Experience

JS Solutions

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Strategy & Growth

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  As the Director of Strategy & Growth I am responsible for leading Business Development efforts within the company and assisting the CEO with the development of both short and long term goals, strategy and growth efforts within both the Defense and Commercial service offerings. Responsible for developing and coordinating strategic growth plans and identifying, developing, and qualifying business initiatives for all lines of business, both domestic and international. Responsible for the identification, capture and successful award of a prime contract position on a premier $46B ID/IQ contract, the development and award of a GSA MAS schedule, including the successful evaluation and award of the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity SINS within this schedule.Act as the principal advisor to the President and CEO on corporate functions, operations and strategy.Develop and oversee the commercial consulting areas of the company, including Cybersecurity services, business development support, capture management consulting and proposal development offerings to the small business community.Also served as the Information Assurance Manager for the corporation which included the development and implementation of compliance and security efforts to ensure compliance with all NIST SP800-171 requirements, leading to compliance with all upcoming CMMC requirements.



Pale Horse Solutions LLC

• Owner

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Pale Horse offers consulting services to include Business Development, Proposal Support and Cyber Compliance. Pale Horse offers consulting services to include Business Development, Proposal Support and Cyber Compliance.



Davidson Technologies Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager, Government Cybersecurity & Intelligence Programs

  • Jun 2018 - Feb 2021

  Served as primary Salesforce architect, maintainer and administrator. Developed all custom rules, workflows and architecture for our Salesforce Government Cloud deployment and all Einstein visualizations.As the Information Security Lead for Davidson, I am responsible for the security of the Enterprise Network, all documentation and certifications as well as for the secure design of the Davidson Cyber Framework.I serve as the lead for all documentation, accreditation and certification efforts related to NIST 800-171 compliance, DFARS 7012 and CMMC practice implementation.As all employees are in a small business, I serve in a Capture Manager/Business Development role as well, ensuring that our pipeline is filled with quality leads, seeing them through to proposal and capture. Regarded as a technical and proposal SME by my peers I regularly contribute to and lead proposal efforts for both commercial and Federal opportunities

• Cybersecurity Analyst

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

  Serve as a Cybersecurity Analyst supporting the Missile Defense Agency in multiple capacities.Architect, configure and direct maintenance of DISA mandated Host Based Security System (HBSS) , on components for Windows, Solaris, Unix and Linux systems.Research and test configurations in order to determine the best solution to meet customer goals and objectives.Perform regular/scheduled system security scans, and reports all findings and required analysis using approved DoD tools, such as ACAS and approved Tools/checklists. Investigate and troubleshoot issues; provide Tier III/other support to customer-base. Monitor MDA tactical and non-tactical systems for and ensure Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) compliance, security, and performance.Provide on-site and/or remote testing in support of FISMA and CCRIthrough certification scans.Create/maintain program security related Enterprise Change Requests for IAVA/B/T, CTOs, TASKORDs, etc.Generate and review ACAS scans to include IAV and STIG related findings, upload results to program dashboard.



KRS - Kwajalein Range Services, LLC

• Cybersecurity Technical Lead

  • Dec 2015 - Sep 2017

  Provide information security support to mission operations and daily activities within the Kwajalein Atoll. Work directly with other engineers within Information Services to support a wide range of application, file and database servers providing services within the DREN, public and SIPR networks that exist on the Reagan Test Site.Extensive work with CYBERCOM IAVA/IAVB management within our supported networks and systems to include NIPR, SIPR and various unclassified and commercial networks and systems.Review, apply and maintain STIG’s as directed by higher authorities.Perform security scans and evaluations using tools such as ACAS, Flying Squirrel and SCAPScan, analyze and audit all information systems within the Reagan Test Site environment for vulnerabilities, patches and updates and provide guidance and support to mitigate risk to threats as prescribed by commercial vendors as well as DISA and CYBERCOMEnsure integrity and availability of information as needed by analysts and operators within SMDC/ARSTRAT community



Sentar Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Computer Vulnerability Assessment Engineer

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

• Information Security Administrator

  • Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Provide support to mission operations and daily activities within the Kwajalein Atoll. Work directly with other engineers within Enterprise Services to support a wide range of application, file and database servers providing services within the DREN, public and SIPR networks that exist on the Reagan Test Site.Extensive work with CYBERCOM IAVM management within our supported networks and systems to include NIPR, SIPR and various unclassified and commercial networks and systems.Review, apply and maintain DISA STIG’s as directed by higher authorities.Perform security scans and evaluations using tools such as ACAS, HBSS and Flying SquirrelUtilize the Host Based Security System (HBSS) to maintain a positive security posture for multiple Support secure software development efforts in base wide mission support operationsAnalyze, review and provide input to senior management regarding IT operations and development practices to ensure compliance with all Army and DoD regulations and to ensure delivery of a superior product to over 1200 end users



