Leads a diverse, inclusive team in the creation, delivery and execution of business-integrated security objectives and practices across sweetgreen’s entire national presence. Drives the integration of security initiatives into core business objectives which impact over four thousand sweetgreen team members and four hundred and fifty thousand sweetgreen customers. Delivers timely and consistent communications with executives and key stakeholders across the business about their owned security risk and provides expert guidance and auditable patterns to ensure general compliance with sweetgreen’s information security policies.

Yolonda Smith is a Lead Infosec Analyst with Target Corporation’s Business Information Security Office (BISO), aligned with the Digital portfolio. In this role, she provides expert security consultancy to developers, business leaders and key stakeholders to ensure that Target's web and mobile applications are designed, developed and deployed with minimal risk to Target or its guests.- Designs and applies right-sized risk management controls for over 50 products & APIs in accordance with Target’s Information Security PolicyDetermines residual risk to Target after controls have been applied; authors and manages findings against unmanaged vulnerabilities through resolution- Identifies and distills ongoing external cyber threat trends; determines applicability to existing technology stacks & derives solutions to address them as necessary- Advocates for security tooling solutions and services in coordination with technology and security partners- Creates and delivers security guidance, education and training for senior leaders and engineers to infuse security-first thinking across the organization

Focused on providing security professionals the visibility and control to identify, characterize and neutralize threats to their networked systems which drive critical business processes.Product Requirements, Roadmap, and Strategy- Owns the product strategy and the roadmap and requirements that drive it. - Collects, validates and documents product requirements with a focus on customer problems and required components to solve the problem in our products.- Infuses a market & customer first view of the problems Pwnie’s product must solve in engineering- Works with engineering to turn product strategy and roadmap into killer value for our customers and prospects- Prioritizes & communicates of product roadmap priorities and makes tradeoff decisionsPricing and Packaging- Responsible for licensing, pricing, and packaging which is aligned with our target customers, competitive positioning and value proposition- Educates the sales team, partners, and operations teams on our pricingMarket Intelligence- Acts as the internal expert on our market via continual primary (customer, prospects, etc..) and secondary (industry analysts, competitive) research.- Performs both positioning and technical competitive research on key direct and adjacent competitors to ensure we can arm sales, marketing and engineering with the information needed to kill the competition. - Product spokesperson for analyst briefings, press briefings, industry events, customer webcasts, tradeshows, etc.

• Plans, manages and executes fully integrated, market-driven product launches• Works with sales, product marketing, engineering and other cross-functional teams to drive market awareness, market leadership, and customer satisfaction• Owns messaging and the creation of high impact marketing tools including product videos, collateral, whitepapers, web content, competitive analysis, etc.• Interviews target buyers to understand their critical unmet needs and buying criteria; report actionable findings and adjust messaging accordingly• Partners closely with sales management to understand sales process and priorities• Drives Pwnie Express sales and partner enablement, training strategy and content delivery for product; builds field enablement tools and programs to meet revenue goals• Creates product and theme-based content for global campaigns• Works closely with regional solutions marketing teams on program strategy and content creation for customer webcasts, field events, conferences, and trade shows• Establish positive relationships with industry analysts and build compelling content for analyst briefings and inquiry calls• Product spokesperson for analyst briefings, press briefings, industry events, customer webcasts, tradeshows, etc.

- Providing expert guidance to the sales and engineering teams on Network and Information Security- Management of the design desk to ensure consistency & quality of network and lighting designs- Engage with Quality Assurance and Product Management to develop & execute field tests of new products and applications- As program expert on API integration, identify and engage on all well qualified opportunities requiring API integration- Ensure all Partner Training tools remain up to date for new products- Train and manage Application Engineering Co-Ops to ensure that their educational goals are met and they provide the highest quality support to the AE Team- As Application Engineer for Central and Latin America, work with the sales team to build a strategy for the region to include: identification, on-boarding and training of partners; qualification and management of opportunities

Led executive operations and tasking of 1,407-member organization. Directs communication flow, establishes standards and policies, sets priorities, assigns and tracks assignments. Selected from 74 peers for position. • Managed staffing for over 1,400 administrative staff actions, receiving 20 awards from higher headquarters.• Secured $1.8 billion weapon system program from malicious software; ensured integrity of 4,300 remotely piloted aircraft missions.• Formalized organization’s command and control policies, attaining “excellent” rating for annual inspection• Studied and captured work prioritization metrics that were adopted as standard for identifying and codifying roles for 5,000 geographically separated personnel and provided visibility for 4 star generals.• Rated as number 1 of 76 captains on annual performance report; recommended for advanced training.

