James Lester

James Lester is currently working as a Senior Security Consultant at IOActive, Inc. since October 2018. Their areas of interest and expertise include Industrial Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Search Engine, Radio, OSINT, Mobile, Healthcare Industry, Compliance Industry, Physical Red Team, and Financial Security.

Prior to joining IOActive, Inc., James worked at Hewlett-Packard from June 2013 to October 2018 as an Information Security Consultant, focusing on Mobile Security and Compliance. James conducted penetration tests on various levels of Mobile Applications and followed OWASP Mobile Top 10 guidelines.

From May 2010 to July 2013, James served as an Information Security Consultant at IOActive, Inc. Here, they provided security consulting for Web Application, Web Service, Network, WiFi, and conducted penetration testing. James also offered general consulting for compliance standards such as PCI DSS, NIST, ISO, SOX, and HIPAA. Additionally, they managed security policy and compliance projects.

Before that, James worked as an Information Security Analyst at McAfee from September 2007 to March 2010. James became the Senior Lead for McAfee Secure Product and was responsible for product design, sales engineering, compliance, and policy management. James conducted manual pentests and provided direct support to top-tier clients.

James started their career as a Senior Network Administrator at New Technology High School from September 2004 to June 2006. James was responsible for managing the network for 500+ high school students and handled all technology purchasing and ordering.

In 2001, they worked as a Technical Support Engineer at SacLink in California State University Sacramento. This was a selected opportunity after applying to work in a general student tech center.

Lastly, James was a Student Assistant at the California Department of Veterans Affairs from 1999 to 2000. James had multiple experiences working there, including as a student assistant before attending Sacramento State.

From 2000 to 2005, James Lester attended California State University-Sacramento. No specific degree or field of study was mentioned for this period.