Dustin Whited

Dustin Whited has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Dustin currently holds the position of Director of Security Engineering at Aquia Inc, a role they took on in December 2021. Prior to their current position, Dustin worked as a Senior Cloud Architect at Dragos, Inc. from May 2021 to December 2021.

Before joining Dragos, Inc., Dustin worked as a Senior Cloud Security Consultant at ScaleSec from December 2019 to March 2021. Dustin also held various roles at Allstate, including Cloud Assurance and Observability Manager from April 2019 to December 2019, and Senior Cloud Security Engineer from December 2017 to April 2019.

Dustin's previous experience includes working at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine as a Senior System Administrator and Systems Support Specialist from July 2012 to December 2017. Dustin also worked as a Technology Specialist at Des Moines Area Community College from January 2011 to July 2012.

Dustin began their career at Iowa State University, where they served as a Systems Support Specialist from January 2007 to August 2010. Prior to that, they worked as a Computer Sales Specialist at the university from January 2005 to January 2007.

Dustin Whited obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Iowa State University, where they studied from 2004 to 2009.

In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the following credentials:

- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² in September 2019.

- Amazon Web Services Advanced Networking Specialty from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2023.

- Amazon Web Services Security Specialty from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in April 2020.

- AWS Certified Database – Specialty from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2023.

- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2021.

- Amazon Web Services DevOps Engineer - Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in February 2023.

- Amazon Web Services Developer - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in January 2023.

- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Security Engineer from Google in February 2021.

- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect from Google in January 2021.

- Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2020.

- Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in January 2020.

- VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization from VMware in September 2014.

- VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization from VMware in September 2016.