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Ben Rich has served the federal government for over 30 years (including 21 years in the military) and has experience that includes space, telecommunication and network operations; software lifecycle management, system engineering, acquisition, logistics, portfolio management; and cybersecurity strategy, policy, guidance and implementation.Most recently, he’s served as an adviser to numerous federal agencies and has played a key role in advancing their capabilities in cloud security architectures and cyber performance metrics, mission assurance, IT resiliency and enterprise business analytics.LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE• Key to standing up Business Analytics (BA) Program Management Office• Determined requirements & strategy for acquiring BA Enterprise Capability• Conducted IT resiliency study for large agency, authored report prioritizing single points of failure• Led lifecycle management of 2 contracts for $80M acquisition of IT services • Program Manager for $2.5B digital radio network, $8M in engineering support• Managed $3B centralized budget for Air Force’s Information Assurance Program• Led cross-functional team to evaluate foreign military IT infrastructure PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS• EC-Council: C|EH• PMI: Project and Risk Management Professional• ISC2: CISSP / ISSEP• ITIL v3 Foundations• ICD 503CYBER SECURITY• Policy Development• Security Accreditation• Test & Evaluation Programs • Lifecycle ManagementPROJECT MANAGEMENT• Requirements Analysis• Proposal Development • Budgeting and Planning• Project StaffingINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT• Coalition Liaison• IT Strategy & Policy • Foreign Military Sales • Technology Release

Listed skills include Information Assurance, Dod, Security Clearance, Program Management, and 46 others.