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• Serve as Critical Infrastructure Protection lead and advisor for technical solutions to adhere to federal reliability standards in OT/ICS environments. • Interface with key cross-functional teams to identify, document, remediate and enhance system security, potential risks, vulnerabilities, system accounts, authentication systems, and other cybersecurity components. • Design, implement, and advise of solutions for security patch change management, cyber asset baseline management, vulnerability assessment, and security control validation to ensure system security and operational continuity.• Develop, edit, and review technical procedures, policies, standards, and job aides to meet regulatory requirements for Critical Infrastructure Protection.• Establish and maintain security for ICS/SCADA environments, transient, and substation cyber assets. • Contribute to OT/IT SCADA Technical Advisory Group.• Participate in the planning of cybersecurity incident response testing and operational exercises.• Develop, review, and negotiate technical vendor contracts in accordance with organization policies and procedures. Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on contractual matters. • Train incumbent personnel to competency.

• Serve on leadership board to assist with strategic planning of multi-award winning organization.• Support local efforts to advance the presence of women in cybersecurity in the San Diego area and beyond. • Cultivate existing relationships with community members and vendors with the goal of ensuring resources and access to services. • Set and track program goals, progress, and performance according to the strategic objectives of the organization.• Speak on behalf of organization at community/marketing events, meetings, webinars, and industry conferences to promote organizational goals.• Create and develop outreach/youth impact program.• Lead regional cybersecurity badge program in partnership with the Girls Scouts.

San Diego, California, United States

• Advocate for the Women in Cybersecurity San Diego Affiliate in social media spaces. • Engage in dialogues and answer questions to grow the WiCyS presence on community sites. • Contribute to the development of campaigns designed to attract new and diverse audiences. • Attend monthly meetings to plan and execute social media posts and organizational strategies to advance the presence of women in cybersecurity.

San Diego County, California, United States

• Developed and implemented security policies, procedures, and standards to mitigate identified risks and ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards for critical infrastructure protection in the electric utility sector. • Maintained information security policy requirements, standards and guidelines, operation procedures and controls.• Identify, validate and document substation asset classifications. Maintain substation asset tracking systems and databases, oversee credential management system.• Deploy security patches and updates with regulatory considerations for Transient Cyber Assets.• Assess and perform change control testing and documentation for planned and unplanned outages, or changes which impact systems and/or the operation of critical assets.• Manage technical processes across cross functional departments, including IT, Regulatory Affairs, HR, Corporate Security and Legal.• Maintain accurate Asset Register records and digitized inventory system of record procedure for over 6500 cyber assets.

• Monitor operational support systems from Network & Security Operations Center to identify service-impacting events for Next Generation 911 operations.• Protect mission-critical network infrastructure of Public Safety Access Points from cyber attacks and threats.• Implement solutions for Windows Desktops, Windows Servers, Linux Servers, Out of Band Management Solutions and networking devices.• Advanced network monitoring, endpoint security, patch installation/management, and virus protection to address vulnerabilities and avoid network disruption.• Disaster recovery of critical incidents and escalation to Network and Security Management to facilitate governmental reporting requirements. • Administering CRM and monitoring solutions to manage IT assets.• Analyzed endpoint application data of managed assets to address network vulnerabilities, minimizing network disruption and service downtime.• Train onboarding Tier 1 staff

• Create and manage a queue of Incident and Service Request tickets with troubleshooting documentation.• Monitoring and reporting any issues with critical environmental, networking, security, and server systems.• Communicating and working with team members to coordinate efforts to support customers.• Escalate incidents as required by provided Standard Operating Procedures.

• Build & enhance relationships with suppliers, vendors, & customers to cultivate retention & growth opportunities.• Collect data using digital acquisition tools, quality control, program/manage database, manage logs, data entry.• Create reports to provide performance metrics to upper management for customer support functions.• Review & migrate legacy reports into new, centralized reporting database to meet procedural compliance standards.• Produce weekly operational reports to executive management, prepare materials and agendas for meetings.

• Forensic analysis, comparisons, evaluations, and verifications of physical and digital latent fingerprint evidence collected to support investigations of high-profile crime scenes.• Produce analytic written deliverables on technical investigations for evidence documentation and courtroom trial purposes. • AFIS, IAFIS, IDENT, AFIX, automated database entries and queries.• Prepare analytical laboratory service reports and conduct technical/administrative reviews.• Evidence acquisition procedures (collection/storage/packaging/submission) with strict adherence to regulatory standards and forensic chain of custody protocols. • Collect major case prints, including post-mortem recovery through conventional, chemical, and digital means.• Prepare digital presentations and serve as expert witness in court on all phases of forensic analysis.• CVPD Live Scan Administrator • Create and lead regional Live Scan digital fingerprint collection policies and procedures and facilitate training to law enforcement personnel for the County of San Diego.• Configuring equipment for regional LiveScan fingerprint capture systems.• Lead internal audits for Crime Scene Investigation and Latent Print processing units to meet regulatory standards for the American Society of Crime Lab Directors.• Launched 1st barcoded DNA/Live Scan submission from California for inclusion in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS) database following the implementation of Prop 69.

• First responder to major crime scenes and medicolegal autopsies for the documentation, collection, preservation, and transport of evidence without contamination.• Forensic evidence analysis and biometric queries (AFIS, IAFIS, AFIX, IDENT) using manual and digital methodologies.• Locate/develop/preserve latent fingerprints using sequential processing & photographic techniques (visual, physical, chemical, digital, optical, laser and alternative light sources).• Latent print analysis, comparisons, exclusions, and verifications using all three levels of identification.• Collect major case fingerprint/palmprint/footprint recordings to include post-mortem recovery.• Crime scene photography• Report writing, technical/administrative reviews of laboratory service reports.• Serve as expert witness in court on all phases of forensic acquisition and analysis of evidence collected from major crime scenes and medicolegal autopsies.• Project lead for the validation studies and implementation of ten new fingerprint reagents.• Directing technical staff with reagent preparation and evidence processing.• Technical training to onboard new employees.• Biological sampling• Electrostatic Detection Device indented handwriting collection.

• Vetted for federal Secret security clearance on high-priority matters pertaining to national defense• Examination of criminal biographical and biometric data to assess and identify potential threats to the United States• Monitor system data and update event logs for U.S. Border Patrol inquiries• Produce technical reports & ad-hoc briefs for an accurate depiction of immigration entry landscape• Respond to radios and multi-channel communications• Update information management systems as required

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Associate Of Science - As, Cybersecurity

Activities and Societies: National Dean's List Honoree, Phi Theta Kappa

Associate Of Science - As, Forensic Technology

Activities and Societies: National Dean's List Honoree, Phi Theta Kappa

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology/Administration Of Justice

Certificate, Desktop Support Technician Ii

Security Essentials, Network Technician, Cybersecurity