K. (Kae) Yvonne Lucas PgMP CISSP CISA PMP CCSK AEC CDPSE SMC SDC MBA
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Political Science and Government
Howard University
1989 : 1992
Master's in Divinity
Church Administration & Management
Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary
2013 : 2024
Master's in Divinity Certificate
Religious Studies & Education
Harvard Extension School
2014 : 2015
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Management Information Systems, General
Howard University School of Business
1992 : 1996
Bachelor’s Degree
Political Science and Government
Delaware State University
1988 : 1989
Non-Disclosed
Federal (DoD) / Cybersecurity Compliance Strategy & Audit Readiness (FedRAMP/CMMC/SRG)
2009 :
ISC2 Baltimore Chapter
Item Writer - ISC2 (CISSP Exam)
2009 :
Project Management Institute
Item Writer - SME (PMP/PgMP Exam)
Responsible for Equifax’s Government Governance Products (FedRAMP/StateRAMP/CMMC/CJIS /HITRUST) Enterprise Integrated Strategy, Compliant Architecture, and Delivery
▪️Drive Equifax's authorization (ATO) activities to allow customers to operate in our cloud. Initial focus on FedRAMP/StateRAMP/CJIS. Future planning and integration for CMMC/HITRUST.
2023 : 2023
Equifax
Vice President - Government Product Solutions (FedRAMP/StateRAMP/CMMC/CJIS /HITRUST)
Responsible for Equifax’s Government Data Exchange (EGDE) FedRAMP Moderate’ strategy and architecture toward passing Agency & FedRAMP PMO authorizations.
▪️Liaison/Shepherd/Chief Point of Contact with the FedRAMP PMO to give key competitive advantage.
▪️Serve as Equifax’s POC & Liaison to 3PAOs (solicitation, negotiation, selection, management)
▪️Chief Equifax Architect for FedRAMP/StateRAMP/CMMC/CJIS Products’ to balance engineering, compliance, and industry best practices.
▪️Identify product architecture and schedule cross-functional teams; manage milestones, quality and MVP.
▪️Internal Champion through credibility and strong technical acumen with Equifax's C-Level, Agency Sponsors, and External/Internal customers.
▪️Business Case & Annual Budget Request & Monitoring; ROI based on KPIs.
▪️Manage internal team deliveries through matrixed leadership and professional influence.
▪️ Serve as Equifax’s chief manager through the overall FedRAMP process.
▪️Liaison to internal sales/ marketing to deliver governance cloud products for planned revenue targets and lifecycle.
▪️Key Equifax Leader, collaborative, forward-thinking to build and maintain security for our FedRAMP initiatives and anticipate architectural changes in the landscape.
▪️Single Voice/Champion Equifax's FedRAMP solution, overall architecture, consistent point of view/design internally.
▪️ Responsible for implementing cybersecurity compliance, data, and privacy requirements for cloud products.
▪️Responsible to coordinate integrated delivery across multiple business units
▪️Responsible for ROI, Spend, SPI, CPI
▪️Responsible for the creation/update/coordination of Government Products’ COOP/DR, Incident & Risk Management, and ConMon and Vulnerability Management via POA&M process.
2022 : 2023
Equifax
Vice President, FedRAMP Product Strategy & Architecture
Skills
Metrics, Process Management, Project Portfolio, Business Process, Product Quality, IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Integration, Risk Management, SDLC, Governance, Requirements Analysis, Business Analysis, IT Management, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, Software Project, Project Delivery, SharePoint, IT Service Management, CMMI, Visio, Business Process Design, Project Planning, Solution Architecture, Certified Project, Team Leadership, Requirements Gathering, Project Portfolio Management, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Re-engineering, Software Project Management, Certified Project Manager
About
Karen Yvonne Lucas, PMP, PgMP, CISA, CISSP, CCSK, CDPSE, MBA, MCSD, AEC, SDC, SPOC is a Strategy, Portfolio, Program, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Systems Engineereing, ERP/CRM and Acquisition GO-TO Resource with more than 25+ years progressive responsibility in the delivery of IT Services and 10+ years focused in Cyber Security Assessment and Advisory services.
Ms. Lucas provides :
• commitment, loyalty, focus, mentoring, and a dedicated team partner to her clients, company, and team members.
• senior level guidance, evaluation, analysis and hands-on management
• strategy & expertise in the areas of portfolio | program | project management, acquisition management, risk | security | assurance management, IT program & project management, business capture and client management services
• transformation to large-scale commercial, local governments and federal defense initiatives having mission critical programs and projects
• successful operations for enterprise-wide & policy critical operational, marketing and systems components.
• next-level operational development to include human capital assessment, mentoring, training & synergy; increased ROI, and services and product innovation toward increased market recognition and position.
• business-to-system; order-to-bill; supply chain, logistics, and threat defense process improvement.
Ms. Lucas brings :
• Senior-level Program Management experience from Coalfire, AdventHealth, Sprinklr, Cisco, AMTRAK, CITI, UUNET, Cable & Wireless, Deloitte, BAE Systems and SPRINT.
• Senior Consultant experience from service to C & SES Level at the IRS, DHS, VHA, DOD, & DLA HHS.
• Expertise in large budget management (in excess of $100M).
• Executive experience in the startup & successful marketing of Enterprise Program Management Offices and Services.
• Earned Value Management (EVM) and Performance Metrics, Measurement and Monitoring.
• Recognized industry expertise from PMI, ISC2, & ISACA
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