Dr. James A. Bryant

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540-***-**** ; ad2i0e@r.postjobfree.com

Profile and Summary

National Governor’s Association Task Force on Healthcare (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, Data Privacy and Protection), Vice President, South Carolina’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center Information Technology (IT) & Cyber Security Department Manager - Space Programs University Professor, Curriculum Developer, Cyber Security and Technical Fellow, Leidos SCRUM Master, Change Manager and Scientist offering 40 years of Executive Leadership experience within complex organizations including Federal, State and local Governments, as well as, Commercial Industries in the following domains – Cyber Security, Business Management and Marketing, Healthcare, Supply Chain Management, Acquisition and Contracting, Supply Chain Management, Software Engineering and Development, Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Systems Engineering and Cloud Computing (AWS, SaaS, EaaS).

Professional Experience

University of Maryland Global Campus

Program Director, Acquisitions and Contract Management (ACM), Transformational Leadership (TLP) and Project Management (PMP) Programs. Clearance: TS, SCI

2013 – Present

Provides transformation leadership and innovation as the Program Director, Acquisitions and Supply Chain Management. Project Management and Transformational Leadership Programs.

Leads and manages 70 Adjunct Professors providing contracting, acquisition, innovations, and supply chain management education to over 1,200 students on an annual basis.

Designs, develops, and recommends systems and approaches that effectively meet program objectives and milestones identified in every undergraduate and graduate classroom.

Provides processes for monitoring, tracking, and reporting technical progress on this task order required by the Monthly Progress and Financial Status Report.

Conducts organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively.

Assesses program procedures, practices, philosophies, and documentation for compliance with specifications, contracts, and mission requirements. Attends, participates, supports analyzes, provides input, develops, prepares, and reports on briefs, point papers, reports, meetings, conferences, and review boards.

Peraton

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center Information Technology (IT) & Cyber Security Department Manager - Space Programs Clearance: TS, SCI Eligible

2022

Responsible to provide for the following ITSM, IT Security and IT (ServiceNow and Jira) Operations support within the program:

oLed 120-person team of IT Services delivery professionals including system administrators, platform administrators, network engineers, and Subject Matter Experts.

oManaged a team of IT Security professionals responsible for the overall cybersecurity posture of the program and its IT and OT assets, as well as compliance with customer and Federal security mandates and reporting requirements.

oDeveloped and grew existing and new team members to foster collaboration, career development, and a culture of ownership and accountability in ITSM/Cybersecurity Excellence.

oManaged and improved individual mission and cross-collaborative approaches across the SENSE program.

Maintain a mature IT Cybersecurity practice across the program that includes:

oMaintained a proactive IT Security environment and culture.

oReviewed, planned, and prepared Assessment and Authorization processes for program projects with Information System Security Officers (ISSO).

oFacilitated annual system reviews, including internal and 3rd party Control Assessments.

oProvided guidance, monitoring, and reporting on the program Plan of Action and Milestone (POAM) closure and reporting process.

oIdentified and implemented IT Security infrastructure tools, use-cases, and system designs to reflect trending global events and cyber security vulnerabilities.

oEnsured compliance with NASA IT Security policy and procedures.

oInterfaced with NASA IT Security personnel, including Security Control Assessors.

oLed forensic reviews for IT Security incidents and reporting up to program management.

oReviewed and guiding updates to program Security Plans and artifact deliverables.

oManaged diverse teams focused on effective and efficient management of Windows and Linux Systems, IT and Networking Infrastructure, and Operational Technology that is critical to real-time mission services.

Provide workforce education and mentoring to maintain the IT Security, Security, IT System Administration, and Network Engineering culture across program.

SciTech Incorporated

Senior Program Manager, NAVAIR Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Management Office (PMO) Clearance: TS, SCI Eligible

2019 – 2022

Provided program management expertise to NAVAIR SBIR Contract ($33M) and recommends systems and approaches that effectively meet program objectives and milestones identified in every task order.

Provided processes for monitoring, tracking and reporting technical progress on this task order required by the Monthly Progress and Financial Status Report.

Supported routine status reviews with the appropriate program Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) regarding overall progress, status, risks, issues, travel and financials and document the findings in the Monthly Progress and Financial Status Report.

Conducted organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively.

Supported and drafted program milestone related documentation to ensure compliance with all aspects of the DoD and SECNAV 5000 series directives. Supports the development of program acquisition documentation such as Acquisition Plans (APs), Acquisition Strategy Reports (ASR), Procurement Initiation Document (PID), Statement of Work (SOW), funding documents, contract awards, agreements, and Acquisition Program Baseline Agreements.

