Founder and co-owner of security-first cloud consulting company that specializes in GRC, bringing a deep understanding of multiple compliance frameworks and the implementation experience to help guide organizations as they prepare for compliance audit. We help companies, from SaaS to Fortune 500, address security and compliance challenges end-to-end. We prepare teams to leverage cloud-native services for automated, audit-ready security operations. ScaleSec was founded to help companies as they move to public cloud services, and meet compliance requirements using the cloud securely through strategic advisory services, implementation assistance, and ongoing education. Our customers and partners trust us to know best practices for security and compliance. They rely on us to work side-by-side with their teams to lead a tailored transition from data centers to cloud while demonstrating data protection, scaling their operation and decreasing costs.

Director of an amazing team focused on accelerating adoption of Chef and DevOps best practices for delivering applications and infrastructure faster--and with greater security. Managing a team of customer architects and success engineers supporting 22 enterprise named accounts. Resolves emergent issues of subscription clients, increase horizontal and vertical adoption of products within enterprise client environments, and works cross team with sales and product to address product challenges discovered by client facing team members. Monitors and manages customer health, works onsite with clients to identify non-technical blockers, and create a plan to build and train resources and streamline delivery pipeline and workflow from infrastructure to application.

Datapipe acquired Dualspark in Sept 2015. As leader for service delivery in Southern California, I collaborate at both tactical/technical and business/strategic level to ensure successful client engagements. I analyze information rapidly and make informed, risk-based decisions for company and client success. I balance the needs of multiple stakeholders with aplomb.Understanding enterprise data center-to-cloud pain points, I address each in turn. I establish a rapport with clients, helping them address immediate technical needs while also encouraging them to take a more strategic view of overall cloud adoption. I do this by addressing the objections and fears of cloud using the repeatable and sound best practices for architecture, application development, integration, security and compliance, as well as AWS account management. The more clients gets familiar with technology, and see what controls are used to actually make public cloud more secure than their data center, the faster their businesses see the intended results. On a daily basis, I drive and train project management fidelity across the company. I streamline requirements gathering, establish project cadence (budget and schedule), and provide clients with consistent, formatted updates of work progress. I evaluate and make recommendations on project tools, process, and other efforts to smooth delivery. I oversee resource scheduling, and liaise with clients for AR/AP execution, troubleshooting and corrections. I build proposals, SOWs, marketing material for conferences, and participate in company marketing and sales to promote company brand and increase awareness. I work closely with senior leadership, providing C-levels feedback on any operations that impact financial outcomes.

A thoughtful and trusted advisor who worked with fellow security professionals to ascertain and scope security needs, then deliver elite security services. The consulting and research teams offered a portfolio of specialist security services ranging from penetration testing and application code assessment through to semiconductor reverse engineering. We helped our clients achieve their unique business and security objectives.

Adjunct Faculty San Diego State University Jan 2013 - Aug 2014Taught Project Risk Management, a five-week course with enrollment of up to 30 students, as one of nine courses of the Professional Certificate in Project Management at SDSU's College of Extended Studies. Interspersed real-world examples throughout core PMI PMBOK-based curriculum. Authored all course materials. Built mentoring relationships, and delighted in students’ stories of application of risk principles in their day jobs.Sr Program ManagerAffinity Inc. July 2013- February 2014Provided all manner of project management support to IT Group of a full-service commercial bank with a strong West Coast presence. Supported C-levels for Secure Wireless Systems security company. Driving capabilities and opportunity development, defining core competencies, building partnerships with technology companies and third party vendors. Identifying resource needs, leading marketing initiatives, managing engineers and performing onsite task execution. Sr. Program ManagerSempra Energy June 2012 - June 2013Led team to define, establish and automate the necessary key business process for end-to-end risk management (Risk, Compliance, Governance). Leveraging Agile PM methodology to ensure the effective and timely implementation of the RSA Archer eGRC suite that will consolidate numerous manual process (PCI, SOX, Customer Privacy) as well as the information security requirements into a unified control framework; and implement processes within the software to manage and report on security incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. Led proposal efforts for concurrent projects to increase Smart Grid security.West Coast DirectorExcentium April 2011 - May 2012Developed, defined and provided information assurance strategy recommendations to multiple client organizations building medical logistics and information support systems for delivery to DoD and Veteran's Affairs medical treatment facilities.

Served in lead information assurance engineering role within the intelligence and security division of $36B company. Personally tasked with identifying and assessing security threats against IP-based surveillance system prototype. Accountable for reviewing multiple data sources while leveraging internal subject matter experts to build comprehensive threat matrix and risk assessment. Chartered with supporting technical proposal efforts for Department of Navy next generation communications system and addressing program management tasks such as testing and integration. Obtained client buy-in for security designs that incorporate cutting edge solutions to satisfy certification and accreditation requirements.

As Technical Management Associate, chosen to partner with IT Command Senior Admiral and CIO for organizational realignment for 7,000+ person military organization. Led efforts across white papers, strategic assessments, and risk management analyses aligned with compliance guidance from the Department of Navy. Facilitated restructuring and consolidation of subordinate commands. Recognized for ability to recover sub-optimized projects and disengaged clients. Supervised three consultant task teams. Managed efforts of multi-million dollar contracts, including systems security, network engineering, interoperability, and integration testing. Partnered with leadership on contract tasking, including statement of work (SOW) development, financial management, execution, scheduling, and delivery. Led a client team of 20 government and industry experts building system engineering performance specifications for DoD signals intelligence system. Led three consultant task teams.

Analyzed and translated primarily written documentation. Wrote material and taught report writing to over 100 analysts for Signals Intelligence Command, increasing analysts’ reporting capabilities and ensuring more professionally written products. Adapted curriculum and approach in real time, as students’ capabilities ranged from basic English to college graduates. Trained and certified new instructors. Honorable Mention, Adjunct Faculty of the Year, 1994. Battalion Soldier of the Year, 1994. Earned the Army Achievement and the Army Commendation Medal.

Pre-career jobs include rollerskating carhop, bartender, hotelmaid, singing balloonogram delivery person, Red Cross volunteer, superstock racecar pitcrew member, and a waterslide crowd control attendant. In all sincerity, if I had it to do over, I might have stayed at the top of the waterslide...I believe those with multifaceted life experiences bring resourceful, employable solutions.