Summary
Russ Bryan is a Network Security Specialist with over a decade of hands-on experience protecting and managing IT environments for public-sector organizations in Southwest Florida. Currently securing networks at the Lee County Supervisor of Elections, he brings deep expertise in computer networking, Unix/Windows systems, and Active Directory with a practical background in SQL/Oracle and front-end development. His career spans roles from IT manager and distributed systems specialist to technical support and freelance developer, giving him a rare blend of operational, development, and user-facing support skills. Familiar with election infrastructure and health department systems, he focuses on building auditable, resilient networks that meet strict compliance needs. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic troubleshooting and security hardening rather than theoretical approaches. Based in Fort Myers, he pairs long-term institutional knowledge with a continuous curiosity for tooling and process improvement.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
English