Assessed program procedures, practices, philosophies, and documentation for compliance with specifications, contracts, and mission requirements. Attends, participates, supports analyzes, provides input, develops, prepares and reports on briefs, point papers, reports, correspondence, meetings, conferences, and review boards.

Participated in meetings and supports specified Program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

Supported identification of any technical problems associated with performance of the requested services in support of this task order.

Leidos

Chief Engineer, Global Systems Management Operations, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

2017 – 2019 Clearance: TS, SCI Eligible

Chief Engineer that determines the technical goals of the Global Systems Management Operations (GSM-O) Program and works with program stakeholders to refine those goals into executable objectives.

Devised plans for each phase of the GSM-O Program objectives including Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation and Innovation throughout the entirety of the contract.

Recruited engineering staff and built the technical workforce to meet GSM-O program objectives.

Performed quality control checks for the effectiveness and reliability of the network systems, tools (ServiceNow and Jira) and software products.

Evaluated the engineering costs to identify efficiencies and improved ways of delivering service to the customer.

Negotiated with stakeholders (Vendors, Customer, etc.) to generate ideas and clarify specifications.

Built strong professional working relationships with stakeholders to resolve disputes, define technical solutions, and drive positive change within the program.

ISHPI

Vice President and Solutions Architect

2016 – 2017 Clearance: TS, SCI Eligible

Directed, organized and managed all aspects of the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with operational support functions involving multiple complex and inter-related project tasks that often require managing teams of contractor personnel.

Provided technical and complex solutions to healthcare agencies at the State-level across the United States.

Evaluated and recommended approval on Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) CIO/CTO information technology proposals for inclusion and presentation at the annual HIMSS Conferences.

Subject Matter Expert for KBRWyle developed and advised on Information Security remedies to Supply Chain Risk Management, Secure Network Operations and Analytics that identified potential threats across worldwide networks and information technologies affecting military operations.

United States Air Force and Marine Corps (USAF, USMC)

Chief Technical Advisor to USAF/USMC CIOs and USAF Undersecretary of Management

2014 – 2016 Clearance: TS/SCI

Provided technical leadership and education across the doctrine, organization, materiel, personnel and facilities for the USAF and USMC Chief Information and Technology Officers (CIO, CTO).

Educated Senior Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) leadership on information technology.

Helped shape the current and future technology direction for the United States Air Force with the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force and corresponding Chief Information and Technology Officers.

USAF Cyber Task Force Technical Advisor and research analyst developing studies and materials for modernizing the Air Force with cyber security processes and procedures across all domains.

United States Marine Corps IT Governance architect for the Program Budget Information System (PBIS).

oModernized PBIS training and assisted with program management charter to phase program into USMC.

Lockheed Martin Joint Medical Information System

Chief Engineer, Scientist and Fellow

2008 – 2016 Clearance: TS/SCI

IT Director-level leadership and management of Enterprise-wide information technology (IT) systems for a large, complex organization to include information system security and assurance, network/voice/data infrastructure, storage area networks, wireless network systems, web design and application development, network and systems operation and maintenance, and IT investment management.

Chief Engineer, LM Fellow and Scientist on the $189M Lockheed Martin Joint Medical Information System (JMIS) Program that designed and built information assurance and cyber security infrastructure for Navy Medicine with Security Event Information Management Systems.

Responsible for staffing, business development, and proposals with 220+ subcontractors representing over 60 companies for the JMIS Program.

Instrumental in the development and execution of the Navy’s Enterprise Resource Planning (NERP) at SPAWAR Atlantic and across the education, healthcare and operational systems of the Navy in San Diego, California, Charleston, South Carolina and Newport, Rhode Island.

Served on the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Strategic and Technical Engineering Committees, and the National Association of State CIO’s Enterprise Architecture and Cyber Security Committees.

Led the JMIS Program in attaining the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 - Information technology -- Security techniques – Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) – Requirements Certification.

Lockheed Martin certified as the only Information Security Systems Integrator in the world.

Senior Science Advisor and Education Committee Chair for the Advanced Security and Training Alliance (ASTRA) that promotes Cyber Security and Information Assurance in the Berkley, Charleston, Dorchester Region of South Carolina; Board Director of Palmetto Partners (Robotics) in the annual worldwide FIRST competition; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Cyber Challenge Coach for high school and elementary school students.

Technology Innovation: Designed and developed Cyber Security Process and Procedure Framework (Patent U.S. 61/773,589) that supports the National Institutes of Standards and the 2013 President’s Executive Order to build a National Cyber Security Framework to deter cyber-attacks.

