Jonathan W. Gunther

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Current Chapter

CLOUD &
TECHNOLOGY

Where discipline meets digital transformation

MAY 2021 — APRIL 2026

IT SPECIALIST III

M365 Global Administrator · Urban Grid Solar Projects LLC, Houston TX

Architected and administered Microsoft 365 and Entra ID environments at enterprise scale. Built Zero Trust security frameworks using Conditional Access and granular MFA policies. Integrated Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR for automated incident response. Developed custom PowerShell automation using the Microsoft Graph SDK, reducing provisioning time and streamlining compliance workflows.

M365 / Entra ID Zero Trust Microsoft Sentinel PowerShell Defender for Endpoint Intune UEM Cisco Meraki Azure

25+

Years Experience

M365

Global Admin

AI

Copilot & LLM Ops

EDR

Threat Protection

AUG 1998 — MAY 2006

GENERAL STUDIES & COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Chesapeake College

Built the academic and technical foundation that would underpin a career spanning both public safety technology and enterprise IT — including early work developing databases for community service organizations.

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Credentials

CERTIFICATIONS
& TRAINING

A record of continuous learning

CompTIA

A+
CERTIFIED CE

Version 2021 · Certified Feb 2021 · Renewed Apr 2024

CompTIA

Network+
CERTIFIED CE

Certified Apr 2021 · Valid through Apr 2024

CompTIA

Sec+
CERTIFIED CE

Target June 2026 · Valid through June 2029

Maryland Police Training Commission

ENTRANCE LEVEL
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Jan–Jun 2008 · Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy

Maryland Dept. of Public Safety

NCIC LOGON
CERTIFICATION

Issued Sep 12, 2011 · Criminal Justice Information System

MCTFT / St. Petersburg College

INTERVIEW &
INTERROGATION

24-hour course · Salisbury, MD · Sep 2009

Expert Consulting Services

DE-ESCALATION
CRISIS MGMT

MPCTC #P40257 · May 3, 2019

Centreville Police Department

CPR & AED
TRAINING

Course #P-27672 (6hrs) · March 7, 2016

University of Maryland — MFRI

HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS

12 hrs · June 2008 · Final Grade: 92%

RAPID — Queen Anne's Co.

REGIONAL AUTO
PROPERTY DB

4-hour training · November 14, 2011

Centreville Police Department

AUTISM AWARENESS
DEVL. DISABILITIES

Course #P-41919 (4hrs) · October 15, 2020

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Over A Decade of Service

LAW
ENFORCEMENT

Thirteen years protecting and serving Centreville, Maryland

JANUARY 2014

CORPORAL

Centreville Police Department · Queen Anne's County, MD

Promoted to Corporal effective January 7, 2014 — recognized for leadership and sustained excellence in service. Signed by Col. Charles M. Rhodes, Chief of Police.

Leadership Supervision CJIS Compliance

JANUARY 2010

OFFICER FIRST CLASS

Centreville Police Department

Promoted to Officer First Class effective January 6, 2010. Served with distinction through patrol, community engagement, and specialized training programs.

Patrol Community Relations Traffic Enforcement

JUNE 2008 — TENURE

POLICE OFFICER

Centreville Police Department · Graduate, Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy

Graduated from the 60th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (Wor-Wic Community College), completing 941 hours of instruction in law enforcement. One of a cohort that included officers from Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties.

NCIC Certified RAPID Trained HazMat Awareness Crisis Management

"In recognition of completion of ten years of loyal and dedicated service to the Town of Centreville."

Town of Centreville · Certificate of Appreciation · One milestone of a 13-year career

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Years of Service

1000+

Training Hours

CPL

Final Rank

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The Missing Piece

LIFE COACH
TRAINING

Robbins-Madanes Core 100 · Strategic Intervention

A police officer's job is never to fix the problem — it is to temporarily stop it, to project safety in the immediate moment with hopes of that carrying over to the future. It is heroic, and it can be life-changing. But it is never a complete resolution.