Radiance Technologies

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead, ISR Integration

  • Apr 2005 - Apr 2013

  Led a large team of personnel providing project integration and information technology support to the worldwide C2ISR effort by both US Army and US Air Force Intelligence unitsAccomplishments:• Supervised day-to-day operations of all field personnel supporting TF ODIN and Project Liberty• Served as personnel manager of 26 field service representatives between three AOR’s• Acted as the primary liaison between Radiance and USAF customers to ensure that the ISR mission was supported as requested by the government. • Oversaw multi-year funding efforts within Radiance technologies related to my managed programs• Created labor budgets, project plans and program directives for multiple contracts valued in excess of $26 million supporting users around the globe• Helped lead the Operational Intelligence Division of Radiance Technologies to becoming the highest grossing division within the company• Worked with contacts within the ISR community to enable Radiance to create new business in such agencies as DARPA and the USAF ISR Agency

• ISR Program Support

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  Direct oversight of contractor and government integration and support efforts at multiple DCGS weapon system sites. Work directly with MAJCOM’s and COCOM’s as well as associated RSTA units to ensure that the warfighter receives the highest quality of support from both onsite and remote personnel to ensure the worldwide intelligence support mission is achieved. Serve as a focal point in the Forward PED program office to ensure that branch chiefs and product managers receive information in a timely manner and that the team is able to complete its missionAccomplishments:• Developed SOPs, maintenance procedures and processes for the world wide C2ISR integration effort utilizing FPED and DCGS that is managed by this branch• Assisted in evaluation and selection process of new hardware and software applications for the Forward PED (FPED) software suite• Oversee configuration management implementation and assist OEM vendors with implementation policy of security patches, updates, IAVA’s and STIG’s• Hold regular staff meetings with other personnel in the Program Management Office to ensure that our mission is being accomplished and that my group, Support & Sustainment, is operating at peak efficiency• Manage, coordinate and communicate with a large number of support contractors on a multitude of platforms and ISR system architectures as relates to the DCGS weapon system• Analyze, report and maintain metrics on FPED performance and reliability to all MAJCOMS and COCOMS supported

• Lead Field Service Representative

  • Dec 2008 - Mar 2010

  Led a diverse team of field representatives in Iraq and Afghanistan supporting intelligence operations throughout the AOR. Ensured the ISR mission for Task Force ODIN and Project Liberty and successfully deployed multiple ISR Fusion cells utilizing both FPED and DCGS. Accomplishments :• Received official commendation from 3rd/214th Battalion Commander, LTC John Hinck for exceptional service• Served as a lead for a team consisting of over 20 FSR’s in two AOR’s (Iraq and Afghanistan)• Maintained all SATCOM, Crypto and telecommunications networks for the battalion• Maintained and supported all tactical radio comms and associated radio over IP systems such as WAVE• Built first ARST ISR exploitation cell in OEF and brought it online ahead of schedule set by US ARMY • Deployed a complete exploitation environment for both TF ODIN and Project Liberty at multiple sites in OEF.• Acted as storage administrator for multiple sites within the Afghanistan AOR and was directly responsible for the management of over 2 petabytes of storage for intelligence units in the field using both NETAPP and EMC SAN’s• Served as liaison between the forward unit TF ODIN, PM-ACS and base command in troubleshooting, design and operations of the ARST networks and systems such as DCGS-A, Palantir, GBS and CPOF• Created policies and procedures still in use in forward environments relating to exploitation of full motion video with an exploitation cell.• Scanned all systems using tools such as WASP, RETINA and GoldDisk to ensure compliance of all applicable IA and security policies• Supported multiple Type 1 encryption devices such as TACLANE KG-175D/A, KG-250 and KG245A/D/X utilized to transport both SECRET and TS data and imagery across a joint worldwide ISR network• Acted as COMSEC Responsible Office for Task Force ODIN and was responsible for secure key management across all devices in the battalion related to the intelligence fusion cell

• Network Engineer/Systems Administrator

  • Apr 2005 - Dec 2008

  • Responsible for the Radiance corporate network supporting worldwide operations and production• Considered the lead engineer within the corporate IT environment• Served as the systems administrator for all corporate messaging systems to include Exchange 2003/2007 as well as Blackberry Enterprise Server• Managed an Active Directory forest consisting of 8 sites and over 600 distinct users in a MS Windows 2003/2008 environment• Developed group policy that was deployed company wide and brought us into compliance with both NISPOM and industry standard security practices• Preformed regular security scans using tools such as RETINA, GoldDisk and Big Brother to ensure the integrity of the corporate infrastructure• Served as systems administrator for SECRET level network within the Radiance corporate headquarters in a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment• Lead the effort to virtualize the corporate server farm and reduce operating costs utilizing VMWare• Managed all domain policies and instituted access controls for multiple geographically separated networks• Developed and instituted a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery procedure that is still in use• Ensured Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the entire corporate network• Developed global security policies for the Radiance corporate network to include both mobile and non-mobile systems, standalones and classified processing systems• Maintained a 24 x 7 on call rotation with other network engineers.



Knology

• Netherlands
• Industrial Automation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PON Technician; Network Administrator

  • Aug 1999 - Apr 2005

  • Deployed first Cable modem network to a community of 300,000• Responsible for over-arching design and stability of 1700 miles of fiber optic cable• Managed and maintained OC-48 SONET ring serving 50000 customers• Maintained a Passive Optical Network (PON) serving over 1 thousand business customers while maintaining 99.99% uptime• Maintained and provisioned multiple transport circuits from DS-0 to OC-48• Assisted in deploying a multicast video on demand system serving over 100,000 customers• Twice was awarded the “Team Player of the Quarter” award for service to the customer