Franklin P. Stone

482 South 100 West, Orem, Utah 84058

Cell: 801-368-2159 E-mail: fstone@stoneshome.net

Active Clearance - TS/SCI with DoD, United States Citizenship

Education:

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Master of Science in Information Security

Utah Valley State College, Orem Utah

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Skills Summary:

• Experienced professional with over 18 years experience in the integration, administration,

securing, and defending complex networks and information systems in small office to large

enterprise dynamic IT environments.

• Experienced in server and workstation operations, office automation, network operations and

security.

• Experienced in dead box and network forensics.

• Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows; Mac OS, Various Linux distros –

RH/CentOS/Debian/SuSE; experience is mostly in an Enterprise environment.

• Microsoft Windows Technologies: Experience with Servers, Workstations, Windows

• Virtualization, DFS, DNS, WINS, DHCP, SNMP, domain structures, unattended installations,

and various MS Applications.

• *NIX Technologies: Experience with Servers and workstations, BOOTP, NFS, NIS, LDAP, CLI,

ipchains/iptables/firewalld.

• Networking: TCP/IP; Ethernet and wireless; firewalls, honey pots, IDS/IPS; routing protocols

• Security: Firewalls, IDS/IPS, ACLs, Packet Analysis (pcap/netflow), Wireshark, vulnerability

scans (Nessus, eRetina), proof of concepts, network and system forensics (EnCase and various

Open Source tools), incident handling, misc. system and network scanning tools including nmap,

ettercap, hardware and software encryption mechanisms.

• Virtualization: VMware ESXi 4,5, VMWare View, PCoIP, VMWare Workstation, VirtualBox

• Business Processes: translation of business process / needs to technical solutions; use case

scenarios.

• Personal skills: Personable, able to collaborate on projects, support the team when needed and

take the lead when appropriate, strong work ethic, adaptable to changes, self motivated,

ambitious, always willing to learn

Work Experience:

Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) Quantico, VA

June 2009 – present

Computer Scientist

Duties

• Coordinate, develop, and plan technical requirements for worldwide Cyber

operations Work with agents to design technological solutions that meet operational

objectives. Research, design, build, develop, test and implement solutions

appropriately.

• Analyze operational goals and objectives, securely design technology, implement

solutions, documenting the implementation and monitoring results and making

necessary changes as needed.

• Prepare and present detailed briefings to Navy Base Commanding Officers

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Incident response to network intrusions, spillage of classified material, digital

forensics examinations and handling of digital media. Proper handling of evidence;

June 2009

December 2006

chain of custody, duplicate working copies.

• Analyzed digital media using EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite and other forensic tools as

needed.

• Large data set case subject matter expert.

• Support law enforcement operations with anonymous online identities. Taught agents

how to minimize their digital footprint while accessing the Internet.

• Help to develop, implement, and support large scale non-attributable network

• Configured VPS / VPN to allow for anonymous worldwide exit nodes

• Maintained and supported virtualized desktop environment using VMWare ESXi 5,

VMWare View

• Support sensor network distributed throughout Navy / Marine networks; coordinated

automatic data pull from sensor network and automatic data processing of captured

data.

• Completed accreditation to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) through DIACAP

process and ODAA; Secured network infrastructure using DISA Security Technical

Implementation Guide (STIG) for desktops, servers, IDS/IDP, and switches and

routers

• Responsible for procurement of cyber equipment; manage vendor contracts for

maintenance, support, and licensing

• Responsible for obtaining a market analysis, analyzing suitable vendors and

alternatives, and writing formal requests for funding of cyber technology and tools.

• Prepare requests for quotes (RFQ’s), Brand Name and / or Sole Source Justifications

as required

• Annually prepared approximately $500,000.00 in Purchase Requests Managed

support and maintenance contracts for equipment and software.

• Prepared annual cost estimates and renewals and ran cost benefit analysis for

upgrades or warranty renewals.

Accomplishments

• Designed and implemented a portable infrastructure to support large data sets.

Researched and implemented network infrastructure to optimized to support 4 Gbps

throughput on large NAS Storage with iSCSI. Able to support data set acquisitions of

up to 70 TB. Solution was able to more efficiently index and process large data sets

400% faster.

LDS Church Riverton, UT

November 2012 – July 2013

Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Duties

• Coordinated with Project Manager and Organizational Business Unit Manager;

analyzed customer goals and translated them to technical solutions

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D   esigned, developed, and supported several application systems, including Auditing

Control System, invoice-scanning system. Co-supported and designed corporate stock

investment infrastructure.

• Prepared reports detailing technical specifications presented them to Executive

Management for their approval of application system design.

