Strategic leader overseeing all aspects of RELI Group’s cybersecurity efforts, with accountability for program execution, IT security operations, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of cybersecurity initiatives, incident response strategies, and budget management.• Lead the execution of multiple cybersecurity programs, ensuring alignment with defined objectives and deliverables.• Mentor and develop cybersecurity teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.• Establish and implement metrics to evaluate the effectiveness and performance of cyber programs.• Engage with stakeholders to communicate program status, challenges, and successes, building strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams.• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with cyber programs.• Manage program budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation and adherence to financial goals.• Monitor program performance, ensuring adherence to quality and performance standards.• Oversee HR functions, including recruitment, performance evaluations, and employee relations for cybersecurity teams.• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in cybersecurity practices and processes.• Manage vendor and contractor relationships, ensuring compliance with program requirements and standards.• Lead change management initiatives, ensuring smooth integration of new processes and technologies.• Ensure coordination of cybersecurity programs with other organizational initiatives.• Conduct regular audits and assessments to identify areas for improvement and ensure compliance.• Support cyber proposal efforts, including participation in color team reviews.• Represent RELI Group at cybersecurity conferences, presenting program successes and initiatives.

5-year $100M Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract. Managing schedule, cost, and scope for Operational Functional Teams (i.e. Platform, Infrastructure, EOC, Network, Unified Communication), Customer Service teams (Tier I and Tier II Support), and Deployment Teams (New Sites and Move/Add/Changes). Serve as Program Manager across a portfolio of projects, executing Operations and Customer Engagement Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).♦ Promoted to ManTech Program Director role.♦ Lead or assist with the resolution of customer issues.♦ Manage projects by developing project schedules, developing/maintaining schedules, tracking progress, status reports, analyzing results, and reporting using MS Project, Jira, and Visual Task Boards (VTBs)♦ Serve as lead advisor to key government stakeholders on IT customer service policy and strategy.♦ Identify high risk areas and present recommendations to management.♦ Analyze and manage program metrics to ensure that deliverables are in accordance with customer guidelines.♦ Approve timesheets, assist with completing employee evaluations, interview staff and assist with personnel management of more than 80 FTEs predominantly in the DC metro area and California. ♦ Build and maintain influential relationships with key client personnel.♦ Support and promote growth of new and existing Task Orders to include proposal support.

42-month $290M contract comprised of a multi-component in-house developed system using Agile principles with Functional Teams leveraged for cross-matrixed integration. As the Operations Director my responsibilities include the following:♦ Proactively drafted SOPs and process plans for key activities such as procurement, document naming and storage, internal auditing of plans and procedures. ♦ Provided risk mitigation and resource allocation to ensure successful implementation, execution, and completion of technical and/or financial tasks and milestones.♦ Assigned and supervised all teaming partners (10 subcontracts) ensuring contractual/programmatic needs were fulfilled and ensured quality deliverables were produced by each. ♦ Communicated with managers to ensure understanding of program goals, milestones, deliverables, and individual functional responsibilities.♦ Evaluated progression of project milestones and budget, modified resource allocations as applicable to ensure overall project quality, schedule and cost were attained.

Established and managed CSI to align services with changing program needs by identifying and implementing improvements to IT services, supporting nine federal agencies for all phases for Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM) Program.♦ Developed Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework for entire program, monitoring and reporting on risk mitigation progress. ♦ Developed business case and built “Tiger Teams” to mitigate resource and procurement forecast issues caused by procedures not accounting for interdependencies across functional areas.♦ Drove Procurement Team’s implementation of process optimization and cost-saving projects, documenting and monitoring supplier performance and enforcing quality control for all deliverables.♦ Streamlined operations, removing $4.5M backlog, and saving more than 52% in millions procured annually when compared to GSA pricing.♦ Exceeded Program Award Fee targets by more than 5% for four consecutive rating periods.

Planned, organized, and managed complex $80M two-year program providing participating federal agencies with specialized tools and sensors to strengthen policies and practices for privileged users.♦ Managed 100+ technical and administrative staff design, develop and integrate Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions consisting of CyberArk or CA PAM, SailPoint, and Splunk into participating federal agencies’ environments. ♦ Successfully designed, procured, installed, and enabled operations for 16 federal departments and agencies in less than 24 months.Successfully designed, procured, installed, and enabled operations for 16 federal departments and agencies in less than 24 months.♦ Processed 87 Request to Initiate Purchases (RIPs) procuring more than $38M in software licenses, setting price negotiations, process control, and solution variance management.♦ Authored key strategic contract planning deliverables, including Project Management Plan, Quality Control Plan, Risk Management Plan, IMS, Cost Plan, Communication Plan, and more.♦ Conducted 29 Production Readiness Reviews, 16 implementations, and 16 Operational Readiness Reviews using DHS’ System Engineering Life Cycle process. ♦ Developed process to improve and manage agency-specific Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) governance structures.

Managed 58 technical and administrative staff on complex tasks (Remediation, Encryption, and Security Artifacts Development) for Continuous Readiness in Information Security Protection – Remediation Services Support (CRISP-RSS) Veteran's Affairs contract.♦ Designed, developed, and implemented strategies and workflows to maintain accreditation for VA systems. ♦ Analyzed mission statements and managed project changes, ensuring teams addressed client priority activities. ♦ Created department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) clarifying roles and responsibilities. ♦ Achieved required Authorization to Operate (ATO) protocol by implementing groundbreaking approach to refocus efforts, enabling Subject Matter Experts to form viable solutions.♦ Built tools and oversight mechanisms to ensure systems and their security artifacts met FIPS 199 and NIST 800.53 standards.♦ Prepared and updated project plans and status reports in Agile environment, briefing executive leadership during sprint reviews on division progress, risks, and issues.

Oversaw more than 100 projects and contributed to 20+ proposal efforts, directly managing a 10-member staff and holding the position of operations officer for 33 indirect employees.♦ Improved revenue flow and work-life balance by developing and implementing tracking and prediction tools that calculated project spend plans based on resource requests as well as resource availability based on project needs. ♦ $170,000 department savings potential generated by consolidating online data tracking systems into one improved process, resulting in increased efficiency and streamlined operations.♦ Played key role in improving culture and value of company by influencing and inspiring individual and group efforts that led to achievement of organization’s highest award, “Values in Practice (VIP)”.♦ Successfully achieved all objectives of exercise of more than 20,000 participants, across several regions and entities by coordinating all activities, collecting response data, and resolving issues as necessary.♦ Completed all US State Department objectives for design and implementation of complex tabletop exercise by devising synthetic countries that engaged hesitant global participants in discussions regarding nuclear forensics.♦ Established cohesive department standards and practices by developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that provided increased understanding of roles and responsibilities.♦ Achieved required transportation protocol by implementing ground-breaking and innovative approach to refocus efforts and allow Subject Matter Experts (SME) to think outside box and form viable solution.♦ $36 million in new contract work generated by designing a proactive marketing strategy that focused on identifying potential clients and areas where the company could provide support.