Own security risk management and supply chain security programs as the virtual Chief Security Officer, or Chief Information Security/Compliance Officer for highly regulated small business clients.Highlights:➤ Design, Build and Maintain Security Architectures for highly regulated businesses within the construction, education and aerospace industries➤ Administer Tailored, Multi-Disciplinary (cyber and physical security, human factors, legal and regulatory compliance) Vulnerability Assessments; delivered 19 assessments in 2023.➤Design, Build and Maintain Security Architectures with tech stacks from Splunk, Qualys, Tenable, ConnectSecure, Kaseya, Rapid7, Todyl, Veeam, Cortex, Ninja, and Microsoft GCC high for highly regulated businesses within the construction, education, and aerospace industries; manage four MSP vendors for clients.➤ Lead Business Critical Cybersecurity Compliance Engagements. ➤ Lead CMMC Assessor certification (CCA).➤ Assess the current state cybersecurity policies, procedures and controls➤ Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations➤ Deliver high-quality reports and presentations to communicate findings and solutions➤ Curate and Deliver a tailored Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Newsletter to enrich security awareness.➤ Design & Deliver cyber security tabletop exercises that test the readiness and effectiveness of an organization's incident response plan.➤ Test, evaluate, negotiate and implement cloud-based and on-premise custom end point detection solutions for clients which help detect and respond to threats in real time, prevent breaches and meet compliance regulations.➤ Design and send simulated phishing emails to the target users and monitor their responses.➤ Draft and Implement Governance and Procedures designed for maximum efficiency and effectiveness; adhering to NIST 800 series frameworks.

Collaborate with the CEO, lead business operations, develop and implement strategies into daily operations that improve management practices and introduce more efficiency in business operations. Highlights:➤ Lead Strategic Public Engagement Efforts to highlight our mission and influence stakeholders-Produced and Moderated School Safety Summit, Chattanooga, Tennessee in August 2023➤ Establish Business Objectives and Strategies designed to demonstrate progress and attract investment➤ Oversee Company Operations and Employee Productivity via a highly inclusive culture that ensures team members can thrive and that organizational goals are met➤ Create and Administer Tailored, Multi-Disciplinary Vulnerability Assessments - 5 multi-disciplinary, nationwide vulnerability assessments in Q3 2023➤ Establish Strategic Parternships and Negotiate Mutually Beneficial Margins to sustain revenue growth - Negotiated and signed 8 new channel partnerships in Q2 & 3 2023➤ Lead Product Development and Technical Applications to increase value and efficiency - Lead agile applicaton development of a proprietary multi-disciplinary vulnerability assessment tool➤ Drive, Measure and Adjust the Marketing Strategy to optimize client engagements - 30% increase in YoY profits as of Q3 2023➤ Build and Maintain Trusting Relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders - 50% increase in customer base and pursuing new customers in related industries➤ Created and Lead a Cyber Assessment and Managed Security Services vertical which leads customer engagement and requests for service, post assessment➤ Lead Business Efficiency efforts across the company to minimize waste and maximize effectiveness

With Cyxtera, I was chosen by the President to protect their critical infrastructure and transform their enterprise information security programs. I led physical and logical security efforts for over 60 data centers worldwide while conducting end-to-end 3rd party assessments. Additionally, I designed and executed a three-year strategic roadmap that guided cross-functional teams of up to 30.Highlights:➤ Reduced total security architecture vertical budget to 16% of $4M by championing upgrades to security architecture and governance using Splunk, Sentinel, Qualys, Tenable, Veeam, BurpSuite, Crowdstrike, Defender, KnowBe4, Service Now and Cortex XSOAR.➤ Anchored technology deployments that enabled enterprise to outdistance completion and offer distribution team of 100 featuring a one-stop shop area that drove record revenue growth and minimized customer churn.➤ Devised industry-recognized information security program built on pillars of confidentiality, integrity, and availability that served 25 services/technologies and 4600+ constituents➤ Evangelized NIST and Cyber Maturity Model compliant security methodologies to support $85M revenue stream that aligned with emerging federal and state compliance requirements for Defense Industrial Base contractors.➤ Achieved mean time to detect and respond to incidents of <15 minutes in 2022 by building and staffing 24/7/365 Security Operations Center with diverse incident management/response team➤ Led $25M US government-focused product effort to build and maintain air-gapped environment with a FedRAMP High Certification by championing a rigorous, enterprise-wide commitment.➤ Established full-functional Information Security, Governance Risk/Compliance, and Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Operations teams that securely managed personal data of 1600 employees and 2300 commercial clients

In this leadership role, I created an enterprise security program that integrated cutting edge licensed and open source complimentary resources from the U.S. Department of Defense showcasing a strategic approach to cybersecurity. Leveraged these tools to meet the stringent requirements of the National Industrial Security Operating Manual which not only ensured compliance but also reinforced the importance of a robust security posture. Such initiatives were vital for protecting sensitive information and maintaining national security standards.Highlights:➤ Built the information security team and Security Operations Center consisting of managed security providers and organically developed staff, providing 24x7x365 coverage of security alerts and supply chain monitoring.➤ Designed and owned business compliance team to meet stringent global information security supply chain and compliance frameworks required of Department of Defense contractors.➤ Designed, implemented and maintained a security architecture compliant with NIST 800-171within a Microsoft GCC-High tenant using tools from Kaseya, Defender, Sonic Wall, Sentinel with strategic oversight using Arctic Wolf.➤ Designed and implemented an enterprise security awareness program using licenses from KnowBe4 integrated with no charge tools offered by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and Center for Defense Security Excellence which successfully achieved audited compliance with the National Industrial Security Operating Manual.

I anchored a team of 40 Special Agents, five Supervisory Special Agents, and ten administrative staff to bolster projects spanning the Mid-Atlantic region.Highlights:➤ Delivered essential services to assets from White House staff, including the President of the US; harnessed expertise in cybersecurity investigations, infrastructure protection, counterintelligence, and executive protection.➤Developed and led a 1200-person, multi-agency risk assessment/remediation team who successfully secured the visit of the Vice-President of the United States to the 2017 graduation ceremony in the U.S. Naval Academy in addition to the Annapolis area. Addressed over 2900 cybersecurity, infrastructure, personnel and environmental security concerns.➤Owned budgeting, procurement and supply refinement efforts which allowed the division to reallocate over $22M through the creation of a common use item database and leveraging inter-agency shared purchase agreements.➤Led mission support for the largest field office completed a $100M human resources project which updated and aligned 300 law enforcement, technical and administrative positions allowing for continuous performance monitoring and 120% increase in onboarding efficiency.

Retrofitted an existing facility and green space into a new employee educational complex. • Instituted processes to integrate facility design in alignment with business objectives/strategic human capital plan.• Facilitated conversations among small and large groups at all levels of stakeholders in government and private industry.• Project management, responsible for logistics, budget and time details.• Oversight of needs analysis and reporting through interactions with end-users.• Development of the collaborative relationships required to address internal and external stakeholder concerns. • Executive level presentations to gain buy-in for program strategy, objectives, and resource allocation.• Directed contract negotiations for goods and services. • Developed and implement project scopes and statements of work for infrastructure.• Optimized resource allocation by negotiating shared-service agreements.