Gary Whitsett, Cissp, Ccsp, Mba, Associate Cciso Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

As a founding member of the Blockchain Development Community in Colorado Springs, responsible for the program and project management, volunteer oversight, budget, and leadership as the blockchain-focused user group designed and created a next-generation blockchain. Utilized leadership and strategic planning skills to drive innovation and foster a collaborative environment. Coordinated with industry leaders to plan and implement technology-focused events.

New York, New York, Us

Responsible for leading all aspects of the Cybersecurity Bootcamp curriculum. Using NIST NICE Framework and hiring partner feedback, created, and maintained curriculum across all domains covered by the CompTIA Security+ certification. Worked collaboratively with other bootcamp disciplines, placement, and admission, ensuring graduating students prepared for entry level cybersecurity positions with a greater than 90% placement rate. Led multiple projects for updating and maintaining curriculum.

New York, New York, Us

Originally SecureSet Academy. Acquired by Flatiron in August 2019.Responsible for leading all aspects of the Cybersecurity Bootcamp curriculum of cutting-edge Cyber Security Curriculum for the CORE Program, encompassing topics including Networking, Systems, Cryptography, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Python, and Logs/SIEM. Using NIST NICE Framework and hiring partner feedback, created, and maintained curriculum across all domains covered by the CompTIA Security+ certification. Worked collaboratively with other bootcamp disciplines, placement, and admission, ensuring graduating students prepared for entry level cybersecurity positions with a greater than 90% placement rate.

New York, New York, Us

Originally SecureSet Academy. Acquired by Flatiron in August 2019.Responsible for preparing and delivering daily lessons, labs, and assessments, ensuring that all students were prepared for entry-level cybersecurity positions. Courses included Cryptography, Systems Security, Python, Logs/SIEM, and Networking.

Houston, Texas, Us

Responsible for all aspects of product training, including curriculum development, sales, and delivery. Worked collaboratively with sales, engineering, product development, instructional designers, and senior management to ensure corporate goals and metrics met. Utilized Salesforce and other tools to track sales. Implemented a comprehensive cybersecurity education strategy to ensure background knowledge adequacy for the security products.

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for Cybersecurity Analysis, including threat hunting, analyzing network traffic and system logs. Conducted routine security assessments, developed protective measures, and advised on best practices for information security. Worked closely with the system and network administration teams for implementation of security strategies, policies, and controls to manage risk and ensure compliance. Supervised the team of security analysts, including readiness training, table-top exercises, and similar programs. Ensured compliance training for the DoD 8570 requirements.

Denver, Co, Us

Responsible for planning and delivering volunteer training across all knowledge areas within the Girl Scouts. This includes leadership, outdoor skills development, troop dynamics, interpersonal skills and other areas needed for troop leadership. This role also required the training and management of volunteer trainers. Additionally, responsible for maintaining network architecture for the council and worked with other councils to prepare for a five-council merger along with all the network and systems necessary.

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Responsible for providing PKI, encryption, and network expertise for government contacts across multiple installations. This required expertise in Security Architecture Design, Cybersecurity, and Information Security.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Responsible for the PKI implementation, including the issuance of end-user and server certificates, as well as operating system and networking support. Worked with global groups on the rollout and implementation of the PKI infrastructure necessary to support encryption across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with regulations in each of the countries. Helped established the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance implementation and ensured risk assessments and compliance across all groups within Agilent. Experienced in implementing security strategies, policies, and controls to manage risk and ensure compliance.

Master'S, Business Administration

Bachelor'S Of Science, Mathematics