Experience

Crisis Cleanup

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  Crisis Cleanup (crisiscleanup.org) is a free, open-source collaborative work order system that has helped organize 1.2 million volunteers from 2,600+ organizations organize themselves, helping 143,000+ disaster survivors in 225 disasters. Crisis Cleanup (crisiscleanup.org) is a free, open-source collaborative work order system that has helped organize 1.2 million volunteers from 2,600+ organizations organize themselves, helping 143,000+ disaster survivors in 225 disasters.



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 700 & Above Employee

• Colorado VOAD Representative, Area Welfare Specialist

  • May 2012 - Present

  Represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the Colorado Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD). Secretary, Mountain West VOAD; Interim Co-Chair, BoCo VOAD; Executive Committee, Larimer County VOAD. Formerly represented LDS Charities on New Jersey VOAD. Coordinated disaster response activities for Mormon Helping Hands in the state of New Jersey. • Coordinated the LDS response to the Cold Springs Fire, and many other minor disasters in several states. • Directed the LDS Hurricane Sandy Response: 30,000 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers assisted more than 3,500 families in three states, donating 300,000 hours of service. • Coordinated LDS Hurricane Irene response: 3,848 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers, thousands of people, donating 33,241 hours of service. • Directed LDS, Southern NJ Derecho Storm Response, June 2012: Nearly 700 Mormon Helping Hands volunteers assisted more than 300 seniors remove downed trees, donating 4,859 hours of service. Show less



Liberty Coalition

• Public Policy Offices

• Privacy Director

  • May 2007 - Present

  • Testified as an expert before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government affairs concerning the Constitutionality of S.1317 - Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, and S.2820 - PROTECT Act of 2009. Testified opposite New York Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Lautenberg, the NYPD, LAPD, GAO, and DoJ. I won. • Developed NationalIDWatch.org, a free public service documenting more than 1 million occurrences of personal information breach, empowering consumers to know exactly what personal information was exposed, how, how long, by whom, and how to contact those responsible. • Developed Privacy Commons: A national framework for creating complete, informative, enforceable, and easy to adopt privacy policies. • Coached dozens of organizations on how to improve security and privacy practices, and compliance with legal privacy requirements such as FERPA, HIPAA, GLB Act, and Breach Laws. • Participated in the Privacy Coalition, a nonpartisan coalition of more than 40 consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations. • Participated in the Kantara Privacy and Public Policy Work Group (P3WG), the working group on information sharing, and the User Managed Access Work Group. • Participated in the Identity Commons Stewards Working Group (identitycommons.org), working to establish an interoperable identity trust framework online. • Participated on the ANSI Virtual TAG for ISO Technical Management Board, Task Force/ Privacy. • Quoted by national media in more than 200 print and TV news stories across the country, including the Associated Press, Forbes, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Show less



Mountain West VOAD

• WA, OR, ID, MT, ND, SD, CO, WY, UT, NV, NE

• President

  • Apr 2015 - Jul 2023

  The mission of the Mountain West VOAD (MWVOAD) is to build community strength, collaboration, and resilience throughout the disaster cycle; promote implementation of lessons learned from past experience of Participants; facilitate agile and effective response to human needs arising from disasters; and strengthen and help VOAD Members and Member VOAD Chapters perform their individual missions, assist survivors, and help one another more easily across state borders by: • Building and strengthening the capacity of VOAD members. • Highlighting accomplishments of individual VOAD members and Member VOAD Chapters. • Advocating for disaster relief, preparedness, response, and recovery operations that are consistent with the values of the VOAD Movement, and National VOAD. • Promoting the 4Cs of disaster recovery (cooperation, communication, collaboration, and coordination) with colleagues across state borders. • Providing a forum for Participants to discuss and address issues arising from the “fifth silent C:” Competition among Participants. • Empowering members with the 4Rs of disaster recovery (Relationships, Resources, Roles, and Responsibilities) across state borders. • Fostering relationships with other disaster-related industries, including emergency management, local governmental agencies, community, faith-based organizations, businesses and nonprofit organizations to encourage effective relief to disaster survivors. • Actively seeking to provide resources and benefits to members that would be difficult for any single member to obtain on their own. • Actively seeking to help members to identify and craft their roles within the larger VOAD community. • Actively supporting efforts of members to assume disaster relief and recovery responsibilities, as a part of coordinated coalition. Show less



Visionlink Software & Consulting

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Disaster Product Owner

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

  • Developed a capability matrix that drives collaboration and communication in times of disaster. • Designed a popular trusted relationship directory for voluntary disaster relief agencies to improve inter-organizational relationships. • Managed development of Community Responder, a collaborative disaster case management system. • Generated a $345,000 contract with the City of Houston to improve Crisis Cleanup. • Managed the development of Timoun, an open source resource map for children's services in Haiti, resulting in better access to social services for Haitian orphans. Show less



