BRUCE W. FORTON
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Titusville, Florida 32780 E-Mail: ***********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over twenty years of experience working for Aerospace companies at Kennedy Space Center at the IT Launch Control Center and formerly as a Traffic/Marine Enforcement Officer. Currently hold a “SECRET” security clearance. I have a dynamic knowledge base of technical solutions to ensure that support function is as efficient, productive, and secure as possible. I manage IT-related projects, handle various IT operations cross functionally, and provide service for all end users.
CERTIFICATION AND SKILLS
JAVA Programming, I & II
Enterprise Security/ITSM
Microsoft Office Suite Certification
Excellent Verbal & Written Communication
Proficient in Issue and Conflict Resolution
Effective Time Management & Attention to Detail
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Amentum – PAE Test Conductor June 2020 – Present
Provide guidance in applying service management and other relevant IT frameworks, methodologies, and standards - including those defined by regulators
Review relevant operational directives, test plans, pre-test briefings for classified operations.
Maintain service management methods, tools, and processes to ensure service availability and technology performance contributes to the positive business impact through effective use of KPI's.
Responsible for remedy of incidents/anomalies during major milestones through gap analysis and postmortems.
Create, coordinate, monitor and handle all Service Desk open tickets in order to ensure issues are closed within the required Service Levels.
Coordinate communication (not limited to system outages, system upgrades, changes, etc.) with customers, NASA, and subcontractors for approval and ensure there are no conflicts with operating schedules.
Redline conflicting procedures during test operations for future modification and recommend solutions.
Create reports, run analytics, and provide system-driven metrics used by leaders and service owners.
Organizes support, troubleshooting, and repair for hardware and software systems.
Conducts gap and change analysis, providing recommendation to stakeholders for opportunities and recommend improvements areas.
Chenega Infinity - Marine Enforcement/Traffic Officer March 1987 – June 2020
Marine Enforcement – enforced security zones in the waterways surrounding Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Provided escort protection and security for visiting foreign and U.S. Navy vessels.
Marine Enforcement – enforced security zones in the waterways surrounding Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Investigate alarms and disturbances.
Provided security protection/escort for unmanned launch vehicles, launch complexes, satellite payloads, restricted/controlled areas, and flight hardware.
Identify and assess risks and gaps in security processes and collaborate with internal teams’ improvements to mitigate future risks.
Investigated traffic accidents and security incidents.
EDUCATION & MILITARY SERVICE
BS Information Technology-Information Systems Security (BSIT/ISS) August 2019
University of Phoenix
U. S. AIR FORCE 1978 - 1982
AFSC 81150 Security Specialist Honorable Discharge