1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,062 Hi , I'm Michael . Your again ? This is 2 00:00:03,062 --> 00:00:04,062 my D c mn . 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,373 Thanks for joining us for their synergy , 4 00:00:13,373 --> 00:00:15,429 Michael , For this session , I'll be 5 00:00:15,429 --> 00:00:17,596 using the video recording capabilities 6 00:00:17,596 --> 00:00:20,010 on Microsoft teens . So to start out , 7 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:22,353 you tell us a little bit about yourself . 8 00:00:22,353 --> 00:00:24,550 I am a local I specials from the New 9 00:00:24,550 --> 00:00:26,550 England sector . I'm out of the D C 10 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:28,980 made Harford office , located in East 11 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:31,147 Hartford , Connecticut . I worked with 12 00:00:31,147 --> 00:00:33,313 both Aerial Cruz and Walter Vega , who 13 00:00:33,313 --> 00:00:35,840 support the area of Vermont , Western 14 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,070 Mass and most of Connecticut . I've 15 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,191 been working with GCM A for about 6.5 16 00:00:40,191 --> 00:00:43,500 years . I'm also a cyber security 17 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:45,860 analyst , and I'm also a local wireless 18 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:47,916 admin . Can you tell me a little bit 19 00:00:47,916 --> 00:00:49,980 about what got you into I t a little 20 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:52,560 bit about your I t background ? Yeah , 21 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,560 should be easy . It's a pretty sure 22 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,671 story . So when I was eight years old 23 00:00:56,671 --> 00:00:58,838 on Christmas morning , I came down the 24 00:00:58,838 --> 00:01:01,320 stairs and my parents revealed my first 25 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,376 computer , except there was an extra 26 00:01:03,376 --> 00:01:06,090 box with some cables and a sign that 27 00:01:06,090 --> 00:01:08,090 said , Figure it out . I joined the 28 00:01:08,090 --> 00:01:10,201 Connecticut National Guard at the age 29 00:01:10,201 --> 00:01:12,479 of 17 . Eventually , on my deployments . 30 00:01:12,479 --> 00:01:14,423 I was dubbed the I t . Guy because 31 00:01:14,423 --> 00:01:16,534 again they would come to me and I had 32 00:01:16,534 --> 00:01:18,590 to figure it out . I love this about 33 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:20,534 being an I T . Guy because there's 34 00:01:20,534 --> 00:01:22,868 always something that needs to be fixed , 35 00:01:22,868 --> 00:01:22,620 something that needs to be figured out , 36 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:24,931 and it really is just a part of who I 37 00:01:24,931 --> 00:01:25,980 am , the driving force .