A rare find with strong technical acumen as well as strong customer facing skills. A MacGyver type that you drop in to almost any situation and I quickly get down to business and calmly, confidently, start moving mountains. A dragonslayer.Having served in the U.S. Navy, I am an expert at developing and overseeing personnel who equal and beat established objectives and standards. Many of my successes in these areas have come as a consultant and on-staff leader in a various spaces: video/cable, IT/networking, software development, customer success/support, SaaS, public service/emergency services, etc.. Recently I have started applying my acumen to other areas in the information technology areas: observability, DevOps, information security (cyber), sUAS/UTM, etc.. My background includes devising and executing programs and initiatives that improve revenues, increase brand knowledge, and demonstrating business value. Success measurement, communications, strategy building, and business relationship management.Plus, I have a strong ability to guide tasks from initial planning to final delivery while maintaining budgets and schedules. There are also some technician traits - I enjoy building and maintaining systems: information, instrumentation and control, rf, automation, etc. It pairs well with my FAA part 107 (drones), ham radio license, and Navy electronics technician background.As someone who has spent a career translating technology to everyone from corporate executives to front line managers to end users by taking the time to learn the real problems to solve and developing and executing value methods to achieve them, I am ready to put these talents to good use in meeting my next challenge. I yearn for the opportunity to effect positive change."The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin TofflerGallup Strengths: Intellection/Futuristic/Strategic/Analytical/Self-Assurance* Systems Engineering, Sales Engineering, Technical Manager, Software Project Manager, Cyber Security, Information Security * SDLC, Programmer, CHEF, JIRA, CI/CD, DevOps, agile PM* IPTV, OTT, DAI, SCTE30/35/130/224/VAST, ATSC3, Arguably an industry expert in interactive TV (OTA and cable - OCAP, ETV, <​tru2way>, cable card, ATSC 2.0/3.0, streaming media, OTT) * OWASP, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) CCSK, ISSA, ISACA, Infragard, IDSA (Identity Defined Security Alliance)* Booth Babe, expert level in Other Duties As Assigned