SUMMARY:

• I have over 20 years of experience in IT industry. For the past 10 years I developed, implemented, and managed information and infrastructure security solutions. My previous employers include IBM, HP and Unisys. I currently hold CISSP . In the past, I held CISA, COBIT, ITIL, HIPPA and PMP s. I also hold numerous product s from IBM Tivoli and HP ArcSight.
• I provided leadership role in security projects that included identity and access management, threat and vulnerability management programs, application security, cyber security, and access role engineering. The verticals comprised of banking, insurance, energy, transportation and government.
• I developed numerous proposals and worked with pre - sales work in the security space. I delivered assessments of as-is and to-be security environments, and specified the security controls and the risks involved. I used NIST Risk Assessment Process. I was part of the architecture governing and steering teams that developed security policies. I worked with architects of other domains of Enterprise Architecture such as data, application and infrastructure. I used standards such as FISMA, SOX, COBIT, NIST, PCI, NERC, and ISO 27001.
• I am knowledgeable in SIEM processes comprising of log sources, log collection, parsing, normalization, rule development, correlation, log storage, monitoring and incident management. I have good background on commercial SIEM products HP ArcSight and IBM QRadar. I am capable of integrating these products with other security components such as IDS, IPS, AV, next generation firewalls, malware protection systems, and vulnerability and application scanners. I have good ArcSight deployment skills related to its Manager, Smart Connectors and Flex Connectors.
• I have entrepreneurial experience through founding two companies in the fields of IT services and smart grid security. I managed 2-year multi-million dollar contract in High Performance Computing from US DARPA Agency during this period.
• I communicated with C-level executives and executed projects using globally distributed teams and cross-functional groups. I am a polyglot with a wide exposure to European, Asian and Latin American languages and cultures. I have basic understanding of Spanish and Portuguese. I hold multiple graduate degrees including an MBA in High Technology Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Cyber security Architect

Responsibilities:

• Focusing on architecting cyber security solutions for the smart grid deployments at Confidential . The solutions comprise of integrating AMI infrastructure, Silver Spring Network, HP ArcSight, SourceFire and Oracle Utilities technologies. These solutions are deployed as part of Confidential ’s newly inaugurated Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC).
• Lead architect from Confidential side to work with HP consultants to deploy HP ArcSight V6.0 ESM solution. Knowledgeable in key HP ArcSight ESM features including ArcSight Console, Management Console, ArcSight Web, Manager, SmartConnectors, CORR engine, Dashboards, Data Monitors, Query Viewers, Active Channels, trends, rules, filters, and reports.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr Technology Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected security solutions in the Enterprise Security and Risk management group
• Designed and developed Identity management systems for clients from energy, utilities, and finance sector clients
• Architected Role Engineering solutions to the customers based on the risk management process of identifying, assessing, prioritizing and mitigating the risks.
• Team member for Infosys’s proposal and business development teams.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Founder

Responsibilities:

• Member of NIST Cyber Security standards development team for Smart Grids as part of Smart Grid Interoperability Panel. Nominated to be the lead for several NIST Cyber Security subgroups.
• Interacted with SGIP team who developed the Smart Grid Architecture. Contributed to the NIST Cyber security work group in smart grid security controls using NIST Risk Management Frame Work.
• Developed a market research report on Cyber Security of Smart Grids to a client. During this process, interviewed the executives and managers at utility companies and their vendors.

Confidential

Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager and security architect at a large Federal agency. Managed a group of IBM consultants operating their security infrastructure. Supervised the tasks to secure their applications using Access Manager, WebSphere, Federated Identity Manager, and secure web services architecture.
• Member of Information Security Advisor team for the Ameriprise account. Worked with the IBM security delivery teams and client information security teams in the areas of security compliance management, threat monitoring, risk management and IBM security standards.
• Participated in Ameriprise’s Threat and vulnerability management program performing asset inventory, threat and vulnerability analysis, and vulnerability management.
• Participated in IBM’s proposal efforts to its clients. Leadership role in developing $1 Billion worth of proposal effort to the FEMA in the area application development and security.
• Developed security solutions related to North American Reliability Corp - Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system security requirements.
• Developed Service-Oriented Architecture skills related to SOA life cycle, architecture and scenarios. Completed the IBM SOA requirements.
• Delivered a strategy and change project deliverable at a Japanese transportation and logistics firm. Performed a gap analysis and risk assessment in view of ITIL standards.
• European assignment experience with one of the largest national banks. It is a 2-year business transformation project at the bank and its goal is to move the bank’s IT platform to web services environment with multiple work streams.
• Designed and evaluated the controls and remedial gaps related to IT domains and processes to verify the compliance with COBIT control objectives. Assessed the effectiveness of SOX controls.

Confidential

Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the security configuration of the FAA invoice comparison system and developed a plan to install the IBM TAM components.

Confidential

Process Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Architected the datacenter security process flow for a federal agency

Confidential

Technical consultant

Responsibilities:

• Consulted on infrastructure projects using IBM Tivoli and On Demand products. Worked with their technical teams to execute the IT projects at their customer sites.

Confidential

Founder & projects engagement and delivery manager

Responsibilities:

• Founded and operated a Professional IT services firm, (10 years ) that has operated in the horizontal markets of e-business, security, client server, legacy systems, databases, workflow, web services, business intelligence, and application integration; and the vertical markets - Pharma, Dept of Defense, insurance, finance, government, and .
• Delivered engagement proposals to key decision makers including CIOs, CTOs and Sr managers. Interacted with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, eng, and finance.
• Managed the 2-year DARPA SBIR Phase 1 and Phase 2 contract.
• Developed and delivered a business process flow and performance modeling system. Marketed the system to various Federal agencies and firms.

Confidential

Project Supervisor and systems architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed CAD software strategies for the design of Alpha machines. Designed the SMP Machines using Alpha chips. Comparison designs with HP PA-Risc technology.
• Managed the HP Product Life Cycle of Vax models.
• Supervised teams of software engineers to develop VAX system configuration tools
• Architected the data center configurations for the company’s clustering and operating systems.

Confidential

Software engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the corporate research and development department. Interacted with the development and production teams. Participated in developing marketing plans and proposals.
• Designed VLSI chips by using CAD software related to the design tasks layout, placement, routing, logic design, simulation and testing.
• Worked with the architects who designed Unisys mainframe systems to promote the developed software. Developed scripts to automate the software development tasks.