• 8/19- present: Officer: United States Army Reserve • 8/16- 9/18: Officer: United States Army Reserves 301st BN Info Ops: Fort Totten, NY: Battalion Information Operations Officer FA30• 1/15- 8/16: Officer: United States Army Reserves 302nd BN Info Ops: Fort Totten, NY: Information Operations Officer FA30• 1/12- 11/13: Officer: United States Army Reserves 411th Civil Affairs BN: Danbury, CT: Team Chief Slot• 3/11- 1/12: Officer: United States Army Reserves 301st BN Info Ops: Fort Totten, NY: Information Operations Officer slot• 8/10- 2/11: Officer: IRR (Inactive Ready Reserve)• 1/09- 7/10: Officer: Rhode Island National Guard, RI A Co. 2-19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) : Training Team• 8/05- 2/09: 1st Lieutenant IRR (Inactive Ready Reserve)

Create opportunities to further Civil Affairs directorate (J9) goals by identifying areas of common interest and leveraging practical ways tocoordinate efforts to overcome friction and synchronize civil affair operations with other military and inter-agency elements. Responsible fordeveloping Civil Affairs plans at the tactical level; provide subject matter expertise and oversights; assist CMOC Chief with planning, coordinating,and conducting civil-military operations.• Help co-manage, coordinate and oversee all aspects of operation planning for 5 Civil Affair Teams consisting of 20 personnel across 4countries.• Manage over 225 Humanitarian Assistance Projects (HAP) through all phases of the planning process with a value of $2.5 million thataffects more than 550k people.• Spearheaded and introduced 2 new countries of operations using the Whole of Government (WoG) approach to further operational andstrategical reach of JTF-B.• Augment CMOC’s ability to synchronize and focus Civil Affairs Operations (CAOs) by effectively integrating and building relationshipsbetween various Department of Defense (DoD) commands, Department of State, inter-agency partners and various Host Nations (HN)partners.• Established first Information Operation (IO) synch coordination working group between DoD, Department of State and various inter-agency partners to coordinate and de-conflict IO messaging to help amplify Civil Affairs operation in the Information Environmentleveraging various social media platforms and other information related capabilities. “If no one knows about it, it never happened”• Leveraged Civil Affairs to bring US Cybersecurity initiatives to the attention and awareness of various HN military partners to help themstrengthen their cyber infrastructure by helping them identify their Cybersecurity gaps and shortfalls.

Responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and responding to security incidents, conducting vulnerability assessments, and implementing security measures to protect Upbound Group’s information systems. • Monitor and analyze network traffic for potential security threats using various tools and applications ranging from our security information and event management (SIEM) system solution and cloud-based monitoring tools. • Develop and implement security policies, protocols, and procedures when security gaps are found during audits and routine monitoring through alerts that are feed through our SIEM. • Investigate and respond to security incidents and potential breaches using various applications and tool sets. (internal and external facing) • Collaborate with IT and other departments to ensure security best practices to include staying in compliance with SOC and PCI audits while working with government, risk and compliance (GRC) team.

Employe cyber security processes, methods, techniques and tools and assure their consistent application. -Conduct vulnerability scans using tools found in Kali Linux and various proprietary in-house scanning tools. • Conduct cyber hygiene: Identify, contain, and respond to known and unknown exploits and vulnerabilities within the network. .• Assist in the development of local Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).•Assist in development of insider threat program. - Help with the development of technical and leadership skills of team members.

Founded start-up of independent firm specializing in the delivery of a full range consulting services to organizations in need of managing risks to their interests and personnel. This role consists of multi-faceted positions.• Proficient in establishing and maintaining a SOHO; configure gateway/router, install updates and patch files, set Access Control List (ACL), and use of dynamic and static IP configuration. • Maintain an efficient network with high uptime. • Troubleshoot device and software issues.· Oversee and manage building and maintaining a strong company brand that centers on management of risk to include insider-threat to an organization’s interests and personnel operating in high-risk environments in terms of isolated and complex layered threats within the MENA region. · Identify and acquire new business (Information Technology) and manage all aspects of the project’s lifecycle in relation to how the human element of risk in terms of insider-threat affects business operations and develop strategic plans of action: how to better coordinate business operations, manage, collaborate and scale with technical means proper policies and applications across business units.· Specialize in providing region specific cultural awareness training with phased business planning in how to maximize operations in high-risk environments, ensure the safety of more than 100 employees in the field for non-governmental organizations operating in high threat environments, with an ultimate emphasis on protection of their data.· Serve as the lead consultant for all regulatory compliance issues concerning FCPA, OFAC, KYC which included a risk assessment and mitigation of insider-threat for all new and emerging markets related to mergers and acquisitions..· Lead new initiative for the company in building scalable concepts to countering violent extremism “CVE” on social media platforms using exploitation tools and techniques within the cyber domain.

