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Newport News, Virginia, Us

Energizing platform engineering efforts and strategies at all levels and challenging architectural alignments and cross-functional activities across various teaming structures that influence business-focused capabilities. Positively challenges stale processes and culture to promote self-service enablers, continuous quality, uncompromising security and tangible efficiencies. Heavily involved in the continuous improvement of software supply chain orchestration and optimization.

Newport News, Virginia, Us

Leverages broad leadership, software, and platforms experience to help dismantle technical and process debt to put the right activities and practices in place to empower accelerated adoption. Leading DevOps (DevSecOps) strategies, team/coalition building, enablement, and cultural change to exploit opportunities to capture business value and partnerships throughout the enterprise that enables us to continue our legacy of building always good ships.

Provided technical guidance and support for general agile practices and policies. Works directly with Microsoft representatives to support ongoing and future efforts. Executed end-to-end development and migration of multiple citizen-facing applications from legacy Cold Fusion applications and mainframe DB2, MQ-Series and VSAM-based backend to a leading edge, mobile-ready platform. Provided mentoring, solutions recommendations and implementation strategies to a diverse engineering team with a mixture of COBOL and C# skills to ultimately maintain the converted systems. Delivered through automation, applications that include responsive UIs, GIS mapping, Razor, Ajax, Entity Framework, Autofac/Ninject, Elmah, JSON, JQuery, SSIS ETL migration support, OWIN, WebAPI (Web Services), Sharepoint, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Team Foundation Server.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Implemented virtualized configuration and build strategies to provide consistency across DEV, TEST, STAGE and PROD environments for improved quality and shortened deployment and testing cycles.Executed acquisition and implementation of organization-wide use of Team Foundation Server (TFS) (with custom work item templates [WITs] and workflows) from resourcing to application decommissioning. Established and maintained a comprehensive engineering lab to support future integration and technology “what-if” analysis for the Army Capability-based Architecture Development and Integration Environment (ArCADIE), authentication services, virtualization, federation and cloud-based infrastructure.Supported planning and migration engineering efforts for ArCADIE 2015, an in-situ migration/replacement for legacy web-based applications supporting the Army Architecture Data Stewardship operations. Implemented SharePoint customizations and webparts. Legacy application support included C# ASP.NET 4.5, MVC 4 and Silverlight 5.0 updates with Telerik DevCraft suite and Northwoods GoXAM (GoJS) third-party components.Directed engineering efforts supporting design, programming, quality processes, procedures, production, testing, staging and engineering LAN efforts for multiple projects within a Microsoft-based environment. Encouraged and solidified strong working relationships with key stakeholders; fortifying technical and functional requirements—with reviews early and often. Formulated architecture plans, assessing cost and feasibility in consensus-building support of both strategic and near-term needs. Coordinated staffing and resource allocation with program managers and provides input for strategic planning, resource development and deployment against projects. Technologies include Silverlight, Kendo UI, Entity Framework, SharePoint

New York, Ny, Us

Directed day-to-day activities for enterprise applications, components, associated development, integration and release. Managed engineers, personnel development, vendor relations, acquisition, project management, release management, configuration management and various engineering processes. Developed trusted relationships with onsite client subject matter experts and upper leadership providing technical and strategic leadership and acts as liaison for customer and external stakeholders. Performs day-to-day personnel management, engineering process oversight, and vendor relations engagement. Implemented network domain environment emulating the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) Identity Provider (Computer Associates Policy Server and SiteMinder Agents) and developed support for Secure Token Service Claims reissuance to support research for federation engineering projects for .NET web, Silverlight, web services and SharePoint. Utilized Selenium and CodedUI tooling.Leadership supporting project engineering teams as direct reports, matrix support and sub-contracts to plan multiple agile projects, identify and determine strategies for solutions, gaps and identify risks to ensure successful implementation of C# .NET-based projects on time and within budget. Systems include:-- Army’s Capability-based Architecture Development and Integration Environment (CADIE)—a multi-tiered, single sign-on, system of systems supporting federation with Army and Joint partners for architecture products, metadata, reporting and analytics. -- Architecture Catalog – Captures DoDAF architecture artifacts and metadata to support geographically separated architects. -- Architecture-Based Capability Analysis System (ABCAS) – Supports visual architecture analysis tools.Developed, reviewed and submited system’s Certificate of Networthiness (CoN), Authorization to Operate (AtO), Interim Authorization to Operate (IAtO), and DIACAP artifacts.

