AFWERX is the US Air Force's leading innovation arm under the Air Force Research Lab and is responsible for expanding the research and development of advanced technologies and to drive faster technology transition to operational capability to address DAF's most pressing challenges.My accomplishments included:• Technical expertise to AFWERX Sr. Program Management & Strategic Studies Group (SSG) Deputy Director• Mentored 50+ grassroots Air Force innovation projects that had visibility to Air Force HQs (HAF) > Vice Chief of Staff (VSAF), that provided $10M in continued development and enterprise transition/adoption

Responsible for accelerator daily operations and supporting software platforms of the country's leading cyber-focused startup accelerator.My accomplishments include:• Represent company at industry accelerator and venture capital events• Manage & optimize startup accelerator application pipeline "dealflow" that lead to successful selection of 6 high-growth early-stage cyber startups• Deployed and integrated Hubspot CRM with other SaaS systems for centralized data storage, tracking, and automation to reduce 50% of manual daily tasks• Led development of multiple simultaneous projects, multi-tasking across several deliverables and teams• Increased company website traffic and accelerator applications by 200% through website enhancements and search engine optimization (SEO)==[ Company Description ]==MACH37 was the nation's first cyber-focused startup accelerator, and was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2013. Over 70 companies have graduated with over $200M raised in venture capital investments. A Forbes 2020 article listed MACH37 as "the granddaddy" of cybersecurity accelerators.

Managed a portfolio of 15 enterprise business systems and products across 3 teams of software engineers with 5 product managers. Reported to Chief of Program Management for USG customer.• Coordinate release schedules with Enterprise IT Operations to manage risk, prevent outages, and ensure system high availability metrics• Awarded "Agile Champion" of 600-person enterprise IT office for hosting multiple 400-person agile and DevOps conferences and leading agile adoption, maturity, and best practices to multiple product development teams.• Grew systems deployments 200% by integrated with enterprise DevSecOps Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline• Received fasted ATO ever (6 months) by building security best practices into new systems from beginning• Reduced customer cloud hosting costs by 60% through cloud infrastructure architecture optimization• Created an Innovation Center that mentored and trained 5 engineering teams and 6 project managers on Lean and Agile software development best practices - was featured in Government's internal monthly newsletter

Managed a portfolio of 13 enterprise web services and applications and supporting enterprise data warehouses.Reported to the Chief of Enterprise Data Systems and Services of USG customer.• Migrated 13 enterprise applications to internal Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud• Sr. Product Manager for enterprise personnel search engine and data access request systems.• Briefed project plans and progress to key senior stakeholders• Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to ensure project schedule and on-time delivery

Led engineering efforts and best practices of a 12-person cross-functional engineering team that developed 5 enterprise mission-enabling systems.• Unified disparate enterprise processes and systems through API web services that increased situational awareness and provided 90% time savings for end users• Presented enterprise system integration strategy to executive USG leadership• Mentored junior engineers, providing careful guidance of development strategies and education on innovative development techniques