10-week, 400 hours immersive cybersecurity program. Hands-on training consisted of but not limited to network infrastructure, provisioning routers and switches, OSI/TCP/IP models, DHCP and DNS configuration. Subnetting, LAN, WAN, and WAP. Experienced in IEEE 802.11 standards, command line usage; nslookup, tracert, ipconfig, and network troubleshooting. • Operating Linux to navigate directories, set up files, and permissions; performs Bash/Shell Scripting commands.• Set up AWS virtual server; Hyper-V, Virtual Box.• Basic performance with KALI; performing pen testing operations. (controlled environment using HTB /Root Me)• Fundamentals of network and security; network hardening, DMZ, Firewall.• Working knowledge of CompTIA 7 troubleshooting methodology.• Providing daily programmed support using python for network scanning scripts• Fundamentals of operating and managing networks, software, hardware, routers (wireless), and switches. • Fundamentals of managing the public-key infrastructure, transport encryption, securing applications (virtual and cloud systems), access control, and internal reports.

Directed all coordination and unity of effort on operational matters across commands and various inter-agency partners to overcome friction and synchronize operations. · Created opportunities to further Special Operations Joint Task Force (SOJTF) operational goals by identifying key areas of common interests in order to leverage practical ways to better streamline and coordinate efforts with various commands and inter-agency partners to maximize shared strategic efforts and to reduce the duplication of work.· Conducted 5 large scale investigations involving sensitive issues spanning multiple countries, impacting mission essential personnel and mission critical platforms. · Identified and integrated 2 major operational platforms with Information Operations to better synchronize ground operations in concert with various social media platforms in order to gain information superiority over adversaries and enemies within the virtual domain in order to impact and predict their cognitive responses in collaboration with inter-agency partners. · Served as the subject matter expert on radical Islam and its ideological variance with mainstream Islamic philosophy and practice in order to better predict future operations to include insider-threat: using enemy and adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.

Directed and mentored the development of staff in order to effectively manage and expand company’s operational performance and growth while attaining its financial goals. Oversaw and directed company operations to ensure operational efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.· Negotiated retransmission agreements with various programmers such as Disney, Fox, and NBC Universal. · Implemented new company policies and procedures, which saved the company 25% in its first year.· Oversaw and supervised fiber optic upgrades in three markets resulting in a 10% increase in total subscriber subscription.· Approved and oversaw all construction contracts in three markets during fiber optic upgrades and ongoing construction cost associated with infrastructure upgrades of existing cable and fiber plants in excessive of $1.5 million. · Served as the point of contact for all regulatory compliance issues concerning data privacy for over 5000 subscribe’s.· Managed all external and internal audits and implemented internal control tests to verify over 25 employee’s compliance with company’s policies and procedures in order to control and mitigate risk to business operations and employee safety against insider threat.

Oversaw and managed operational aspects of ongoing projects and served as a liaison for the government between project management and planning, project teams, and line management for various defense contractors. · Managed and scheduled all training classes for 145 total personnel supporting United States Army Elevated Sensor Program.· Helped implement and manage the core curriculum for field service representatives on the maintenance and service of the FLIR camera on the RAID, G-BOSS and Aerostat, ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) platforms · Implemented generator maintenance Help Desk cards for units in theater resulting in $1 million cost savings to the US Government in generator repairs.· Planned and executed $2 million of Tele-Maintenance Kits for all Elevated Sensor Systems to assist field service representatives in better maintenance of systems and communications in remote locations.

Provided on ground management consulting services to client companies located in high-risk environment.· Conducted operational studies in the validity of existing and future organizational entities operating in high-threat environments located in the MENA region. · Planned, organized, conducted and coordinated over 50 operational studies including all logistics/manpower using the local economy to gauge the attitudes and perceptions of the local market in order to predict risk associated with insider-threat.· Used analytical techniques such as surveys, process mapping, and meta-analysis to facilitate workflow and assure optimum usage of staff and equipment needed for successful operations and how to mitigate risk associated with insider- threat in multiple countries.· Served as the on-ground advisor for all anti-corruption, sanctions, policy implementation, and AML reform issues specifically dealing with terrorism and narcoterrorism and their use of insider-threat in multiple countries.

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division• Battalion Maintenance Officer. Directed and oversaw all maintenance operations of a Battalion consisting of over 200 vehicles and generators in excess of $200 million.• Platoon Leader, Tikrit Iraq: Managed and directed all combat readiness, health, welfare, discipline, and training of 75 personnel and accountable for equipment valued at over $15 million.