Experience

Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cyber Systems Engineer

  • Sep 2000 - Present

  • Delivers significant sustainable cybersecurity growth and operational resourcefulness in multiple industries. • Proven track record of notable achievement and superior results in advanced problem solving, mentoring, and innovation in ambiguous situations. • Highly experienced professional with over 20 years of broad-based Cyber Systems Security Engineering (technical and leadership) experience developing and executing winning strategies. • Exceptionally skilled at creating impressive solutions to unusual challenges for the United States DoD, DoC, NASA and NOAA customers. • Builds confidence and outstanding relationships in diverse international business environments to include United Kingdom, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan Mexico, Middle East, and Antarctica. • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) with a current Secret security clearance. • Results-centric professional collaborator with motivation to go above-and-beyond yet ethically achieving/exceeding organizational goals.

• Cyber Systems Security Engineer and Architect

  • Sep 2000 - Present

  • Highly proficient in DoD, NIST, NASA, NOAA and international cybersecurity standards, policies, and governance frameworks. • Creates Information Assurance frameworks and Security Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) establishing compliance with governing standards and policies, i.e. DoD 8500.1, NIST 800-53, and FISMA. • Develops Architectures, Data Flows, Use Cases, OpsCons, and requirement specifications for complex cyber systems. • Recognizes 'scope-creep'. Successfully communicates options to mitigate cyber risks with the in-scope controls or by communicating the baseline impacts to customers and program leadership. • Cyber Subject Mater Expert (SME) for international and domestic proposals. Creates bid models and Task Descriptions & Basis of Estimates (TDBOE) based on historical metrics and lessons learned.

• Lead Cyber Systems Engineer

  • Sep 2000 - Present

  • Leads stakeholder coordination and implementation of cyber countermeasures, ensuring mission operations while maintaining Authority to Operate (ATO). • Excellent planning and management skills, credited by management and customers for superb leadership, resulting in completing tasks ahead of schedule and under budget. • Formulates solutions for substantial technical and procedural problems, builds consensus, and manages internal and external stakeholders through solution closure. • Creates business growth by proposing opportunities to implement solutions for customer requests not within scope of the current program baseline. • Authored whitepapers on multi-level security (MLS), data loss prevention (DLP) and cross-domain solutions (CDS). • Leads teams in conducting trade studies to identify the best cyber solutions, for the company, to deliver exceptional value to our U.S. and international customers. • As a Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) business cyber department lead was selected for the IIS Basis of Estimate (BOE) Improvement Initiative, an all-encompassing Certified BOE Developer program. - Specialized Business Development Capture program offered to a minimum number of ‘the right people’. - Received extensive training to author strong, clear cost proposal justifications; in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR15.404.

• Diversity and Mentoring

  • Sep 2000 - Present

  • Champion of a hugely successful 24 month DoD Mentor Protégé Cybersecurity Program under the USAF Small Business Office. - USAF received a 38.9% return on their investment - Completed ahead of schedule, in 20 months - 30% revenue growth in protégé’s cybersecurity business, contract awards exceeded $11M - 10% growth in direct charge employees • As team builder, established the framework of a functional Security Integrated Product Team (IPT) comprised of Raytheon US and UK business and six major subcontractors. - Demonstrated strong technical skills and professionalism by working directly with all members, through strained relationships, while the program made two major design deliverables within 6 months of contract award. • Sought out by junior and senior peers to personally mentor them on technical, career, professional education, ethical, and work life balance topics.