Jim Wiggins Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va

• Founded the Federal IT Security Institute (FITSI) and secured tax-exempt status from federal income tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRS).• Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop and implement a role-based industry cybersecurity certification program known as the Federal IT Security Professional (FITSP) certification for Auditors, Designers, Managers, and Operators.• Pursued and obtained ANAB Accreditation under ISO 17024:2012 for the FITSP Certification Program (ANAB is the ANSI National Accreditation Board).• Developed and implemented a formal Federal Body of Knowledge (FBK) for the FITSP Certification Program, incorporating the regulations, standards, and guidance required by Congress, OMB, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.• Created and implemented key certification elements such as the certification scheme, exam blueprints, and exam questions to be used in the FITSP Certification Program.• Established strategic relationships with cybersecurity industry stakeholders to promote awareness and understanding of the FITSP Certification Program.• Obtained formal government approval for the FITSP Certification Program for their workforces from the following Federal Departments and Agencies: Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of State (DOS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID).• Worked with 30Bird Media (publishing provider) to develop and implement FITSP Authorized Courseware.• Developed and launched a FITSI Authorized Training Center (FATC) program for industry training providers that want to offer FITSI Authorized training classes.• Joined FITSI into the Cybersecurity Credentials Collaborative (C3) as a voting member to bolster the collective effort of promoting vendor-neutral credentials in the realm of information security and related IT sectors.

Alexandria, Va

• Founded the FITSI Foundation and obtained tax-exempt status from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRS).• Established a program at the FITSI Foundation called the Wounded Warrior Cyber Combat Academy (W2CCA) to help retrain wounded service members in cybersecurity certification programs.• Collaborated with industry partners such as CompTIA, ISC2, and EC-Council to donate educational resources.• Partnered with the Fleet and Family Service division at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to support the W2CCA program on base through marketing and awareness campaigns.• Secured corporate partners such as Gartner, Lockheed Martin, HP, and AFCEA chapters in the Washington DC area to help promote the W2CCA program and facilitate fundraising operations.• Donated hundreds of hours training four cyber teams of Wounded Warriors, comprising approximately 75 wounded warriors with job placement at over 90%.• Established strategic partnerships with Federal Departments and Agencies to participate in a DoD program known as Operation Warfighter, allowing wounded warriors in the W2CCA to work at Federal Departments in internships while they were on active duty and recovering from their injuries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Alexandria, Va

• For over 2 years, provided cyber education and training support to the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).• For more than 7 years, offered cyber education Subject Matter Expertise (SME) support to DHS's Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) program, known as Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM).• Managed Booz Allen Hamilton's Cyber University program for over 10 years, training thousands of internal Booz Allen employees in various cybersecurity certification programs such as CISSP, Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker, Linux+, CASP+, PenTest+, and more.• Developed and delivered custom hands-on cybersecurity training classes for Booz Allen's Cyber University program, including a 5-day "Cybersecurity Foundations," a 4-day "Introduction to Offensive Cyber," and a 4-day "Introduction to Defensive Cyber."• Provided IT and cyber instructor services for the National Guard at the Professional Education Center (PEC) in Little Rock, Arkansas, for over 2 years, teaching IT and cybersecurity certification programs such as Microsoft Desktop Support Technician, Office365, Linux+, CCNA, CCNP, Network+, A+, CASP+, PenTest+, and Security+.• Served as an IT and cyber instructor for over 7 years at the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute (FSI), teaching IT and cybersecurity certification programs to State Department employees, including MCITP, Network+, A+, CISSP, Security+, and Risk Management Framework (RMF).• Developed and provided public classes for the Greater Washington DC (GWDC) chapter of ISACA for over 16 years in cybersecurity certification programs such as CISA, CISM, and CRISC.• Created and delivered custom classes for the GWDC chapter of ISACA, including Auditing Windows Services Course, Auditing Cisco Routers and Switches Course, and a Risk Management Framework Course.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

• Developed and launched a TV show called "Cybersecurity Today." This 30-minute program uses a talk show/newscast format to discuss themes, topics, and current events in the cybersecurity space. The show is broadcast on Fairfax Public Access TV (FPA) in the Washington, DC market and is viewable several times each month on Comcast and Cox cable networks. Additionally, it is available through a dedicated YouTube channel.

Alexandria, Va

• Designed, developed, and implemented CISSP materials, which were sold to the United States Department of State for use at their Warrenton training center.• Taught courses to Foreign Service personnel for the US State Department. Subject areas included: Certification and Accreditation, Security+, Network+, A+, and Windows Server 2003.• Provided consultative guidance for the US Coast Guard on their Active Directory Migration project. Assessed the existing environment and offered recommendations on appropriate migration steps to ensure an adequate level of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of system resources and information before, during, and after migration.• Helped over 160 employees become CISSP certified at one client.• Collaborated with large customers such as Dell Corporation and US Coast Guard to create IT documentation to help their customers meet their IT security and management needs.

Alexandria, Va

• Managed network infrastructure for multiple training center locations.• Upgraded an NT 4.0 single-domain environment to a multi-site Windows 2000 Active Directory environment.• Implemented Windows 2000 for VPN connectivity to reduce expensive frame relay circuits and increase bandwidth efficiencies by using SDSL as the company's backbone.• Designed and implemented the migration of corporate infrastructure at four locations (100+ PCs) from Windows 95 and Office 97 to NT Workstation and Office 2000.• Designed an SQL 7.0 solution at four locations to prepare for migration from an Access database to SQL Server.• Designed an Intranet site with Office Server Extensions for the company to provide better connectivity and resource sharing between all departments in the organization.• Deployed Terminal Services (NT 4.0) to provide remote connectivity to corporate resources for remote satellite sites and employees.• Designed a corporate policy manual to provide documentation on the existing environment and give new admin teams direction on how standards should be followed.• Migrated the corporate server base from Netware 4.10 to Windows NT Server 4.0.• Implemented system policies centrally for the following products on corporate desktops: NT 4.0, Office 2000, IE 5.0, NetMeeting, and Project 2000.• Implemented IIS 4.0 to manage the company website (www.icts.com).• Designed a classroom network with NT Server 4.0 as routers and subnetting class B network to provide a multi-routed environment that offered Internet access for 15 different classrooms via a central Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0.• Deployed a PC-based voicemail solution utilizing NT Server 4.0 as the foundation.• Delivered a Microsoft-approved "train the trainer" course to the existing instructor base to meet the MCT requirements.• Instructed hundreds of ICTS public students in MCSE certification training classes.• Consistently achieved high marks for instructional skills (4.5+ out of 5.0).

Brea, Ca

• Instructed Windows NT 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, and Office 95 Deployment MOC curriculum for corporate and public clients.

Santa Ana, Ca

• Acted as a field representative for ATK in the automotive sector.• Employed IT for contact management, marketing collateral creation, and regional customer communication via broadcast faxing.• The ATK role ignited my passion for IT and ultimately, training.

Master'S Degree, Assessment, Testing, And Measurement In Education, Gpa: 3.93

Assessment, Testing, and Measurement (ATM) in Education combines statistical analysis, testing theory, the study of human behavior.

Bachelor Of Science, International Business

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