Selected Work
Evidence-led project context. Each entry separates verified operational experience from work that is still in development.
Global Counter-Terrorism Institute (GCTI) - Chief Technology Officer
GCTI is an educational organization offering graduate-level programs in counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, and international security studies. Josh's CTO work focuses on cyber operations modernization, lab infrastructure, zero-trust architecture, documentation, and governance.
- Directed multi-phase lab and cyber operations modernization under formal institutional governance.
- Operationalized cyber lab infrastructure using Azure Arc telemetry, endpoint governance, and administrative control patterns.
- Supported secure continuity and communications using AWS S3 replication, Unbound DNS, and Tailscale mesh VPN.
- Documented STIG-aligned operational standards and linked technical work to governance review.
- Connected MoU deliverables, telemetry dashboards, and RACI-style accountability into a clearer operating picture.
- Integrated Snort, YARA, and Splunk signals into a detection and response workflow that improved containment speed.
Governed proof themes: cyber lab modernization, zero-trust architecture, endpoint governance, telemetry, and documentation discipline. The governed brief supports the 1,200+ endpoint environment and containment workflow improvement from hours toward minutes as public-safe evidence.
Restoration Security Consultants - Founder / Operator
RSC is the company and commercial cybersecurity context connected to this portfolio. The public-safe framing is company-building, security operations direction, compliance automation, post-quantum readiness research, and partner-path development.
- Company establishment, infrastructure planning, strategic positioning, and business development.
- Research and development around response triage, threat management, post-quantum readiness, and compliance automation.
- Public materials are maturity-labeled and avoid claims of active client deployment or production-certified products unless separately verified.
Private Technical R&D - pqexpert GitHub Organization
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness research.
- Security operations workflow and response triage concepts.
- Containerized infrastructure and secure access experiments.
- Integration tooling and professional automation prototypes.
Houston ISD - District and Campus Administration / Instructional Technology
- District and campus-level administration with instructional technology responsibility.
- SharePoint and ItsLearning HUB administration; campus webmaster context.
- Built an automated tardy tracking workflow that reduced manual reporting time.
- Supported LMS deployment, curriculum delivery, and virtual learning enrichment work.
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