Resume

• 1905784

  Project Management Professional (PMP)

  Project Management Institute

• 356214

  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

  (ISC)²

• 2006

  Master of Science (MS)

  CIO/CISO Certificates. 4011

  4016 certificates complete

  Government Information Leadership

  National Defense University

• 1990

  MBA

  Completed Executive MBA program with a focus on leadership.

  Leadership

  San Jose State University

  ITIL Version 3.0 Foundation

  PEOPLECERT

  GR750042225KB

• 1985

  US Navy

  US Navy

  US Small Business Administration

  Primary advocate for the CIO's vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives. Provided direct compliance oversight and governance for all aspects of the organization's information technology and systems;\nCoordinated strategic and operational governance processes of the business organization as a member of the senior management team;\nLead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation

  prioritizing IT initiatives

  and coordinating the evaluation

  deployment

  and management of current and future IT systems across the organization; \nOversaw enterprise architecture (EA)

  Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

  portfolio management

  and balanced scorecard initiatives;\nCoordinated and facilitated consultation with stakeholders to define enterprise and systems requirements for new technology implementations;\nEnsured continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance;\nManaged the currency and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations plan (COOP).

  Naval Engineering Logistics Office

  US Small Business Administration

  Visionary Leadership: Began the move to the cloud. Led the transition to the Microsoft O-365 cloud solution in May 2016. Capability enabled 24/7 access to enterprise mail ensures round-the-clock business continuity. Designed rollout to serve as the foundation for most current services to migrate to the cloud and away from unreliable legacy infrastructure. Agency use of cloud applications surged from 2 to 17 in 12 months.\n\nTransformational Change: Drove transformation by pioneering approaches to key technology enablers. In less than 13 months

  a “cloud first” approach modernized legacy many systems that were underserving business functions. Required not only removing the constraints of legacy technologies

  but educating the business owners on the value of bypassing tech refreshments in an austere budget environment to transition directly to a virtualized and agile “X as a Service” model to leverage market service offerings.\n\nResults Based Performance:\n•\t$10M technical refresh of the entire foundation of the national SBA enterprise requiring the configuration and deployment of routers and switches to 100+ locations across the U.S. Completed within budget and ahead of schedule. \n•\t50% complete in converting all primary work platforms to a mobile laptop to untether users from an office. Remaining platforms will complete by March 2017.\n•\tEnhanced workforce remote accessibility for SBA improving workplace flexibility. Enhanced remote access options while expanding remote web accessibility capacity by a factor of 3. \t\n•\tImplemented the White House’s mandated 2015-16 cyber sprint including compliance with Personal Identification Verification (PIV) (HSPD-12) usage. Initiative required agency-wide collaboration/cooperation to change user behavior and processes. \n•\tEstablished a robust application patch and vulnerability management program that brought open vulnerabilities down by 87% in 6 months. \n•\tEliminated many audit findings outstanding for several years.

  CIO (Acting)

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  US Navy

  US Small Business Administration

  •\tShare in formulating of short and long-range strategic goals

  based on industry best practices

  President's Management Agenda

  Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act

  Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996

  and SBA's Strategic Plan. Develop action plans. Conduct investment reviews based on cost/benefit analysis of current information architecture

  software

  equipment

  and information technology training to improve SBA's management information systems and directly support the strategic mission

  nationally. \n•\tParticipate with the CIO in directing policy development which restructures the current system in order to efficiently and effectively coordinate the efforts of the agency

  streamline existing reporting and decision-making process.\n•\tShares fully with the CIO in providing leadership for SBA's information technology restructuring efforts. Participate with the CIO in e-Government initiatives

  providing expert advice and guidance on providing business owners and prospective owners with access to needed information 24/7/365 through Internet exploitation for service delivery. \n•\tManage personnel and carry out equal employment opportunity responsibilities including performance evaluation

  selection

  and other personnel responsibilities for branch and staff chiefs and ensure effective utilization of all staff. \n•\tReview programs within CIO and the overall status of the computer systems within SBA to assure their effectiveness including ensuring training is adequate to fully utilize automation within SBA. Assure the development and implementation of standards and procedures mandated by GSA

  OMB

  etc.\n•\tResponsible for the strategic technology architecture

  web technologies

  and integration efforts required to provide continually improving service delivery to small businesses. Share leadership with the CIO for direction of the technology infrastructure

  establishment

  and enforcement of integration standards and delivery of web-based services.

  Deputy CIO

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Enterprise Service and Integration (ES&I) manages the portfolios for all NASA Enterprise IT services within the Office of the CIO. This includes End User Services (EUS)

  Communications

  Computing

  and IT Security support.

  Associate CIO for Enterprise Service and Integration (ES&I)

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Special Access Program (SAP) Requirements and Action Officer; \nGenerated and validated requirements to sustain funding for major acquisition programs;\nEnsured effective use of resources by monitoring obligation of funding;\nImplemented and provided oversight for the security of all Navy compartmented information;\nFormulated and coordinated a security orientation

  education

  and training program;\nDrafted and approved international treaty language and inspection protocols to ensure protection of embedded security equities.

