John has over 12 years of hands-on experience in network and information security and security architecture. John was the primary DDoS architect and provided direction and support to Network Operations on how to best protect CenturyLink’s network from DDoS attacks. He has decades of cross functional network and application experience and today uses his experience to help drive current security policies and direction for CenturyLink. John is passionate about improving network security and pushes CenturyLink and the industry to improve where it can.