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Brian Carroll - Principal Consultant in Bakersfield, CA

Brian Carroll

Principal Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure Leader specializing in cloud, zero trust, and SIEM

BJC Strategies, LLCUniversity of DenverBakersfield, CA20 Years ExperiencePrincipal Level

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Founder of a self-funded IT management consulting practice specializing in security, compliance, and risk engineering for highly regulated sectors (banking/finance, healthcare, energy, defense, telecom). Uses consulting engagements to build repeatable “military-grade” security foundations and identify recurring pain points, with a longer-term goal of transitioning from consulting into a sustained internal team role for deeper impact.

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Key Strengths

  • Deep security/compliance/risk expertise in highly regulated industries
  • Ability to translate high-level strategy into operational execution
  • Structured approach to evaluating and validating new business ideas (problem/value/adoption + customer conversations + early testing)
  • Founder experience building and self-funding a consulting practice with a defined business plan

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Experience

Principal ConsultantBJC Strategies, LLC · Jan 2023 – Presentfreelance
FVP, Information Security ManagerBank of Hope · Aug 2021 – Jul 2022
Lead Senior Security EngineerSungard Availability Services · Jun 2019 – Jan 2021
Business ConsultantProofpoint · Jan 2016 – Jun 2018
Information Technology Team ChiefArmy National Guard · Mar 2015 – Sep 2016
Assurance ManagerGlobal Cloud Xchange · May 2012 – Dec 2015
Senior Information Technology SpecialistArmy National Guard · Sep 2010 – Mar 2015
Senior Information Systems AnalystU.S. Army · Sep 2004 – Sep 2010

Education

University of Denvermaster, International Security (coursework)

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)Advanced LAN/WAN Configuration and Design (U.S. Special Operations Command)Information Assurance and Security (Department of Defense, U.S. Army Signal Corps)

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Brian CarrollPrincipal Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure Leader specializing in cloud, zero trust, and SIEM