  US Navy

  Keller Graduate School of Management

  Washington DC Area

  Visiting Professor for Keller Graduate School of Management (KGSM). Instruct and facilitate graduate and undergraduate education in Project Management disciplines in accordance with university and Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines. Effectively use both online/virtual and on ground modes of instruction. Instruction disciplines include Operations Management

  Basic Project Management Concepts

  Advanced Project Management Concepts

  eProcurement and Contracts Management

  Project Risk Management

  and Project Cost and Schedule Control.

  Visiting Professor

  Commanded a 10 plane Navy P-3C aircraft squadron. Interviewed

  assigned

  and formally evaluated 405 officer and enlisted personnel;\nEnsured mission readiness of aircraft and combat crews. Employed operational risk management;\nOrganized departments and divisions

  including aircraft maintenance

  aviation ordnance

  flight operations

  material and training

  administrative and supply;\nConducted squadron training including reviews of flight proficiency for all air crew personnel; \nStandardization authority for all aircraft and aircrew operations;\nAwarded Pacific Fleet Golden Wrench award for Maintenance Excellence

  US Navy

  Navy Engineering Logistics Office

  Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Washington DC

  • As the Department of Navy (DON) Special Access Program (SAP) CIO

  I assess

  develop

  and deliver

  operate

  and support of the full range of Information Technology (IT) requirements in support of transforming the enterprise and providing warfighter support. This includes assessment of requirements

  determination of proposed solutions

  delivery of desired solutions

  assurance that the solutions meet customer needs

  and the effective integration of current IT solutions with other existing or planned IT solutions within DON.\n• Provide policy

  direction

  support

  and guidance for staff on issues such as information management and technology operations; IT customer support; network operations; COOP/disaster recovery; and implementation of product rollout and efficient deployment of new IT products; direct system and integration test services to ensure delivery of high quality IT products; and manage infrastructure related to IT projects.\n• Recruit and form the senior leadership team responsible for the cultural transformation of a rigidly established organization. The identification and successful recruitment of eight high grade leadership personnel directly enabled this effort and ensured its success. Identified and successfully remediated or removed several senior sub-par performing personnel. End result: An organization focused on measurable performance and business-oriented service delivery.\n• Coordinated with all business functional leads to align IT capability with business needs. Led all IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation

  prioritizing IT initiatives

  and coordinating the evaluation

  deployment

  and management of current and future IT systems across the organization. Drove consolidation of 30+ disparate networks with unique configurations in 12 separate operating locations into a centrally located seamless multi-thousand user unified enterprise.

  CIO

  Integrated project team (IPT) lead for a scalable 5000+ seat $100+ million secure wide area enterprise network (WAN) which supports e-Business in a classified environment; \nProvided headquarters level oversight on all aspects of special access program security from industrial base

  service staff

  and fleet users;\nDirectly supervise 5 civilian employees including mentoring

  performance objective establishment and career development;\nInformation assurance/information technology advisor to the Director

  Special Access Programs;\nCoordinated with Finance Branch Head ensuring balanced programming needs versus resources.

  Department of the Navy

  Special Project Officer

  Converted an Acquisition Category 1 (ACAT 1) program from the science and technology realm into a bona fide primary operational fleet capability which supports the Global War on Terror;\nIndependently liaised between myriad operational and administrative fleet activities and the resource and acquisition activities to execute an implementation plan;\nManaged and directed every facet of establishing an ongoing government operation from inception.\nEstablished programming and budget for the Program Objective Memorandum (POM);\nEstablished the asset support and accountability infrastructure for more than $1B in assets;\nConducted personal on-site oversight for myriad facets of the implementation process including facility construction in four CONUS and overseas sites

  established long-term steady-state resourcing

  engaged in all initial personnel screening and establishment of permanent Navy manpower support infrastructure; formulated and coordinated security orientation

  education

  and training programs for several fleet sites.

  US Navy

  Strayer University

  Arlington

  Adjunct Professor for Strayer University. Instruct and facilitate undergraduate education in information technology in accordance with university guidelines. Instruction disciplines include Digital Crime

  Relational Databases

  System Modeling

  Introduction to IT (A+)

  Networking (Network+)

  Enterprise Architecture.

  Adjunct Professor

  Project Management Institute

• 1978

  English

  B.S

  Business Administration (Marketing)

  Arizona State University

• Treasurer: Responsible for the financial soundness and liquidity of a common benefit association.

  Herbert Street Station Homeowners Association

  Enterprise Architecture

  DoD

  National Security

  Navy

  Integration

  Organizational Leadership

  IT Management

  Strategic Planning

  Government

  Military Operations

  Force Protection

  Leadership

  Business Process Improvement

  Security

  Vendor Management

  Program Management

  Information Assurance

  Defense

  Training

  Security Clearance

  Bluestein

  Keith

  Bluestein

  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Navy Engineering Logistics Office

  Naval Engineering Logistics Office

  Strayer University

  Keller Graduate School of Management

  Department of the Navy