Senior Principal Consultant, Cybersecurity SME for Federal Government

Provide IT Consulting Services and expertise specializing in Federal Government product acquisitions and support services with extensive knowledge within USDA. Provide Senior Program Management Support for Federal Awards and daily oversight of support staff.

As the Client Alignment Executive for the Public Sector for Agriculture and Environmental Government Services, my main responsibility is to interface with our employees daily to provide guidance and direction for business related issues and to provide advice and counseling as needed in their personal growth and career goals. In addition, I interact with our business customers on a regular bases to assure deliverable's meet and/or exceed customer expectations achieving outstanding customer satisfaction. I am also responsible for pursuing new business opportunities, as well as cultivating and venting business relationships with potential partners .ECCO Select is a minority and woman-owned business, ECCO Select has earned a reputation for delivering effective communications, aligning high-caliber skill sets and providing specialized IT services and is an equal opportunity employer.Services Offered:Consulting SolutionsApplication & Software DevelopmentArchitectureData ManagementManaged ServicesProgram ManagementRapid DeploymentSecuritySystem IntegrationIT Staffing & Professional Services Industries ServedEnergy & ResourcesFinancial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareTechnology & TelecommunicationsTransportation & Logistics

Three Wire Systems, LLC is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business and has established a cost control and management practice with a mission to eliminate wasteful spend in federal enterprise environments by leveraging disruptive technologies. With expertise in engineering, IT asset management, cloud-based solutions, reduction of power consumption, and telecommunications expense control, Three Wire is the federal marketplace leader in cost containment.I Provide IT Security consulting services in support of Federal Government procurement's for security enterprise products, solutions and support service.

FMI is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business providing IT management and operational support services. Responsible for defining new government business opportunities in the Midwest area. Manage the Kansas City Corporate Office.

Director for the Monitoring and Analysis Division for the Security Operations Center within USDA. I provide executive oversight and develop, define, implement, staff and manage the service of USDA enterprise-wide comprehensive monitoring, data analysis, and situational awareness for the Department. I develop, implement and manage the operation of an enterprise wide vulnerability management program that includes providing oversight and scanning, patching and other proactive security measures taken to reduce or mitigate known security vulnerabilities. Manage COMSEC facility, cyber security intelligence briefings, an interface with FBI, DOD, NSA, US Cert, DHS, and other Federal agencies. Managed Devolution Planning and Execution. I retired after 42 years with USDA.

Project Manager for the USDA Enterprise wide implementation of the Enterprise Entitlements Management System (EEMS) initiative. Goal was to develop an enterprise directory and security solution that will provide life cycle management of user access accounts, and provide for centralized management of a roll based access and privileges management system. $20 million dollar IT Investment.Program Manager for the USDA Enterprise wide implementation of the Access Control and Network Admission Control (ACNAC) initiative. $5Million Dollar IT Investment.ITS Operational Program Manager for the FSA Stabilization Project. This was a $150 million dollar project that was a joint effort between the OCIO and FSA. OCIO ITS Project Manager for the tracking, reporting, mediation and quality assurance review of A123 audit findings. Provided Continuous Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process of the USDA Six Step Risk Management Framework (RMF) Process (USDA Six Step Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) Guide). Deputy Project Manager for the USDA Department wide eAuthentication application. This was a $100 million dollar investment. The USDA eAuthentication is the system used by all USDA agencies to enable customers to obtain accounts that will allow them to access all USDA Web applications and services via the Internet. Deputy Project Manager for the USDA for the Homeland Security Presidential Director 12 (HSPD-12). $130 + million dollar investment.Project Manager for the research, analysis and final recommendation for a USDA enterprise wide collaboration tool set and for the creation of a Department enterprise wide service desk operation. IT Working Group Security Project Manager and part of a multi agency senior project management team of 10 highly specialized subject matter experts to develop, install and create a common computing infrastructure to be used by multiple USDA agencies. budget of this project was in excess of $500 million dollars

Chief of the Information Security Office and the Information System Security Program Manager (ISSPM) with direct security program management responsibilities for the Farm Service Agency (FSA). I was also responsible for providing security functions with the Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO), the Risk Management Agency (RMA), and the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS). The scope of my security responsibility for FSA was Agency-wide and covers approximately 20,000 users located in 2600 state and county offices.FSA technical security Project manager for the $100 million plus LAN/WAN/Voice Project from 1997 thru 1999 where the three partner agencies (FSA, Rural Development, Natural Resource and Conservation Service) developed and installed new telecommunications, phone and data circuits, routers, switches and infrastructure hardware and software in approximately 2600 sites throughout the United States to move the to a common computing platform in support of the Service Center Modernization Initiative.Security Project Manager for the development of the first USDA web farm infrastructure that is the enterprise solution to house and protect all web based USDA applications.

Deputy Director for the Processed Commodities Inventory Management System (PCIMS) and was instrumental in the development of the largest IDMS database infrastructure in the US. $300 million + dollar IT investment. Managed 60 system analyst, programmers, system testers and requirements analysts

COBOL Application programmer for multiple years and then became lead system analyst developing and designing solutions to FSA Farm Bill requirements.