CompTIA A+         Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)    Microsoft Certified System Engineer 2000 (MCSE)

CompTIA Net+   Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)                  Oracle 8i Database Associate (DBA)  

CompTIA I-Net+   Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)             Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW)   

CompTIA Sec+   Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)      Sun UNIX 8

Sun Java 2.0   PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Information Systems Security Certifications:

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)    IACRB Certified Penetration Tester (CPT)

CNSS/NSA 4011 Information Systems Security Professional CNSS/NSA 4012 Senior Systems Manager

CNSS/NSA 4013A Systems AdministratorsCNSS/NSA 4014 Information Systems Security Officers

CNSS/NSA 4015 Systems CertifiersCNSS/NSA 4012 Information Security Risk Analyst   

Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph completed on 6/17/09

Engineering Experience:

Date: 05/2011- Present Company: TASC, Inc.

Description: Currently serve as Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) to the U.S. Government to provide analysis and engineering services for GSM, UMTS, and LTE mobile communications.  Provides technical support during planning, development, and testing of wireline and network engineering programs.  Supports baselined communication technologies to meet broad mission purposes.  Supports definition of interfaces between technical collection systems; integrates communication equipment to meet customer requirements.  For example, integrates Cisco 2900 series (integrated switch and router capable of layer 2 and 3 communications), switches, routers, Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs), and crypto devices.  Exploits digital switch technologies by designing and configuring Cisco and Juniper switches to meet the customer’s requirements.  Exploits current and emerging communications technologies and vulnerabilities by working with the latest technologies and switches; for example, disables unused ports and uses VLAN separation to support a secure environment.  Research security vulnerabilities using open source information, discusses new technologies with Cisco representatives.  Leads the support of government network designs and network communication packages and gathers requirements on network designs that use WAN and LAN technologies.  Configured and troubleshot network communication packages to provide secure data and voice capabilities.  Uses MS Visio to design networks by incorporating and tailoring Cisco templates.  Performs network development, working with the Government team to perform verification and validation against the requirements.  Supports operational deployment by configuring, setting up and troubleshooting cellular communications systems like Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) to enable CONUS/ OCONUS mission operations.  Served as POC for operations and maintenance (O&M) process resolution for crypto architecture by configuring and loading encryption keys.  Uses Cisco Works and Intermapper to identify issues with network appliances.  Uses Syslogs to capture configuration to enable rollbacks.  Determines the location of issues and facilitates resolution in communications circuits, transport layer, crypto devices, and interfaces.  Maintains the main network used for 20 government partners and sites.  Facilitates connections, including router and switch configuration, to enable mission communications.  Ensures 98% uptime for OCONUS/ CONUS communication networks.  Travels CONUS to contractor and Government sites to provide technical support

Contract: John Risko, Program Manager, 703-708-1400

Date: 05/2005- 03/2011Company: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Description:  Served as Systems Engineer for the Applied Physics Laboratory Cyber Assessment Group supporting customers including Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Army, DARPA, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), NATA, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), and Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Division (NAVEOTECHDIV).  Performed extensive technical analysis of wireless cellular communication technologies.  Supported a JIEDDO red team analysis of wireless technologies such as CDMA2000 wireless local loops to design and develop improvised explosive device methods and identify potential future threats.  Developed two white papers assessing red team findings on wireless technologies.   Performed a research study on the CDMA2000 and GSM to identify possible Electronic Warfare (EW) approaches against these technologies.  Conducted a tradeoff analysis of radio frequency (RF) propagation modeling software (Wireless Insite by Remcom) against USMC requirements.  Performed a CONUS field test and sensitivity analysis, and produced recommendations.  Provided technical support during the planning, development, and testing of wireless programs and projects.  Designed an algorithm that has helped develop a testbed for evaluating wireless networking technologies for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on behalf of NOPP; algorithm calculated the distance between a mobile node and a fixed network infrastructure site.  For DARPA and DOD, designed and configured a DOD cyber warfare systems network consisting of Windows and Linux operating systems, virtual machines (VMware), and a traffic generating engine.  The engine created high volume network traffic comprising normal and malicious activity to determine system capabilities to detect malicious attacks against critical national information matrixes.  Assisted with weekly design reviews with partners to address status changes.  In testbeds, performed systems integration between virtual and physical environments, including command control operations and wireless package capture, on the larger DOD network.  Provided interface definition between web servers, DNS servers, NTP servers, hard drives, and a storage network.  Used VOI with Cisco Call Manager.  Supported operational deployment through lawful intercepts projects for target wireless communications.  For example, for a coastal country in Asia, identified signal characteristics, simulated them in a lab environment, and determined how to jam communications to prevent propagation.  The solution was deployed operationally.  Analyzed Cisco equipment for features and vulnerabilities for mission requirements.  Coordinated with mechanical engineers to reprogram physical parameters, adjusting COTS products to meet requirements. 

Contact: Dr. Tammara Jean Paul, Engineering Manager, 310-916-7325

Date: 05/2006- 08/2006Company: IBM

Description:  As a developer (intern), worked on IBM WebSphere Application Server.  Developed code and tested applications to be used with the WebSphere XC environment.  Supported design reviews, including preliminary design reviews and critical design reviews, as well as peer reviews.

Contact: Dr. Hollins Williams, Engineering Manager (Retired), 919-490-1344

Date: 03/2004- 08/2006Company: Morgan State University

Description:  Performed as Research Assistant for NASA.  Designed and programmed using Java, C, and C++ to take text file information to a 3D application.  Researched and worked on developing synthetic vision applications to make a 3D image of terrain of pilots who had obstructed views.  Developed code according to requirements; tested the code and provided biweekly reports to advisor.

Date: 05/2004- 12/2005Company: Army Research Laboratory

Description:  As a Network Engineering co-op, provided a technical support during planning, development, and testing of data communications network including wireless systems.  Programmed Cisco switches.  Provided Windows, UNIX and Linux Operating systems support, file server installations, and Cisco network consulting.  Analyzed communications technologies, comparing vulnerabilities of Internet Protocol V4 and V6.

References available upon request