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Arlington, Va, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Served as cost volume lead and bid as key personnel for CDM DEFEND Group BD Bridge Task Order (47QFRA24F0006), won and awarded ceiling of $1.17B for 3 years; the largest sole-source award in Booz Allen history.Lead Engineer and contract key personnel of the 350+ person $1.03B DEFEND D Task Order; overseeing design, build, cost, staff, and operations of CDM capabilities and cross-Agency data integration at 5 CFO-Act Agencies (GSA, SSA, TREAS, HHS, and NASA). Executive leadership and supervisor for 150+ engineers working in diverse technical fields including enterprise architecture, cybersecurity operations, systems integration, software development, information assurance, and training. Developed an Asset Management Maturity Model that combines the CDM initiatives of Asset Management Baselining of FECB Agencies, the Data Quality Management Plan (DQMP), vulnerability management coverage for Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) reporting, and BOD 23-01 strategies for network visibility improvements across all DEFEND D Agencies.

Mclean, Va, Us

Contracted service to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM) program. Serving as the Cyber Architecture Lead of the 250+ person DEFEND B Task Order; overseeing design, build, and execution of new CDM capabilities and cross-Agency data integration at five CFO-Act Agencies (OPM, DOI, DOT, DOE, and VA) accounting for over 2.6 million endpoints, 982,000 users, and 15,600 sites. Supervisor for 21 engineers across three cross-cutting departments; Information Assurance, Solution Architecture, and Systems Engineering with indirect supervision of 50+ additional engineers. Led data integration re-design efforts to modernize the data normalization and ETL process, leading to licensing 60% cost savings and performance benefits to the Agencies. Deep-dived vulnerability and patch management practices at Agencies after SolarWinds, Log4J, BOD 22-01, and other emergency directives. Spearheaded the largest test event in CDM history, receiving 99% Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) tested requirement satisfaction for Asset Management and Identity and Access Management capabilities integrated with the new Elastic-based CDM Dashboard - A key improvement impacting Booz Allen’s contract award fee. Managed the integration and operational impacts of a 2020/2021 CDM budget shock, achieving a high continuity of Agency support and solution maturity despite the drawdown of 200 staff members—then successfully rebuilding team capacity with Congress’ CDM spending surge in 2022. Led deployment of a Splunk and Elastic solution, utilizing docker, within AWS to support large scale and rapid iteration testing of the CDM solution.Created the "What the Hell is .... ?" Learning Series, providing live educational lectures to a 200+ person audience on real world Cybersecurity and CDM.

Mclean, Va, Us

Contracted service to DHS and CISA CDM program in support of the DEFEND B Task Order. Led CDM solution architecture, design, development, and implementation of cyber solutions at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) MAX, Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Developed solution and proof of concept for “Ongoing” Assessment and Authorization (A&A), an automated method of evaluating 800-53 security controls. Founding member of Booz Allen’s CDM Tech Scouting initiative, which engaged with vendors to research possible solutions for future CDM capabilities and conduct proofs of concept for newer technologies. Developed Booz Allen’s CDM Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) model for CDM DEFEND F $276M RFP. Served as lead architect and managed integration teams for OPM’s Asset Management modernization, successfully deploying new BigFix, Forescout, Gigamon, and Tenable infrastructure across OPM’s entire enterprise while managing the risks of a parallel data center consolidation and virtualization effort.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Contracted service to the Department of the Army, under the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, and the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E). Served as the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) of the Planning, Programming & Budgeting Business Operating System (PPB BOS) aka "eProbe", hosted across three environments: the OSD/JSP on-prem environment, the Army AWS Cloud, and the classified SIPR network. Led the Risk Management Framework (RMF), Assessment and Authorization (A&A), and FedRAMP efforts for the migration from an on-premise deployment to the AWS Cloud, successfully achieving the system’s first AWS-hosted Authorization to Operate (ATO). Lead for ACAS Tenable and HBSS McAfee ePO scan administration and remediation, rolling out both tools for the AWS Cloud server deployments and integrating with DISA’s continuous monitoring Splunk dashboards.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Contracted service to the DHS CDM program under CDM Task Order 2C. Technical Lead of a eight-person Department of Justice (DOJ) CDM deployment team. A utilized liaison between DHS, NGC, and DOJ working with engineers and executives at 20 DOJ bureaus. Demonstrated ability to pivot in regards to changing requirements and political complications at the DOJ. Developed unique reporting methodologies and proved an aptitude for managing the unknown. Oversaw the technical deployment of CDM tools at DOJ, including BigFix and Tenable. Provided testing expertise in regards to RES Whitelisting software, and RMF expertise to achieve a Archer Dashboard ATO.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Contracted service to DHS – Federal Network Resilience (FNR) and DOJ – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), specializing in CDM and the RMF. Led RMF activities for the two largest umbrella General Support Systems (GSS), having fully re-assessed all NIST 800-53 rev4 assessments and achieving new 3-year ATOs. Led RMF activities for a dozen major application systems, achieving regular ATOs and sustaining annual assessment timelines for all systems. Led remediation activities for a critical air gapped FISMA system, shared with the Government of Canada, that relied upon highly vulnerable legacy operating systems used for analog munitions scan technology. Led enterprise-wide security activities for the Windows 10 rollout, including STIG compliance, executive authorization, and continuous monitoring. Analyzed production agency-wide CDM data to create theoretical automation and scoring methodologies for the CDM process, including both automated CPE Normalization and a Federal/Agency CDM Dashboard. Developed and published enterprise-wide policy, including an Agency-first Bluetooth protocol policy. Managed project Agile/Scrum activities for CDM Dashboard proof of concepts.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Contracted service to various local law enforcement/government entities as a technical analyst in the field of natural hazard and terrorism risk management. Designed and developed a SQL Database and front-end for the tracking and geo-spatial monitoring of hazard and flood data, including information from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program. Conducted Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRAs) and State Preparedness Reports (SPRs). Clients include several Tier 1 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) zones. Developed methodology for proprietary risk assessments, including economic and population risk.