Jonathan W. Gunther · On the limits of law enforcement

ROBBINS-MADANES TRAINING CENTER (In Progress)

CORE 100 CERTIFICATION

Strategic Intervention Life Coach · rmtcenter.com/core100

Completed the Robbins-Madanes Core 100 program — the official life coach training of Tony Robbins and Cloe Madanes, built on the foundations of Milton Erickson's breakthrough psychology and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. The program trains coaches in systematic, pattern-based interventions that create lasting behavioral change — not surface-level advice, but deep structural shifts in how a person sees themselves and what they believe is possible.

Strategic Intervention Human Needs Psychology NLP Behavioral Pattern Recognition Crisis Coaching Erickson Method

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Months Live Training

RMT

(In progress)Certified Coach

BCC

Board Eligible

WHY POLICING
ISN'T ENOUGH

The gap no badge can close

Law enforcement can stop the moment. Officers can de-escalate, remove danger, restore order — and that work is genuinely heroic. But the badge has a boundary. The real problem — addiction, trauma, broken relationships, hopelessness — walks back out the door with the person you just helped stabilize. Without intervention at the level of belief and desire, the cycle simply restarts.

THE REAL
RESOLUTION

Change that sticks

The real problem is getting a person to want to change. Then giving them the desire to work that change into permanence. Sometimes it starts with something simple — showing them they already have the power to put something like that into effect. That spark, carefully placed, becomes the snowball. Coaching is where the officer's instinct meets the tools to actually finish the job.

Everything you need is within you now. The coach's job is simply to help the client discover the path they couldn't see on their own.

Core principle · Robbins-Madanes Training · Milton Erickson foundation

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The Other Stage

MUSIC &
SONGWRITING

From the Eastern Shore to Nashville and back

STATUE SPRED aka "STAUTE SPREAD"

Rock Band — Queen Anne's County, MD

Founding member of Statue Spread — a local rock act that blended the musical abilities of Mike Waskey, Matt Baldea, Jesse Beck, Jarid Robinson, and Jon Gunther. Inspired by The Deaf Tones and Tool, the band performed at the Living Water Lutheran Church benefit concert in historic Stevensville, raising funds for the Living Water Food Bank. Featured in the local press.

BREAK IT DOWN

Original Song — Nashville Demo, 2004

Received a professional demo and certificate of originality from the Paramount Group in Nashville, Tennessee for the original song "Break It Down." Creative Director Norm Daniels wrote: "It turned out very well. You're to be congratulated on doing such a good job on your writing. This is a demo that we and you can be proud to present to any music business professional." The melody was certified original and exclusive.

"John Gunther plays his guitar and sings as he takes part in Sunday's annual walk across the Bay Bridge."

Associated Press · Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk · Kent Island, MD

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Beyond the Badge & the Beat

COMMUNITY
& SERVICE

The record of a man who showed up

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Supervised Career Orientation — Homeless Outreach

Featured in student newspaper for volunteering with Non-Profit Perspective Inc. and Community Assistance Network (CAN) in Baltimore, developing databases to organize and support homeless shelter operations. "Jon no longer works at the shelters but provides assistance to students using their work-based learning experience."

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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Annual Walk

Participated in the 26th annual Bay Bridge Walk — the warmest in recent memory at 90°F — playing guitar and singing as an estimated 60,000 people crossed the 4.3-mile span. Featured by the Associated Press.

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Cold Weather Shelter Initiative

Worked with community partners to support cold weather shelter programs, contributing organizational and technology skills to help coordinate services for vulnerable populations in the region.

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Upper Shore Career Connections — Student Leadership

Certificate of Achievement awarded December 10, 1997 for participation in the Student Leadership/Career Peer Mentoring Program. Recognized by Heather Moore, Career Specialist.

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Food Bank Benefit Concert

Statue Spread performed to benefit the Living Water Food Bank in Stevensville. All ticket proceeds — $3 or three cans of food — were donated to the food bank in the Island Plaza. "There's no need to be bored — it will be a great time."

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Ten Years — Town of Centreville

Formally recognized by the Centreville Town Council — including Council President Jim Beauchamp, Vice President Jeffrey Morgan, and Member Timothy McCluskey — for ten years of loyal and dedicated service to the town.