The Tampa Warriors are a disabled hockey program servicing the Greater Tampa Area. Our mission is to provide free hockey to veterans with a disability rating from the Veterans Administration. The program was founded in November 2017 and began skating in January 2018. Our goal is to compete in exhibition games on a monthly basis, tournaments, and regularly scheduled practices. Our goal is to do this for free for qualified vets, regardless of previous playing experience. Our program is equipped to take a veteran with no playing experience and provide equipment and instruction to get them playing competitively.

Headquartered in Franklin, TN, Fortified Health Security is a leader in Information Security, Compliance and Managed Services. We are 100 percent healthcare focused, helping healthcare professionals overcome operational and regulatory challenges everyday in regards to HIPAA, HITECH and Meaningful Use. Founded in 2009, we have established a heritage of excellence, compliance and innovation.Today, Fortified Health Security partners with healthcare organizations across the nation to navigate regulatory challenges, minimize IT security risks and enhance patient outcomes.

BluePrint’s Information Security, Privacy, Audit Readiness and Compliance (SPAC) services provide clients with a complete solution grounded in the guidance published by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Health Information Trust Alliance’s (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF), and emerging lessons learned from the Office of Inspector General (OIG), oriented to help our clients achieve real gains in data protection and risk mitigation. Our Information Security services are designed to give clients the capability to leverage our domain expertise and proven methodology to help develop, execute and manage their security, privacy, compliance and risk management programs.

Provide leadership, vision and management of an organization of 143 employees responsible for the enterprise technology solutions supporting a 10,000 user network. Provide day-to-day supervision, conduct performance appraisals, and delegate work assignments for all IT personnel. Ensure the continual functioning of mission critical operations. Serve as primary contact with outside vendors in the generation of RFPs, bids, contracts, agreements, and other major vendor interactions, systems operations and maintenance. Maintain security and privacy of the information systems, communication lines, and equipment. Develop, review, and certify all back-up and disaster recovery procedures and plans. Oversee the development, design, and implementation of new applications and changes to existing computer systems and software packages. Assist in recruiting, hiring, and providing appropriate training for IT support staff. Analyze complex business needs presented by the user community and/or clients and recommends technical solutions

Responsible for assisting the CIO in managing a information technology division, responsible for providing broad, comprehensive information systems and technology programs and services. Develops, implements and monitors work plans to achieve department mission, goals and performance measures; directs the development of and monitors performance against the division budget. Participate in formulating technology strategy and are expected to exercise leadership in instituting policies, methods and processes.Manages and participates in the development and implementation of IT strategic plans; formulates and develops plans, policies and projects programs to meet long-term organizational needs; performs long-term budget and cost analyses; reviews and evaluates feasibility of major projects and initiatives; works with managers and technical staff to plan for implementation new systems; participates in the study of new technology to determine its utility, consistency with technology standards, relevance for meeting organizational business and operational requirements and expected return on investment; may serve as initial project manager for major IT projects. Develops and reviews reports of findings, alternatives and recommendations involving a broad range of complex technology and information system support issues; makes presentations to organizational management and others on technology projects and operations; monitors developments related to information technology and evaluates their impact on operations and programs; recommends policy and procedural improvements to CIO.Serve as primary contact with outside vendors in the generation of RFPs, bids, contracts, agreements, and other major vendor interactions, systems operations and maintenance.

Plan, resource, train and execute a rapidly deployable, robust, redundant communications network to provide both commercial and military internet, phones, VTC, radio nets and cross-banding capabilities to an incident site within four hours of notification for a 110 user command post

Led an international team to integrate Metlife’s GRC tool Archer with the newly acquired Alico’s instance of Archer. Developed and test the GRC’s new risk assessment questionnaires for release enterprise-wide. Developed and executed training on the risk management process for Alico employees

Provided strategic technology vision to the president of the company. Responsible for the maintenance, security and operation of the company network, systems and applications. Maintained corporate internet and intranet websites. Routinely audited workstations and network for vulnerabilities. Managed end-user support

Routinely audited information systems for compliance with NIST Publication 800-53 and PCI DSS. Conducted enterprise-wide risk assessment to certify nondisclosure of HIPAA’s Protected Health Information (PHI). Responsible for the security of a complex environment consisting of 12,000 workstations, servers and databases to include Windows 2000, XP, Mac OS X Windows Server 2000 and 2003, Redhat, Ubuntu, HP-UX, AIX, Oracle, Sybase and SQL.Conducted institution-wide departmental risk assessment to ensure compliance with enterprise policies, standards and HIPAA regulations. Routinely conducted vulnerability scans of entire infrastructure for patch compliance, system vulnerabilities, web application coding vulnerabilities and database insecurities using Rapid7’s NeXpose and Tenable’s Nessus scanning tool. Periodically conducted seminars for staff members on Information Security related topics. Served as the security lead throughout all phases of the SDLC. Managed the monthly Patch Vulnerability Group (PVG) meetings ensuring institution security patch compliance. Worked with the privacy office and internal audit on assessments and investigations

Battalion communications and electronics officer for a 750 man Airborne Infantry Task Force capable of no-notice, worldwide deployment within 18 hours of notification. Led a section of 18 Paratroopers who install and maintain all battalion communications equipment. Served as the resident expert on all communications and electronic equipment. Planned, managed, and employed a communications architecture that supports the battalion task force for any given tactical operation. Prepared the signal annex of the battalion operations order. Managed all operational communications security matters concerning security, development, and accountability of the battalion communications security account.

Platoon Leader of an Enhanced Position Location Radio System (EPLRS)/ Secure Mobile Anti-Jamming Reliable Terminal - Tactical (SMART-T) platoon with the Division's Special Troops Battalion responsible for deploying anywhere in the world to allow the 4th Infantry Division to command and control the deployment of forces, conduct operations, and redeployment of forces. Responsible for training, health, welfare, discipline and professional development of 55 Soldiers. Maintainance of 33 HMMWVs, 5 EPLRS Network Managers (ENM), 4 Enhanced Grid Reference Units, and 10 SMART-Ts.