• Planned and coordinated the purchasing and acquisition of hardware and software for

newly designed systems. Coordinated and implemented the installation of servers for

development, test and production environments.

• Implement, test and configure each server so that it works as designed.

• Run quality assurance testing to verify that system works as planned. 

• Maintain servers and software to keep abreast of security issues and patch

updates. 

• Coordinated with infrastructure teams to incorporate the newly designed system into

existing corporate infrastructure; ie, open firewall ports, call escalation process for

Tier I / II Support.

• Developed, implemented, and tested backup plans.

• Developed COOP for each critical server and system.

• Monitored server logs and automated information systems for security

incidents and events.

Infotrax Systems Orem, Utah

May 2007 – August 2008

Information Systems Manager

Duties

• Managed day-to-day operations of information systems

• Supported and secured existing network infrastructure

• Documented infrastructure assets for purposes of support contracts

Accomplishments

• Migrated Windows NT domain to Windows 2003 AD environment

• Designed and implemented wireless security policy

• Lead project for implementing intrusion detection and prevention

• Implemented Avaya VoIP phone systems

Trusted Network Solutions Salt Lake City, Utah

January 2007 – May 2007

Network Engineer Consultant

Duties

• Consult clients on design, security and logic of their network infrastructure

• Make recommendations based upon best practices in use in industry

Accomplishments

• Consistently exceeded quota for billable hours while exceeding customer expectations

Novell, Inc. Provo, Utah

Network Systems Engineer II

August 1998 – November 2005

December 2003 – November 2005

Duties

• Supported and maintained existing network infrastructure

• Managed decommission project for antiquated infrastructure

• Maintained corporate wireless network

• Secured access to network through firewall

• Developed security strategies for VPN and remote access

• Documented corporate network equipment assets for purposes of support contracts

with third party vendors

Accomplishments

• Created VLAN’s to maximize use of hardware allowing for the decommission of

multiple Nortel 8600 chassis based switches

• Designed, configured and implemented corporate wireless network

• Managed IT implementation of Linux VPN clients; instructed development team on

expected requirements and coordinated beta client roll outs

Applications Systems Engineer II

February 2002 – December 2003

Duties

• Maintained corporate time and expense reporting system

• Developed migration and upgrade plan for internal developers

• Secured web server, application server and database servers by applying scheduled

patches for maintenance

• Coordinated scheduled software updates and releases with business owners and

corporate customers

• Worked with developers to troubleshoot technical problems and determine the best

course of resolution

Accomplishments

• Implemented documentation system for internal application team to schedule ,

maintain, and track application roll outs and significant changes

• Worked with developers to help application to support multiple operating system

platforms and mozilla based web clients

Support Systems Engineer II

August 1998 – February 2002

Duties

• Team lead of four engineers

• Individually supported 300 employees; including their desktop and laptops

• Secured access to corporate resources by assigning necessary rights

• Worked with IS&T architects to push client software to desktop using Novell

ZenWorks

Accomplishments

• Managed server upgrade project to upgrade all servers not in the corporate data center

• Consistently achieved 95% + customer satisfaction rating from customers

• Used Microsoft Sysprep and Norton Ghost to create corporate imaging system

• Worked with project manager to design and implement Novell iPrint to corporate

customer base

Certifications Held:

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – MCSE NT, 2000, 2003

Certified Novell Engineer – CNE 4, 5, 6

Cisco Certified Network Professional – CCNA & CCNP

Computer Technology Industry Association - CompTIA Security+

Juniper Networks Intrusion Detection and Prevention – JNCIA - IDP

VMWare Certified Professional – VMWare VCP

ISC2 Certified Information System Security Professional – CISSP

Department of Defense - Certified Incident Responder

Department of Defense - Certified Digital Media Examiner

Trainings:

CompTIA A+ Training - 1998

Windows NT - MCSE Training - 1998

Novell - CNE 4 Training - 1998

Novell - CNE 5 Training - 2000

Cisco CCNA / CCNP Training – 2002

Windows 2000 / 2003 – MCSE Training 2004

VMWare VCP 3 Training - 2006

Juniper JNCIA - IDP Training – 2006

ISC2 CISSP Training - 2007

DoD Introduction to Networks and Computer Hardware(INCH) Training (required) -

2009

SANS SEC606/FOR606 - Phsysical Hard Drive Forensics – 2010

DoD Computer Incident Responder Course(CIRC) Training (required) - 2011

DoD Windows Forensic Investigations with EnCase (WFIE) (required) - 2011

SANS SEC506 Securing Linux/Unix – 2012

SANS SEC560 Network Penetration Ethical Hacking – 2014