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Charleston, SC, US

• Delivered leadership consultation workshops in cybersecurity and technology for private and public sector companies. Empowered leaders to inspire and mobilize teams, aligning with organizational objectives and.
• Advised nonprofit boards and senior leadership on strategic planning and governance best practices, facilitating sustainable growth and scalability. Implemented meta-leadership principles to establish strategic.
• Championed initiatives to foster healthy workplace culture by implementing best practices for creating inclusive environments.
• Passionate about advising policy and lawmakers on cybersecurity and leadership challenges in order to shape federal and state cybersecurity regulations and enhance public-private sector operational effectiveness.

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Expertise:- C-suite & Board Advisement- Global Cybersecurity Vision & Strategy - Operational Cyber Defense & Incident Response- National Security Strategy- Leadership & Team Culture

• State lead for multinational and joint military cyber warfare vision and strategy
• Hand-selected as Lead for building new Finland-US strategic cyber defense partnership, successfully signing with US in under 13 months.
• Created first Air National Guard state-wide strategic roadmap to support Presidential directives, enrolling stakeholders across public and private sectors in less than 6 months.

• Directed operations of 140-person globally dispersed team supporting NA, EMEA, and APAC regions
• Created and implemented Intelligence Operations strategy for the state of Virginia, leveraging emergent DoD AI/ML products to enhance business risk understanding
• Benchmarked innovative military threat intelligence data collection methodology to be rolled out Air Force-wide

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• Overhauled 100-person failing organization to achieve top performance metrics within 9 months, resulting in stratification of #1 of 38 members in ranked leadership peer group.
• Created and implemented cyber operations and incident response strategy for the state of Virginia, serving as top advisor to State executive leadership in public and private sectors in support of national security.
• Served as consultant for Air Force cyber weapon system development. Advised on security posture, customer requirements, and continual improvement methodologies across hundreds of thousands of end-nodes on product.

• Executed transformational leadership and cyber security strategy for over 700 locations across 19 countries, supporting company growth from $5.5B to $10.5B annual revenue in under 3 years, and enabling lululemon.
• Transitioned cyber defense services in-house within 18 months, while maintaining highest culture scores in the company (7-20 points above company average)
• Established first formalized Incident Response program, audited with zero findings in less than 12 months
• Implemented AI, automation, and metrics-based strategies to support work transformation, scale, and expansion goals, achieving a 400% increase annually in KPI targets and elevating security maturity from.5 to 2.75 in 2.
• Designed and implemented lululemon’s first cloud-based security stack, expanding defense teams worldwide
• Created cyber threat intelligence capability, overlaying unique business context to reduce noise and focus on critical threats

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• Directed three multi-discipline teams to deliver gamified cyber training models across public and private sectors, including the US Army, US Marines, and NATO.
• Benchmarked product, operations, and costing model migration to hybrid and cloud environments.
• Led global emergency and incident response teams, coordinating diverse stakeholders.

• Led first-ever distributed Air National Guard Cyber Defense Mission under new DoD Cyber Mission Force concept. Created operating models still in use today.
• Advised Three-Star General on cybersecurity for Homeland Defense across all countries in North America.

• Served as consultant in creation and development of cyber warfare training and certification programs for new DoD Cyber Mission Force.

• Led the first presidentially-directed multi-agency cybersecurity mission that produced the first academic methodology for assessing cyber-to-physical systems.

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• Conducted full-spectrum security operations, including red-teaming, on large-scale commercial networks.
• Integrated threat intelligence with company operations to reduce business risk.
• Led audits and inspections to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and best practices.
• Served as advisor to executive leadership to propose and support instantiation of short- and long-term security strategies and organizational plans to aid in meeting business goals while maximizing profitability.

• Led 55-person team responsible for 12K+ node network, IT, and cybersecurity operations.
• Executed $200M toward planning and building new communications infrastructures.
• Supported Presidential Air Force One communications operations and ensured network infrastructure operations for 1/3 of the world’s global combat airlift capability.
• Received highest rating possible on compliance and operational effectiveness assessments.

• Developed content for AI products and researched code methodologies for cybersecurity.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Commander Training Course, Military And Strategic Leadership

Air Command And Staff College, Strategic Cyber Security And National Defense

Master'S Degree, Information Science

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