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        "Manage Printing, Training from June 1994 to Dec 1997",
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        "Lead PCI DSS compliance, overseeing 200+ servers, middleware design, and application hardening",
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        "Design and implement 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) for monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response",
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