Designed certification training and testing for the Cyber Security Process and Procedure Framework (CSPaPF) and an ISO model for standardization and assurance of cyber security processes.

Lockheed Martin Special Recognition Award – Recognition of outstanding perforce in support of the Joint Medical Information System (JMIS) program including responsiveness to the SPAWAR Atlantic Customers in contracting over $35, 000,000 in delivery orders on the JMIS vehicle over a 30-day period.

State of South Carolina

State Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Public Telecommunications

2005 – 2008 Clearance: TS SCI Eligible

●Provided award-winning leadership as the State CIO and Public Telecommunications CEO.

●Responsible for the overall profitability of the business and P&L ownership of $70M in IT and $1B Procurement budgets as well as lead a full-time staff of 345 people in geographically dispersed locations (Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia, South Carolina) across the State Enterprise.

Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award recognizing State CIO as the top State Agency.

Gartner Recognition as “Best in Class” IT Business Solutions Provider.

Two Awards from Government Management Information Sciences for Innovation and Creativity in Information Technology.

●Chief Information Officer for New Carolina to improve and uplift education and economic prosperity across the State of South Carolina through a Regionally focused education approach.

Designed and grew Regional Virtual Education Centers centered-on Higher Education, Workforce Development, Business Incubators and Continuing Education through Human Capital Development.

Procured State-wide LMS to develop Human Capital and develop workforces through the Regional Virtual Education Centers and State Government serving 50,000 – 60,000 employees.

State Director, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), that annually provided State and Regional competitions at Public Higher Education to 15,000 – 20,000 students.

●Served as a Member and Director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Executive Committee and the National Governors Association on Healthcare IT Privacy and Protection for learning communities in support of the State CIO’s mission of empowering their employees to improve their lives; enriching the life of the Community; and for being accountable for organizational results.

●Provided necessary measures to ensure intrusion detection and network security, including operating and maintaining a security operations center, as well as disaster recovery measures and systems.

Led Computer Event Response Center (CERT) and embraced 47 Counties to build consensus on information sharing, incident-reporting and escalation procedures to protect their Citizens.

Worked side-by-side with the State Emergency Management and Response Center to exercise disaster recovery and business continuity plans for natural (hurricanes, tornadoes, fires and floods) and man-made (terrorist, accidents, gas-line explosions and fires) events.

●Researched and applied modern technologies to meet functional technology requirements of South Carolina.

Technology Innovation: Designed and contracted Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephony and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) – Saved State $5 million annually.

Implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (South Carolina Enterprise Information System) at 74 Agencies with Systems Analysis Planning (SAP) – Saved State $25 million annually.

American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Government Solutions

IT Director and University Professor

1997 – 2005 Clearance: TS/SCI

Treasury Communications Enterprise Program Director responsible for the $1.1 billion IT engineering (infrastructure engineering and networking) stand-up and implementation at 966 Treasury Department locations across the United States.

●Virginia Beach Director overseeing information services in a complex business environment with multiple networks and information technologies for USMC and the Navy at Dam Neck and Norfolk Naval Bases.

Program Manager on Iraq reconstruction contracts concerning telecommunication networks and microwave enclaves throughout the Green Zone in Iraq for the Department of State.

●Technical Business Operations Director on $6.9 billion Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) that designed the ITIL process architecture and supply chain management to shore-side Naval bases on a global basis.

Responsible for product baselines, business processes and integration of teams on office automation infrastructure and applications, end-user platforms, networks (LAN, BAN, WAN), applications platforms, security infrastructure (Physical and Information), support services, and financial analysis and planning with over 500 people. Result – Rolled-out over 400,000 seats in NMCI.

●Senior Operations Director, NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) leading over 200 personnel on 160 tasks for the Consolidated Information Technology Services (ConITS) contract.

Engineered ITSM process architecture for the High-Performance Storage System and multiple network, information security and system administration tasks for several scientists and Task Area Managers (TAMs) at LaRC and across NASA with several Centers.

Developed system administration manuals and synchronized the technical guidance over the 160 tasks.

Employed Six Sigma processes and procedures and documented the results that assisted TAMs in the leadership and management of their respective tasks. Result – ISO 9001 was achieved for the Company.

Collegiate Faculty and Professor

1989 – Present

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Program Director for Acquisitions and Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Program.

oUniversity of Maryland, University College (UMUC) 5-year Graduate School Teaching Award (Supply Chain Management, Leadership, Innovation, Program and Operations Management, Acquisition Management).

Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) teaches Information Technology (PMP), Information Security (CISSP, Security+), Cyber Security and Supply Chain Management to students through distance learning on the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).

oDesigned and published “Supply Chain Risk Management” Webinar for global student audience.

oDeveloped and produced 6 educational videos with Bisk Education on Information Security, Computer Networks and Internets, Supply Chain Management, Global Logistics and Business Communications.

