Experience

Portola Systems, Inc.

• United States
• Computer Networking Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Program Manager, Senior Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  • Customer verticals = financial, local government, retail, higher education + school districts, healthcare, commercial/enterprise, NGOs, and SBEs • IT and cybersecurity consulting and project design - Scoping documentation: RFP / RFI / RFCs, SOWs and project charters, vendor contracts - Financial modeling and analysis, risk assessment - SOP design and knowledge-base (KB) articles, vendor contract and scope negotiations - Recruiting and hiring senior engineering and project management • Network redesign and migrations to Zero Trust posture via: - NAC (network access control) - BIA Scorecards (business impact analysis) - Network Design: SD WAN, network segmentation, VLAN and IP subnetting restructure - Implicit Deny (ACLs; function/port/protocol) • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - CIS Top 18 - Redundancy and high availability (RTOs and RPOs) • Notable Projects = Federally compliant DMZ redesign (NERC CIP) that included IAM and policy establishment and rollout, NAC (wired/wireless) implementation, datacenter firewall implementation and rule optimization, Layer 2 wireless design and deployments (500 APs), datacenter moves, local government SaaS and PaaS replacements + cloud migrations Show less



University of San Francisco

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior IT Project Manager, Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Reported to the CIO and several IT Directors (Cybersecurity, Technology Services, Network Infrastructure) supporting high-visibility, functionally-critical cybersecurity initiatives and services to 10,000+ users across five (5) campuses • Provided program and project management, lifecycle analysis and roadmapping, business analysis (BIA), 3rd-party contract negotiations and enforcement, and technical writing • Notable Projects and Responsibilities: - Designed and delivered a comprehensive 3-year, 15-initiative IT cybersecurity program management plan (including BIA scorecard) - Project management of a variety of network and security projects including: + Network access control (NAC) + Data center firewall migrations (x2) + Layer-2 switching upgrades at (40) IDF/MDFs + Wireless mapping, optimization and/or deployment + Cybersecurity policy hardening including: firewall rule optimization and ACLs, identity and access management (IAM), data loss prevention (DLP), multi-factor authentication/two-factor authentication (MFA/2FA), next-gen email password policy development and rollout + VPN client migration for 10,000+ users + Organizational workflow and policy creation (KB articles) Show less



Dataway

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

• Senior IT Project Manager, Sales Support

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Company: IT networking and cybersecurity consultancy (VAR) and managed services provider for Fortune 500 companies and large government and NGO groups • Project scopes = budgets: $60k-$4M; timelines: 3-months to 3-years • Notable Projects: San Francisco General Hospital Rebuild (network architecture, cybersecurity policies, security hardware, and technology rollout), San Francisco County Health Clinic WAN fiber ring upgrade, San Francisco County Health Clinic LAN refresh, AICPA SOC 2 security compliance certification for Sony Digital • Completed CompTIA Network+ Certification course at City College of San Francisco (5/2016) Show less



Aquent Talent

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Director, Corporate

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Created strategic partnerships with advertising agencies and mid-sized technology companies (target = $1M-$500M annual rev.) providing engineering, marketing, and digital creative experts • Outreach, business development, strategic partnerships, and corporate events • Responsible for market/account development and management: 100-150 concurrent clients • Created strategic partnerships with advertising agencies and mid-sized technology companies (target = $1M-$500M annual rev.) providing engineering, marketing, and digital creative experts • Outreach, business development, strategic partnerships, and corporate events • Responsible for market/account development and management: 100-150 concurrent clients



Biotech Energy of America, Inc.

• Monterey, CA

• Senior Project Manager & Business Analyst

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2012

  • Designed three (3) large-scale biotechnology projects - budgets ranging $4-$8 million USD • Recruited, hired, and led 50-person team (PHDs, academic professors, researchers, IP attorneys) and developed strategic partnerships (corporate, university, and state government) • Delivered several financially viable go-to-market technologies: ag-waste to syngas, biochar, micro/macro algal consumer bio-products, wastewater remediation, biodiesel fuel • Designed three (3) large-scale biotechnology projects - budgets ranging $4-$8 million USD • Recruited, hired, and led 50-person team (PHDs, academic professors, researchers, IP attorneys) and developed strategic partnerships (corporate, university, and state government) • Delivered several financially viable go-to-market technologies: ag-waste to syngas, biochar, micro/macro algal consumer bio-products, wastewater remediation, biodiesel fuel



Media Cannon Inc. (acquired by Velti; formerly Mobile Greetings, Inc.)

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Director of Operations, Sales Support

  • Nov 2004 - Jun 2010

  • Company: Custom software development, testing / certification, technical solutions provider, and advertising platform • Facilitation between engineering/client services, external wireless carrier networks, and Fortune 500 media brands and publishers (Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, Disney, Sony, NFL, MLB, NHL, Warner Bros, Ford Motors, Del Monte, etc.) • Led engineering and client services teams (35 staff) • Scrum/Agile management, budgeting, forecasting, risk assessment, sales support • Successfully launched 120 mobile/web/hybrid targeted advertising campaigns Show less