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California, United States

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

The Cyber Security Division (CSD) is the leading federal government research organization developing next generation technologies to improve cybersecurity across the Homeland Security Enterprise. A key component of CSD’s success has been its relationship with the cybersecurity research community within the U.S. and globally and with the private sector and investment community to ensure federally funded research leaves the lab and makes it into commercial products. To achieve this, CSD works closely with various research organizations, including government and national labs, universities, small businesses and large companies.As a founding member, I was responsible for recruiting and developing a team of now 30 federal program managers and contractor support staff and establishing and implementing processes, procedures and policies to streamline budget programming, project planning, information sharing and various operational workflows. — Business, operations and financial execution ($72M+)— Different “colors” of money (1-year admin funds, 3-year R&D funds, intl/interagency funds)— Communications and outreach — Workplace culture— Employee training, development, and human capital matters— Organizational and personnel performance metrics — Supervise business operations team, mentor young staff— Director’s trusted advisor and problem solver — Director's representative to interagency working groups

Washington, Dc, Us

The DHS S&T Borders & Maritime Security Division (BMD) carries out research, development, test and evaluation activities to provide new or enhanced capabilities for maritime security, border and immigration enforcement and cargo supply chain security to DHS operational components. — Business and financial execution ($44M+)— Schedule and performance targets— Process improvements and best practices — Information sharing and collaboration— Advisor to the Director on program impacts, issues and recommendations— Representative to interagency and industry working groups

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed several complex research and development projects focused on improving supply chain security of cargo shipments crossing the U.S. border via land, air and sea. Led a technical team of interagency subject matter experts from DoD, DHS and national laboratories. Coordinated with operational users including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Projects included developing advanced risk management algorithms for analyzing supply chain behaviors for anomalous activity, tamper-evident RF-based technologies for monitoring the chain of custody of cargo shipments, and sensors to detect unauthorized openings and intrusions into shipping containers while enroute. — Program management - performance, schedule, cost and risks— Technical, programmatic and financial execution— R&D procurement and acquisition— System requirements, design and architecture development and review— Prototype development— Operational and red team testing— Pilot testing and operational deployments

Mclean, Va, Us

Client: Department of Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), Borders & Maritime Security Division (BMD)— Task lead for the advanced cargo security technologies — Contract management and administration ($15M+)— Operational requirements analysis— Project planning and development — Project management (performance, cost, schedule)— Subject matter expertise: cargo/supply chain security

Us

Client: U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), Applied Technology Division— Project Manager for the Smart Box Program, Container Security Initiative— Contracts management and interagency agreements— Program and budget development— Technology training and demonstration— Prototype testing, functional analyses, performance metrics development

Certificate, Innovation Strategy & New Product Commercialization

Ms, Systems Engineering

Bs, Cognitive Science (Neuroscience)