Adjunct Instructor and Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Troy University, Webster University, Capella University, American Public University, College of Charleston, Chapman University and Excelsior College; Cyber Security Fellow and taught Information Technology, Information Security and Supply Chain Management.

Professor and Faculty Mentor at the University of Maryland teaching Purchasing, Materials Management, Procurement and Supply Chain Management to students through distance learning on the Desire to Learn LMS.

oLed Acquisition and Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Committee to restructure ASCM Curriculum.

Professor and Cyber Security Fellow at National Institute of Cybersecurity for Excelsior College.

Curriculum Developer and Academic Auditor at the American Council on Education evaluating transcripts, education, training and experience for military personnel attending Colleges and Universities.

Professor at Troy University teaching Business Information Technology, Emergency Management, Procurement and Information Security to students through distance learning on the WebCT LMS.

United States Air Force

Joint Logistics Officer and University Professor

1980 – 1997 Clearance: TS/SCI

●Director, Information Technology (Supply Chain and Logistics) for all information-based technology, area of responsibility (AOR) emergency management activities, and computer operations including technical support, applications development, training, budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning as a Joint Specialty Officer (JSO) at the United States Atlantic Command (USACOM).

oFour Awards, Meritorious Service Medal; One Award, Air Force Achievement Medal; Defense Service Medal for Operation Desert Storm; and Outstanding Unit Award

●Provided outstanding leadership and technological innovations with a $1 billion budget and 1,000-member staff from logistics units in the Marine Forces Command, Atlantic, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Division-Navy, United States Army Forces Command and the Air Force’s Air Combat Command that resulted in:

Joint Logistics Electronic Battlebook that inserted water, food, and shelter into disaster missions, security and environmental assessments within the USACOM Caribbean AOR (Haiti and Cuba).

Joint Total Asset Visibility that provided worldwide, real-time visibility to assets and logistics for the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System and Time Phased Force Deployment Data Lists.

Global Transportation Network that visualized and leveraged all modes of transportation (rail, air, pipeline, highway, barge, ocean-gong vessels, and truck) to deliver assets and logistics worldwide.

Global Command and Control System and Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII/COE) converted over six-month period to replace the Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) that processed high classification information.

Global Combat Support System that provided the domain within the Global Command and Control System for each Service to manage assets, logistics and emergency personnel for disaster missions.

●Program Manager over several multi-million-dollar information technology logistics services and supply chain management activities for Air Force logistics at Wing and Major Command locations.

Led $195 million information technology agency with 421 people operating a Unisys 2200 mainframe and 64 PCs to provide financial services to over 300 global clients.

Led $125 million information technology agency with 330 people managing a UNIVAC 1050-II mainframe for 700 customers in the United States and Asia.

1985 Base Fuels Manager of the Year; 1985 “Best in Tactical Air Command” Fuels Branch

Technology Innovation: Architect and engineer that evolved Integrated Combat Turns (ICTs) with hot pit refueling into revolutionary combat turns for F-15 aircraft during the first Iraq War. Result - Operational tempo transformed the battle intensity and rapidly defeated the enemy with a swift American Coalition victory and minimal loss of life.

Education/Certifications/Training

The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1995

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering

United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1995

MA, National Security and Strategic Studies

St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, 1988

MS, Computer Information Systems

Air Force Institute of Technology, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986

Petroleum Engineering Internship

Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, 1985

MBA, Management

The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1980

BS, Business Administration

Graduate: Air Command and Staff College (1985).

Marine Corps Command and Staff College (1985);

Naval War College (1995);

Armed Forces Staff College (1995)

Key Training

Service Now Product Suites; Jira: Project Management Institute (Certificate); Blue Prism Robotic Process Automation; Leidos Scrum Master; Amazon Web Services; Innovation; ITIL Foundation Course, v.2, v.3; R6 Six Sigma Specialist; ISO/IEC 27001:2005 - Information technology -- Security techniques – Information Security Management Systems – Requirements; ISO/IEC 27002: 2005 - Information technology - Security techniques - Code of practice for information security management; Cloud Computing, Foundation; Software as a Service and Web Applications; Platform Management and Storage Management; Cloud Computing Virtualization Specialist; Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practitioner, Software Assurance Practitioner, Information Technology Security Awareness (1978 – 2023); United States Army Petroleum Quality Assurance Representative; Registered Environmental Manager; Registered Environmental Property Assessor; Certified Environmental Auditor; and, Contracting Officer Representative.

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