davis, CA
Sept. 1999 - April 2003
  • Co-designer and developer on the CounterMalice Internet Worm containment product.
  • Designed and developed a security software library.
  • Monitored and trained coworkers to monitor client networks for intrusions.
  • Developed a two day commercial training course for the Snort IDS.
  • Responsible for interviewing and training a software support staff.
  • Project lead for a variety of different software projects.
  • Developed a product stress test bed.
  • Responsible for configuring, packaging, and deploying IDS rule sets to customers.

Intern, Global Services Business Unit, SGI Consulting
SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics)		 Mountain View, CA
Summer 1999
  • Created user management tools to provide web-based authentication and authorization.
  • Member of a task force to pinpoint communications problems within SGI, and propose solutions to the problems.
  • Designed and implemented a "Form Maker" and "Form Generator" application.
  • Assisted in configuring a secure production web server.

Programmer/Analyst
S-Matrix Corp.		 Eureka, CA
August 1998 - January 1999
  • Responsible for writing "design of experiments" software for Windows using Visual Basic.
  • Lead the design and creation of a CD-Browser and a "user's guide" web interface in HTML.

Project Leader, Intern
Lockheed-Martin/HSU		 Arcata, CA
June 1997 - June 1999
  • Member of a team to create a Web User Interface in Java as a front-end to an Oracle database.
  • Responsible for delegating tasks, integrating code, developing server side functionality with JDBC, and maintaining an Oracle database.
  • Responsible for designing and implementing Java applets and applications, developing stored procedures in SQL, and creating CGI scripts for client/server interaction.

Professional Skills

Training
  • Introduction to CMMI (Staged and Continuous), V1.2, Nov 2006
  • SCAMPI A Appraisal Team Training, CMMI V1.2, Jan 2007

Publications

Special Interests