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Chesapeake, Va, Us

Suffolk, Va

Responsible for analysis, planning, design, implementation, documentation, assessment, and management for development of new navy-wide enterprise capabilities and optimal use of technology to support global defensive cyber operations.Serves as a subject matter expert for the development of the Navy’s Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) and Defensive Cyber Space Operations (DCO) capabilities for Navy. Principle advisor for matters relating to network infrastructure, enterprise security and defensive architectures and the Navy Cyber Defense Mission Support System.Provides authoritative expertise on matters related to supporting cyber defense and incident response missions, and integration of technical policies.Directs personnel as assigned in support of Cyber Security Operations architecture improvements for the Navy. Provides specific direction and guidance on how Navy systems are improved and provides process improvement techniques to increase efficiency, technical capability and system capacity.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Directs the application of new analytical technologies for improving methods, results, and procedures to meet changing Navy requirements. Provide authoritative expertise on matters related to supporting Cyber Security and Defensive Cyber Operations capability planning, innovative technical solutions to difficult complex problems, and formulate technical policy to establish procedures. Subject matter expert and responsible for providing personnel and technical management, coordination and integration of Cyber Defense Capabilities for all Navy networks.Oversees the processing of all Navy CND Data while maintaining the highest state of data base integrity for joint level reporting requirements. Identifies systemic and application specific security problems in tactical and administrative systems, develops mitigating actions and develops standard procedures for implementation of solutions on Navy enterprise networks.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Developed and Implemented the overall cyber security strategy used by the world's largest intrantet, NMCI. Managed functional groups and staff to create policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of network assets while maintaining the security and privacy of Navy information worldwide. Managed events in various DOD component Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRT) and other NMCI and non-NMCI constituencies including Defense Information Security Agency (DISA), JTF-GNO, NCIS and FBI relating to information security and privacy incidents, laws, law enforcement, policies, procedures and cyber defense. Maintained expertise in security-related technologies, trends, issues and solutions. Planed and coordinated information security investigations, feasibility studies, and surveys to include cost-benefit analysis of proposed and existing security solutions. Directed security oversight for NMCI in cyber security related National Security Agency(NSA) "NSA Threat Operations Center" (NTOC) Alerts and Navy cyber defense operations advisories. Managed and coordinated investigations from NCIS, FBI, NAVY IG , Navy Legal Offices and Local Commands. Managed Navy and Marine Corps Incident response personnel across 6 Regions worldwide. Provide expert audits and analysis of network policies, processes and procedures and training as applicable to Global Information Assurance Operations.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Maintained patch level records and compliance audit for the largest intranet in the world. Managed all personnel, equipment and software all areas of Configuration Management including network scanning, patch mitigation, vulnerability assessment, design assurance and vulnerability management compliance. Directed countermeasure vulnerability testing and auditing with government IA test activities (DISA, COTF, SPAWAR, Red/Green Teams, etc). Oversaw IA compliance for over 18,000 network servers and over 300,000 hosts computers. Defined scope, planed deliverables for assigned projects. Collected, identified, defined and organized detailed user and information technology requirements. Directed special studies and produced formal proposals with emerging tools, techniques and technologies. Identified and analyzed solutions to business and technical information technology problems. Interacted with customers regarding business and technical information technology (IT) needs. Directed implementations, upgrades and conversion projects. Managed projects within scope of responsibility and familiar with the Global information assurance organization and responsibilities they hold.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Global Information Assurance Center Duty Manager for NMCI. Directed the daily IT network operations, IT security and information assurance (IA) of the $10 billion, 350,000-computer intranet. Achieved an unprecedented 99% systems availability rate and one of the lowest IT security incident rates in the world. Coordinated and conducted data collection and data analysis to capture performance data from training events and exercises. Expert knowledge of and experience in Joint Exercise Programs. Produced Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer enterprise level operations and information assurance reports to senior government and corporate executive leaders. Provided recommendations and appropriate processes and procedures to security vendors, and EDS Global Operations Managers for "best practice" security postures.Audited and analyzed network policies, processes, procedures, and training as applicable to Global Information Assurance Operations. Monitored security of the world's largest network in order to identify attacks and threat vectors that could affect Navy and the Global Information Grid (GIG).

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Team Lead for NMCI's Network Operations Center managing security operations and events all Navy sites in the Eastern US.

Worldwide

22 Years assigned various leadership roles in the Combat Systems field of expertise. From Nuclear Weapons through Aegis Combat Systems, Led several high-performance teams who built and tested and operated 2 of the first Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers and managed the combat systems testing and evaluation and operations portion of those newly built $1B Navy Warship.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Systems Technology

Cyber Security, Linux/Unix

(Audit) Ms Courses, Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance