Served directly to the FSA CISO, and previously/ upon request, to the front office, on strategic cybersecurity initiatives managing a $1.5T portfolio, executive response to emerging issues and subject matter expertise for problem identification and resolution. Led each business unit in clarifying and updating cyber responses under the authority of the FSA COO/DCOO. Accomplishments:• Guided FSA and ED’s intra and interdepartmental cybersecurity efforts with government entities such as the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Treasury and Department of State • Served as Program Director for the departmental cyber activities with +6,500 post-secondary institutions, leading to an 8,000% annualized increase in timely-self reporting as well as support to the FSA CISO for significant security role cyber goals and authentication processes• Coordinated efforts to create an education-sector-wide professionalized cyber workforce, via outreach, workshops, training development, Interagency Agreements and establishing meaningful trend analysis• Created ground-truth security by creating SharePoint 2010/2013 dashboards to inform executive and agency action leadership on the status of breach response, after actions, evidence custody and agency priority goal reporting• Crafted legislation, audit, policy, strategy, protocols, briefings and reports for Ed CIO/FSA COO offices to use in Congressional testimony

Led technical teams deploying the CipherCloud product set in customer environments in disparate verticals and migrated data and functionality into various Clouds● Engaged partner teams to ensure complete discovery of customer cloud data and operational optimization and monitoring● Clarified which encryption schemes and tokenization trees needed for the any-cloud real-time, on-the-fly, policy-based data protection● Preserved customer workflow/integration with existing legacy functionality to maintain seamless operations while enhancing cloud security controls● Ensured full discipline, vigilance and rigor to maintain on-time, on-budget customer success● Confirmation and coordination of customer key management ● Selected desired support options including esupport, standard, premium and ongoing technical enablement programs● After successful implementation, performed as a technical account manager ensuring customer success, positive adoption and responsively addressing next stepsPromoted in Sept 2014 to lead program teams deploying the CipherCloud product sets in complex multi-tier environments in: • Financial • Health Care • Content Generation • Telecom • Federal● Integrated legacy functionality data and functionality via encryption and tokenization in different cloud offerings including: • Amazon Web Service • Salesforce • Microsoft O365 • Google • Service Now • Box • Dropbox • SharePointaaS • SAP● Manage ongoing portfolio of programs and projects to ensure customer satisfaction and ongoing product success.● Lead executive communications including feature roadmaps, enhancements● Coordinate current and future product requests, enhancements between customer and product management, executive leadership● Serve as technical hands-on creator, administrator and building entire Professional Services, Educational Services, Innovation Center, Product Management and Operations Center real-time customer-collaboration dashboards for global customers in O365

Promoted from CISO in less than 1 year to Chief Technology Officer, during which I oversaw Enterprise Architecture, SOC/NOC, Security, Testing, Configuration and Release Management, Change Control, Infrastructure, and WAN operations for a large, multi-location government agency during different phases. Supervised up to 54 employees plus 7 contracts, each with 3 to 89 contractors. Administered budgets as large as $57M and assisted with multi-billion dollar programs. Managed all switch, network, firewall, and router hardware. Prepared SOWs, SOOs, PBWSs, and RFPs as well as proposal reviews to facilitate awarding of large (hundreds of millions of dollars) contracts. Served as Executive Team Lead for market analysis, customer relations, and infrastructure configuration efforts. Provided full life-cycle project and program management. Prepared executive briefings.● Reduced spending $10.2M and avoided $141M in license costs by implementing license management program.● Saved $30M and increased bandwidth from 64K to 45Mbps by leading network infrastructure improvement initiative.● Spearheaded creation of 10-year roadmap for architecture initiatives, including transition strategies and budgets.● Improved efficiency by introducing cloud computing and Sharepoint collaborative technology utilization.● Streamlined workflow by developing Sharepoint solutions for hiring, security reporting, surveys, metrics analysis, contractor support, and peer award notification processes.● Initiated critical cost reduction project involving inventory of 813 custom applications and business processes, allowing Security and Enterprise Architecture (EA) teams to catalog assets.● Led complete upgrade of 62,000 nodes to create secure network for 360 US and 70 international sites.● Ensured consistent compliance with NIST, HSPD, FEAF, CPIC, FIPS-140, IPv6, DHS, and OMB requirements.

Planned and managed large-scale projects for boutique professional services firm. Supported 12 commercial and federal clients, including Six Flags, Capital One, and Reuters Thompson. Supervised up to 15 persons per project. Administered project budgets. Oversaw testing, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, service definition, staffing, and project management functions. Assisted with technical proposal writing. Monitored compliance with regulatory requirements.● Played key role in several contract wins, including $60B joint effort for federal customer.● Improved internal efficiency by leading metrics, system establishment, QA and compliance projects.● Facilitated business development efforts by creating marketing collateral.● Increased capabilities for clients by introducing new VoIP/UC technologies and optimizing processes.

Managed all EA, infrastructure, security, and test and acceptance operations for one of government contracting firm's largest clients: Dept. of Treasury. Served as Team Lead for convergence, architecture creation, project management, customer relations, and IT security. Oversaw test plan creation and execution, system integration, and regulatory compliance. Prepared and delivered RFP responses. ● Achieved 100% funding for projects by preparing roadmaps, catalogs, presentations, and security artifact assembly.● Carried out vital technology maturity reviews and prepared position papers on security automation, C&A validation, and other critical topics.

Maintained portfolio of 58 federal and commercial customers for large systems integration firm. Administered $2.5M budget. Led EA, infrastructure, security, telephony, VoIP, testing, and technology implementation projects. Recruited and trained technical personnel. Coordinated subcontractors. Supervised 10-person team. Prepared technical proposals.● Facilitated revenue growth by participating in several successful contract wins, including serving as Key Resource on negotiation of $6B agreement.● Improved efficiency by implementing formal PMP methodologies.

Managed engineering aspects of projects for global telephony and network systems company's federal channel organization. Developed solutions for partners to bid. Facilitated wide variety of hardware implementation, configuration, testing, and upgrade projects. Supervised matrixed teams of up to 10 persons. Supported portfolio of 17 accounts. Served as technical liaison to globally-distributed partners. Prepared and delivered demonstrations. Performed RFP response, network design, and specification determination activities.● Key member of team that consistently met $1.1B annual sales goal for federal programs.● Improved efficiency by conducting regular VoIP, Security, Wireless, and Network Management trainings for staff.

Directed security assessments for banks and other commercial/federal clients in US and overseas. Coordinated VoIP field trials. Supported projects as large as $3.2M. Personally managed 50% of all security assessments. Team Lead for pre-sales support, proposal creation, project management, and customer relations. Served as liaison between Voice and Security practices regarding IPT and VoIP security measures and issues.● Enabled several successful VoIP product launches that went on to produce billions of dollars in revenue.● Chosen to direct international carrier/enterprise VoIP software trials for Cisco products.● Facilitated business development as Product Liaison to globally-distributed engineers. Provided product and code data for documentation, customer demonstrations, and security engagements.● Ensured consistent compliance with project management protocols and regulatory requirements.

Supervised 20 engineers and managed EA, infrastructure, and security projects for network and telephony hardware.● Prepared and delivered briefings and reports for CIO office to use in Congressional testimony.● Contributed to multi-million dollar contract wins through proposal writing and video script writing.● Played major role in upgrading and improving complete network infrastructures for federal agencies.

Managed 185 separate customer network requirementsBuilt sales by over 400% in Y-o-Y growthFocused on networking, security and infrastructure needs