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Education:
• Austin College: BA, Computer Science & BA, English Literature
• Carnegie Mellon: SEI CSIRT Certificate
• Certifications: CISSP (ISC2) - CCSA - CCSE (Check Point) - CCNA (Cisco) - ISACA Member - InfraGard FBI & Private Sector Security
• Carnegie Mellon: SEI CSIRT Certificate
• Certifications: CISSP (ISC2) - CCSA - CCSE (Check Point) - CCNA (Cisco) - ISACA Member - InfraGard FBI & Private Sector Security
Experience:
Tavvis - Cybersecurity Consultant (Federal & Enterprise) – Tampa - 2022-Present
• Spearheaded federal cyber risk reduction programs, delivering NIST RMF-based portfolio management and board-level roadmap execution for CIO/CISO stakeholders
• Enabled DIB organizations to achieve rapid CMMC and DFARS readiness; designed export-control advisories for complex ITAR/EAR use cases
• Drafted comprehensive SSPs and POA&Ms to support regulatory approvals and investor-grade compliance reporting
• Orchestrated multi-team alignment, governance, and real-time KPI tracking to ensure high-velocity project delivery
Janusnet Pty Limited - Internal Advisory (Remote) - Sydney, Australia - 2021-2022
• Architected North American government/regulatory mappings for global DLP/email and data classification solutions
• Developed scalable taxonomies and NIST-aligned labeling, influencing NCCoE security guidance
Stealthbits Technologies (Netwrix) - Director, Pre-Sales US Federal - September 2020 - March 2021
Boldon James/Qinetiq (Fortra) - Director, Tech Alliances & Pre-Sales - US/UK - 2017-2020
• Built cross-border alliances and led technical sales strategy in US Federal markets; drove partner enablement across hybrid teams
• Performed data discovery at scale with data classification (labeling), assisting downstream controls.
Dell (NTT) - Information Security Manager - Dallas - 2014-2017
• Designed and delivered security architectures for Fortune 500 healthcare/enterprise clients, bridging HIPAA, SOX, and NIST for clean audits
• Selected clients: Medstar, Stanford Children’s Hospital (LPCH)
Previous Leadership Roles
• Santander Consumer USA - Information Security Analyst IV - 2012-2014
• Symmetry Partners - Consultant - 2008-2012
• Healthways - Director, IT Security - 2006-2008
• VigilantMinds - Analyst to VP and Director - Owned SIEM/SOC, compliance and incident response, reducing actionable events by 25% - 2005-2006
• Stanford Hospital & Clinics / Stanford Children’s Hospital (LPCH) - Independent Consultant - Led enterprise IDS, managed outsourcing transitions with redundancy with 98% uptime - 2004-2005
• Ernst & Young - Manager - Executed multi-stream programs for Cox, Dell, GM, Deutsche Bank, and more with an overall NPS of 9.1 - 2001-2004
• Adwise Ltd. - Senior Engineer - Tel Aviv, Israel - 2000 -2001
• Texaco Inc. - Senior Engineer/Lead Firewall Admin - Delivered robust infrastructure and managed security transitions, attaining an internal CSAT of 87.5 - 1998-2000
• Coopers Service Corp. - Business Manager - 1987-1998
• Spearheaded federal cyber risk reduction programs, delivering NIST RMF-based portfolio management and board-level roadmap execution for CIO/CISO stakeholders
• Enabled DIB organizations to achieve rapid CMMC and DFARS readiness; designed export-control advisories for complex ITAR/EAR use cases
• Drafted comprehensive SSPs and POA&Ms to support regulatory approvals and investor-grade compliance reporting
• Orchestrated multi-team alignment, governance, and real-time KPI tracking to ensure high-velocity project delivery
Janusnet Pty Limited - Internal Advisory (Remote) - Sydney, Australia - 2021-2022
• Architected North American government/regulatory mappings for global DLP/email and data classification solutions
• Developed scalable taxonomies and NIST-aligned labeling, influencing NCCoE security guidance
Stealthbits Technologies (Netwrix) - Director, Pre-Sales US Federal - September 2020 - March 2021
Boldon James/Qinetiq (Fortra) - Director, Tech Alliances & Pre-Sales - US/UK - 2017-2020
• Built cross-border alliances and led technical sales strategy in US Federal markets; drove partner enablement across hybrid teams
• Performed data discovery at scale with data classification (labeling), assisting downstream controls.
Dell (NTT) - Information Security Manager - Dallas - 2014-2017
• Designed and delivered security architectures for Fortune 500 healthcare/enterprise clients, bridging HIPAA, SOX, and NIST for clean audits
• Selected clients: Medstar, Stanford Children’s Hospital (LPCH)
Previous Leadership Roles
• Santander Consumer USA - Information Security Analyst IV - 2012-2014
• Symmetry Partners - Consultant - 2008-2012
• Healthways - Director, IT Security - 2006-2008
• VigilantMinds - Analyst to VP and Director - Owned SIEM/SOC, compliance and incident response, reducing actionable events by 25% - 2005-2006
• Stanford Hospital & Clinics / Stanford Children’s Hospital (LPCH) - Independent Consultant - Led enterprise IDS, managed outsourcing transitions with redundancy with 98% uptime - 2004-2005
• Ernst & Young - Manager - Executed multi-stream programs for Cox, Dell, GM, Deutsche Bank, and more with an overall NPS of 9.1 - 2001-2004
• Adwise Ltd. - Senior Engineer - Tel Aviv, Israel - 2000 -2001
• Texaco Inc. - Senior Engineer/Lead Firewall Admin - Delivered robust infrastructure and managed security transitions, attaining an internal CSAT of 87.5 - 1998-2000
• Coopers Service Corp. - Business Manager - 1987-1998
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