Summary
Kelcey Tietjen is a senior information security scientist with 13+ years leading incident response, digital forensics, and security operations across national labs, Fortune 500s, and global enterprises. He has built and run enterprise-scale SOCs and global CIRTs from the ground up—selecting tooling, deploying full packet capture and centralized logging, and hiring distributed teams to improve visibility and resilience. His background spans hands-on forensic research and field incident response for the Department of Energy, teaching as a professor, and executive security leadership as a CISO and manager. Known for balancing technical rigor with business continuity, he focuses on pragmatic security controls that preserve operations while reducing risk. Based in Albuquerque, he combines deep applied forensic expertise with experience modernizing large, high-assurance environments.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MFS High Technology Crime Investigation, MFS High Technology Crime Investigation at The George Washington University
BBA Management of Information Systems, BBA Management of Information Systems at UNM Anderson School of Management