John Larson
About John Larson
Exceptional (over 25 years) experience and expertise, specializing in research and innovation in network and security architecture for very large scale Wireless and Wireline Networks as well as mobile devices. Long track record of excellent performance, innovation, and absolute integrity and trustworthiness given positions of very high responsibility for security research and innovation, architectural design, and robust, secure operation of very large telecom networks, corporate Intranets and Firewalls. Currently Sr. Principal Security Architect at HERE Technologies, with primary responsibility for the network security architecture supporting HERE Services. This includes security architecture for HERE Data Centers worldwide, as well as Cloud-supported services on Amazon (AWS), along with related security components such as DDoS Defense systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Formerly Principal Security Architect at Nokia Location and Commerce division, with primary responsibility for the network security architecture supporting Nokia Mobile Services. This includes security architecture for Nokia Data Centers worldwide, as well as Cloud-supported services on Amazon (AWS), along with related security components such as DDoS Defense systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. In 2011, was a Sr. Security Architect at Samsung Mobile responsible for Mobile Security Innovation and working on Android Security architecture innovation, Mobile Virtualization Security Architectures, and Biometric Authentication for Mobiles. For eight years prior, was Founder of, and Team Lead for the Security Research Group at the Sprint Nextel Advanced Technology Labs Specialties: AWS Security Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems DDoS/Worm detection and mitigation Wireless security (WIMAX, 802.11, CDMA/EvDO) Voice over IP Security BGP Security DNS Security SmartPhone Security Architecture