Embry Riddle University - 9/2020 - "Cybersecurity Risks in Commercial Aviation" Data Connectors - Philadelphia - 7/2023 - "Supply Chain Risk in 2023/24"CyberConf - UNC-Wilmington - 10/2023 - "Building Third-Party Risk Programs"

Aligns customer's business and technical needs to internal resources. Responsible for providing vCISO and other cyber security support services to various organizations such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Cyber Insurers, Aerospace, and Defense Clients. I specialize in risk assessment, compliance/governance frameworks, vendor risk management, and employee training.

* Affected by company-wide layoffs *SME in cybersecurity, compliance, and third-party risk management. Established trust, credibility, and relationships with prospects, customers, and internal teammates. Created and presented customized solutions on best practices of security ratings, risk intelligence, compliance and privacy frameworks. Pre and Post sales support.○ Technical sales lead. Completed technical RFPs, demonstrations, and consulting for prospects and clients. ○ Technical consultant to customers helping identifying, verifying, prioritize, and remediating over 200 externally facing security issues.○ Assisted with customer API integration for various dashboards, orchestration, and SEIMs. ○ Selected to build Solutions Architect and Customer Success onboarding programs from scratch. Reducing onboarding time by 25%, improved team member skills, and increased onboard experience for 20+ new hires. ○ Conducted gray-box security testing to validate platform results and coach customers on how to find and remediate 250+ distinct, external facing security issues. Including NetSec, AppSec, VulnMgmt, and Threat Intel. ○ Coached executives and technical analysts on valuable insight that helped customers make security decisions.○ Advocate of intimate customer workshops to operationalize SaaS solutions. Demonstrating instant value through interactive sessions highlighting customer-centric solutions, best practices, and competitive advantages.○ Voice of the customer. Customer centric and solutions focused from pre/post sales, webinars, integrations, customer and partner engagements. Interfacing between sales, marketing, product, engineering, support and success.○ Supported up to 8 sales executives in the SLED, Federal, SMB, and enterprise sales.

Technical sales lead for multiple AI-based, cybersecurity SaaS applications mining threat intelligence from the dark web. Providing organizations with insights on vulnerabilities, nefarious activities, and hacker chatter. Provided technical customer facing support, bridging the gap between sales, business development and back-end developers. As a member of a small startup, performed duties as sales engineer, sales team lead, trainer, and strategic partnership manager.○ Ensured the highest in customer support to resolve software bugs, change requests and information requests.○ Influenced the development process by providing impactful feedback on usability, bugs, and change requests. ○ Led deep-dive discussions on AI, machine learning and vulnerability management.○ Automated workflows via Python scripting to APIs, SEIMs, SOARs, and dashboards. ○ Co-authored several technical whitepapers on vulnerability management, threat intel, and cybersecurity.○ Added 10 new partners (resellers, integrators, and alliances) while driving global sales initiatives.○ Created and documented processes and policies where no guidelines or procedures existed.○ Though a partnership with Greenbone, used a variety of vulnerability scanners to detect, prioritize, and help remediate vulnerabilities by likelihood of exploit.

Cybersecurity practitioner responsible for risk and vulnerability management for 2,600+ employees and 1,500+ endpoint hospital system. Ensured HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance through audits, assessments, and safeguards.○ Reduced active vulnerabilities by 40% by influencing and coordinating with asset owners and department leadership to assess and align business risk, prioritize, and remediate cyber and compliance vulnerabilities.○ In the SOC, followed trends and anticipated emerging threats and vulnerabilities. Conducted Nessus network scans and submitted tickets via ServiceNow. Participated in incident and disaster recovery exercises. ○ Coordinated with the IT Director to develop and maintain department security policies, architecture and security across the hospital. Applied NIST, HIPAA, COBIT, PCI DSS, and CIS security controls where applicable.○ Led weekly security meetings with managers and the IT director to communicate and track security issues. ○ Primary trainer for the employee security awareness program. Conducted remedial, annual, and new employee training. Ensured staff were trained on cyber threats and safe internet practices resulting in no data breaches. ○ Conducted Vendor Risk Management for 30+ vendors that handled PHI/PII. ○ Conducted Vulnerability Management for all software, hardware, and 400+ applications. Managed, tracked, and prioritized vulnerabilities for IT team remediation via ServiceNow tickets. ○ Followed trends and anticipated emerging threats and vulnerabilities. Provided recommendations to Senior Management to provide solutions though processes, policies, and/or procedures.

Second in command of a Canadair Regional Jet (200/700/900) carrying up to 76 passengers. Responsible for flight preparation and the safe operation of the aircraft and ensuring all flight operations were within regulations and policies.○ Notified the Captain of any variations in standard flight operations. Identified, communicated, and solved emergency and irregular operations as a member of the crew with limited resources while in flight.○ Adept in risk management and prudent decision making while in flight, in life-or-death situations.

Led a 25+ member staff to plan, execute and assess aviation, IT, logistics, and security projects for a 350+ person multidisciplinary, matrix organization with a fleet worth of $280M+. Throughout project life cycle provided consistent, reliable, and transparent project updates to senior management, including recommendation on mitigating risks and seizing opportunities. Managed a $15M OPEX to ensure combat readiness.

Aviation subject matter expert for a Special Forces Group of 2,000+ operators and support personnel for training and deployed missions around the world. Planned and coordinated aviation assets and airborne operations. Ensured the safety, standardization, and training of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators. Performed duties as a small UAS Master Trainer (RQ-11 Raven). 7 direct reports, as well as mentored and trained 5 junior aviation officers.

Instructor, leader, and military role model in the United States Military Academy’s nationally accredited Computer Science program to meet Army needs for future leaders. Responsible for creating lessons, documents, visual aids, tests and exams to support directed curriculum. Provided instruction, tutoring, and advising to over 140+ students, annually.

Coordinated training resources to maintain first aid and skills certification for a local ski patrol of 60+ personnel with an annual budget of $10,000+. Responsible for hill side care and emergency evacuation of patients. ● Volunteer Ski Patroller trained in the National Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care standard of care.● Certified instructor in adult learning.● Awarded the military outstanding volunteer service medal for 1000+ hours of volunteering.

Directed and led Army Aviation organizations of 750+ personnel in peacetime and in combat. Responsible for the operation, employment, and maintenance of up to $280M in vehicles, aircraft, and equipment. Directed and coordinated the efforts of personnel, logistics, maintenance, intelligence, IT, operations, and budget during day-to-day operations. A direct adviser to the commander on all matters; responsible for supervising all operations within the organization.● Led operations response center for all helicopter and drone operations for 15,000+ coalition forces in the critical focus area of Baghdad, Iraq. Responsible for development and execution of immediate response actions of all helicopter combat operations, including MEDEVAC and other time sensitive situations.● Recognized by the Boeing Company for over 1,000 accident free hours in the Apache (AH-64A/D/E). Implemented risk management into every flight with 1,300+ accident free hours flown under all flight conditions; Including 200+ combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.● Knowledgeable on Federal Aviation Regulations and policies (FAR/AIM) and DoD requirements, policies, and procedures for helicopters, airplanes, and drones.