SUMMARY:

• 15+ years of success supporting and overseeing technology strategies for large, complex organizations and their partners around the world
• Visionary technology leader and consultant with international experience and record of improving processes, boosting efficiency, generating cost savings and strengthening bottom line. Confident communicator and negotiator adept at forming productive strategic partnerships and alliances.
• Recognized for pioneering cyber security practices, managing security programs, and expertise in Advanced Persistent Threats.
• CISA, CISSP, COBIT 5 and PMP certified; Expertise in NIST, SANS Top 20, FISMA, PCI DSS.
• Experienced in SSAE16 (SOC) and other financial and technical audits. Extensive public speaking experience. Member of the CISO Roundtable.

AREAS OF EMPHASIS:

• Vision, Mission & Strategic Planning
• Enterprise IT Planning / IT Roadmaps
• Mentoring, Team Building & Leadership
• IT Governance & Policy Implementation
• Risk & Compliance Management
• Business Process Automation
• Assessments and Audits
• Enterprise Security / Layered Security
• Data Loss Prevention Solutions
• Authentication & Identity Management
• Enterprise Architecture Project Management
• Sustainable Application Development
• Cloud Computing, AWS/Google Apps
• Product Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Drupal, Liferay, Google Apps, AWS, MySQL, PHP, Joomla, WordPress, Apache, Linux, Gluu, Okta, Onelogin, Salesforce, OpenSSO, Oracle, Postini, NetApp, Tripwire, BFD. APF, Cloudflare, Cloudfront, Perl, Crowdstrike, Bit9, Confer, Meraki, Smartsheet, Cognos, COBIT, BYOD, FISMA, GovCloud, FedRAMP, SSAE16, NIST 800 - 53, NIST 800-39, NIST 800-137, SANS TOP 20, Confidential, APT, SOA, SAML, Risk IT, SIEM, HIDS, IPS, IDS, SANS, PCI DSS, SOC1, SOC2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Created a 5-year plan to make Confidential a leader in the technology-for-democracy space. Visionary leadership resulted in multiple successes including Confidential ’s hugely successful ‘Demtools’ product line (Demcloud.org)
• Revamped global support services to central office and 70 country offices, improving support while capturing $1M in annual savings.
• Conceptualized and propelled implementation of integrated reporting solutions and business automation that saved organization $10M+ annually.
• Championed usage of Google Apps and oversaw migration of all Confidential offices from in-house email and storage servers to Google Apps; introduced Confidential to Salesforce, Smartsheet and other cloud-based applications that enabled company to cut annual costs by $4M.
• Envisioned and authored multiple cyber security oriented proposals, and contributed to grant wins with a total value of $1B+.
• Created a cyber threat sharing group among internet freedom-focused organizations; Presented at multiple security conferences.
• Advocated and managed implementation of industry best practice security policies and procedures for 1,300+ staff across 70 countries
• Oversaw migration of central and multiple regional offices to AWS cloud resulting in savings of over $1M per year.
• Collaborated closely with Wombat and pioneered innovative cyber security training programs in the Confidential community.
• Advocated for and implemented business continuity plan across 70 offices; modernized storage and backup solutions, and established offsite disaster recovery.
• Created a 5 year business plan to reduce operating costs and modernize proposal development; Oversaw implementation of this plan which included a revamped enterprise architecture and adoption of cloud computing. Spoke at multiple Technology events highlighting these accomplishments.
• Partnered with VMware, Dell and Google on initiatives ranging from security programs to low-cost program development. Developed and ran a highly successful Silicon Valley Outreach program. Confidential became the first democracy and rights focused Confidential to partner with tech firms on a meaningful and substantial basis under my leadership.
• Envisioned and managed development of a suite of democracy oriented tools ranging from anonymous crowd sourcing apps to complex legislative systems. These tools are now used in every Confidential program and is highlighted in all our proposals; Saved our programs over $250M across multiple programs in addition to being instrumental in winning 19 proposals to date.

Confidential

SENIOR ARCHITECT, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Confidential protection toolkit using open source tools (APF, BFD, etc) and custom Perl scripts.
• Implemented network security solutions across range of elections and similarly sensitive programs to deal with multiple threat sources, from repressive governments to unreliable QoS from vendors.
• Pioneered numerous Confidential solutions with focus on security; solutions include custom Confidential solutions using AWS load balancers, Akamai, Edgecast and Cloudflare.
• Architected and migrated systems to cloud-based solutions

Confidential

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT / ARCHITECT / SECURITY CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Optimized search results and web presence for corporate and program websites.
• Envisioned, designed and developed qualitative risk assessment application that enables continuous risk monitoring of an organization’s information and systems.
• Optimized front-end and back-end configurations and developed custom scripts to improve speed of 500+ web applications.
• Performed 500+ Linux installations and configurations, and provided Technology Services Management for several firms.
• Assisted client firms in transitioning from inefficient paper based processes to technology driven business processes.
• Conducted multiple Confidential Audits.
• Completed 100+ qualitative and quantitative risk assessments; performed risk management and compliance management, and developed unique methodology using open source software