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.
• 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.
• 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.

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%.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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

The International Business subplan provides students a solid grounding in the principles of business management as well as.