About me
Jesse holds several certifications in the IT field, including A+, Arduino, CASP+, CEH, CISSP, Cloud+, CTT+, CYSA+, iNet+, Linux+, Net+, Pentest+, Security+, Server+ . He passed his first certification exam in 2000 and his last one in 2023. Jesse has spoken at several conferences including many of the DoD Cyber Crime Conferences. He was a member of the Red Team for several years on the Mid-Atlantic College Cyber Defense Competition. He has a master's degree from the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), and a bachelors from George Mason University (Fairfax VA). Jesse has written and contributed to several publications, including Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect against It by. Jesse also wrote the entire series of labs for Security+, Ethical Hacking, Forensics, and Network Security for NDG's netlab. He has ran the Cyber Maryland competition in 2021 and 2023, and ran the 2-year College Cyber Defense Competition (2CDC) in 2024. Jesse lives with his sons Mason and Levi, and daughter Kayla in Ellicott City Maryland in Howard County Maryland.