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It has been a privilege to serve the U.S. Air Force in technology leadership positions as a key management member of their software/system development and information security programs. Throughout my progressive career, I have played a critical role in ensuring the implementation of security plans that protect critical infrastructure, systems, and data assets. Across my numerous roles and responsibilities, I consistently leverage deep technical acumen to anticipate potential security and down-time risks to infrastructure and systems, and then create and specify plans for disaster recovery, system breach, and business continuity to ensure ongoing usability and accessibility of critical resources. I am known for my exceptional communication, leadership, and team building skills, and consistently foster working environments that drive innovation, effective problem solving, and inspire performance that exceeds expectation.Some of my notable accomplishments and competencies include:- Displaying a drive for mentoring, team development and advancement, while also embracing a commitment to employee well-being inside and outside of the workplace. Saved $3K in training costs with new training approaches.- Ability to provide technical guidance over end-to-end development including technical design, development, implementation, testing, system integration, and support, successfully clearing a 12-month backlog.- Led a $270M airframe software revamp; consistently achieved heightened excellence in the area of cost savings, operational efficiency, project delivery, and customer satisfaction by driving implementation of best practices and process improvements.- Successfully reduced system load times by 30% while simultaneously increasing system threat detection accuracy by 75% after directing development of 3 operating systems, administering 22 databases, and managing configuration of 18 applications. - Reduced down-time by 22% and ensured steady life-cycle management through collaboration with diverse technical and administrative teams including QA, software testing, cybersecurity, and cyber operations to plan boundary/incursion testing, release schedules, Tier-1 support documentation and incorporate customer feedback. - A U.S. Air Force veteran commended for contributions to management and information sharing systems, ready to transition technology management attributes into the private sector.

Listed skills include Command, Air Force, Top Secret, Defense, and 8 others.