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Mclean, Virginia, Us

• Strategic Leadership: Partnered with the CISO to craft and execute robust cybersecurity strategies that support business goals and enhance overall security posture.• Operational Oversight: Directed essential cybersecurity operations, including threat intelligence, incident response, and vulnerability management, ensuring swift and efficient incident resolution.• Technology Advancement: Led the assessment, selection, and deployment of cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies to fortify the organization’s defenses.• Risk and Compliance Management: Conducted comprehensive risk assessments and ensured adherence to relevant regulations and industry standards.• Leadership and Mentorship: Guided and developed a high-performing team of cybersecurity professionals, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.• Interim CISO Responsibilities: Stepped in as acting CISO when necessary, making strategic decisions and managing critical operations to ensure uninterrupted cybersecurity leadership.• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engaged with senior leadership, IT teams, and regulatory bodies to communicate and align cybersecurity initiatives across the organization.• Budget Administration: Contributed to the preparation and management of the cybersecurity budget, optimizing resource allocation to achieve security objectives.• Incident Response Planning: Developed and maintained detailed incident response plans, conducting regular simulations to ensure preparedness for security breaches.• Innovation Leadership: Championed the integration of emerging cybersecurity trends and technologies to stay ahead of potential threats.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

• Team Development: Built and led high-performance security teams, fostering an inclusive and growth-oriented environment that drives excellence and professional development.• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Facilitated strong partnerships across business, technology, privacy, legal, compliance, finance, and HR teams to deliver holistic security solutions.• Strategic Decision-Making: Played a key role in formulating and driving strategic decisions related to security priorities, resource allocation, and goal setting.• Operational Excellence: Ensured effective day-to-day execution of security operations, holding managers accountable for delivering on project roadmaps and continuous improvement initiatives.• Rapid Risk Mitigation: Implemented rapid risk reduction strategies to protect critical assets from targeted threats.• Strategic Planning: Collaborated with the CISO to develop cybersecurity strategies and actionable plans with clear milestones.• Functional Oversight: Directed Security Operations, Security Engineering, and Identity and Access Management functions, including incident response and threat intelligence.• Standards and Compliance: Worked with teams to review and map NIST control standards to applicable processes.

Woburn, Massachusetts, Us

Columbus, Georgia, Us

• Vulnerability Management: Led the vulnerability management program, implementing scanning, code review, and penetration testing to reduce organizational risk.• Privileged Access Management: Revamped CyberArk Privileged Access Management, implementing Just-In-Time access to enhance security and reduce risks for over 300 users.• IAM Strategy: Designed and implemented an Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategy, improving reliability, security, and user experience through updated protocols.• SailPoint Deployment: Directed a major SailPoint deployment, resulting in a well-documented and supportable security framework.• Authentication Improvements: Enhanced access controls and user experience through the implementation of Smart Card Authentication and multi-factor authentication protocols.• Performance Metrics: Developed and reported Key Performance Indicators on agent compliance, vulnerabilities, and threat activities to the CISO.

Columbus, Ga, Us

AFLAC is a Fortune 500 Company, providing insurance and financial protection to more than 50M people worldwide. Reporting to the Director of Information Security Engineering, worked with a team of engineers to collaborate, access, plan, and implement effective information security systems.• Team Leadership: Led a team of Security Engineers to establish comprehensive Information Security standards in collaboration with IT Architecture, Infrastructure, Development, and Security teams.• Strategic Implementation: Executed the CISO's strategic directives by deploying critical enterprise cybersecurity solutions.• Operationalization of Tools: Transitioned Security Architecture and Engineering tools to be managed by Security Operations, ensuring effective operational use.• Risk Assessment Program: Developed a robust Information Security Risk Assessment Program, integrating security requirements into the project lifecycle to save time and resources.• Tool Deployment: Implemented a range of security tools across the enterprise, enhancing the organization's security framework.• Project Risk Assessments: Conducted risk assessments for large-scale projects and initiatives, identifying and mitigating security risks.• Third-Party Risk Management: Performed third-party risk assessments using the SIG questionnaire to evaluate external partners.

Reston, Va, Us

SAIC is a $6.5B premier technology integrator solving our nation's most complex modernization and readiness challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Reporting to the Chief of Knowledge Management, responsible for information security assessments and developing enhanced governance procedures.▪️Established a Resiliency and Risk Assessment Tool by scanning available system data capable of calculating soldier suicide risk factors, allowing key military leaders to offer key preventative resources to soldiers.▪️Created advanced security permissions to effectively protect confidential and sensitive data stored on information sharing platforms.▪️Managed all IT security for all division websites under the Maneuver Center of Excellence including creating governance documents to improve security best practices.

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HTNB is an employee-owned infrastructure solutions firm serving public and private owners and contractors. Reporting to the Director of IT Project Delivery, responsible for database management, information security, and governance documentation.▪️Collaborated with Army IT staff to develop a complete risk assessment and accreditation process (DIACAP) to improve and attest to security methodology.▪️Designed and implemented a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan to protect classified data against perceived threats.▪️Documented detailed system administrator processes and application development procedures to provide guidance to new and existing team members.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor, Computer Science