PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Seasoned operations and acquisition leader with a security mindset, underpinned by extensive research and practical understanding of the stringent policies and processes essential in sensitive industries. Has demonstrated a comprehensive grasp of meeting and exceeding both industry standards and business objectives in high-stakes environments. Possesses an expanding acumen in the development and execution of sophisticated offensive engineering tactics and proactive defense strategies. This expanding expertise will be utilized in network security, information systems, and personnel management to ensure formidable protection against the continuously evolving spectrum of human and cyber threats.

I have over a decade of experience in managing certification processes and keeping meticulous documentation, ensuring readiness for incidents and program evaluations. Growing knowledge of fortifying infrastructures and assets against advanced persistent threats (APTs), evolving human vulnerabilities and AI’s accelerating role in defense.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MANAGING PARTNER, AMANI HEALTH CARE 2015-2024

Brokered the acquisition of a dementia care home and surrounding properties. Tied off major transactions, totaling over $600,000 with creative funding like goodwill trade offs and land contracts.

Lead high level discussions to implement primary care and hospice care via tele-med during COVID-19. This initiative helped to ensure reimbursement to care partners and resulted in buy-in from Medicaid and Medicare for compliance variance and unhindered reimbursement.

Implemented training standards complaint with the Center for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS). Developed professional development for patient care and nursing associates. Improving resident and patient survey scores by 80%.

Designed and implemented HIPAA & HITECH policies and procedures programs.

Established and ensured MARS-E compliance for principal clients and internal CMS programs.

Established for clients and partners C2M2 framework (2014 and 2021), CHAPS, and PCI standards of practice.

Designed and instituted a web presence and an online application for payments and early reimbursement capture.

Developed and programmed an application that used actuary certain calculations and present acuity scores to determine resident resource needs. The application and reimbursement strategy increased revenue 77% above competitor average while ensuring quality of care through residents’ journeys.

FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE, PMO, Project Manager 2015

Managed County critical IT projects in the newly developed PMO (project management office). Lead in ideation, design, stakeholder management, budget regulation, and deployment of public facing IT requirements.

Revised the resource monitoring and project visualization for leadership and finance. This improved budget request by 40% and realigned existing projects. Using an agile approach achieved coordination with cross-functional teams reducing waste, change request, and mitigation of project risk.

Developed the updated County disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

Analyzed skill gaps and made training and sourcing recommendations.

Discovered educational gaps in security knowledge among partner agencies and proposed information protection strategies and developed a risk management policy in line with evidence-based practices.

Lead HITECH and PCI implementation in new project designs.

Primary leadership on the design, procurement, configuration, and implementation of the County Health Department’s electronic health record (EHR) system.

LEVERAGESEED, Lead Consultant 2009-Present

Consultant for small healthcare EHR implementation, PHI compliance and post-acquisition integration; IT system implementation and cloud solution procurement; compliance, regulatory assurance, and capital strategies.

My commitment to providing expert advice and recommendations is exhibited by helping open over forty home health companies and helping another sixty-two meet CMS compliance.

Collaborating with a non-profit partner I helped develop a regional and international news outlet establishing over 10,000 local print readers. Over one million monthly readers from Canada, East Africa and the U.S. interacted with the online medium which I developed using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack.

Resolved reimbursement conflicts for six adult foster care homes. Lead the acquisition and divestment of four homes for dementia care, leading to improved management and patient care.

Monitored networks for home health businesses. Implemented DR/BC programs.

Advised on the procurement and deployment of electronic payment systems, resident tracking, and cyber security risk management.

Managed SLAs and MSP contractors.

Performed poll analysis and presented signs and triggers to candidates, campaign managers, and high-risk supporters.

Scrubbed and analyzed voter data and trends. Helped Board of Elections develop voter activity tracking and an automated voting machine inventory for active voting days.

Performed oppositional background research and B-Team research for pre and active campaigns.

Lead negotiations with partner banks resulting in $1M reserve for rapid access loans for CPA client.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE, Staff Sgt. 2003-2009

E-6, leadership, and medical training duties

Aero-Medical Staging/ASTS 445th Airlift Wing

NREMT and critical specialty

EDUCATION

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, OH 2000-2003

Molecular Genetics (minor Biochemistry)

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF FINANCE Online 2015

Mergers and Acquisitions

M&A Advanced Topics (2022)

IBM LEARN Online 2022-2024

Data Science 2022- Present

Linux Scripting

Code Analysis

Python Packaging/ Git

Data Visualization

REST APIs/ Flask

Web scraping

Python for AI Dev

SKILLS

Risk management, OSINT, MITRE ATT&K, Linux RHEL, Splunk, network analysis, Python, AWS, PowerShell, Kali tools and Burp-Suite, SLA design and management.

CERTIFICATION TRAINING

ISC2 Certification, Certified Cybersecurity

CASP+ Test Candidate, Spring 2024

Cyber Warfare, RHEL Certification, EC-Council

InfoSec Specialization, Cyber Incident Response & Reporting Defensive Python Programming

FedRAMP 3PAO Obligations and Performance Guide Certification

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