Recent responsibilities include the development and ongoing maintenance of consolidated roadmaps of IT Enterprise projects for LOBs/portfolios, including supporting portfolio review at IPT (Integrated Product Team) level and representation at stakeholder meetings and other leadership forums.

·   Provide IT Enterprise Architecture modeling expertise leveraging knowledge of the COBIT, TOGAF, DoDAF and NIST SP 800 subseries Cybersecurity and Risk Management Frameworks.

·   Work collaboratively with the Software, Hardware, Application and Infrastructure Teams, CIO/CISO, PMOs, Vendors/Procurement and IT Portfolio Management to maintain the pipeline of incoming demand, integrated roadmap of prioritized opportunities, QA and project delivery.

·   Lead and support the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) including incident handling, analysis, response along with forensic investigation.

·   Provide business process analysis and management (BPA/BPM).

·   Develop and monitor Risk Mitigation strategies and lead Information Security/Cyber Security, Business Continuity (BCP)/Disaster Recovery (DRP) Planning and IT Security Audit teams to provide direction on usage of the guidelines and/or regulations, maintaining flexibility to accommodate changing needs and threats.

·   Liaison with Senior Leadership (CEO, CIO, CFO, CISO, etc.), Application Teams, PMO, Portfolio Management, Finance and other business process owners and stakeholders to support IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities.

·   Responsible for decision support working with the Services Delivery teams, Application Support Teams, and PMOs for identifying and tracking key metrics, producing monthly dashboards, and analyzing overall performance, both operational and financial.

·   Develop key artifacts, templates and procedures to support the annual IT Strategic Planning cycle per IT standards and regulatory governance requirements.

·   Coach, mentor and train on practices, standards, processes, procedures and frameworks.

IBM  Nov 2014 – Present

Senior Consultant - U.S. Army Logistics Modernization Program (LMP)

The LMP is one of the world's largest enterprises incorporating a fully integrated Supply Chain Management (SCM) system, Decision Support (DS), Acquisition & Distribution (A&D), Industrial Base Operations (IBO) and maintenance, Supply Chain Planning (SCP), Budget & Finance (B&F) management, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Information Warehouse (BW) operations.

Provide leadership for a data center consolidation and cloud services migration effort incorporating SAP ERP solutions, Oracle cloud services, web services, virtualization, SAN and related databases, system software and networking technologies. Duties include and span the entire software and system lifecycle including infrastructure architecture design, migration, testing, and deployment to regulatory compliance and disaster recovery.  Additionally provide technical expertise and analysis of information assurance (IA)/ Risk Management Framework (RMF), security operations, incident response, forensics and cybersecurity practices to include software applications; operating systems; Internet and Intranet; physical security e.g. access control, Security Information Event Management tools (SIEM), Endpoint Detection & Response tools (EDR), and Network Security Monitoring tools (NSM). Ensure compliance with all governmental security baselines and policies.

Rivera Consulting Group, Inc.  Sept 2013 – Aug 2014

Program Manager / Vice President 

As Program Manager, my key role supports IT Enterprise Planning and Operations, including IT annual planning, portfolio management, project lifecycle (PLC) and governance as it relates to Federal and commercial markets. Responsibilities include performing a broad range of integrated planning activities across focus markets (Ex: Department of Defense (DoD), Veteran Affairs, DHS, Pharmaceuticals, etc.) and working collaboratively with representatives from PMO/Application Support Teams to ensure and monitor successful delivery for OCIO projects/programs. In this capacity, I support strategic planning and project management processes ensuring both are well integrated, comprehensive and concentrated on organizational investments in IT Enterprise resources delivering targeted stakeholder return.

Responsible for forming complex technical solutions and teams addressing IT/Enterprise Networks and Architectures, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering/SOSI, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Cloud computing, Data Analytics/Big Data, Telecommunications, WAN/SAN, datacenter integration, Strategic, Mobile and Tactical C4ISR segments and a variety of other information delivery and digital/data management systems.  Developed and managed project/program plans, project schedules, resource demand and project staging plans with business partners and vendors.  Developed and refined the product/services roadmaps while formulating solutions that created business value and reduced stakeholder risks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

·               Manage globally diverse/cross-functional and matrix teams.

·               Lead RFI/RFP response development – vendor qualification.

·               Develop Win Strategies and Win Themes focusing on the team's competitive advantages.

·               Impose process and quality improvement, assurance and controls, and leverage industry Best Practices across the team.

·               Perform Research/Business Intelligence gatherings, including Black Hat Reviews.

·               Conduct gap analysis and fill voids to complete customer requirements.

·               Assist the technical lead(s) and SMEs with solutions development.

·               Design and develop Management/Technical/Risk Mitigation/Transition/Quality Plans (QASP).

Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. Jul 2011 – Sept 2013
Program Manager - Director

My responsibilities include performing a broad range of integrated planning activities across business units and application pillars, working collaboratively with representatives from various PMO/Application Support Teams to ensure and monitor successful service delivery for projects/programs. I supported strategic planning and project management processes ensuring both are well integrated and focused on IT Enterprise process/product owner and stakeholders.  Additionally, responsible for new business development and growth focusing on the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) Information Technology (IT), Cybersecurity, C4ISR, Mobility and Tactical ISR segments and markets. Led multiple business opportunities leveraging the full complement of business unit capabilities and functions. Responsible for forming complex technical solutions and teams addressing IT/Enterprise Networks, Information Security/DIACAP, Cybersecurity, Business Continuity Planning (BCP)/COOP, Cloud computing, Communications, WAN/SAN and a variety of other information delivery and digital/data management systems.  Analyzed work scope, forecasted IT/Enterprise needs and led business strategy including negotiation of teaming agreements, master service agreements (MSA), service level agreements (SLA) and letters of intent (LOI) with internal customers, partners and vendors.  Drafted, developed and defined statements of work (SOW)/performance work statements (PWS), project schedules with milestones and program outlines.  

My key responsibilities included:

·   Business Applications and technology team’s adoption strategy management

·   Project management and governance to ensure adoption targets are defined and agreed.

·   Achieving sustained engagement and agreement to project/program milestones

·   Close interaction, communication and coordination with Sotera business units

·   Focus on Process Improvement and Technology Transition

·   Project management of transitioning technologies and processes for running the service(s)

·   Tracking of issues, risks issues throughout the program/projects

·   Task coordination, budgeting and scheduling

ManTech International Mar 2010 – Jul 2011
Program Manager

Assigned as the Program Manager/delivery manager for the business sustainment of Command, Control, Communications, Computer Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for the Software Engineering Center (SEC) of CECOM – Fort Monmouth, NJ/Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. Led, governed and oversaw all programmatic functions and the complete operations, including P&L, of programs exceeding $300 Million per year (>1200 people) of revenue on the following IDIQ task orders:

·               Worldwide C4ISR Field Software & Systems Engineering Support

·               C4ISR Field Software & Systems Engineering Support

·               DCGS-A Embedded Mentor Support

·               DCGS-A Fixed Architectures

Optimized this customer’s technology infrastructure and advised on all elements of the information technology enterprise infrastructure from data center solutions to IT service management addressing areas such as cloud migration, networking, convergence, connectivity and collaboration, and disaster recovery.  Demonstrated and capitalized upon technology transformation including leveraging an extensive knowledge of IT strategy, roadmaps, architecture engineering operations policy, processes, standards along with IT governance and program delivery strategies.  Functional support of programmatics, IT/enterprises, IP-based networks, Telecommunications, workstations, datacenters, databases, strategic and tactical intelligence gathering systems, web-based/SharePoint applications supporting major systems.  Program management duties included the following:

·               Conducting and supporting relevant intelligence, security and information operations for DOD organizations, Army, joint and combined forces around the world (Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Africa, Europe, Asia-Far East, Australia, South and North America).

·               Forecasting IT needs, exploiting innovation and leading edge IT enterprise technology.

·               Employing tactical, theater, national, and international forces, logistics, and tactical and strategic IT capabilities.

·               Establishing process performance baselines to enable improvement efforts.

·               Deploying service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud-based services.

·               Training on C4ISR systems for deployed or exercise operations to enable battle command, situational awareness, and force protection.

·               Operational oversight of cyber security and information assurance (IA)/DIACAP/RMF programs.

·               Enabling or enhancing network connectivity and data sharing/distribution capabilities.

·               Executing tactical over-watch and fused all-source analysis to develop timely and tailored intelligence products for commanders forward.

·               Fostering/formalizing partnerships between international, national, theater, and tactical organizations.

·               Leading complex projects/programs from design and development to production.

·               Defining requirements and plan project lifecycle deployment, resources and schedule for project/program implementation.

·               Creating strategies for risk mitigation, business continuity/BCP-COOP/disaster recovery (BCDR) and contingency planning.

·               Planning and scheduling project deliverables, goals, and milestones.

EnView Media, LLC – Skillman, New Jersey Oct 2009 – Feb 2010
Consultant / Instructor

Business Development and RFP/proposal leadership development for small businesses focusing on public safety/disaster recovery opportunities.  Instructor for PMP/Project Management certification.

