Barry J. Stiefel ("Stee-ful") 268 Bush St. #2719 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 543-5222 e-mail: resume (at) BarryStiefel (dot) com Version Control: Version Control: Friday, June 19th, 2009 Summary: Check Point Community Leader, Engineer, Author, Instructor and Conference Organizer Founder and President of CPUG: The Check Point User Group at www.cpug.org Founder and President of CPUG University at www.CPUGuniversity.com Founder and President of the annual CPUG Conference at www.CPUG.com Twenty-two years’ IT experience, including: * Computer and Internet Security * IT Project Management * IT Security Teaching and Course Development * Consulting with a wide variety of Bay Area and U.S. firms * IT Department Management * User Group Management * LAN / WAN / VPN Networking * C / C++ Programming B.S., MBA, from the University of California Published Author and Technical Speaker on networking security Instructor and course developer in internet security at U.C. Santa Cruz Extension Past President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Windows NT Engineering Association Past Member of the Board of Advisors for Microsoft TechNet Industry Certifications: CISSP (#23014) (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) NSA IAM (National Security Agency InfoSec Assessment Methodology) Certificate in Internet and E-Commerce Security from the University of California FCSE (Fortinet Certified Security Engineer) MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer); versions 3.51 and 4.0 CCSA (Check Point Certified Security Administrator),.versions 3.0, 4.0, NG, NG AI, NGX CCSE (Check Point Certified Security Engineer), versions 3.0, 4.0, NG, NG AI CCSE Plus (Check Point Certified Security Engineer Plus), version NG AI CCSI (Check Point Certified Security Instructor), version 4.0 and NG CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) CompTIA A+ Experience: 1999- Present: Founder and President Information Engine, Inc., San Francisco, CA, www.InformationEngine.com, DBA CPUG * Provide premium IT consulting services to firms in the Silicon Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the U.S., particularly with Windows NT/2000 and Check Point security products * Teach and consult on Check Point Firewall-1 and related technologies * Founded and manage CPUG: The Check Point User Group at www.cpug.org * Founded and manage CPUG University at www.CPUGuniversity.com, providing advanced education services to the Check Point community. * Founded and manage CPUG Conference at www.CPUGcon.com, the annual conference for the Check Point community. 1997 - 2000: President and Program Director (Part-Time Volunteer Position) The Windows NT Engineering Association of the Silicon Valley * Researched, scheduled, and coordinated all speakers and program content for Northern California’s largest Windows NT User’s Group * Master of Ceremonies at all Monthly General Meetings (150 members) * Designed and implemented the organization’s Program Plan * Recruited and directed twenty volunteer staff members 1996 - 1999: Manager of Information Systems Galileo Technology, Inc., San Jose, California * Specified, designed, and built the entire MIS department from the ground up, including all hardware, software, networking and communications systems while corporate revenues grew from $2 million to $60 million per year. * Designed, built, maintained and expanded 50-user network, including multiple Windows NT servers, T1 Internet service, high-speed fiber optic connection across multi-building campus, VPN, multiple switches, routers, firewalls, etc. * Designed, built, maintained and expanded entire communications infrastructure, including SONET ring connection to CLEC and AT&T, multiple T1 lines for voice, campus-wide Nortel PBX. * Managed all IT coordination issues with multiple international locations, including international Virtual Private Network. * Managed a full-time staff of two, 3-6 outside contractors and 20 vendors. 1995 - 1996: Project Manager / Quality Assurance Manager / Software Engineer Ophthalmic Imaging Systems, Sacramento, California * Specified, completed all R&D, documented, developed and prepared for manufacturing a complete new product line of digital angiography image capture and display systems. * Instantiated Quality Assurance department from the ground up and re-engineered product lines with a resulting two-thirds decrease in technical support costs. * Technical Project Manager for large international digital angiography networking orders. Specified, designed, built, tested, installed and maintained digital imaging system and Windows NT TCP/IP networks in hospitals in Stockholm, Sweden; Cork, Ireland; and San Diego. * Specified, researched and planned porting of flagship software product to Win32 running under Windows NT. * Specified, designed, developed, tested and maintained 10,000 line C++ software product. * Managed firm’s Internet presence. Technical Presentations: “NAT for Newbies and Not-So-Newbies” DefCon 9, Las Vegas, July, 2001. University/Industry Courses Developed and Taught: “Check Point CCSA/CCSE Dual Certification Boot Camp” IT training schools nationwide, including Intense School and TechNow 2002-Present “Firewall-1: A Hands-On Introduction” University of California at Santa Cruz, Extension Fall, 2001 Published Works: “CCSA Next Generation Check Point Certified Security Administrator Study Guide (Exam 156-210)” (co-author) ISBN: 0072194200 Syngress Press, 2002 “Check Point NG VPN-1/Firewall-1 Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting” (co-author) ISBN: 1931836973 Syngress Press, 2003 “Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/Firewall-1” (co-author) ISBN: 1597490318 Syngress Press, 2005 Affiliations: Past President and Member of the Board of Directors of the Windows NT Engineering Association Past Member of the Board of Advisors for Microsoft TechNet Education: Certificate in Internet and E-Commerce Security April, 2001 University of California, Santa Cruz Extension One Year of Post-Graduate Study May, 1995 University of California, Berkeley Concentrations: Visual C++ Programming for Microsoft Windows, Mathematical Programming, SAS programming, Network and Graph Theory Masters of Business Administration (MBA) September, 1993 Graduate School of Management and Department of Civil Engineering University of California, Davis Concentrations: Operations Research, Economics, Logistics, Transportation Bachelor of Science (B.S.) June, 1990 University of California, Davis Keywords: CISSP, information, computer, network, security, INFOSEC, NSA, IAM, IATRP, Check Point, CheckPoint, CPUG, CPUG.ORG, Check Point User Group, Firewall-1, Firewall1, NG, firewall, firewalls, VPN, router, routers, Bachelor, Bachelors, Bachelor’s, BS, B.S., B. Sc., MBA, MCSE, CCSA, CCSE, CCSI, CCNA, A+, certified, certificate, published, author, instructor, teacher, teaching, training, trainer, course, courseware, course development, consultant, consulting, TCP/IP, Internet, network, networking, Microsoft, Windows, 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, switch, system, systems, administration, LAN, WAN, user group, users group, user’s group, speaker, speaking, Fortinet, FortiGate, Fortinet Certified Security Engineer, FCSE Resume Barry J. Stiefel Page 2 of 4