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Primer.aiChief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Jan. 2023 - Aug. 2024Colorado Springs, Colorado, United StatesChief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Primer Technologies and Primer Federal • Strategic Leadership: Develop and oversee a strategic information security roadmap, including budgeting and key performance indicators, to significantly reduce cyber risk.
• Goal Setting and Strategic Planning: Establish both immediate and long-range cybersecurity and risk management objectives. Articulate strategies, define success metrics, and provide regular executive updates to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Compliance Management: Implement security controls in line with industry standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type I & II, UK Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, and FedRAMP High/IL-5.
• Team Leadership and Development: Mentor and manage the Primer InfoSec team, promoting skill advancement and competency.
• Infrastructure Protection: Guarantee robust security measures for remote workforces and all technological environments, assets, systems, and data.
• Incident Response Oversight: Lead the InfoSec and Incident Response teams, ensuring efficient management and resolution of security incidents.
• Security Education: Conduct regular company-wide security training and awareness programs.
• Vulnerability Management: Drive the identification and resolution of vulnerabilities in products and infrastructure.
Primer.aiSr. Engineering Manager, Security
Jun. 2022 - Jan. 2023San Francisco Bay Area
UC Berkeley ExtensionInstructor - Cyber Security Boot Camp
Mar. 2021 - Mar. 2023Berkeley, California, United States• Taught cybersecurity fundamentals and offensive security, preparing students for CompTIA Security+ exams.
Primer.aiStaff Security and Compliance Engineer
Jan. 2021 - Jul. 2022United States
UC San Diego ExtensionInstructor - Cyber Security Boot Camp
Jun. 2020 - Mar. 2021
Primer.aiSr. Technical Program Manager - Cybersecurity
Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2021United States
FacebookTechnical Program Manager, Cyber Security
May. 2018 - Aug. 2019Menlo Park, California• Led cross-functional teams in developing scalable solutions for organizational business problems, to include security frameworks, application risk assessments, large-scale tech refresh, and automation tooling
• Menlo Park lead for the Facebook Veterans & Allies employee resource group
YahooSenior Program Manager, Paranoids
Jun. 2017 - May. 2018Sunnyvale, California• Led strategic initiatives in support of Yahoo! Security programs on the corporate and production environments to include GDPR, Zero Trust, Certificate Authority (CA) deployment, and boundary security. • Established a central Program Management Office (PMO) for the merging Yahoo! and AOL InfoSec teams, aligning security initiatives with organizational and Verizon-driven strategy, and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
Booz Allen HamiltonSenior Cyber Security Engineer
Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2017Colorado Springs, Colorado• Assessed risk and built Risk Management Framework (RMF) packages within the eMASS system, assisted the network Authorizing Official (AO) on Authority to Operate (ATO) decisions • Drove analytical support for the development and submission of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) documentation in compliance with RMF requirements and DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
Qualis CorporationIT Project Manager
Mar. 2016 - Oct. 2016Colorado Springs, Colorado• Initiated, planned, executed, monitored, and closed IT projects valued at over $10M for the implementation and enhancement of MDA cybersecurity • Coordinated and negotiated proposals for enterprise IT solutions to include Requests for Proposals (RFP), Statements of Work (SOW), reviewing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Basis of Estimates (BOE)
United States Air ForceCyber Maintenance Policy Manager
Feb. 2015 - Mar. 2016Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Colorado Springs, Colorado• Manager at HQ Air Force Space Command. Planned & executed cyber maintenance & sustainment policy / procedure development efforts for 7 cyber weapons systems valued at over $200M. • Subject matter expert for development of next-gen IT service management system based on ITIL principles. Provided input concerning incident, vulnerability, configuration, and asset management disciplines.
• Subject matter expert for AF vulnerability management guidance. Reviewed and provided input into standardized vulnerability management policies and procedures across the AF enterprise network. • Air Force Space Command Quality Assurance lead; subject matter expert inspecting 117 Air Force Cyber Units on Quality Assurance disciplines, to include vulnerability management and reporting.
United States Air ForceDirector, Directory and Messaging Services
Feb. 2013 - Feb. 2015Ramstein Air Base, Germany• Managed a team of 50 military and contract technicians providing MS Active Directory, MS Exchange and Blackberry Enterprise services for 610K AF Information Network users. • Led the AF Network process standardization effort for US Air Forces Europe, coordinated integration with 21 subject matter experts and documented controls/standardized network operations across 121 AF installations.
• Led vulnerability management efforts and maintained compliance with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and AF IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM). Drafted and tracked Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) for critical systems within the Vulnerability Management System (VMS).
• Revamped network vulnerability reporting procedures for the United States Air Forces in Europe theater of operations. Streamlined the remediation process for 852 network systems resulting in the lowest Category I vulnerability ratio found across the Air Force Information Network (AFIN).