Sunhillo Corporation – West Berlin, New Jersey Dec 2007 – Oct 2009
Director / Program Management
Provided the business, programmatic, strategic planning, project management and technical leadership for all aerospace, aviation, air traffic management, FAA, maritime, IP-networks, C4ISR electronic surveillance, radio communications and NextGen communications product lines addressing domestic and international civil, military and defense markets. The responsibilities included requirements traceability, engineering and the development of hardware and software products, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) disciplines and systems solutions for mission-critical platforms.  I was also responsible for Price-to-Win, cost-benefit analysis, budget development and cost tracking, scheduling and performance monitoring, SOW creation, RFP response and capture management, leading work teams within a matrix organization, risk mitigation, strategic development and customer facing activities.   

L-3 Communication Systems - West / Engineering & Technical Services (E&TS)

Project Manager Jan 2006 – Nov 2007
Provided management of business development and capture management on the U.S. Army (CECOM) and adjacent markets delivering corporate growth objectives by developing new markets for C4ISR/IT enterprise product/services-based sustainment, earned value (EVMS), program life cycle integration projects (TLCSM) and supply-chain initiatives. Blending consultative selling with strategic planning, programmatic support and project management, business intelligence and research, collaborative networking, operational support and marketing management, I nurtured new business opportunities and provided innovative solutions that matched prospective DoD, DHS and federal agency customer needs.

Anteon Corporation – Staten Island, New York Jul 2005 – Jan 2006
Operations Manager
Responsible for the maritime operations, maintenance and engineering of a regional Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Coast Guard C4ISR Vessel Traffic Services and Sector Command Center contract. Re-built and oversaw a team that operated and maintained advanced networks and electronic communications incorporating state-of-the-art radar, information security, video surveillance and tracking equipment, radio communications (VHF/UHF, microwave), automatic identification systems (AIS), IT/telecommunications, computing platforms, databases and storage networks. Responsible for the business continuity/recovery plans (BCP/COOP) for the sector command working with Local, State and Federal agencies.

EDUCATION
 

·               Rutgers University, Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Concentration: Finance
 

·               Fairleigh Dickinson University, Master of Administrative Science (MAS) – Concentration: Public Safety (Emergency Management/Disaster Recovery) and International Terrorism Studies
 

·               Regents College, The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York - B.S., Computer Technology
 

Major Technologies, Frameworks and Platforms supported:

·               Servers – IBM, HP, Dell, Oracle, Apache, Citrix

·               Networking equipment – Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and Brocade Communications Systems

·               Web/Application Servers – SharePoint, Apache, MS IIS, nginix, Java EE, .NET framework, CGI, PHP, JSP and ASP, Perl, Python

·               Databases and Data Management (RDBMS/NoSQL) – MySQL, Oracle, SQL, SAP BusinessObjects, IBM Cognos/Clarity, SPSS Modeler, Oracle 11g, Hyperion and PeopleSoft

·               Big Data and Analytics – SAP HANA, Apache Accumulo/Hadoop, BigTable, ZooKeeper and Thrift stack; MongoDB, JSON.

·               Cloud Computing Platforms – AWS, Google, Azure, OpenStack, VMware ESXi and Secure Private Cloud deployment

·               Storage/SAN/NAS

·               Vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, forensic and incident response, monitoring and analytic tools: ArcSight, Fortify, WebInspect, AppScan, Cenzic, Burp, Qualys, Guardium, Symantec DLP, Nessus/ACAS, HBSS, Metasploit, Nmap, Nikto, Netcat, Kali Linux/BackTrack, SCAP, FireEye Threat Analytics Platform, Splunk, McAfee Enterprise Security Suite, Cybereason, Tanium, Resolution1, Redline, CarbonBlack, Bro, Snort, FireEye NX, AccessData FTK, EnCase and Wireshark. 

Career Highlights and Functional Expertise:

·               Program/project management, systems/software and enterprise engineering/architecture, risk management, strategic planning, business development, sales, marketing, finance and operations.

·               Cloud Migration strategy and planning, frameworks and operating models

·               Cybersecurity/Information Assurance (IA)/Information Security

·               Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) - SDLC and PDLC

·               IT Strategy Development / IT Financial Management and Planning / IT Cost Reduction and Optimization / Business IT Alignment / Process Design and Re-engineering

·               Large Scale IT Transformation Program Management

·               Sourcing Strategy and Vendor Management

·               IT Operations Governance, Risk and Controls; IT Operating Models (organizational and functional structures, skills and competency planning, etc.)

·               Application Development, Maintenance and Sustainment Strategies

·               BC/COOP/DR Audit methods

·               Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement Practices

Department of Defense (DoD) Security Clearance

Top Secret/SCI - TS/SCI

Professional Affiliations/Memberships/Additional Certifications

*Project Management Institute (PMI)

*International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC²)

*DRI International (DRII)

*ISACA

*SANSGIAC