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U.S. Central Command

Serve as Team Chief for the USCENTCOM Joint Operations Center (JOC). Maintain situational awareness and real-time common operating picture for air, land & maritime domains. Provide leadership and technical oversight of JOC personnel tasked with overseeing operations support for incidents, operations, and Joint exercises throughout the AOR. Process sensitive theater-specific info requests, develop critical briefing products for the Commander, Operations Directorate (J3), Joint Chiefs, & White House.

Cg Cyber Command

Served as the Security Analyst (RSEC) Branch Chief, oversaw CG Cyber Security operations, conducted continuous monitoring & analysis of data collected on CG Enterprise Mission Platform (CGEMP) to identify anomalies, detect unauthorized activities, perform initial incident response actions, investigate, document, report on InfoSec issues & emerging industry trends that enable CG Operations, defend the CGEMP, & protect critical infrastructure & Maritime Transportation System (MTS).

Sector St. Petersburg

Served as the Reserve Prevention team lead for Sector St Petersburg. Supervised and ensured contingency readiness of 12 personnel (1 CPO, 9 POs, 2 SN). Managed facility/container inspections, cargo/fuel transfer monitors, & security patrols within Ports of Tampa/Manatee. Ensured safe & efficient movement of $15B in commerce & enforces regulatory compliance as the Sector Reserve Waterways Management Officer, Facility/Container Inspector, & Marine Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU) Leader in CGD7 busiest freight port.

Psu 307

Served as the Waterborne Security Reserve Officer in support of CONUS/OCONUS national security, defense readiness, & disaster relief operations of Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) & Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) missions. Responsible for safe operation & deployment of 6 Transportable Port Security Boats (TPSBs); supervised the admin, performance, boat crew certifications & prof development of 64 Reserve personnel (E3-E7)

Greater Tampa Bay Area

Provide executive sales oversight within the Federal & DoD/Combatant Command space, foster strong customer relationships, identify unique product and service opportunities across Zivaro's core competencies, provide timely and accurate forecasting from lead generation to delivery and invoicing. Utilize decades of technical experience and sales acumen matured over years of sales engineering support to generate new business in competitive environments and facilitate growth in existing accounts. Continue to work closely with strategic partners from Cisco Systems, NetApp, Dell/EMC/VMWare, HP/Nimble Storage, Splunk, RedHat, Citrix, iGel, and others to deliver solutions that meet our customers' requirements on time and exceed their service expectations.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Provide end-to-end IT consulting services within the Federal & DoD/Combatant Command space by building strong relationships within an organization, identifying unique requirements, & architecting technical solutions across Zivaro competencies of: Big Data Analytics, Infrastructure Automation, Cyber Security & Compliance, Data Center Virtualization, Data Management, Unified Communications, Wireless & Wired Network Infrastructure, and Video Management. Utilize technical knowledge & sales acumen to generate new business in competitive environments while maturing trusted relationships & facilitating growth in existing accounts resulting in over $6M GP in four years. Work closely with strategic partners from: Cisco Systems, Mellanox Technologies, Nutanix, NetApp, Dell/EMC/VMWare, HP/Nimble Storage, Splunk, Chef, RedHat, Citrix, VMWare, iGel, and others.Develop integrated IT solutions & technical architectures that align IT investments with our customer’s strategy, reduce operating costs, & bridge the technology gap with emerging technologies & their adoption. Responsibilities include translating mission needs into systems requirements, researching technologies to architect a solution, providing technical customer briefings, organizing & assisting in customer product evaluations, bill-of-materials generation, & serving as a trusted adviser to our customers.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

As the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for TCS equipment and services within the Government Solutions Group, provided Systems Engineering (SE) and Sales support for secure deployable communication solutions. Primary duties included identifying/refining customer requirements, engineering end-to-end solutions using a broad range of technologies including Cisco routers and switches, virtualization and acceleration appliances, Voice/Radio-Over-IP, Mobile Ad-hoc Networking, LTE/cellular radios, line-of-site radios, and beyond line-of-site commercial and MILSATCOM-certified terminals and modems, serving as the technical lead for customer proposals, assisting Account Managers (AMs) with customer meetings; conducting technical briefings, planning, organizing, and operating product demonstrations; customer lab and field product evaluations, creating preliminary BoMs and budgets; generating quotes, supporting trade shows and marketing efforts, assisting AMs in lead development and turning pipeline opportunities into revenue recognition, and generally serving as the product champion for TCS equipment and services in the Federal, State, and Local Government market space. Managerial responsibilities included managing SE a team of personnel, travel budgets, capital expenditures to support Sales efforts, demo equipment allocation, and coordinating with internal and external teams for programmatic and Sales Team success.

As a Senior Science and Technology Analyst, provide Systems Engineering (SE) and Project Management (PM) support to the Intelligence Directorate (J2) Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems Branch. Primary duties include managing the technical integration of ISR sensor platforms, assessing operational capabilities and limitations of technology, engineering end-to-end communications solutions for ISR dataflow to include still image and Full Motion Video (FMV), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and military Command and Control (C2) systems through practical application of industry design principles and conventions, verifying and validating technical requirements, leading technical reviews, working groups, and Integrated Product Team (IPT) meetings, creating technical planning and system integration documentation, conducting cost and risk analysis, forecasting system supportability requirements, tracking program progress, conducting technical and GO/FO-level briefings, advising government leadership on project obligations and metrics, and managing the technical challenges associated with Intelligence IT systems integration and data Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED).

Provided design, engineering, implementation, and technical administration of integrated network systems that support the advancement of DoD Information Operations / Cyber Warfare capabilities. Primary duties included performing research and analysis to determine and define the scope of technical requirements, developing imaginative and actionable engineering plans to satisfy requirements, providing cradle-to-grave systems engineering across traditional IT boundaries (data, voice, and video), managing IT projects and performing resource decisions vital to successfully implementing customer requirements, and assisting in the daily operation, technical performance, and configuration control of a 65+ node, global closed-loop network. Tertiary duties include drafting, editing, and publishing project management plans, briefing aids, background papers, staff decision packages, and other documentation as required.

Provided technical engineering, operational support, and research & development, for the Joint World-wide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS). Primary duties included conceptual development, engineering, implementation, documentation, and direct, hands-on management of a global hybrid Ethernet/ATM network, consisting of over 300 Cisco networking devices, in support of over 100 Microsoft & Unix-based servers and over 10,000 clients located throughout the U.S. and the Middle East. Hands-on experience managing a wide range of both Ethernet and ATM networking equipment, bandwidth optimization devices, HAIPE bulk data encryption devices, firewalls, and multi-vendor wireless solutions.

Served as the focal point for configuration, fault, performance, and security management on vBNS+, frame relay, RAS, voice, and ISDN services. Experience with network fault management systems (NMS, Tivoli, and Remedy), configuration management (change management, system interfaces, and documentation), collecting bandwidth utilization data, circuit provisioning (order tracking and implementation), and test and acceptance of circuits and telecom services.

Technical Control Supervisor in a Network Operations Center environment consisting of secure data, voice, and satellite communications. Provided network, communication, and cryptographic support for a multiple domain, 25,000 user WAN spanning the eastern United States, Puerto Rico, and Europe.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: NoneThe Systems Engineering process coordinates and leads the translation of an operational need into a system.

Graduate Certificate, Military Joint Operations Planning And Strategy

Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) instills joint core competencies by exposure to a Service-mix of faculty, students.

Bachelor Of Science In Business, Information Systems

Activities and Societies: NoneBusinesses rely on all sorts of information – market analysis, sales projections, customer demographics.

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