Karl Andersen

Karl Andersen is a seasoned IT security and risk management professional with over 20 years of experience in designing, planning, implementing, and operating infrastructure in Linux, Solaris, and Windows environments. His expertise includes managing firewalls, application servers, and web servers such as Iptables, Ferm, ColdFusion, Tomcat, Jrun, Apache, IIS, and iPlanet. Karl specializes in business-focused technology and process solutions, particularly in infrastructure and security, with a strong background in the financial industry and experience working with large corporations and governments.

Karl's educational background includes studying Naval Nuclear Power Engineering in the United States Navy and Philosophy at the University of Vermont. Throughout his career, Karl has held various key positions in prestigious organizations, including being the former Information Technology Principal Architect at Maximus, Security Architect and Privacy Analyst at Conduent, Principal Consultant at NTT DATA, Inc., Owner at Perfectway, Founder, President at The Box Group, Security Domain Expert Manager at UBS AG, Instructor at Networld+Interop, Founder, Vice President at SystemExperts Corporation, Consulting Manager at OpenVision Technologies, Inc., Vice President at Fusion Services, Inc., System Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Vice President at Corporate Micros, Incorporated, Instructor at The Albert Merrill School, and Battlestations Nuclear Reactor Operator, Reactor Technician at the United States Navy.