John H. Meyers
Chicago, IL - [Send email using form at bottom]  

Work Experience

Internal Auditor       
CNA Insurance      Chicago, IL      7/2007 – 1/2009
Roles: Served as project lead and team member on internal audits of IT
infrastructure. 
Responsibilities: Determine project timeline and goals, Manage and Resolve team
member and client issues, Develop risk assessments and testing guidelines, and
Carry out audit work 
Projects: Physical Security of Data Center and Network Equipment, Disaster
Recovery testing and Business Continuity Planning, VoIP systems,
WebSphere/Middleware components, Laptop Encryption software, Lotus Notes
applications, Layer 7 Web Application Firewalls, Juniper Hardware Firewalls and
Intrusion Detection  
Member: Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) – Passed
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam
Training: Project Management, Juniper Firewall Administration, Systems Design

Network Administrator
Dallman Industries LLC.     Indianapolis, IN      7/2004 – 4/2005
Responsibilities: Organize and document the IT systems, Maintain computer
operations, Improve the file system’s structure, and provide company officers
with information from the company’s database efficiently

Field Service Technician
Braden Business Systems     Indianapolis, IN     4/2001 – 5/2003
Responsibilities: Provide on-site technical support for customer premise
equipment, Troubleshoot equipment problems, Answer customer questions concerning
the equipment and service contracts

Education

Masters of Science, Telecommunications and Network Management
Syracuse University     School of Information Studies     2007     Graduate
Assistant
Significant Projects: IT Security Architecture course creation project – six
month federally funded project to develop a course combining security industry
best practices with Enterprise Architecture methodologies and approaches to
enterprise security design 
Graduate Assistant Responsibilities: Student Recruiter for the
Telecommunications and Network Management program, Student Coordinator for the DC
programs and Director Scott Bernard, Teaching Assistant for  the IT Security
Architecture course
Course Work: Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Service Oriented
Architecture, Telecommunications Economics & Policy, Wireless & Cellular Industry
Communications, Risk Management, Database Security, ERP Implementation, IT
Capital Planning

Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Technology (Networking Track)
Purdue University     School of Engineering and Technology     2005
Teaching Assistant for upper-level course on Quantitative Analysis
Course Work: Network Administration, Network Security & Penetration Testing,
Quantitative Analysis, Database Design & Management, Systems Analysis & Design,
Java Programming, Enterprise Networks, Operating Systems, Data & Switching
Network Design

Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies  
Indiana University     College of Arts and Sciences     2000
Minors: Hebrew, and Near Eastern Languages and Culture
Subject Interests: History, Symbolic Logic and Reasoning, Foreign Policy 
Internship: American University: Foreign Policy, Summer 1999