John A.

John A. has over 21 years of work experience, with their most recent position being Chief Information Security Officer at Spokeo since September 2021. Prior to this, from November 2016 to January 2022, they served as the Chief Information Security Officer at Community Loans of America, where they designed, built, and implemented the information security department. John was responsible for security, governance, and compliance across multiple companies and locations. Before that, they worked as a DevOps Engineer at Intercontinental Exchange from January 2015 to October 2016. John A. also has experience as a Manager, Monitoring and Metrics at Vocalocity, Director of Engineering at Vendormate, Inc., and a Security Engineering role at Consolidated Resource imaging. From June 2004 to February 2010, they held the position of Manager Security Engineering at Cox Communications, where they managed a team, handled vendor relations, managed project finances, and developed software for firewall rules. John also played a key role in restoring emergency services after hurricane Katrina. John A.'s earlier roles include Director IT at StayOnline, Network Administrator/Encryption Specialist at Scientific Atlanta, and Director of IT at Cammunity.com.

John A. has a diverse education history in the field of technology. John has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Artificial Intelligence in Robotics from Southern Technical College and another Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in CyberSecurity from Western Governors University. John also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Information Technology Management, specializing in International Business/Trade/Commerce, from the same university.

In addition to their formal education, John A. has obtained several certifications. John earned the Project+ certification from CompTIA in September 2020. John also holds the CompTIA Network+ and CompTIA A+ certifications, which were obtained in February and January 2020, respectively. John A. has further achieved the ITIL Foundation Level certification from AXELOS Global Best Practice in December 2019. In 2018, they obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)². Furthermore, John A. acquired the Linux+ and Security+ certifications from CompTIA in 2010. Lastly, they earned the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification in July 2002, once again from (ISC)².