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Washington, DC, US

- Provides technical and strategic advice to C-suite leadership on cybersecurity, guiding the integration of security processes supporting strategic plans and aligning cybersecurity risk mitigation efforts with business unit needs.- Developed and implemented cybersecurity policies and risk management strategies for high-criticality networks, emphasizing.

- Led a 15-member team of cybersecurity experts in a 24/7 Security and Network Operations Center SOC/NOC, overseeing system connectivity, effectively handling outages and security incidents, and delivering high-level IT support to executive management.- Addressed 475 cybersecurity and network outage incidents, offering crucial incident response, outage.

FT Belvoir, VA

- Directed a 120-person team of IT professionals and facility support staff in delivering 24/7 network operations and incident response services to high-profile customers including the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and over 100 Federal Agencies. Managed operations, resourcing, and upkeep for communications assets valued over $45.

Pyongtaek, South Korea

- Administered unclassified and classified networks supporting helicopter operations as the Information Assurance Manager and Technician (IATII, IAMI). - Reduced ticket response times by 70%, improved customer engagement, and eliminated accidental ticket closure completely through the implementation of a support ticket tracking system and improved response.

Baumholder, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

- Managed a team of 15 geographically dispersed personnel supporting tactical and operational SATCOM and radio connectivity to customers in the European Area of Operations.- Installed, operated, and maintained Command Post Nodes in support of logistics operations across Europe; provided routing, switching, call manager, classified and unclassified network.

Master'S Degree, Cybersecurity Risk Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Global Studies