As the newly appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at CEdge, I am entrusted with spearheading the development and deployment of cutting-edge technologies and solutions aimed at revolutionizing how we serve our customers. With a deep-seated commitment to innovation and a proven track record of leadership in technology-driven environments, I am dedicated to propelling our company to new heights of success.• Dynamic Technology Leadership: Spearheading the development and deployment of innovative technologies and solutions to enhance customer experiences and drive organizational growth.• Strategic Vision: Aligning technological initiatives with business objectives to accelerate growth and capitalize on emerging opportunities.• Talent Development and Mentorship: Fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration, empowering teams to thrive and innovate.• Technical Expertise: Leveraging expertise in [specific technical domains] to evaluate emerging technologies and make strategic decisions.• Results-Driven Approach: Driving tangible results through agile development, continuous innovation, and a customer-centric mindset.• Passion for Innovation: Committed to pushing boundaries, challenging conventions, and shaping the future.• Collaborative Leadership: Inspiring teams to excel through mentorship, coaching, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.• Customer Focus: Prioritizing customer needs and experiences to deliver solutions that exceed expectations.• Strategic Partnerships: Cultivating relationships with key stakeholders and industry partners to drive growth and innovation.

Leading the transformation and migration of legacy business applications, processes, and policies to cloud native operations.

Developing leading edge technology to solve business problems through rapid ideation, prototyping and delivery. Leveraged automation, AI/ML, and BPM to transform manpower intensive processes into highly effective collaborative applications driven by intelligent data systems.

• Led B&P providing technical leadership and engineering oversight on all division opportunities delivering ~$60M+ in contract awards from 2011 to 2015; remaining cognizant of business risk and mitigating them through active involvement between engineering and management teams.• Directed and coordinated strategic growth and program execution across multiple domains; including BPM, SE&I, systems administration (SA), EA, IA, and governance; maintaining contract compliance covering ~$30M in annual revenue.• Designed and implemented development labs, leading the migration to enterprise capability for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), reducing the hardware footprint by 60% and administrative overhead by 66% through effective use of virtualization and cloud technologies. • Partners with developers supporting the development, test, deployment, and maintenance program across Agile, Incremental, and Iterative lifecycle models for VB/C# .NET, Java, and C++ applications. Mentored, trained and implemented processes & standards leading to CMMI level 3 assessment for the organization, and perfect customer ratings in all contract areas on multiple engagements.• Designed and implemented NIST 800-53, ISO2700, DoD 5000.2-R and FISMA compliant collaborative assurance models utilized across projects as the model for assurance in contract execution. Coordinated a first-of-its-kind collaborative approach between customer PMO, IA, and IV&V contractors, reducing C&A cycle time by 88% while increasing code coverage from <10% to >90%.• Mentored and trained PM staff on effective technology systems to support process analysis and re-engineering across focus areas. Prototyped information and knowledge management (KM) systems utilizing collaborative enterprise capabilities; increasing efficiency and accuracy of B&P, project execution, and Intellectual Property reuse. IR&D review estimates ~35% reduction in cost for activities, and substantially increased intelligence availability.

Developed solutions for complex issues regarding data delivery and interrogation using a wide set of business intelligence, analysis, and supporting systems. Used SQL Server, SSAS, SSRS, MicroStrategy, Cognos, and custom C#/JavaScript software components; to enable web-based transactional processing and data analysis. Maintained and developed web-based and console applications for the 618th AOC (TACC) and their global partners to obtain improvements in the efficiency of flight-management products. Defined and utilized CMMI-5 appraised processes for Rapid Applications Development (RAD); ensuring deployed programs met user requirements and were delivered in an effective and timely manner. Monitored organization’s security posture and made recommendations to leadership on emerging threats, and thoroughly investigated code for security vulnerabilities and performed routine penetration testing to ensure systems were secure against attack. Supported organizational policy alignment and process re-engineering collaborating with international partners. Developed policies, procedures and tactics for supporting infrastructure and software to ensure continuous operation within theater.• Led the execution & design of the next-generation SOA for the Air Force Weather Agency leveraging existing OSS and GOSS components. System development, engineering and programming efforts in rapid fielding cycles met global mission needs saving an estimated $16M on annual hardware and software costs, delivering operational capability from concept to IOC in 8 months; 8 months ahead of schedule• Teamed with NATO partners, AMCC and AFCC in the successful development and management of international systems and policies supporting air and ground space availability for numerous operations within Afghanistan and Iraq. Negotiated and re-engineered airfield management processes within ISAF allowing use of automated systems which reduced error rates by 97% and increased throughput 28%

