IHE Program Lead

• Oct 2021 - Present

Program Manager / Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager

• May 2019 - Jan 2022

• Promoted from Lead Cyber Security Watch Officer. • Provide project management for cyber security government contracts for Health and Human Services (HHS) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). • Contribute to contract negotiations. • Proven ability to successfully manage a team of 25 security analysts, providing delegation of duties, performance evaluations, leadership and guidance. • Ensure team continuously produces high-quality deliverables on time, within budget and meet contractual obligations and requirements with Stakeholders. • Communicate effectively with Stakeholders providing status updates, all critical incidents and present remediation for such combat threats including the best implementation and execution of processes and achievement of business objectives. • Hold weekly leadership team meetings to proactively monitor program performance and assess deliverables as well as support knowledge management and dissemination of project learnings. • Coordinate and delegate the updating of existing program documentation. • Manage and monitor SOC daily operations. • Work with SOC Team to update existing workflows including standard operating procedures (SOP’s), playbooks and job aids. • Responsible for hiring new analysts and creating work schedules. • Member of Jacob’s Leadership Cohort program. • Member of Project Management Institute. Show less

Lead Cyber Security Incident Response Coordinator

• Aug 2012 - May 2019

• Promoted from Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Lead / Manager. • Provide supervision, mentorship, and training for analysts on CSOC's contract. • Monitor CSOC Team's daily operations and provide updates to leadership including Cyber Security Director, Deputy Director and Program Manager. • Collaborate with other FDIC divisions including Red Team, Vulnerability Management Team, Division of Information Technology and Network Operations Center. • Meet with Stakeholders to convey critical incidents affecting its environment and present solutions for remediation to prevent threats to daily operations. • Lead coordination of projects and collaborations, both between internal teams and other external cyber organizations. • Identified common cyber threats and enhanced existing procedural workflows, thus improving operations and management therein. • Developed and effectively communicated network usage, security policies and standards to all users. Show less