Dynex Capital, Inc., formed in 1987 and headquartered in Glen Allen, VA, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It manages a diversified, high-quality, leveraged fixed-income investment portfolio to generate dividend income and long-term total returns through the financing of real estate assets.

Provide leadership and program management, technology/cybersecurity consulting, and white-glove support to Synoptek’s largest clients in fintech, health care, and higher education, creating long-term relationships with senior business and technology leaders. Lead and advise top tier clients in assessing, developing, and optimizing their IT operations, infrastructure, and cybersecurity posture.DELIVERED RESULTS:► Start, grow, and lead brand new IT PMO function for the College of Southern Nevada, the state’s largest institution of higher learning (50,000 students / 3,500 faculty & staff). ► Identity and access management (IAM) configuration and development leveraging 3rd party APIs and Azure AD B2C for large health care provider’s customer facing application.► Large-scale digital transformation and application migrations for multiple clients, leveraging Azure and AWS public clouds.

Direct oversight of enterprise-wide strategic security initiatives focused on securing Microsoft Azure public cloud services and increasing organizational resiliency against advanced adversarial attacks using NIST CSF and associated controls.DELIVERED RESULTS:► Creation of security roadmap for production readiness of Microsoft Azure. Effort centered on foundation of secure landing zone build out and application migration readiness gates, inclusive of policy and control requirements.► Deployment of proactive security controls including expansion of network segmentation capabilities (including microsegmentation) to restrict lateral movement across systems and mitigate risk of C2 traffic and data exfiltration.► Migration of the existing EDR tool to more robust solution, significantly increasing ability to detect and prevent malicious activity on Wells Fargo servers and workstations.► Email security and phishing resilience through the implementation of Proofpoint and iterative enablement of phishing mitigation capabilities (e.g. inbound DMARC validation) to drive reduction of phishing risk.► Adversarial testing and continuous control validation efforts to identify critical security control failures and emulate nation-state actors and other sophisticated threat groups in executing targeted attacks against Wells Fargo.

Principal advisor for technology and cybersecurity to executive team, board of directors, partners and clients. Led the development and execution of:► Technology Strategy & Roadmap Creation► Cybersecurity Strategy & Risk Management► Project Portfolio Management► IT Service Management► Business Intelligence & Analytics► Enterprise ArchitectureDirect all aspects of technology organization, including oversight of:► Voice and Data Networks► Residential Technology / Telecommunications► Service Desk Operations► Business Systems & Enterprise Application Support► Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity► Budgeting & Cost Control► Vendor Management

Solutions consultant, GRC (governance, risk, & compliance) advisor, and program manager for high visibility cybersecurity initiatives associated with large-scale IaaS private cloud environment (9,000+ VMs) and deployment of Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) infrastructure. DELIVERED RESULTS:► Provided leadership and strategic direction to globally dispersed teams to identify security requirements and implement control solutions for the configuration and deployment of secure cloud services.► Led security design reviews with architects, engineers, and other SMEs to deliver gap analysis, risk assessments, security plans, vulnerability management and remediation plans, and security baselines.► Consulted and collaborated with project team to identify requirements and implement solutions for identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and intrusion detection.► Coordinated penetration testing efforts to assess security of systems, components, networks, and applications, and led remediation and mitigation efforts of identified vulnerabilities.

Principal technology & security advisor to executive team, responsible for leading 12 staff in development/execution of IT strategy, architecture, information security, program management and enterprise applications support for one of the nation’s largest privately owned student housing providers across 48 locations in the southeast. Directed all aspects of infrastructure and IT operations including service delivery, service desk support, disaster recovery, budgeting, vendor management, and support of business critical financial and reporting systems.DELIVERED RESULTS:► Led 3-year major transformation effort of technology organization centered on IT architecture and technical functionality, service quality, application support, and cost optimization. Transformed IT from ‘keep the lights on’ reactive support organization into a proactive strategic business partner.► Developed strategic IT roadmap, including plan to further reduce size of datacenter footprint and increase reliability of Tier 1 services using virtualization and SaaS/IaaS cloud computing service models and migration initiatives.► Led major cloud migration initiative for mission-critical business operations and financial reporting system from on-premises hosting to SaaS cloud environment.► Led enterprise-wide cybersecurity program initiative to establish executive oversight of governance, risk, and compliance of information security policies, processes, procedures, and implementation of control solutions.► Saved $1.8M in annual IT spend by negotiating with telecom providers to consolidate 15 individual contracts into 3 master service agreements. Provided a 300% bandwidth increase to external customers. ► Saved $150K in annual IT spend by redesigning communication system architecture. Replaced 48 disparate and aging phone systems with single fully redundant enterprise-wide VoIP telephony system.

Led maintenance, support, and security of Windows and Linux server environments including storage, network, virtualization, hardware, and software applications. Managed tier 1, 2, and 3 support of 550+ internal customers and 6,000 external customers. DELIVERED RESULTS:► Led administration and security of Windows and Linux server operating systems in a VMware environment, Active Directory, SQL Server, Exchange, IIS and Apache web/application servers, endpoint protection, DNS, DHCP, and VPN.► Spearheaded the overhaul of datacenter infrastructure by deploying EMC SAN and VMware vSphere for virtualization. Increased data storage speed, capacity, and reliability and simplified management of two datacenters.

Surface Warfare Officer responsible for leading teams of up to 120 total staff (including 8 front line managers) in various shipboard and shore assignments. Participated in several overseas deployments and operations including Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Key positions held include:► Director of OperationsSecond in command, provided executive leadership in the support of 50 operational support units composed of a total of more than 850 personnel in preparation for rapid deployment and peacetime contributory support. Ensured all training and operational support requirements were met in order to maintain high state of mobilization readiness. Responsible for developing policies and programs, budget planning, and contractual negotiations. ► Maintenance Manager - Engineering Auxiliaries Led 120 sailors in the operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft carrier non-propulsion engineering systems including catapult steam generation, water distribution, air conditioning and refrigeration, hydraulic aircraft elevators and hangar bay doors, oxygen/nitrogen generators, steering and anchoring equipment, food service and kitchen equipment, and waste management.► Operations Manager - Weapons and OrdnanceLed 31 sailors in the operation, maintenance, and repair of ship's naval gunfire and missile launching systems, magazine fire sprinkler systems, and all small arms weapons. Program manager for supply, logistics, and inventory management of $50M dollars in weapons, ordnance, and explosives – directly accountable to the commanding officer. ► Team Lead - Naval Gun Fire SupportOfficer in Charge for 17-person cross functional Naval Gun Fire Support team. Led team through training program and multiple live fire exercises.

Active duty enlisted service as a nuclear propulsion plant operator (electrical) responsible for safe operation, maintenance, and repair of propulsion plant electrical distribution system. Cross trained in mechanical and reactor systems as applied to: steam plant propulsion, reactor operations, and engineering support systems. Completed training program ahead of peers and selected for staff instructor position. Promoted ahead of schedule and selected for competitive enlisted to officer commissioning program.