SUMMARY:

• Eugene has more than 20 years of experience in Cyber Security and Program Management consultant experience. He specializes in enterprise information technology, cyber security, risk analysis, and IT program management through all control gates.
• Experience managing conflict, escalations, negotiating compromise and influencing others and problem solving.
• Highly proficient in assessing systems using NIST and/or DISA STIGs and SRGs. Has analyzed and escalated reports security risks. Leveraged NIST standards, ISO - 2700, 27005 etc. series standardization.
• Has implemented, updated or developed program dependent documentation required for robust cyber program.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Cyber Engineer and Lead IT consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership, management, direction, or development and advocacy so the organization may effectively conduct information security work.
• Establishes, monitors and controls schedules.
• Plans, organizes and manages work of program IT tasks and support staff. Directs business development and project management activities for the cyber security program.
• Identifies risks and performs risk analysis on project and program delivery and implements solutions to mitigate risks.

Confidential

Information Systems Security Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked on assessing systems using NIST and/or DISA STIGs and SRGs.
• Leader among IT staff in the management of day-to-day cyber implementation activities.
• Serves as the principal advisor to the information system owner on all matters (technical and otherwise) involving the security of the information system.
• Creates and maintains information system documentation and artifacts ensuring the certification and accreditation of system remains intact throughout the system’s Authority to Operate lifecycle.

Confidential

Managing Partner & Senior IT Cyber Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Full Life Cycle “cradle to grave” Program Management, Leading large and small teams
• Present Cloud Security Implementation solutions for multiple Agency programs to include Cloud Security Controls, Cloud Security Documentation, and Implementation Planning.
• Implemented NIST, FISMA and ISO/IEC 2700 series standards
• Led executive decision authority across IT and business clients to ensure alignment regarding technical security standard including update and author SSP plans.
• Ability to simultaneously handle large or small complex projects and programs while reporting directly to mid and senior executives.
• Oversee the implementation and integration of SIEM tools across multiple Federal and corporate arenas (technical requirement’s digestion)
• Implemented Guidelines for Network Security, Security and Incident Management, and Security governance

Confidential, INC

Principal Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Primary duties include leading and directing multi-million-dollar agency assets on the management, procurement and deployment of CONUS and OCONUS IT programs. Ensure capabilities are designed, produced, and deployed within scope, on time and within budget. Produced and authored risk reporting reports for government executives (SES) based on Key performance Parameters (KPP’s) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
• Drafted and reported risk management reports to governing bodies based off qualitative, quantitative analysis, and analytics. Produce consolidated reports on the risk profile, key risks, emerging risks and internal control environment for the relevant Committee / Board(s) and assist with the preparation and / or review of summary risk reports for the relevant Committees and Board(s).
• Demonstrated working knowledge of project management PMBOK methodology and SDLC and basic knowledge of program management. Responsible for all aspects of cost management, including estimating, funding, budgeting, forecasting, controlling, and reporting.
• Manage invoices, purchase orders and contracts statements of work.
• Established and executed complex project plans, meeting facilitation, presentation and delivery
• Worked with product/project owner to ensure scope is explicitly defined and documented and maintains integrity of scope. Proactively improves the project timeline through schedule management and progress tracking of schedule and budget. Ensures project is delivered within approved budget, schedule, contingency and meets quality standards
• Oversaw the development, execution, and deployment of corner stone program level documents, to include Project Management Plans, Strategic Plans, Procurement Management Plans, Project Schedules, Operational Requirement’s Documents, Cost Management Plans, and other high-level program documents.
• Ensured all programs funded under the CFO, clearly define the expected technology programs to include strategic direction, execution strategy, targeted customers, engagement plan, and anticipated growth estimates.

Confidential

Senior Principal Program Branch Chief

Responsibilities:

• Received and deployed customer request to manage, engineer, and deploy cloud solutions, and developed disaster recovery artifacts to support cloud implementation.
• Managed redundant network communication feeds in support of cloud implementations for federal customer
• Managed cloud implementation through lifecycle development stages and directed technical and artifact deliverables through multiple control gates (ex. RRB, CAB, etc.) and developmental milestones.
• Perform enterprise wide horizontal integration planning and interfaces to other functional systems. Plan and supervises multiple projects and/or task orders involving complex information systems software development.
• Led executive decision authority across IT and business clients to ensure alignment regarding technical security standard including update and author SSP plans. Developed and improved financial strategies and resource budgets for project management office (PMO) and client operations.
• Tracks progress of projects and programs against goals, objectives, timelines, and budgets. Generates reports on project status. Monitors expenses to ensure they fall within the prescribed budget.
• Leadership in the development of integrated master schedule, estimates to complete, earned value management, financial forecasting, risk mitigation plans. Facilitate and support business process modeling sessions that will be conducted with user representatives and stakeholders. This support includes documenting, supporting, and managing the “To Be” process and (or) customer capability.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Director of Testing and Evaluation

