Lucas Forrest

Lucas Forrest has over 20 years of work experience. Lucas began their career in 1996 when they founded Global Advertising Solutions Inc.11 and served as Vice President. During this time, they developed a business plan, did marketing, and web site design for many companies around the world. In 2001, they helped start Everything Kitchens and served as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, they designed and maintained a network infrastructure involving 2 separate locations, a 2048 bit redundant VPN, 2 physical servers, 12 Virtual Machines with 3 virtual servers, 40+ workstations, 2 extended POS machines, 5 shipping stations, and 2 Watchguard UTM Firewall Appliances. Lucas also monitored and secured a webserver cluster colocated with Nexcess, including DDoS, hacking, and SQL Injection prevention and mitigation. Additionally, they maintained all Network Security / Endpoint Protection and PCI-DSS compliance.

Lucas Forrest has completed a Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE), an A+ certification, and a Mobile Electronics Certified Professional (MECP) certification.