Saint Leo, Fl, Us

Taught fundamental and advanced concepts for 300 and 400 level Information Assurance Security courses. Took on additional position to keep honed in on current security trends and technical skills.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Led branch software development lifecycle efforts in direct support to the Air Force Wargaming for GameNet, Building Partnership Capacity and Experiment events with C# software development, technical management, security analysis, general IT solution integration and networking disciplines. Strategized and implemented latest and emerging tools and technologies supporting simulation and modeling which are then assimilated into the wargaming information environment toolkits. Worked directly with vendor executive leadership to implement communications changes to support wargaming efforts.Led efforts to stimulate work study educational and mentorship opportunities for local college and university interns interested in the area of graphics, modeling and simulation. Epitomized the "art of the possible" by engaging in the requirements generation process by working directly with Air Staff activities, DRUs, Battlelabs, Program offices while coordinating AF position on other Modeling and Simulation issues such as JSAF; working security and integration issues both internally and externally with other agencies.Supported and advised administrative and leadership on technical integration issues. Hands-on build-up, break-down and tireless coordination during the many conferences. Supported wargame design and analysis while managing branch application engineering and support.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Projects manager, senior technical analyst and coordinated efforts of highly skilled .NET architects and developers in cradle-to-grave aspects of several successful Air Force-wide systems to support aerospace expeditionary forces capability planning, scheduling and reporting. Led development of the highly visible and dynamic deployment processing discrepancy reporting system that is later processed to provide input to an Air Force-unique data warehouse and business intelligence services supporting advisors to the Secretary of Defense.Led an initiative to determine gaps and opportunities to support the Joint Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) and the Air Force Readiness processes through redesign and prototyping the AEF Reporting Tool (ART) using C#. Provided system-wide vulnerability assessments to reduce attack profile for denial of service, cross-site scripting, SQL-injection, and spoofing through application of technical controls and solutions. Technical editor, reviewer and approver for processes including continuity of operations, information assurance planning, DIACAP (formerly DITSCAP), certificate to operate (CtO) processes, security controls and defense-in-depth recommendations for engineers on both unclassified and classified systems.Implemented strategies (e.g., pair programming and cross-training) to increase flexibility within the resource pool and prevent stagnation and complacency within the engineering ranks.Leadership roles in developing and implementing full lifecycle software development plans harmonizing key aspects of DoDAF and CMM methodologies while remaining responsive and flexible to both internal and external customer-driven requirements-an Air Force best practice!Ensured network environments comply with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) security standards and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG).

Expansive skill sets in web, thin/thick clients, database management, analysis and security administration produced scalable systems for dynamic Air Force personnel deployments. Transformed several next generation proofs-of-concept into scalable systems for Air Force personnel deployment, discrepancy and readiness certification reporting-improvements significantly reduced costs associated with helpdesk support by over 90% while significantly reducing bandwidth utilization and server resource footprint. Performed preliminary analysis, planning and eventually led implementation for migration of VB6-based client/server systems and others migrated from classic ASP to the C# .NET Framework. Drove information assurance efforts during the migration of the Air Force's Expeditionary Combat Support System, a thick client personnel deployment scheduling system, from the unclassified to classified network environment by employing technical, security and compliance strategies. Obtained DITSCAP full certification and accreditation the first time through; well ahead of successful system deployment. Such efforts, indicative of team-focused efforts and application of NSA-recommended operating system hardening, vulnerability scans and security audits. Maintains and continually develops valuable organizational contacts and support in the high-turnover, military environment.

Project Lead implementing several real-time personnel scheduling, readiness and tracking systems in both thin and thick architectures-taking active technical lead for active directory domain authentication and authorization controls. Developed web-based resources to manage ID Message transactions (faces-to-spaces concept), shortfall/reclama process reporting, deployment processing acknowledgement, auditing and requirement scheduling to provide near-real time visibility. Developed initial requirements and performed as key engineer in tier-based class modules and security development for the Expeditionary Combat Support System. Supported evaluations, needs assessment and recommendations for hardware/software budgeting and training/resource inputs.Developed and standardized software engineering processes, security configuration and controls which proved to serve as examples within the Air Force and richly supported customer satisfaction and confidence. Drove collaboration with white-boarding, storyboarding, and paper prototyping exercises.

Led web team and coordinated efforts of infrastructure support members to migrate Unix-based assets housing both public and military restricted resources to Windows-based architectures-separating domains respectively. Technical lead for a $928,000 deployed domain and web engineering project for a landmark military exercise to field test proofs-of-concept, data management, training capabilities, and baseline security support-team was garnered with an Innovator Award. Developed Langley's intranet-based training and testing engine to provide a single-source training certification foundation-significantly reducing training costs base wide. Developed Langley's Network Control Center (NCC) web-based help desk system that not only fostered faster customer response, but provided trend analysis and alerting tools using email and PDA capabilities. Duties included information assurance, incident handling, marketing, human resources, training, budgeting and implementation policies that sustained concurrent internet/intranet operations for 58 organizations. Established and implemented IT security controls as per Department of Defense, Air Force and Air Combat Command including Gold Disk application, auditing and monitoring processes to ensure adherence to security policy.Other experience includes heavy-lifter Guidance and Control Systems, logistics and supply.

M.S, Network Security

B.S, Computer Information Systems