Project Management
Certified PMP & Scrum Master. Experience in Waterfall & Agile
Technology
IT, Cybersecurity, and AI
Business Acumen
Understanding of Business Concepts. WSJ subscriber
DougWasBuiltNotBorn
Blog of experiences and insights
Douglas Zipay
Project Manager, IT & Cybersecurity
Iām a cybersecurity professional with an abundance of experience working in technology, more specifically IT and cybersecurity.
I’m educated and certified. I hold an MBA and eight professional certifications demonstrating my understanding of business and technology. My certifications include PMP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH, PSM, ITIL, and PSM.
My background includes a career in the military, assignments as a U.S. Special Operations Command contractor, and a role at the Department of the Interior (DOI).
More about my career can be found at DougWasBuiltNotBorn.
CyberZolutions
In 2019, I founded CyberZolutions LLC, a consulting venture specializing in cybersecurity and technical solutions as a side hustle. I recently relaunched CyberZolutions and the website can be found at www.cyberzolutions.com.
Personal Interests
- Distance Runner šāāļø: I enjoy distance running- especially in the warm Florida weather. I’m also in the gym 5+ mornings a week.
- Investor š: I invest & trade equities and occasionally seek speculative opportunities. WSJ reader.
- Tech Hobbyist š»: Ethical hacker, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), amateur (ham) radio, AI, and lock picking.
Seeking New Opportunities (W-2 or 1099)
I’m pursuing a new opportunity since my contracting position was eliminated due to DOGE cuts. I’m open to temporary of permanent opportunities. Remote or local to the Tampa Bay/Sarasota area.
Message me on LinkedIn, email me at [email protected], or complete the simple form below if you require my services or know of an opportunity that may be suited for me.
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Tampa Dev
I attended Tampa Bay Dev meet up last night. They are a non profit community of software developers. This is the third or forth time I've attended one of their events. Software development isn't my forte, which is why I go. During the networking session, I learned a...
WordPress and Divi
On of the many things I learned when I set up my sidehustle in 2019 was how to set up a webpage. My first webpage wasn't very good. But then I asked a neighborhood friend who was into webpage development for an hour of his time. He suggested subscribing to Wordpress...
Tampa AWS
I attended the Tampa AWS Users Group meet up last night. The subject was "Reinvent Recap". We had 4 good AWS speakers talk about 15 minutes each of what is new and upcoming to AWS. Cloud and AWS isn't my specialty, but I do enjoy this group as it does force me to be...