Category Archives: Work

Nashville Work Trip

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Carmelo

A few months ago we planned to get our senior leadership team together for an onsite in Nashville. I flew out the night before and so did a couple of my peers. It was different than the our normal set … Continue reading →

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Phoenix SIEM Project

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Carmelo

I know I don’t post too much about work and work projects because it’s just something mostly private and work related. But I think I could post this. I have both Splunk and Cribl in my SIEM environment and because … Continue reading →

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Tampa 2024

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Carmelo

The day after we got back from Los Angeles, I flew out to Tampa for a leadership team Onsite. We flew our people leaders out to do some leadership exercises and have them build our strategy for the year. We … Continue reading →

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20 Year Alltel Reunion

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Carmelo

It’s been over 20 years, give or take since we all worked together. It’s so good to see them all. We were such an awesome IT team at Alltel. We did everything there! Desktops, Servers (windows, netware, linux), routers, switches, … Continue reading →

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Crowdstrike’s Fal.Con 2023

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Carmelo

Nick had some extra passes that came with our contract and we tried to get our teams to go, and only a few actually wanted to, so I accompanied them. It’s a long drive to Vegas, about 5 hours long, … Continue reading →

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Nashville Security Leadership Meeting

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Carmelo

We needed to get together to have some strategy and budget discussions, it was a lot of tough work and we tried to balance it out with some good food and breaking bread with a couple of our local team … Continue reading →

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Tampa, Florida: Business Trip

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Carmelo

Earlier this month, my boss had to go meet with his boss in Tampa… We convinced him to do a leadership offsite. There is a lot of stuff we needed to talk about. So many things going on in the … Continue reading →

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Black Hat and DefCon

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Carmelo

For many years, I’ve wanted to go to Black Hat and to DefCon, but work, life, career, guided me to other places, like RSA conference, or nothing at all. About a year ago, I promised myself I’d make it to … Continue reading →

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Black Hat & Def Con 2022

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Carmelo

I have my first opportunity ever to attend Black Hat and DefCon in Las Vegas. I got to rub elbows with others and meet with my co-workers, and also reconnect with some of my peers. It was an experience I … Continue reading →

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Saint Louis Missouri

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Carmelo

I had a business trip to STL MO and it was actually quite a bit of fun and excitement. Most of the time we worked, but the work was productive and exciting and the rest of the time was great … Continue reading →

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