Mclean, Va, Us

Contract service to the Department of State – Consular Affairs Bureau in the field of software development and requirement analysis. Requirements analyst and customer liaison in for a software development team modernizing the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) through a SharePoint Portal with custom search capabilities through Microsoft FAST.Developed requirements, development tasks, and test cases utilizing IBM’s Rationale Suite.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Serve as a contracted servicer to the Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the field of software development and requirement analysis. Serve as primary requirements analyst in an agile development environment for a DEA software development team modernizing the DEA’s Concorde applications which serve the agency’s special agents in the field. Analyze drug and money data in support of developing a reporting system using Microsoft BIDs.Provide support through multiple software applications including Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server used to track development requirements, tasks, and test cases.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Serve as a contracted servicer to the Department of State – Information Resource Management (IRM) Bureau in the field of Information Assurance (IA) and cyber security. In a time before GRC tool proliferation, managed the State Department’s FISMA system inventory, enforcing the Department’s leading ITSM strategy by ensuring FISMA system compliance with Agency reporting requirements and assessment timelines.Executed rollout of the State Department’s iPost cybersecurity scorecards for the State Department’s bureaus. Supervised rollout of the State Department’s Tips of the Day program, including the proof of concept and pilot phases, across the enterprise, successfully achieving full rollout and integrating all results with IRM databases.

Fairfax, Virginia, Us

Sole audit enforcement for wireless media relating to all major clients. Serve as Company Liaison for carrier and content provider contacts. Managing the company-wide production database including the development of process timelines, tracking, and documentation. Coordinate media interception and preparation for audit procedure.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Assisted in the analysis of weapon system acquisition unit costs of the Future Combat Systems, Ground Combat Systems, and other major Weapon Systems within the scope of the Army's FORCES Cost Model.Prepared mathematical and statistical economic analysis models in support of unit costing, installation costing, and personnel costing divisions. Provided direct support to a variety of departments on technical coding for decision analysis. Developed an automated Visual Basic tool that analyzed the process for allocating performance awards between base pay increases and bonuses, used to align employee pay with market conditions by taking into account management ratings. Developed a SQL computational tool to assist in rating analysis of personnel. The tools assisted in the analysis and evaluation of the pay pool results by ratings, awards, and demographics. Developed a tool to estimate the impact of different policy alternatives on Military Medical Retirement costs and performed analysis on possible alternative scenarios.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Sold complete product solutions, Training, technology, installation, and software.Served as a direct Dell representative, provided full customer solutions, spoke to customers and clients in person, and presented the product. Trained new hires on products information and sales process.Exceeded goals set by retail management. Sold over $800,000 worth of merchandise and ranked Best Sales Representative for 8 months.

Miami, Florida, Us

Sold computer hardware in retail and custom configuration. Managed inventory, cycle counts, and merchandise pricing. Trained new hires on products information and sales process. Exceeded goals set by retail management.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Systems Engineering

B.S, Systems Engineering