Identity Finder, LLC/ Spirion

• General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer

  • Dec 2010 - Aug 2014

  • Managed legal and financial risk exceeding $50M, resulting in readying the company for seamless acquisition in late 2014.• Directed all marketing and press activities, resulting in more than 100 citations in national and industry news articles, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Forbes.• Assisted hundreds of companies to find and remediate breaches of sensitive personal information.• Authored several whitepapers and studies as sales collateral, resulting in improved sales.• Co-authored Data Classification for Dummies, resulting in improved marketing.• Performed all contract review, licensing, and legal review of partnership agreements. As a result, • Directed all video and media production.• Presented at national conferences on security and privacy as a recognized subject matter expert, almost monthly.• Served as Privacy and Civil Liberties representative to the Management Council of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG).• Participated as a voting member of the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) Steering Group• Educated staff on privacy, regulatory, security, and compliance issues, resulting in a substantial decrease in errors and risk. Show less

• Privacy & Civil Liberties Rep. on Management Council

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2013

  The Management Council of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the IDESG and development of the Identity Ecosystem as envisioned in the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Members of the Management Council are elected from among various stakeholder categories. I was elected to represent Privacy and Civil Liberties interests within the IDESG.



Innovative Internet Messaging Solutions

• Falls Church, Virginia

• Co-Founder, Counsel

  • Apr 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Managed the development of reverserobocall.com, which allowed citizens to send recorded messages to thousands of politicians, companies, and lobbyists about subjects that matter most to them. • Promoted reverserobocall.com in the national press, resulting in endorsement by Craigslist and dozens of articles. • Delivered more than 20,000 citizen robocalls to politicians. • Managed the development of reverserobocall.com, which allowed citizens to send recorded messages to thousands of politicians, companies, and lobbyists about subjects that matter most to them. • Promoted reverserobocall.com in the national press, resulting in endorsement by Craigslist and dozens of articles. • Delivered more than 20,000 citizen robocalls to politicians.



Say Mondo, LLC

• Fort Washington, Maryland

• Owner

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Programmed saymondo.com, which allowed non-native English speakers to type custom text and receive an MP3 file recorded by a native English speaker. • Promoted Say Mondo in several media. • Say Mondo is a customized English Pronunciation tutor. Type your custom text, and get an MP3 recorded by a native English speaker. Listen, practice, and improve English pronunciation. • Programmed saymondo.com, which allowed non-native English speakers to type custom text and receive an MP3 file recorded by a native English speaker. • Promoted Say Mondo in several media. • Say Mondo is a customized English Pronunciation tutor. Type your custom text, and get an MP3 recorded by a native English speaker. Listen, practice, and improve English pronunciation.



J.C. Neu and Associates

• Maryand and New Jersey

• Attorney

  • Feb 2009 - Jun 2010

  Boutique law firm specializing in representing technology companies in a variety of matters. • Practiced Privacy, Internet, and Technology law. Serviced a range of clients including technology startup companies and corporations worth $5-$25 million. • Drafted privacy policies, security policies, non-disclosure agreements, employee termination and discipline policies, employee manuals, employment agreements, loan agreements, promissory notes, amendments to Federal legislation, IP assignment agreements, independent contractor agreements, master services agreements, phantom stock agreements, stock warrants, restricted stock purchase agreements, commission agreements, partnership agreements, and operating agreements. • Co-arbitrated employment dispute. • Presented monthly legal education seminars to Washington, DC technology groups. Show less



National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Technical Program Manager

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2009

  • Directed and coordinated development of more than a dozen national electrical industry standards. • Served as a liaison and Secretary for several ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and the International Standards Organization (ISO). • Directed and coordinated development of more than a dozen national electrical industry standards. • Served as a liaison and Secretary for several ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) including the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and the International Standards Organization (ISO).



Maryland Coalition Against Pornography

• Maryland

• Spokesperson

  • May 2006 - Aug 2009

  Interface with news media, host pornography panel discussions, and testify before the Maryland General Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of anti-pornography legislation. Interface with news media, host pornography panel discussions, and testify before the Maryland General Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of anti-pornography legislation.



Construction Specifications Institute

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Program Manager

  • Oct 2004 - Aug 2008

  • Managed business development and technical architecture of the International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD), an international construction object database. • Managed Federal Interagency asset classification initiative involving the General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA). • Chaired the National CAD Standard Business Management Group, and actively managed and participated on 15+ national industry volunteer task teams, committees, and working groups which write construction industry standards. • Negotiated dozens of business agreements, including a major Memorandum of Agreement among CSI, American Institute of Architects (AIA), and National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to produce the National CAD Standard. Also negotiated agreements with the world's second largest producer of Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) software, and other alliance partners. • Presented on emerging industry issues such as Building Information Modeling. • Created and managed the CSI AudioCast, four podcast series including "How Not to Screw Up," bimWITS, and the CSI Construction Minute. More than 500,000 downloads, and nominated for a national award. Delivered the podcast on a tight budget and short timeframe. • Managed development of several websites, including www.masterformat.com, www.greenformat.com, www.omniclass.org, www.csinet.org. Show less