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the T&E of COTS. GOTS products over spiral, and waterfall release methodologies.
• Analyzed and escalated reports security risks. Leveraged NIST standards, ISO -2700, 27005 etc. series standardization.
• Spearheaded Vulnerability Identification, Threat Identification and Risk Assessment reports via Nessus/Gold Disk.
• Strong experience analyzing firewall logs and investigating security events, primarily SIEM tools (Arc sight)
• Translated complex technical needs (CONOPS) and information into functional language using KPP’s and SRD’s between client and PMO needs.
• Authored the TEMP and oversaw execution
• Provided “end to end” Requirement Tracking and Traceability (Requirements traceability Matrix.
• Master in requirements development, system integration and testing, CONOPS development.
• Oversaw cyber security document requirements to ensure they are actionable, measurable, testable, traceable and directly related to business needs or opportunities of the government
• Directed NCSD test organization functions including the approval of overall test and operational project plans, budgets, and technologies scheduled for deployment into the DHS enterprise.
• Established and implemented short- and long-term strategies to deliver operational architecture within reasonable schedules and budgets.
• Established and communicated goals and objectives, test methodologies, tasks, and activities, and assigned responsibilities to personnel.
• Disseminated clear communications to help ensure overall coordination for DHS stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Led executive decision authority across IT and business clients to ensure alignment regarding technical security standard including update and author SSP plans.

Confidential

Senior Cyber Security Consulting

Responsibilities:

• Cyber threat detection, vulnerability and Firewall analysis and improvement early warning, and incident response engineering
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for network security design and securing Arc Sight architectures; secure electronic data traffic, network security, information security and privacy, risk management and vulnerability analysis of various security technologies and information technology security research.
• Responsible for documenting business processes and flows, working with internal and external system users to understand business needs, supporting external users as they use the current systems and documenting business requirements to determine current and future cyber threats.
• Implementing NIST and SP security guideline
• Implement and manage Nessus/Gold Disk vulnerability scans.
• Implemented Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) for agency and DOD systems

Confidential, McLean, VA

Senior Systems Engineer Transition Lead

Responsibilities:

• Drafts or reviews draft Requests for Proposals or Information (RFPs, RFIs) and evaluates responses and recommends vendor selection. Advise government on cyber security posture and recommend proactive mitigations steps
• Provide expert advice on de-facto standard architecture design, architecture configuration, and system availability implementation. Developed DHS critical systems contingency planning, disaster recovery plans, and scheduled periodic testing standards according to security policy requirements.
• Advised government officials; implemented network and server hardening principles to include network and server security. Recommend configuration changes to improve performance, usability, and value of cyber analysis tools.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Senior Consultant/ Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented cryptographic concepts: symmetric/asymmetric cryptography, secure hash, and digital signatures.
• Developed and engineered classified cryptographic machines for end user deployment.
• Managed multiple agency systems and installed services to include the hardware and design, data centers, networks, ports, load balancers. Configure all devices in accordance with proprietary agency controls, best practices and DISA STIGs. Coordinate efforts with Cyber/Information Assurance personnel and specialize in drafting up Configuration Change Requests for the Configuration Control Board (CCB)
• Develop detailed security impact analysis to address security gaps utilizing gold disk, as well as installation, transition testing and configuration management. Provide multiple technical supports to include tier II & III and managing disaster recovery operations, tertiary operations as well day-to-day operations.
• Plan and manage implement LAN & WAN infrastructure to meet user's needs.
• Brief senior leaders on the status of the project on a routine basis, ensuring that senior leadership can make appropriate decisions on the plan and implementation scheme, as required.

Confidential, Virginia

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configure custom systems and for field employees; and ensured network connectivity and installed and tested hardware and software.
• Created a systematic method that improved system processing time from one-month deficit to within several hours.
• Manage LAN connectivity within infrastructure

Confidential

Major Accomplishments

Responsibilities:

• Led Fortune 500 technical insertion team to successfully procure a 1.6 billion Cyber Space Contract which has been rolled out across more than 100 civilian federal networks. Program acts as a next-generation firewall, blocking known threat vectors at the ISP level and detecting anomalous traffic. led 120 + personnel including 7 senior project managers to simultaneously manage complex projects within scope, and time. Streamlined broken process and bridged cross functional gaps across sister organizations.
• Helped to Engineer and manage deployment of DHS EINSTEIN Program, an enterprise wide robust enterprise that detects and blocks cyber-attacks from compromising federal agencies as well as provide situational awareness to use threat information detected in one agency to protect the rest of the government and to help the private sector protect assets. Promoted to acting Director of T&E for DHS (GS14) to ensure the development of ORD, Strategic Development Plans, Disaster Recovery Plans, Risk Mitigation Planning, SSP in accordance with NIST and ISO 2700 nomenclature and successfully applied PMBOK project management principles while at Confidential,