Dustin Thornton

Classroom instruction

Substitute Teacher | 25 students

Instructor and Curriculum Designer, High School to Sam Cyber Bootcamp

Digital Forensics Lab Manager | 20 students

Coach, Bearkat Association of Security and Hacking

Digital Forensics Lab Manager | 15 students

Student Employee Trainer and Manager

Digital Forensics Lab Manager | 12 students

Computer Operations Supervisor II | 120+ students

Subbing, mainly for Social Studies and Math. Focus is on classroom management , enrichment, and school culture.

My main focal points these days are coaching students for Blue Team competitions, training on cyber security and digital forensics software, other cyber security programs. I'm working on SOC training and a cyber range for the University.

This role was the endpoint of a long-term path, that began in 2005, at creating true subject matter expertise in IT facilities management at Sam Houston State University. By this point, I was building and providing timely reports for myself, my team, and management that laid out growth capacity, potential trouble spots, and upcoming maintenance costs and schedules. I was focused on ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and response for two small (but robust!) data centers. I was SME for power, cooling, HR policy, and rapid onboarding/training of entry level staff.

2021 - Performance Strength: "Responsiveness in an emergency situation."

2020 - no appraisal due to COVID-19

2019 - "Highly motivated and positive."

2018 - "Dustin is a capable decision maker and (sic) able to effectively identify and resolve issues."

2017 - "Dustin often takes the initiative to improve existing processes and identify new opportunities for growth."

2016 - "Dustin excels at making important decisions."

2015 - "Dustin not only knows the rules and policies, but helps write them for our area, as well as keeps (sic) informed of new policies as they are published."

2014 - "Quality of work is outstanding."

Watchmaking, professional development, reading, and tinkering.