United States Air ForceProject Management Lead
Feb. 2010 - Feb. 2013Ramstein Air Base, Germany• Ran regional project management office (PMO) supporting 43K warfighters across 142 installations, total IT portfolio managed valued at over $194M. Manager for 5 direct reports.
• Oversaw the United States Air Forces in Europe’s Information Technology projects; coordinated stakeholder action, oversaw lifecycle, and de – conflicted resources for 610K users while maintaining $10B in Air Force Information Network assets utilizing Planning, Programing, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes.
• Project lead for US Air Forces Europe network migration to the singular Air Force Network, consisting of 31K devices and 41K users, valued at over $168M. • Project manager for SECRET-level Department of Defense Enterprise Email migration to the DISA cloud-based infrastructure, transitioning 10K user accounts and ensuring 99.9% availability rate.
• Led legacy domain shutdown project for US Air Forces in Europe, deactivating 5 enclaves consisting of 90 servers, saving the Air Force 25K man–hours and $78K. • Financial manager responsible for coordinating $4 million dollar unit budget and $3.3 million dollars in IT service contracts.
United States Air ForceUnit Security Manager
Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2015Ramstein Air Base, Germany• Managed unit information/personnel/physical security program for $10M facility, initiated/maintained security clearance processing for 154 personnel. Certified by DoD on security principles and methodologies. • Directed $38K security system installation, coordinated install team, validated functionality, penned operating procedures, and secured $10M in IT assets.
• Managed network vulnerability scanner deployment for Ramstein Air Base. Scanners used to find and mitigate 27K threats, earning an "Excellent" rating during DISA compliance inspections.
• Managed classified/security incident response team, maintained oversight of data sanitation procedures for three work centers.
United States Air ForceManager, Storage & Virtualization Management
Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010Ramstein Air Base, Germany• Led 12-person team securing and maintaining a $10M Storage Area Network (SAN) and VMware virtual architecture for the US Air Force Europe enterprise network.
• Coordinated a $120K virtual infrastructure install, configured SAN for US Air Forces Europe enterprise network migration to the singular AF Network domain.
• Theater lead for data backup operations. Responsible for securing over 1.8 petabytes of data over 12K backup cycles ensuring recoverability of mission-critical information.
• Led virtualization effort for USAFE theater of operations. Transferred 59 servers from physical to virtual hosts, complying with a federal mandate to reduce DoD data center footprints.
United States Air ForceUnit Security Manager and Armorer
Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2009Osan Air Base, South Korea• Maintained information/personnel/physical security program for a 300-person organization. Duties included initiation and resubmittal for background investigations, verification of security clearance adjudication, and need-to-know access.
• Unit armorer and physical security lead. Provided arming functions to facility security detail, maintained perimeter security for $3M facility
United States Air ForceInformation Assurance Manager/ COMSEC Manager
Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2009Osan Air Base, S. Korea• Managed installation Information Assurance (IA) program for $8.5M network supporting over 8K personnel at 18 locations across the Korean Peninsula. Provided IA program oversight and training for 120 unit-level Information Systems Security Officers. Oversaw certification & accreditation of US Forces Korea information systems in accordance with DIACAP. • Led 6-person Communications Security Office providing cryptologic keying material support to 7.5K customers across the Korean Peninsula. • Directed safeguarding, inventory, issuing, and destruction of 9.3K COMSEC/Cryptologic items valued at $8M for 61 accounts.
• Provided training and guidance to 160 Information Systems Security Officers on formulating certification and accreditation packages for authority to operate on the AFIN. • Awarded Information Assurance Program Manager of the Year for 2007
United States Air ForceCIES Administrator, Shift Lead
Feb. 2003 - Feb. 2006Beale Air Force Base, California• Led 5-person shift responsible for maintaining and securing Solaris-based imagery exploitation systems supporting U2, Global Hawk, and Predator UAV missions. Duties included systems administration, securing file systems, and maintaining certification and accreditation of the Distributed Ground Systems (DGS) weapon system. • System administrator for the Imagery Support Server Environment (ISSE) Guard. Provided a DIA-certified secure interface for the direct transfer of information between TS/SCI and Secret Collateral systems. • Responsible for securing and maintaining an 11TB target imagery database supporting the $1B DGS weapon system.
United States Air ForceTeam Lead, Internet Services
Feb. 1999 - Feb. 2003Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan• Led 7-person team responsible for providing authentication and authorization services through the management of MS domain controllers, DNS, DHCP, and Exchange servers for the Kadena Base Area Network in support of 10K users.
United States Air ForceSpace Communications Systems Operator
Jan. 1995 - Feb. 1999Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado• Operated, coordinated, and maintained mission, ground, and Falcon Control voice and data resources supporting command and control for 110 satellite systems across 7 DoD space programs.
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