John York (@cynetise) began his networking career in 2001, where he installed and supported SONET/DWDM Transport equipment across various metropolitan cities throughout the U.S. He continued working in the telecommunications field, including serving on emergency response teams to sustain the telecom infrastructure during disasters, until he transitioned his career into the IT & IS field in 2005 as the founder and former CEO of a managed service provider in Des Moines, IA. Today John continues to work amongst the wrath of network/blue team defenders as a Network Security Engineer for Aureon. He is passionate in the infosec community as a member of the local InfraGard, ISSA Chapter, and other IT security and information sharing communities. Outside of working on architecting security solutions, John spends what little spare time he has with family and friends in the outdoors, primarily on the water, chasing down his next fishing story.