I will be graduating from Carnegie Mellon University
this August with a Masters of Information Systems
Management. Within the program, I have focused on
Information Security. Following graduation, I will be
relocating to Philadelphia. I am seeking a position in
information security in the Philadelphia Metro area.
Please reply to john AT rinderle DOT net.
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
August 2002
Master of Information Systems Management
Specialization in Information Security Management
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
May 2002
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and
Logic & Computation
Specialization in Decision Science and Rational
Choice - Cumulative GPA of 3.48
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mellon Financial Corporation - Corporation
Information Security
Software Engineering Internship Pittsburgh, PA
May 2001- Present
- Aggregated data gathered by intrusion detection
sensors into a 65GB data warehouse on SQL Server.
- Utilized Crystal Reports and SQL for data mining.
Identified patterns and trends in the IDS data.
- Presented findings and made recommendations to
senior management within the department.
- Automated reporting and metrics gathering
processes, saving 35+ person hours per month.
- Identified noise and false-positives in the IDS data,
increasing relevancy of sensor data by 85%.
- Documented intrusion detection database,
reporting system. Established backup procedure.
Rinderle, Patel & Hellner, LLC
President and Co-Founder Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2000 - Jan 2002
- Established business objectives and workflow.
Interviewed, hired, and trained new employees.
- Served as project manager, defining requirements
for and coordinating efforts of the development team.
- Worked with clients and sales managers to
produce project proposals and status reports.
Beginner�s Mind Inc.
Information Systems Developer
Pittsburgh, PA Aug 2000 -
Present
- Administrated and secured Windows NT Servers
running IIS, Tomcat, and MS Access.
- Strengthened security (authentication and data
validation) of online distance learning applications.
- Spearheaded the conversion of web-based
applications from ASP to JSP, EJB, and Java
Servlets.
Velocity.Net
Systems Engineer / Systems Developer
Erie, PA Oct 1997 - Jan 2000
- Led team members in developing custom web-
based e-business applications using ColdFusion.
- Managed Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT servers
and networking equipment from Cisco and Lucent.
Softek Computer
Systems Analyst / Computer Technician
Erie, PA Oct 1996 - Oct 1997
- Assembled, repaired, and maintained network
servers and workstations both in-house and on-
location.
- Installed local and wide area networks using
equipment from 3Com, Cisco, and Bay Networks.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Systems Survivability Study
Aug 2001 - Dec 2001
- Team project to assess the survivability of online
registration and student
services systems at Carnegie Mellon University.
Recommendations were made to
improve the security architecture and survivability
of these systems.
Geriatric Research Intervention Program
Aug 2001 - Dec 2001
- GRIP studies the effects of social interaction on
aging. Developed a web-based
application to monitor the progress of participants
in the study. Team project
for systems development course, using HTML,
JavaScript, ASP, and SQL.
Senior Research Thesis
Jan 2001 - Feb 2002
- Investigated through research and computer
simulation how members of a group reach
varying levels of coordination.
Serendipity
Jan 2001 - May 2001
- Created a web-based marketplace for the
exchange of goods and services between the
community and local non-profit organizations.
Team project for systems development
course. Used HTML, JavaScript, ASP and SQL.
RELATED COURSEWORK
Information Security Management, Security
Architecture and Analysis, Incident Response,
Risk Management, Database Management,
Finance, Decision Analysis, Organizational Behavior,
Data Structures, Algorithms, Game Theory, Artificial
Intelligence, Computation Theory,
Formal Logic, Statistics, OOP, Java, SDLC,
Systems Feasibility, Use Case Modeling
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Intrusion Detection, ISS Internet Scanner, Crystal
Reports, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
ColdFusion, ASP, PHP, Perl, Java, JSP, Servlet,
XML, XSLT, CVS, Visio, UML, Apache, IIS,
SQL Server, JRun, Tomcat, Solaris, Linux,
Windows NT
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Career Committee Chair IS.Net Student Org.
Jan 2001 - Mar 2002
Student Advisory Council Philosophy Dept.
Aug 2000 - Feb 2002
