CAREER SUMMARY

A dedicated cyber security professional with a talent and passion for aligning security architecture, plans, controls, processes, policies and procedures with enterprise security standards and operational goals. Adept at transforming raw data into visualizations and reports that allow decision makers to make risk informed decisions.

Security Clearance: Active DOD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information

RELEVANT SKILLS

Proficient in: Microsoft Office suite of products, SPSS, Python, Wireshark, Splunk, OWASP applications, Tableau, Gephi, vSphere, Virtual box, Linux, Innoslate, Jira, Neo4j, SQL(learning).

Knowledge of information security regulations and frameworks including FISMA, DODAF, DOD Risk management framework, 800-18, 800-30, 800-37 REV 1, 800-53, 800-60 and other regulations as required.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, VA

Research Associate II (promoted) 05/13-Current

•Conducted team project management efforts including facilitating work group meetings, tracking key deliverables, and providing formal status updates to management.

•Built and published customized interactive reports and dashboards as well as created action filters, parameters and calculated sets using Tableau to answer specific business inquiries.

•Applied novel visualization techniques to optimally present large datasets containing CVEs, security information sharing networks, and the results of application vulnerability scanning.

•Developed and documented security evaluation test plans and procedures on risk management information systems to determine whether they met DOD security requirements.

•Used various vulnerability tool suites to assess operating system, web, and database vulnerabilities on DOD risk management information systems.

•Coordinated Supply Chain Risk Management conferences and workgroup activities between stakeholders in private sector, public sector, and academia to increase collaboration.

•Analyzed user requirements, collaborated with key stakeholders, participated in User Acceptance Tests, and constructed requirements traceability matrix between user requirements and test cases.

•Assisted in the coordination and development of the Enterprise Strategic Roadmap for the Joint Service Provider(JSP) in order to guide change management and the alignment of activities to organizational goals.

•Administered, monitored, and troubleshoot department vSphere/ESXi virtualization environment.

•Produced data model, data dictionary, and database support documentation to the customer so the database could be turned over to them for future support.

•Managed hiring committees and participated in interviews for potential Research Associate employees.

United States Department of Commerce Washington D.C

Internship 09/12-12/12

•Contacted companies in various industries to offer slots for US government sponsored trade missions to Zambia, South Africa, India, Israel and Russia.

•Maintained database of company contacts.

United States Department of State Washington D.C

Internship 06/12-09/12

•Participated in Firewall Advisory Board meetings which address cyber ticket issues.

•Provided deliverables on System Development Life Cycle Process for initiating networks and prepared documents for non-security stakeholders that focused on security controls at various phases of the State Departments Managing State Project methodology.

•Performed market surveys of security related products and evaluated their suitability for integration into the security architecture.

Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

Graduate Assistant (Global Black Spots Program) 08/11-05/12

•Researched global mapping and social network analysis software to enable colleagues to analyze insecurity flows.

•Researched how to best share information among GBS-MGI participants that may be scattered in various geographical area.

•Researched global activities of crime syndicates using open public sources and catalogued findings for database usage.

Syracuse University (Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis) (SATSA) Syracuse, NY

Communications Officer 02/12-08/12

Management Dynamics Marietta, GA

Logistics Contract Analyst 08/08-07/10

•Analyzed and cataloged international ocean shipping contracts into database using Global Trade Management software which accounted for $15,000 per month in billable revenue.

•Used relational data modeling techniques to optimize the business processes of clients and improve supply chain visibility.

•Searched for and extracted information from proprietary database to ensured customers compliance with federal law and international shipping regulations.

EDUCATION

Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs - Dual Masters and Certification June 2013

Masters in International Relations & Masters in Public Administration Concentration: Global Markets

Cyber Security Certificate of Advanced Study in Information Security Management

Georgia State University Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Business Economics May 2007

ACHIEVMENTS & AWARDS

CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) recipient.

Member of Omicron Delta Epsilon Economic International Honor Society.

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Graduate Assistantship Award.

Presented at the visualization workshop at MIT Lincoln Labs.

Co-author 7 formal IDA publications.

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