Directed a $35M portfolio of cybersecurity programs that transformed cybersecurity capabilities across all branches of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and National Security Agency and onboarded 21 new vendors.Led a 10-person cross-functional team of program managers, procurement specialists, and analysts to deliver transformational cybersecurity and telecommunications capabilities to the US military by researching and procuring best-in-class technologies.Assisted defense innovation base startups raise $31M of venture backed funds, and awarded $282M of contracts.Increased product transition rates 60%, decreased government technology procurement timelines to under 90 days.Strengthened the national security innovation base and government cyber operations teams by procuring industry-best cybersecurity products, shaping cybersecurity policy, and streamlining government procurement laws.Partnered with emerging technology-focused teams, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Autonomy, Human Systems and Biotechnologies, Power and Energy, and Space to increase speed of technology adoption across the DoD.Delivered monthly briefings to the Commander of US Cyber Command on the state of the cybersecurity industry and new product applications for national security to increase the number of security vendors working with the Department of Defense.2021 FedScoop 50 “Cybersecurity Leader of the Year” and 2019 FedScoop 50 “Most Inspiring Up and Comer” finalist.

Cyber security subject matter expert and program manager for efforts in commercial threat intelligence, autonomous vulnerability remediation, supply chain security, and cyber deception which led to 7 of organization’s 35 transitioned projects.Awarded the Chief Information Officer Innovation of the Year for 2019 by the Department of Defense for autonomous vulnerability remediation projects.

Led a 4-person Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity Operations team in support of 70+ employees across four geographic locations.Informed and implemented DoD IT policy on behalf of the DoD CIO.

Active duty US Air Force Officer assigned to Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

Led a 39-member technical team through 15 customer engagements to provide threat hunting operations, security operations, mission assurance, and threat assessments across IT, ICS, and embedded air and space systems to ensure national security.Directed US Cyber Command’s premier threat hunting and incident response team focusing on remediating threats to embedded fighter aircraft systems and industrial control systems to return operations capability to 332 mission systems.Captured findings in technical reports covering threat hunting, malware analysis, and malware triage that were used to educate other teams on best practices and to share findings across the US military cybersecurity enterprise.Advised and reported cybersecurity findings to senior Government executives from multiple commands across three continents to ensure national security of the nation’s critical infrastructures. Awarded “688th Cyberspace Wing Company Grade Officer of the Year 2017.”

Full-time student at the 39th Information Operations Squadron (IOS), the United States Air Force's Information Operations and Cyber Formal Training Unit. Topics of study include: information security operations, threat hunting, threat intelligence, incident handling & response, exploit development, reverse engineering, and international cyber law.

Created and led the organization’s first cybersecurity operations team after securing a two-year $10M budget and senior regional executive support.Leveraged wins from successful security operations team creation to develop the Air Force wide blueprint for further tailored team deployments. The team documentation is still used as a DoD standard for new security teams.Awarded “Pacific Air Forces Company Grade Officer of the Quarter 2014” and the “Company Grade Officer of the Year 2014.”

Led 70-member operations, maintenance, and engineering team through full stack IT modernization one year ahead of schedule.Awarded “Pacific Air Forces Company Grade Officer of the Fourth Quarter 2012.”

Full-time student at Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT). Topics of study include: computer architecture, networking, telephony, IT operations, information security, threat hunting, threat intelligence, firewall administration, exploit development, and cyber law.