Led 41-member organization with $7 million budget providing innovation, development, and fielding of cyber defense capabilities. Countered cyber threats via organic security and forensic solutions for network warfare, law enforcement, and intelligence community. • Championed cyber-attack disruption tool development, detecting malicious activity 10% faster and rendering external intrusions ineffective.• Managed $1.5 million asset configuration compliance project which was fielded on 100,000 DoD systems• Led $900,000 encryption automation tool development and secured sensitive system information, delivering customized solution to classified data leak problems ten times faster and under cost.• Innovated security review for quality assurance, decreasing remediation time by 30% and saving $2 million/year.• Rated in top third of peers on annual performance report; recommended for advanced training.• Completed Squadron Officer School and Network Warfare Training from March 2011 to July 2011; earned Academic Achievement Award (98.17% average).

Led actions to integrate cyberspace information/systems into the kinetic operations and coordinated AF's cyber operations response during operations execution. Managed and oversaw $8 million in IT equipment and assets.• Identified untapped human capital resources which bolstered cyber warfighting capabilities ten-fold and enabled a 20% increase in OEF/OIF operations• Planned first ever cyber operation to identify and neutralize adversary integrated air defense systems and provided proof of concept for Vice Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff• Three-time quarterly award winner, rated in top 20% of 164 peers on annual performance report; recommended for increased responsibility.

Supervised 13-member section responsible for establishing data collection priority, scheduling, and execution of operations. Performed analysis on collected data to determine the presence of adversarial intrusions, vulnerabilities and malware. Forward deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa as Officer in Charge, Intelligence Directorate Systems and led 7-person team in the administration, maintenance & operation of unclassified, classified, and video teleconferencing (VTC) systems• Oversaw $4.5 million in equipment and assets--kept 200 world-wide analysts in sync with US personnel in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Seychelles which directly led to the arrest of 3 terror group supporters• Managed $400,000 communications infrastructure upgrade, doubling computing bandwidth with zero mission degradation and enabling special operations forces to neutralize 20 terror threats. • Orchestrated $100,000 secure VTC equipment upgrade which served as U.S. Ambassador's communications conduit to the White House immediately following capture of Somali Pirates.• Resolved classified data security breach in less than 48 hours and restarted communications flow with Ugandan liaisons which were vital to African Union efforts in Somalia• Quarterly award winner nominated for DoD-level award, and ranked in #1 of 67 peers on annual performance report; recommended for increased responsibility.

Supervised 12-member Watch element, directing network operations, & execution of mission taskings on global stage. Responsible for comprehensive design, training, data collection priority planning, and execution of data acquisition operations. • Awarded Joint Service Achievement Medal for outstanding achievement by identifying and characterizing global proliferation of malicious software infecting removable media and computer networks. • Planned and executed 21 scheduled data collection missions and authored standard operating procedures for conducting emergency operations, assuring 100% integrity of 8 DoD classified networks.• Developed and implemented cyber warfare operations training for 19 personnel at zero cost to government• Led web-presence team in preparation for unit inspection and designed a '3-clicks-or-less' solution which was instrumental in the unit earning a 99.4% compliance rating • Ranked #1 out of 4 amongst peers, recommended for greater responsibility

Led, planned, and coordinated network operations to identify and mitigate adversarial into classified networks. Leveraged current and emerging intelligence to determine where and when adversaries would strike on USAF networks. Served as liaison to Interagency and DoD partners to deconflict actions and network operations. • Led unit's first quick-reaction team in response to data leak, defining the network threat and fielding sensors in less than 24 hours. Cut sensor deconfliction and tasking time by 75%. • Advocated for and gained legal authority from the Air Force to conduct operations in new mission area in less than one month, exceeding organization's previous standard by 66%.• Built prioritization tool to determine and triage potential for adversary activity on Air Force networks and saved unit $500,000 by not fielding sensors on non-viable hunting grounds• Ranked #1 out of 3 amongst peers, quarterly award winner, selected for cyber officer warfare training and recommended for greater responsibility

Managed executive support for over 2,500 personnel and supervised all aspects of group Air Expeditionary Force training, readiness and deployments. Tracked, researched and drafted communications to higher headquarters while ensuring effective execution of Group Commander's established standards, policies and priorities. Selected from 54 peers for position.• Led group control center operations during 11 contingencies and exercises while providing the commander with actionable intelligence to enable effective decision-making—directly contributed to arrest of terror cell members plotting to kill U.S. Military members • Managed inspection preparation activities for seven subordinate units and instituted standardized commander information board which was named as a best-practice, directly contributing to the organization's 'Excellent' rating during the inspection• Ranked #3 of 24 peers and recommended for advanced training

Led 115 people while managing $30 million in IT equipment and assets while providing daily operational direction and oversight for four diverse work centers including U.S. Postal Service mail operations. Directed acquisition and maintenance of all organization computers and network infrastructure. Ensured reliable operations of classified and unclassified networks supporting over 6.500 users while safeguarding security of over 3.500 personal computers and networks.• Directed recovery operations during organization's largest classified message incident ever, providing 2,600 non-stop corrective service hours, allowing the unit to resume operations in less than 72 hours• Led unit information portal relaunch to ensure that military members and spouses could access vital data from home, increasing user-base from 3,500 to 16,000• Excelled at initial skills training completing with an academic average of 94%