Professional Services Team

Dustin Hayes joined Vanguard’s Professional Services team in Oct 2013.

Dustin first started his professional career managing UNIX systems for the United States Air Force. Most recently before joining Vanguard’s Professional Services team, Dustin was the architect responsible for the enterprise solution to meet the PCI-DSS Level 1 card processor compliance requirements, including the design and implementation of the infrastructure team to meet a mix-environment solution. Additionally he conducted all of the required penetration testing and vulnerability assessment processes.

Currently he has expanded his knowledge to include; z/OS, Solaris, Linux, Microsoft, VMware, PBX/VoIP Phone Systems, Cisco and Networking while continuing to focus on Security and GRC related issues. This specialized background has resulted in experience with multiple different Regulatory and Compliance projects. He has over 10 years experience maintaining online transaction based data centers in multiple states and countries.

Jay Burrows joined Vanguard Professional Services team in January of 2020. Jay has 10 years in the Information Technology field spanning across International private sectors as well as US Government and Military. Jay has over 5 years’ experience working exclusively in RACF and Information Security focused in identity management solutions, digital forensics, auditing/compliance, key asset protection, digital certificates, and more. Jay also has experience in z/OS systems programming, coding, networking, and some ACF2.

Since 2009, Jay has also been serving part-time in the Army National Guard for 7 years as a LAN/WAN network manager, 2.5 years as a Discovery and Counter Infiltration Cyber Analyst, and now most recently a Digital Communications Team Chief.

Jay maintains his CEH certification, Security +, as well as other US Military recognized certifications and he is currently in pursuit of completing his AAS in Computer Information Technology with a focus on Information Security.

Tony has been an Information Security Professional for over 30 years with expertise in RACF and mainframe security technologies.

Tony maintains a CISSP certification and received his Master of Science Information Technology degree from the University of Maryland University College and Bachelor of Science Information Technology degree from the California State University Long Beach. Prior to joining Vanguard’s Professional Services team, Tony completed a 20-year career with IBM servicing domestic and international security customers across government, financial, retail, services, and other industries. Tony has performed duties as a systems analyst, line and project manager, programmer, pre-sales technical support, and system deployment.

Stuart Walton joined Vanguard’s Professional Services team in June of 2013 and has 34 years of experience in Information Technology.

Before joining Vanguard, Stuart spent 22 years with Blue Turtle Technologies supporting clients using a multitude of software products on various operating systems both in and out of the security arena. In 2003, when Blue Turtle became the South African distributor for Vanguard, Stuart continued working as a senior technical consultant and moved his primary focus to Vanguard software and services. His expertise includes dealing with government facilities, retail, finance, health, utility, metal industries and insurance companies.

Prior to 1991, Stuart worked as a Systems Network Programmer and Systems Programmer installing and implementing 3rd party software tools for a variety of companies.

Genaro Lopez Baez joined Vanguard’s Professional Services team in July of 2023. That same year, in May of 2023, he graduated UNLV with a degree in Computer Science. During his last two years at UNLV, Genaro was part of multiple organizations with a focus on cyber security and obtained his CompTIA Security+ certification. Since then, he has developed an interest for the cyber security assessment process, penetration testing, and network security.

Michael joined Vanguard’s Professional Services team in February of 2024. As a consultant, he has experience performing security assessments, penetration tests, and remediations for the z/OS platform. He is an alumni of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he was heavily involved in the cybersecurity department, leading it’s Technical Cybersecurity Club, as well as being a member of the university’s Cyber Clinic, a free service offered to small businesses providing vulnerability assessments.

Prior to becoming a security professional, Michael was a software developer heavily using Python and continues to apply his knowledge for cyber applications.