Mr. Jacobs brings over four years of experience in application development, system and network design, as well as information security. His career began at the Applied Physics Lab – University of Washington (APL-UW), developing onboard computer based training applications for the US Navy.

Prior to his work at APL-UW, Mr. Jacobs participated in the development of classified and unclassified training and multimedia products for the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation and other military agencies.

Mr. Jacobs is proficient in TCP/IP based networks and applications in addition to related security standards and technologies. He has been responsible for system administration and information security where he implemented the secure, encrypted communication protocols and services.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Jacobs worked as a Projects Manager for EduSystems Gulf, Inc., in Dubai, UAE. During that period, he directed the implementation of a secure network that served as the backbone of an IP based CCTV surveillance system. His work dramatically enhanced the academy’s security apparatus, offering security officers access to real-time audio and video feeds to classrooms within the ca
mpus, using a standard personal computer. Mr. Jacobs also wrote and maintained the comprehensive documentation for this project.

Mr. Jacobs received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, where he majored in the study of Near-Eastern languages. He is also a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
Mr. Jacobs joined Network & Security Technologies in October 2003.