Benjamin Towner

Technical Lead for Security & Accreditations of IDT core product Automated Test and ReTest (ATRT). Conduct Architecture Design and Development of the process & product with stakeholders to advance use-cases producing security artifacts that attest to the implemented DevSecOps Platform (DSOP). Build Security within Automation of SDLC and secure repositories with Release Processes using CI/CD.

Achievements

Established Systems Accreditation capability to support Contract opportunities in excess of $100 Mil. Obtained Organization's Authorization To Operate (ATO) with AO. Conducted Pilot for deployment to Amazon AWS region for Government with Cross Domain Solution in Hybrid Cloud pattern.

• Interact with DoD Government, Security Control Assessors, and Industry partners to produce best practices, compliance tools, reviews and development techniques using DoDI 8510.10 - RMF & NIST SP 800-53.
• Provide leadership and guidance to develop capabilities in products, process, and people. Prepare Security Artifacts
• Conduct hands on Penetration, Vulnerability & Compliance testing.
• Execution of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) and testing tools.

Technologies used:

• Gitlab
• VMWare
• JFrog Artifactory & X-ray
• Rancher RKE2
• Jenkins
• OpenSCAP
• Coverity
• Trivy
• Tenable SC & Nessus
• Kali Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• eMASS
• eMASSter 2.6

Design, Plan and Execute proof of concept projects in support of Deep Tech Consulting. Enablement of robotic structure for development and simulation advancing the evolution of edge networking to remote devices. Drive ASTM and International Standards boards to establish UAV protocols.

Achievements

Active working Committee(F-38) to design, performance, quality acceptance tests, and safety monitoring for unmanned air vehicle systems. Successful construction of fabrication cell with integrated IIoT Automation such as Additive Manufacturing, 3D Scanners with remote render and Vacuum Formers.

• Designed, Build and Operate Autonomous Aerial Drone Prototype - "HoneyBee" - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) equipped with Object avoidance
• On-Premises Workshop integration with edge security and VR Dashboards
• Development of Voice User Interface and Body Tracking Optical queues
• DAPR - Stateless Automation Agents implemented with Reinforcement learning

Technologies used:

• Machine Learning
• Robotics
• Computer Vision
• Ground Truth
• Aerial Drones
• Mixed Reality

Engage in Professional Services to provide scalable solutions to Application designs, Data engineering and DevOps methodologies. Partnering with clients to understand, adopt and improve an Azure environment consisting of infrastructure and platform-based architectures.

Role & Tasks:

A solution architect is responsible for leading the practice and introducing the overall technical vision for a particular solution design of one or more applications or services within an organization, and is typically part of a solution development team.

• Execute Program solutions by design, communication and execution of Microsoft Platforms and services as an Architect and Engineer.
• Design and implement DevOps Solutions to deliver business value enhancing pipeline strategy and continuous security compliance.
• Conduct Cloud Economic Assessments of Client environment
• Determine level of effort, task requirements, staffing alignment and resource planning to execute on delivering services within defined budget
• Prepare comprehensive proposals outlining Investment, Objectives, Timeline, Project Assumptions and Deliverables.
• Generate Statement of Work to align with proposed level of effort and meet satisfaction of Clients expectations.

Technologies used:

• Azure
• Azure DevOps
• Terraform
• Power BI
• Power Point
• Excel
• Power Query
• MS Word

Listening to Partners, Customers and Innovators to define enterprise challenges, solutions and the road map for convergence. Working closely with Product innovators and Technology managers to understand solution capabilities and implementation possibilities. Supporting Pre-Sales activities to understand client relationships and assisting in representing the value proposition.

Achievements

Equinix Professional Services for Cloud (EPS Cloud) enables partners, employees and customers to realize an unparalleled user experience in hybrid cloud, a powerful multi-cloud combination of public and private clouds that has revolutionized the way enterprises do business. Nimbo was acquired by Equinix in May 2016, provided leading Enterprise Cloud Solutions and migration services, helping enterprise organizations adopt and manage cloud technologies.

Technologies used:

• Equinix Cloud Exchange
• AWS
• Microsoft - Azure
• Google - GCP
• Oracle OCI
• Salesforce

Mind Building Machines Inc, Non-Profit organization that develops robotic structures such as 3D printers, 3D Scanners, CNC Routers and Drones (Aerial and Aquatic). Training structure supports knowledge capture / transfer and structured mentoring of Pre-Collegiate programs.

Achievements

Guidance on Simulation of Robotic operations (SDF or URDF formats) use in Gazebo or PyBullet that deliver powerful data points for developing deep learning and localizations models. PCB and shield design and development support integrated circuit / embedded system integrations. Facilitate On-premises, Edge and Cloud deployments using Docker and Kubernetes platform agnostic models.

Technologies used:

• Additive Manufacturing
• Computer Vision
• Deep Learning
• ROS
• OpenGL
• LiDAR
• Arduino
• FreeCad
• Containers
• GRBL
• Python
• Anaconda