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Colorado Springs, CO, US

United States

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Serves as a command Information Assurance (IA) technical expert/authority responsible for operational coordination and development of command-wide policies, plans, and processes, to ensure programs comply with higher.
• Plans, designs, develops, implements, and manages IA programs to meet current and future business requirements (both classified and unclassified); ensuring they are designed to anticipate, assess, and minimize system.
• Provides cybersecurity guidance/direction to J6 staff/subordinate commands on implementing Information Technology (IT) security policies and procedures, to accomplish cybersecurity goals and objectives.
• Manages all aspects of IA and the development, implementation, interpretation, accreditation, risk management, and maintenance of detailed IA policies, plans, programs, standards, and criteria ensuring a successful IA.
• Provides guidance to various U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) directorates to develop compliance monitoring and activities, ensuring that the organizations cybersecurity strategic goals are met, and cybersecurity.
• Developed Cybersecurity Information Security Continuous Monitoring reporting, enabling the organization to target security weakness. U.S. Africa Command ranks in the top five on the Department of Defense Chief.

Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado

Serves as the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) in the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) Field Office. Serves as an advisor, subject matter expert and liaison to the Contractor's ISSM, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) and Cybersecurity Team in support of the demilitarization sites Integrated.

Department Of State - Rosslyn VA

• Master Cyber Security Architect at the Department of State working with a team to provide technical expertise to a wide array of IT projects.
• Evaluate new technologies to ensure that they are architected to meet security objectives.
• Provide detailed evaluation of how to securely incorporate new technologies into the customer’s IT capabilities.
• Support continuous evaluation of proposed changes to the customer’s IT infrastructure, to include updates to perimeter cyber security protections.
• Evaluate proposed IT changes to ensure security protections remain effective
• Focus on providing network expertise to include methodical architecture evaluation, firewall rule evaluation, and intrusion detection and prevention sensor (IDPS) deployment and wireless monitoring.

Department Of State - Rosslyn VA

Providing support to the Department of State in Security Engineering tasks with an emphasis in managing and enhancing continuous monitoring capabilities. This includes supporting various projects providing security-specific functions, guidance, and expertise. Focuses on strategy, design, and implementation of security systems that support security policy.

Deseret Chemical Depot, Tooele, Utah

Responsible for managing approximately 60 users of a partnered Local Area Network (LAN) at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) spanning multiple contracts and projects. Supervises Information System & Records Management Staff. Provides guidance and oversight to other PAIS site locations. Liaison to the Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) Chief Information Officer.

Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• Security, management, and maintenance of all servers (main, exchange, IDS, IPS, patch, backup, document scanning, storage, and firewalls); security, management, and maintenance of network backbone(i.e. fiber, switches.

Deseret Chemical Depot, Tooele, Utah

Responsible for managing approximately 60 users of a partnered Local Area Network (LAN) at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) spanning multiple contracts and projects. Supervises Information System & Records Management Staff. Provides guidance and oversight to other PAIS site locations. Liaison to the Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) Chief Information Officer.

• Designed, and maintained a secure network and phone system for 700+ user site. Maintained site servers to include exchange, main, engineering, project controls, and information services. Maintained security for all.

• Designed, built, and maintained secure computer network systems, from the overall design of machines used, to the general security, upkeep, and troubleshooting of the systems. Troubleshot hardware and software.

• Repaired and maintained computer operating systems of the F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft (C, D, and E models). Troubleshot computer malfunctions by running diagnostic systems and tracing system schematics to isolate.

Chief Information Officer, Government Leadership In Information Technology, 3.88

Master'S Degree, Info Assurance And Security, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Networking, 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate Scholars