My research focuses on the intersection of security, critical infastructure IT/OT networks, and human factors. I am particularly interested in how we, as the security community, can provide a secure environment to operators so that they can focus on the work that they need to do. When I worked on Wall St, I was investing in healthcare companies that underwent security incidents. As I observed this, the cogs in my head started to turn. Why is securing these types of systems difficult? What are the underpinning questions that impede this?

My goal is to develop technology and data-driven processes & tools that protect critical systems, and to ease the security burdens faced by IT/InfoSec and OT teams, to focus on what they are experts on rather than worry about security.

Before Tufts, I wore several different hats in a variety of industries. I've spent the past decade working in various positions related to behavioral science. I have experience in capital markets, defense, and politics. Some highlights include: co-founding a startup that developed technology augmenting situational awareness for Army Special Forces, studying portfolio manager behavior at a prominent hedge fund (before joining a portfolio team), helping political campaigns with digital analytics, and coordinating the cybersecurity for a presidential campaign. I went to university with the impression that politics was like the West Wing and I wanted to be Josh Lyman . The reality was more like Veep, and I ended up as a junior Kent Davison. My undergraduate degree was in Government from Georgetown, where I focused on financial securitization regulation such as Dodd-Frank and the EU Capital Requirements Directives. If you want to learn more about my professional life, feel free to check out my LinkedIn.