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My name is <Stanley L. Fidge > MSIA-UPE, CISSP, GSLC, GSTRT, GSNA, GLEG, GCCC, CPP and Security+ and I am the son of Ottis Nels Fidge and (Geraldine M. Job). Ottis Nels Fidge (my Father) is the son Stanley & Deloris (Flaig) Fidge (my grandfather). Stanley Fidge (my Grandfather) is the son of Nels and Salvine (Abrahamsen) Fidge (Fidje) (my great grandfather). Ottis Nels Fidge (my Father) enlisted and served in the U.S. Army from 1967 - 1973 with overseas service in Stuttgart, Germany during the Vietnam war and was honorably discharged with the rank of Private First Class in 1973. Ottis Fidge (My father) re-enlisted with the U.S. Army as a Combat Engineer from 1976 - 1977 and received an honorable discharge in 1977 with the rank of Sergeant. Ottis's father Stanley Fidge (my Grandfather) enlisted and served with U.S. Marines in the WWII era in Hilo, Hawaii from 1946 - 1947 and he was also honorably discharged with the rank of Private First Class. Nels Johnsen Fidje (my great grandfather) is the son of John (Johann) and Anne Fidje (Fidge) (my great-great grandfather) who are from southern Norway in which Nels Johnson Fidje (Fidge) (My Great-Grandfather) immigrated to the U.S. from Norway by decree from King Haakon of Norway on May 17, 1900. Nels Johnson Fidge (Fidje) (My Great- Grandfather) immigrated to Iowa, USA for a new life and adventure in the new world, met and married Salvine (Abrahamsen) Fidje (My great grandmother) whose family is also from Norway in 1910 in Iowa, USA. Together they relocated from Iowa to North Dakota and operated a 900 acre grain farm in Alfred, North Dakota, USA while raising five children (John, Palmer, Stanley, Wallace, and Gordon). All five children enlisted and served in the United States Armed forces (U.S. Army, Marines, & Airforce) during the WWII - Korean War era. John Fidge (my Great Uncle) enlisted and served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1942 - 1945 in Italy, France, and Germany and he was part of operation Dragoon and Battle of the Bulge as a paratrooper (a.k.a. Army Airborne) with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team & 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion - Battery C and received an honorable discharge in 1945 with the rank of Private First Class with 3 overseas service bars and various theatre medals and ribbons. Palmer Fidge (my Great Uncle) enlisted and served in the U.S. Marines from 1949 - 1952 and served in the Korean Campaign from 1950 - 1951 and received an honorable discharge in 1952 with the rank of Sergeant with various medals and ribbons. Thorlief (Wallace) Walles Fidge (my Great Uncle) enlisted and served in the U.S. Marines from 1947 -1950 and received an honorable dischage in 1950 with the rank of Corporal. The youngest of the five Fidge brothers, Gordon Fidge enlisted and served in the U.S. Airforce from 1951 - 1955 with Top Secret Clearance for the 28th. Supron (SAC) assignment with overseas service in Korea and received an honorable discharge in 1955 with various medals and ribbons. I started this family tree for the Norwegian surname of Fidge (Fidje) in which the Fidje (Fidge) homestead was established as far back as records show in 1630 in Vest-Agder, Norway in which our Great Grandfather Nels Johnsen Fidje (Fidge) immigrated from Norway for a new life and adventure within the United States of America in May 1900.
Stanley L. Fidge, son of Ottis Nels Fidge and Geraldine M. Job (Fidge), MSIA-UPE, CISSP, GSLC, GSTRT, GSNA, GLEG, GCCC, CPP and Security+ was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota at St. Francis of Assisi hospital on October 29, 1971. He lived the first few years of his life in Jamestown, Williston, and Nortonville, North Dakota including living on the Job family farm in Nortonville, North Dakota. At 7 years of age and in August of 1979 his mother (Geraldine M. Job) and himself left North Dakota to move to Hollywood, Florida to join with his mother’s older sisters (Stan's Aunt Darlene and Shirley) who were already living in Sourth Florida since the 1960's. Stanley grew up in Hollywood, Florida and he graduated from Hollywood Hills High school in June of 1990. Stanley earned his Associate of Arts degree from Broward Community College in 1995 with a major in Liberal Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He obtained his Bachelor of Art’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Management Information Systems from Florida Atlantic University as of May 2007 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Stanley continued his education and obtained a Master’s of Science - Information Assurance and Cyber Security degree with honors from Norwich University online in Northfield, Vermont in June of 2012 and simultaneously took the exam during residency week at Norwich University to earn the prestigious ISC2 - Certified Information Systems Professional Certification (CISSP) in August of 2012, Certificate Number 425088. Stanley also was honored as a lifetime member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines – Norwich University Chapter in June of 2012 for his collegiate studies in Information Assurance and Cyber Security with honors within the online distance learning program at Norwich University Northfield, Vermont. The online program at Norwich University was the first Information Assurance and Cyber Security distance learning education offering in the United States of America to be recognized and accredited as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/National Security Agency (NSA) Academic Learning Center of Excellence for distance learning. Stan earned the SANS GIAC Global Security Leadership Certification (GSLC) in June of 2018, the SANS GIAC Global Critical Controls Certification (GCCC) in June of 2019, GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT) in 2020, GIAC Law of Data Security & Investigations (GLEG) in August of 2021, and the GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA) in June of 2022.. Stan started his career in information assurance and Cybersecurity by earning the Comptia Security+ Certification in December of 2006.