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Houston, Texas, United States

Design and reinforce cybersecurity posture for small to medium businesses through advisory services.

Houston, Texas, United States

CPAPDropShip.com is a full service logistical support company, specializing in CPAP medical equipment, which supplies and delivers CPAP equipment for Durable Medical Equipment providers. As the HIPAA Information Security Officer, I was responsible for ensuring that the organization remains up-to-date on every aspect of HIPAA security compliance. As such, I oversaw the Organization's information and data security program by providing risk management and security awareness training, monitoring vendor cyber resilience, conducting risk assessments and internal audits, and establishing, managing, and enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule policies and procedures. Also served as a trusted advisor to CPAP.com.

Houston, Texas, United States

CPAP.com is a Houston based family owned business based in Houston, Texas and is the the largest internet retailer of CPAP equipment for the treatment of Sleep Apnea. As the Information Security officer, I provided strategy and guidance necessary to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Company electronic information by communicating risk to infrastructure and senior management, creating and maintaining enforceable policies and supporting processes, and ensuring compliance with PCI DSS and HIPAA regulatory requirements.

Texas And Michigan

Prioritized family and self-development over meetings and deadlines. Participated in various Certification refresher trainings including CISSP, CISM, and cloud. Assisted in providing Hospice care for an immediate family member. Completed construction of a new home. Supported COVID 19 youth activities.

Houston, Texas Area

Accenture is an Irish-domiciled multinational. Fortune Global 500 company professional services company. Played a key role in developing new business with Government Agencies and Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries while taking the lead in ensuring superior service delivery and client services across numerous On Premise, Cloud, and Hybrid security engagements and initiatives. Orchestrated development and submission of >20 client RFPs/RFQs while closely managing efforts in pre-sales technical support, infrastructure team staffing, and opportunity pipeline development.Teamed with leaders in government and industry to optimize the efficiency of security and improve compliance with Government and Industry standards.

Nasa Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

NASA is an independent US agency responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research. Served as a trusted advisor to Barrios, Boeing and NASA while collaborating with several teams to identify, prepare, present, and deliver security solutions that effectively protected NASA’s interests while driving revenue growth for Barrios and Boeing. Project managed business-critical IT and OT system and security initiatives across infrastructure installations and upgrades, service provisioning, disaster recovery, and governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Planned and led projects focused on minimizing downtime and improving compliance.

Nasa Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

Optimized the infrastructure and security of IT supporting mission-critical NASA operations and initiatives. Directed Systems and Security Operations staff driving technology installations and operations supporting audit preparation, site security planning, site accreditation and ATO, and GRC. Also served as NASA’s Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) for the Software Development and Integration Lab in support of the International Space Station.Served as a Trusted Advisor to NASA leadership on data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Provided forward-looking guidance on the development, implementation and enforcement of organizational policies and initiatives for Information Security.Implemented continuous monitoring and control validation providing control assurance and audit efficiencies. Resolved incident response gap by establishing a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) program and providing incident handling, training, and leadership to its members.CAREER NOTES Early career success - Secure Digital Messaging with the US Army in the US and Germany followed by 10 years of consulting and contracting with Eaton, ConTel, and GTE as a Field Engineer and Systems Manager at military bases in Texas, Illinois, and Michigan.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology - Security

IT - Security Emphasis

Associate Of Science - As, Computer Science

Computer Science