Rod Carter, CISSP

Rod Carter, CISSP, has over 20 years of experience in the field of network and systems engineering. Rod began their career at Infinity Insurance in 1999, where they worked as a network analyst for seven years. In 2007, they joined IBM Internet Security Systems as a technical support analyst, before transitioning to ITT Systems in 2010 and DSCI in 2011, both as a network engineer. From 2012 to 2014, Carter worked as a network engineer at DRS Technologies, Inc., and in 2015, they held the position of technical account manager at Fortinet. Rod then joined SalientCRGT as a network/systems engineer for three years before moving to Applied Insight in 2018 as a VDI engineer. Since 2019, they have been working as a virtualization engineer at ID Technologies. Throughout their career, Carter has demonstrated expertise in virtualization, VDI, network engineering, and technical support.

Rod Carter, CISSP, holds a Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from the University of Maryland University College, which they completed from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) degree in Information Technology from Macon University, attending from 2007 to 2009. No specific start and end years are provided for their education at Lithonia, indicating that it may be incomplete or ongoing. In addition to their academic qualifications, Rod Carter has obtained various certifications throughout their career, including CISSP from ISC2 in September 2013, VMware Certified Professional 7 - Desktop and Mobility from VMware in October 2020, Commvault Solutions Architect from Commvault in September 2021, and DCS-IE from Dell in November 2020. Rod also holds certifications such as NSE4 from Fortinet in June 2015 and has expressed an interest in obtaining certifications in CCNP, CCNP Security, CEHv7, and Security +, although specific dates and institutions are not provided for these certifications.