Manages the company's vulnerability management program.Manages the organization's patch management program and penetration testing.Responsible for producing the Annual IT Risk Assessment for the organization. Responsible for managing a variety of risk elements and controls in a technical environment. Evaluates technical and procedural risks and provides recommendations on changes. Serve as primary liaison with Compliance/Risk-Management and Audit departments regarding control development, testing and possible remediation. Provides input to IT audit responses and ensures potential findings are remediated per commitments. Recommends changes to controls to enhance security posture. Identifies and implements appropriate technical security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO). Develops and documents written procedures. Reviews vendor technical environments for potential risks, documents findings and identifies practical risk reduction strategies. Performs a variety of risk assessments. Assists with potential remediation of technical vulnerabilities, investigating exposure and tracking progress, both internally and with vendors. Monitor patching program for applications, operating systems and appliances. Assists with IT security changes.Served as True Blue Ambassador for Capitol Federal®, enhancing and strengthening the employeeexperience for our employees from 2022-2024.

Responsible for Annual IT Risk Assessment, patch management program, penetration testing program.Responsible for managing the company's vulnerability management program.Responsible for managing a variety of risk elements and controls in a technical environment. Evaluatestechnical and procedural risks and provides recommendations on changes. Serves as primary liaisonwith Risk Management and Audit departments regarding control development, testing and possibleremediation. Provides input to IT audit responses and ensures potential findings are remediatedper commitments. Recommends changes to controls to enhance security posture. Identifies andimplements appropriate technical security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO). Develops and documentswritten procedures. Reviews vendor technical environments for potential risks, documents findingsand identifies practical risk reduction strategies. Performs a variety of risk assessments. Assistswith potential remediation of technical vulnerabilities, investigating exposure and tracking progress,both internally and with vendors. Monitor patching program for applications, operating systems andappliances. Assists with IT security changes.Serves as True Blue Ambassador for Capitol Federal®, enhancing and strengthening the employeeexperience for our employees.

Served as Information Systems Sec. Manager (ISSM) for HQ, KSARNG.Served as Information Security Officer (ISO) for the Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center.Receives and reviews written guidance from a variety of Department of Defense (DoD), federaland state investigative and enforcement agencies and interprets for impact in the state. Enforcesestablished policy and guidance for all Information Assurance Systems Officers throughout the state.Enforces the state information assurance and accreditation policy. Receives and reviews written guidance from a variety of Department of Defense (DoD), federal and state investigative and enforcement agencies and interprets for impact in the state. Enforces established policy and guidance for all Information Assurance Systems Officers throughout the state. Enforces the state information assurance and accreditation policy.Directs actions required to prevent/correct information assurance deficiencies and violations. Exercises authority for denial of computer access and coordinates re-establishment of service. Assures compliance with security policy for external connections to the state network and assures compliance with the national and state policies. Works with the System Security Manager to develop procedures to protect information in the state networks. Monitors external connections to other state, territorial, or federal network domains as necessary. Identifies and reports violations of system security. Administers firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) and monitors unauthorized access. Implements virus protection plan.Evaluates the effectiveness of systems, devices, procedures, and methods used to safeguard information in computer accessible media and ensures correction of all state deficiencies on systems containing applicable security technologies.Reviews/tests/updates continuity of operations plans (COOPS) and Security SOP’s and actively participates in accreditation/reaccredidation processes.

Computer Network Defender for the 287th Brigade S-6.Protects, monitors, detects, analyzes, and responds to unauthorized cyberspace domain actions; deployment and administration of computer network defense infrastructures such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems and more; modifies information systems, computer network configurations in regard to computer network threats and collect data to analyze events and warn of attacks; perform assessments of threats and vulnerabilities within the network environment, conduct network damage assessments, and develop response actions.

Full time program analyst and planning staffer for the Great Plains Joint Training Center. Working with Civilian Fire, Law Enforcement and Emergency Management professionals as well as Military personnel in order to promote a cohesive response to real-world emergencies.Serves as primary marketing and plans manager on staff of Commander for Great Plains Joint Training Center.Primary liaison between civilian first-responders and Great Plains Joint Training Center.Liaison between Army and Air Guard staffs in the region.Responsible for maintaining all deployable Search and Rescue assets assigned to GPJTC. ($850,000 value). Served as interim TADSS manager and now as assistant TADSS manager, in charge of all training simulators for Salina, KS.

Trained maintainer of the following systems: MILSTAR Satellite Mission Control Subsystem (SMCS) MILSTAR Air Force Terminals 22 Space Operations Squadron Orbital Analysis SystemResponsible for assigning, coordinating, tracking and maintaining Communications Systems maintenance functions of the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), Global Positioning System Ground Stations, 50th Space Wing Satellite Operations Centers, MILSTAR systems and Schriever AFB Security Forces sensor clusters and Schriever AFB buildings and facilities. Responsible for troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining PC workstations linked to various elements of the AFSCN utilizing standard COTS hardware (Dell) and Windows XP and Vista OS.Responsible for troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining server stacks, Cisco switches and routers attached to the AFSCN utilizing Windows Server NT and 2003 OS.Responsible for writing and implementation of procedures for:Maintenance Operations Center, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, CO50th Space Wing Network Operations Group (NOG) Operational Situation Reports (SITREP)Daily 50th Space Wing BriefingUse and Database implementation/Maintenance of Mission Problem Report (MPR) DatabaseAir Force Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS)Safety Monitor for 50th Space Wing TCCEmergency Response Representative for 50th Space Wing TCC