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Michael Helmers 618- 967-2089 ● [email protected] ● LinkedIn ● helmers.io Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale - Carbondale, IL Bachelor of Science in Business Management - May 2008 Work Experience Cyber Security Analyst Wisconsin Department of Transportation June 2020 - Present Works with DOT Computer Security to support cyber security incidents Lead technician for implementation of Privileged Access Management solution, Passwordstate Created training for 5000 endusers in new password manager technology Educated users on cyber security threats, to include phishing Service Desk Analyst Wisconsin Department of Transportation Madison, WI August 2016 - June 2019...

September 10, 2020 · 3 min · 461 words · Michael Helmers

Be Braver

“…I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate.” -Martin Luther King Jr. I’ve spent much time over the last couple of months thinking about this quote from Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘Letter at Birmingham Jail’. This is a thought I’ve often had over the last few years. I was first exposed to Letter at Birmingham Jail when I was in college....

May 29, 2020 · 5 min · 937 words · Michael Helmers

A Good Marriage

I love my wife, Kristin Helmers. She’s simply the best. Today we both overslept, but she woke me up. In a panic I started going through my daily motions and started with the most important thing, making James’s bottles. In my morning fog Kristin came up and told me to go shower. I either smelled or she knows that I function far better when clean. Either way, I showered. When I came out, she had James’s bottles done and a lunch made for me....

March 11, 2020 · 1 min · 163 words · Michael Helmers

Mike's Manly Sunday - A Photo Journey

Kristin feeding James his first brunch I had a manly Sunday. It began as many Sundays do, with brunch. Now, I once read that Brunch without booze is just a sad late breakfast, and I couldn’t agree more. The family went off to Shortstack in Madison, WI with some friends, and enjoyed some comraderie, alcohol, and eggs. This was a strong start. Next, my main mission for the day, to smoke a pork butt so we could have pulled pork....

February 24, 2020 · 2 min · 369 words · Michael Helmers

James Doing Stuff

February 22, 2020 · 0 min · 0 words · Michael Helmers

The 2020 Isthmus Beer and Cheese Celebration!

The Fest Last Saturday I had the joy of going to my first beer festival of 2020. We called up a grandparent, and Kristin and I ran off to the Alliant Center for the 11th Annual Beer and Cheese Festival. This is a massive event featuring over 120 breweries, mostly from Wisconsin, and about a dozen cheese companies. There was live music provided by dueling piano players, and several of Madison’s finest food carts....

January 23, 2020 · 2 min · 299 words · Michael Helmers

Sites Mike Likes

PayScale – What am I worth to the job market? GlassDoor – Is this a good employer? Ninite – Easy way to install Windows applications Mark Manson Blog – Great Blog about life

December 18, 2019 · 1 min · 33 words · Michael Helmers

The Story of James

Say hello to James. This is James Michael Helmers. He is wonderful. He is adorable. He is my son. His story began two days after I returned from my Annual Training with the Army Reserves, August 31. Kristin and I had a pretty typical Saturday morning. With breakfast consisting of coffee from Michaelangelo’s, and Stella’s Hot & Spicy Cheese Bread while people-watching. The only strange part was the anti-vaxxers that marched through the Dane County Farmers Market....

December 10, 2019 · 2 min · 395 words · Michael Helmers

The IndieWeb

Hey there, here’s a test post that I’m doing. This is being published from my WordPress site, but hopefully it will show up on Facebook and Twitter. [](http://helmers.reclaim.hosting/blog/blog/2019/11/21/the-indieweb Edit: This site is now hosted on Ghost CMS 20221221 Edit: This site is now hosted using Hugo

November 21, 2019 · 1 min · 46 words · Michael Helmers

Security+

I did it! I, Michael Helmers, received my CompTIA Security+ certification! This is exciting for me. I began working in IT back in 2016. The whole Account Managing/Sales thing wasn’t making me happy. Endless meetings and work that I could not get excited about. I decided to do something about it. When Kristin and I moved to Madison I decided to take a chance. I studied to earn my CompTIA certifications, The first being Comptia A+....

March 8, 2019 · 1 min · 132 words · Michael Helmers
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