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Chief Cybersecurity Officer for the Arkansas National Guard and advisor to Arkansas National Guard on Cyber threats and information security issues; reviews weekly High-Risk Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) and security patches to ensure network compliance & network hardening; develops Cyber response policies, directives, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Information Assurance and Cyber Security.

Serves as the division chief of an information management division/branch with responsibilities that include the technical expert and project leader for database administration in the state for the National Guard. Manages a team to administer multiple relational database management systems (RDBMS) and software packages on numerous hardware and software platforms. Also, ensures project coordination for the administration of all RDBMS software products (e.g., RedHat Linux, Oracle, VMware, etc.) in support of required functions. Responsible for introducing new applications and hardware appliances and ensuring/establishing required users' access and security procedures.

Senior Cyber Security Officer that worked with current internet security technologies, Systems Analysis/Applications Software (SA/AS), standard internet protocols, internet server operations & ACAS/Nessus/Retina vulnerability scanning. The advisor to Arkansas National Guard on Cyber threats and cyber security issues; reviewed weekly High-Risk Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessments (IAVA) and security patches to ensure network compliance & network hardening. I developed Cyber response policies, directives, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Information Assurance/Cyber Security. I served as the Enhanced Trusted Agent (ETA) for Arkansas X.509 public key infrastructure (PKI) DOD certificate authority (CA). Reviewed IDS security logs, monitored System Center Configuration Manager, and worked to endure McAfee HBSS reporting to the ePO server, and all DAT files and frame packages are current. Used Zachman's Risk Management Framework for enterprise architecture to develop evolved organizational cyber risk management plan, present information to management, and develop policies based on findings.

Served in Deputy Chief of Staff Information Management as primary staff advisor; developed staff and individual work priorities & determine resource requirements; served as the organization's audiovisual contract office representative, planner, and video teleconference administrator. Also served as the state's FOIA officer & Privacy advisor; worked with the regulatory requirement for electronic records management and HIPPA.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deployed to Iraq as an Army signal officer. Primarily responsible for developing staff and individual work priorities and determining resource requirements for the battalion communication staff office. Also, served as the Information Assurance Security Officer (IASO) overseeing DoD security policies; managed battalion IT projects and programs by monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes, including migration of software over the DoD network.

Managed six wireless retail stores, company projects, & programs through monitoring progress/evaluating outcomes by preparing numerous sales reports & quarterly earnings reports; developed staff and individual work priorities & determine resource requirements by overseeing three managers and a total of 12 employees (Interviewed and hired all employees during employment time).

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Deployed to Iraq as a Signal Officer. Developed staff and individual work priorities & determine resource requirements for 39th IBCT S6; Information Assurance Security Officer & managed 39th BCT COMSEC accounts with 1st Cavalry Division; Determined usability concepts for delivering information via the internet as a system administrator on Taji Central Command (CENTCOM) Domain.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Professional, Technical, Business, And Scientific Writing

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Information Technology

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