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San Diego County, California, United States

Leads a team of IT professionals in executing organization IT contracts and budgets. Manages service level agreements, licensing, and IT labor support for cybersecurity and network systems administration. Ensures supply and support delivery timelines are met, and cost controls are effectively maintained. Researches and vets IT requirements to support current and future operational needs.

Silicon Valley Area, Ca.

Leads of team of IT professionals in the strategic implementation of IT policy, procedures and operations. Oversees network cybersecurity and compliance for 5 locations. Develops and manages the IT budget. Aligns IT strategy to organizational mission and goals. Manages and implements network compliance with industry and DoD best practices, as well as SOC management and ERP implementation. Develops and supports program IT requirements, negotiates support contracts, certifies and accredits hardware, software and cloud applications, prepares and presents reports for multiple stakeholders, analyzes network cloud architectures, and ensures IT ROI.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Reported directly to the Chief Technology Officer. Leads a team of 10 in developing strategic cyber/IT plans and policy, IT roadmaps, and managing the cybersecurity efforts for the US Navy Reserve IT portfolio. Directed certification and accreditation (C&A) efforts of datacenter and cloud hosted applications through the Risk Management Framework. Maintained Information System compliance with DoD and NIST guidelines, and mitigation of IT system cyber vulnerabilities, cloud computing initiatives, mobility device management, and electronic encryption key management. Developed and vetted IT requirements for policy alignment and cybersecurity best practices. Directed cyber incident response efforts. Member of the change control board. Advised the Chief Technology Officer on cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) network architectures and security requirements. Worked with software application developers to develop, scope, prioritize and finalize requirements through the SDLC. Vetted organization contracts and advised the CTO on budgetary matters. Served as lead Information System Security Manager (ISSM).

Norfolk, Va

Reported directly to the Chief Technology Officer and advised the Chief Information Officer. Directed IT procurement and operations for the US Navy Reserve. Functioned as the Contract Officer's Representative (COR) for Navy Reserve IT contracts and procurement efforts, to include MSFT Office 365, AWS and government cloud solutions. Evaluated procurement efforts and ensured they aligned with company strategy. Maintained cloud contracts and ensured compliance with organization policies and procedures (HIPAA, SRG, NIST, etc.). Ran, operated and managed a $34M budget for a geographically-dispersed 50,000+ personnel organization, to include cloud computing program management, application development, service desk operations, requirements development, circuit management, and vendor relations. Developed and maintained disaster recovery and incident response plans. Managed SLAs and advised the CTO on all budgetary matters.

Monterey, Ca

Graduated with a Masters of Science in Network Operations and Technology and a cybersecurity masters-level certificate from the Naval Postgraduate School. Wrote an award-winning thesis on physical-layer cyber threats, and earned the outstanding graduate award.

Arlington, Va

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N1, Manpower, Personnel, Training & Education) Reserve Personnel Navy (RPN) Budget Director. Responsible for budget formulation, execution and analysis of a $1 billion Military Personnel (MILPERS) appropriation. Department of Defense PPBE resource allocation process expert. Wrote budget justification estimates for submission to Congress and directed annual budget execution for over 10 divisions and 50 departments. Leveraged excel-based financial modeling to forecast budgetary needs. Used actuarial estimates to calculate Navy Reserve retirement plan and healthcare contributions. Defended budget estimates before congressional analysts. Identified funding shortfalls and reported financial status to C-suite level executives. Worked with the operations research department to forecast future personnel costs.

Whidbey Island, Wa

Aircraft Maintenance Director, Instructor Pilot, and chief maintenance functional test pilot for Navy Reserve Squadron VR-61. Led the Maintenance Department consisting of 185 employees, 4 aircraft and over $10M in equipment. Ensured operable jets for world-wide flight operations in support of DoD logistics needs. Oversaw both scheduled and unscheduled aircraft maintenance evolutions, delivering jets to contracted maintenance facilities for depot-level maintenance. Delivered jets to AMARG (Boneyard) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ. Proficient operating in aerospace engineering environments. Qualified to test and evaluate post-maintenance aircraft systems while airborne. Developed and supervised pilot training. Responsible for and reported pilot proficiency to leadership.

Virginia Beach, Va

Planned operations, wrote flight schedules, and led an Operations Department of 35 employees. Scheduled world-wide flight logistics support for DoD operations. Led the Safety Department as an Aviation Safety Officer. Operated in over 50 countries. Obtained international flight clearances for organizational missions. Expert working with flight management systems and aircraft communications (UHF, VHF, SATCOM, etc). Proficient working in aerospace environments.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

C-2 Greyhound instructor pilot. Carrier-qualified aviator charged with training newly winged Naval Aviators to fly the C-2 Greyhound.

Masters Degree, Network Operations And Technology

Masters of Science

Masters Level Certificate, Cybersecurity

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, General

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Economics SocietyBS Economics