Throughout his career, TJ has been responsible for providing security and compliance leadership that include areas such as vendor management, disaster recovery, business continuity, data protection, security products, budgeting, legal and risk management. He has over 25 years of experience in security and technology and has extensive compliance related expertise in banking, healthcare and manufacturing. His experience allowed him to work with medical centers, commercial banks, hedge funds, brokerage firms and manufacturers. He has been interested in education for most of his life and has explored the many facets of the educational process from his work as a professional information security practitioner to hobbies of flying aircraft and amateur radio.