Led a systems flight with 15 technicians and engineers supporting the 21st Operational Weather Squadron (OWS), 32 combat/staff weather units, and organizations across the US European Command (USEUCOM). Managed IT strategy for squadron operations, data dissemination, storage mechanisms, access control systems, data recovery, and disaster preparedness. Administered model, radar, satellite, and alphanumeric data flow between 40 locations using data provisioned from US, UK and indigenous sources across security domains, networks, and satellite systems. Coordinated communication and data requirements with US, NATO, PFP allies, national agencies and commercial suppliers as advisor to 21 OWS senior leadership and to US ACOMEX representative(s).• Managed $7.2M in United States Air Force (USAF) communication systems vital to the 21 OWS briefing and resource protection of $33B in assets. The team resolved >2900 tickets annually; maintaining 99.999% uptime with 20M+ page hits and 800Gb+ monthly data transfer.• Led the migration of the OWS sites from ASP to a common ColdFusion (CF) MX Fusebox architecture with zero downtime. Designed, implemented, managed, and supported the overall system composed of: Oracle, EMC, Windows, Apache, and related physical/virtual hardware/software systems. Afforded real-time access to >8M real-time weather records, with online retrieval and analysis extended to >600M archived products.• Designed and implemented automated, electronic training and testing system; saving >1200 man-hours annually while providing accurate real-time compliance reporting capabilities.• Prototyped the next-generation, OGC-compliant, GIS integration of weather visualization systems based on the OpenLayers JS libraries, and implemented the system as an IOC proof-of-concept which was then used as a seed project for AFWA’s flagship AFWWEBS SaaS platform

Led a flight of 8 military, contract and civilian employees at the 15th OWS in the analysis, planning, installation and maintenance of complex satellite, LAN and WAN systems. Analyzed, planned, installed and operated complex local and wide area networks. Provided essential weather services to DoD operations throughout the Northeast Continental United States (NECONUS). Trained and mentored systems personnel on all aspects of the OWS databases, web/application servers, networks and weather specific systems/software. Developed and sustained applications using Oracle 9i, CF, SQL, HTML and JavaScript to enhance functionality, analysis capabilities, and process improvement/compliance in weather system integration, forecasting, and product dissemination for resource protection and flight planning missions.

Designed and implemented MAJCOM and Wing-Level Structured on the Job Training (SOJT) programs for the Air Combat Command (ACC) and USAF Air Education and Training Commands, training personnel as part of the NOSC standup. Led AF SOJT program rankings; maintaining the highest student throughput and satisfaction levels among the 13 global Network Operations & Support Centers (NOSCs). Developed curricula for the: Cisco Networking Academy (CNAP), Workgroup Administrator, System Administrator, and Information Assurance programs. Advised leadership on introduction and adoption of new technologies into current network infrastructure, supporting engineers to troubleshoot and repair complex server, software, and network issues.

Developed and deployed Wing-Level SOJT programs for the Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA), training Network Control Center (NCC) personnel in all aspects of networking technology, information security, system hardware, and software used on USAF networks. Maintained 90% pass rate and 99% positive feedback among 80+ students graduated from the CNAP; leading the AF SOJT program rankings while maintaining the highest student throughput, and reported satisfaction rate across 32 wings worldwide. Actively advised leadership on network security and penetration testing, developed network boundary protection policies, and oversaw efforts related to implementation and remediation; realizing a ~30% reduction in annual infrastructure operating costs.