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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Rocky Heckman

AI Security Consultant
Canberra,ACT
Rocky Heckman

Summary

Pragmatic IT professional with over 25 years of industry experience completing Master’s degrees in Cyber Security and Intelligence. Focused on AI Security and AI assisted Threat Intelligence with broad industry experience that spans defence and intelligence critical infrastructure, aviation, medical, law enforcement, public sector. Experience across leading edge technology, specialising in enabling cyber and national security through advanced computing capability.

Overview

18
years of professional experience
9
years of post-secondary education
4
Certifications

Work History

Cyber Dynamo

CEO / Chief Consultant
08.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Cyber dynamo specializes in AI Security strategy and AI assisted cyber security through threat intelligence
  • Essential Eight assessment and adoption guidance
  • Solutions to use MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain automation OSINT coordination and delivery, threat intelligence with STIX/TAXII services
  • Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives

Microsoft Corporation

Platform Engineering Manager – Strategic Missions & Technology
03.2019 - 08.2023

Job overview

  • Managed multi-disciplinary teams of advanced technology specialists whose remit was to work with National Security customers on advanced security projects in classified environments solving challenging high-security problems through creative application of technology
  • Secure deployment and application of AI and advanced capabilities to solve national security and cyber threat intelligence processing and collaboration needs
  • Guide and assist with business development and strategic planning efforts to ensure long term customer success and relationships
  • Manage customer relations, project selection, design, and delivery of high-security systems requiring ISM compliance for National Security, FVEY and AUKUS customers
  • Assist National Security customers with ISM, and ISO compliant adoption of advanced Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Azure, AI/ML, Azure Space, and Azure Edge compute for high-security and classified environments
  • Design and guide delivery of code artefacts, white papers, documentation, demo videos, reference architectures, compliance standards and tooling.

Microsoft Corporation

Regional Business Development Manager – Mixed Reality / HoloLens APJ
12.2015 - 03.2019

Job overview

  • Responsible for developing $10 Million Windows Mixed Reality business in Asia Pacific including Japan and China (APJ)
  • Central to creation of several Go to Market strategies and executing on those strategies and managing high performing teams on mixed reality projects. Coordinated with and represented Product Group Marketing and PR for local product launches
  • Demonstrating value of Windows Mixed Reality, HoloLens, and Microsoft Services HoloLens Studios Enterprise Acceleration Program (EAP), as well as device sales as applicable
  • Established and fostered HoloLens development partners
  • Managed hybrid Customer / Microsoft teams developing PoCs and Tech Demos
  • Worked closely and established strong relationships with Enterprise and SMB account teams in all APJ regions including regional directors for sales in APJ regions

Microsoft Corporation

Technical Evangelist - DX Team
11.2010 - 12.2015

Job overview

  • Architectural advisor and technical consultant to Microsoft’s ISV partners and customers on Cybersecurity, Microsoft Azure, Windows 10 and Windows Mixed Reality development
  • Top Apps Team Subject Matter Expert on Cloud Computing and Azure Development
  • Trusted advisor to development teams and senior management around high scale future proof cloud development strategies
  • Developed and delivered secure architecture patterns with Australian federal agencies
  • Created and manage Device Independent Delivery of Cloud Based Services strategy and used it to work with large scale ISVs and partners to bring key workloads to Azure and mobile
  • Worked with open-source communities such as Apache NiFi, and Drupal to promote and deploy these technologies on Microsoft Azure.

Microsoft Corporation

Senior Security Architect - ACE Team
06.2006 - 11.2010

Job overview

  • In this role with Microsoft’s Assessment Consulting and Engineering team, I acted as trusted advisor to Microsoft’s external customers on secure software development and security strategy and led multi-disciplinary teams of security advisors globally
  • Security Subject Matter Expert for Threat Modelling, Secure Development Lifecycles, and Strategic Security Compliance Initiatives, Azure Security, and Federated Identity
  • Trusted advisor to development teams and senior management around secure application development, secure system deployment and Cyber Strategy
  • Created relationships with key senior managers to ensure proper support for security initiatives in customer organizations
  • Drive adoption of SDL, and Microsoft security best practices through evangelism and promotional vehicles into several industry verticals such as banking, health care, and federal government
  • Established, led, and expanded ACE Team business in APAC Region through Business Development and drove market adoption of ACE Team Service offerings
  • ACE Team Subject Matter Expert on Cloud Computing and Azure Development
  • Content creation and evangelize white papers and articles on security related subjects such as: Threat Modelling, Strategic Security Awareness, Driving Security Adoption, Securing Cloud Services and Attack Patterns.

Education

Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Master of Arts from Cybersecurity
09.2021 - 12.2024

Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW

Master of Arts from Intelligence
09.2021 - 12.2024

University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia

Bachelors of Software Engineering
08.2000 - 03.2003

Skills

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Certification

CISSP

Publications

Author of Designing Platform Independent Mobile Apps and Services ISBN-13: 978-1119060147

Affiliations

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Australian Information Security Association (AISA)
  • Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO)
  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)

Timeline

Essential Eight Assessor
11-2023

CEO / Chief Consultant

Cyber Dynamo
08.2023 - Current

Macquarie University

Master of Arts from Cybersecurity
09.2021 - 12.2024

Macquarie University

Master of Arts from Intelligence
09.2021 - 12.2024

Platform Engineering Manager – Strategic Missions & Technology

Microsoft Corporation
03.2019 - 08.2023

Regional Business Development Manager – Mixed Reality / HoloLens APJ

Microsoft Corporation
12.2015 - 03.2019

Technical Evangelist - DX Team

Microsoft Corporation
11.2010 - 12.2015

Senior Security Architect - ACE Team

Microsoft Corporation
06.2006 - 11.2010
CISSP
06-2005

University of Canberra

Bachelors of Software Engineering
08.2000 - 03.2003
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