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Athena E Powell

**** ********** ******* **** ********** Beach MD, 20732

240-***-**** adrpi7@r.postjobfree.com

Clearances Held: TS/SCI/w Full Scope Poly Preferred: Hybrid or Remote Positions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Ms. Powell has an accomplished 15-year career serving and leading USG National Security interests for Intelligence Community. Ms. Powell individual contributions have enabled government decision-making across a broad range of domains from strategic organization leadership, management of programs and projects, business acquisition, policies, compliance, and authorities, and the development and implementation of Enterprise-wide capabilities and tools. Ms. Powell has successfully secured, protected, and defended both the Intelligence, SIGINT, and Cyber mission elements as Senior level leadership or SME across several organizations at the National Security Agency. Ms. Powell is an enthusiastic innovator and pioneer with a unique hybrid blend of strategic leadership, technical and business acumen, and cultural mentorship to grow and sustain both mission and people. Ms. Powell possess experience working across Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, SIGINT

(in collaboration with the other INT disciplines), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Weapons & Space, Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and Counterintelligence (CT) mission elements to include but not limited to the following strategic, operational, and tactical areas of functioning elements:

• Adversarial Tradecraft Operations Optimization Strategy, Targeting, Collection, Analysis, Reporting Management, Ops Floor (SOC/ROC) and Mission Management, Deployment Exercises and Event Management

• Risk Management, Performance Management, Policy & Compliance Management, and Data Science Management.

• Organizational Strategist, Business Acquisition Modernization, and Program Management With this career and subject matter expertise acumen, Ms. Powell has transcended her knowledge, skills, leadership,and extensive partnering network of relationships to the commercial and government contracting industry. Where she hopes to gain an opportunity to help grow businesses and meet Agency needs. Her ability to cultivate a niche of stealthy innovative and strategic ideas into optimized capabilities and solutions across programs, mission, and people are apart of her success! CURRENT ROLE:

Cyber Network Forces (CNF) Technologies

Principle Cyber Intelligence Engineer/ Program Director USCC/NSA Weapons Portfolio Fort Meade,MD June 2021 - Present

• Provide Program direction and subject matter expertise across all programs and portfolios over all contract vehicles by being identifying, defining, and recommending the most impactful, effective, and efficient services and capabilities to be funded by any agenc or company;

• Track work accomplished to baseline plans and scope of work; identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends. Develop and implement product/program strategies, roadmaps, and cohesive integrated plans for portfolio to meet business and program objectives relating to revenue, margin, quality, and time- to-market;

• Conduct reviews to drill down into issues on services/products/projects develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to program mangers and program teams. Manage workforce and program teams to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives. Manage role objectives and career performance for bonus and promotion consideration, approve time/attendance and travel;

• Actively manage the program and its projects milestones with regular site visits as required based on the needs of each project/program team. Advise, adjust, re scoping, extend, or canceling projects during the performance period. Provide project portfolio assisance in adjacent areas from other programs or inherited from departing program managers or directors. Prepare and present program/product status to leadership and external customers;

• Review organizational capabilities, and develop execution strategies to improve the competitiveness of the organization through actions such as professional growth & development, strategic hiring, strategic partnering, and acquisitions;

• Staff and nurture a talented workforce to cultivate an inclusive culture that celebrates and values diverse insights and perspectives that inspires and reflects thought leadership and innovation. Foster an environment of intellectual curiosity and independence, constant learning, deep technical knowledge, and the willingness to take risks to enable a sustainable path for future national security operations and missions;

• Drive innovation and modernization to ensure the program team is leaning forward in enabling new services and capabilities to align with a focus on mission reliability and cost-effective sustainment for both company and customers;

• Manage program resources with the responsibility to direct, grow, and ensure successful execution of all aspects of the program for best overall performance from a financial, technical, schedule, contractual, and customer satisfaction perspective. Provide updates on program/project plans, schedules, budgets and deliverables. articulate risks and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets;

• Develop customer relationships and partnerships in an effort to gain retain existing business and create pipelines of new business within the market/program by identifying market/scope changes and developing product/program positions for costs/price and feature changes or equitable cost/ schedule adjustments. Develop concepts, methods, and tradecraft to navigate technical and market analysis, and engagements with other contract entities, customers, and clients. Continue to refine the methods through contract negotiations and awardship;

• Interact frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels to excercise government contracting practices and regulations regarding acquisitions. Particpate and delegate the planning of proposal preparation, negotiation, budgeting, performance measurements, and profit generation of programs;

• Partner with government regulators to define solutions that are seamless for customers but meet the government’s need for insight into critical security services by ensuring market-relevant infrastructure, security, and identity requirements are adequately addressed and built into CNF services.

• Directorate Division Chief- Global Network Exploitation Management of Strategic Counter Cyber Operations Division

• Branch Chief – On Net Pursuit Threat Analysis and Targeting for Customer Networks and the National Threat Operations Center (NTOC)

Information Assurance Cyber Directorate

• Division Chief - Remote Deployment Operations Analysis and Targeting Division Global Access Operations (RF/FornSat/ Fixed Ground/Tailored Access/Testerestial/ Overhead Satelite/SCS Site)

• Branch Chief/SME Liaison

• Program Manager Weapons & Space Portfolio

Counterintelligence Directorate

• Counterterrorism Liaison SME and Program Manager Information Assurance Cyber Directorate

• Program and Performance Manger /TCOR

• Led, manage, and grow branches, offices, and divisions of engineers, mathematicians, scientist, linguist, data scientist, targerters and operators (red/blue/hunt), analyst, cyber planners, mission managers, tech directors, supervisors and other roles of the civilian, military, and contractor workforce (including field sites OCONUS). Conduct performance evaluations, mission and operation assessments, provide promotions, awards, bonuses, and retention incentives.

• Overseen collaboration with Whole-of-Government IC Working Groups. Work across directorate and organizational structures while adhering to mission authorities. Negotiate inter-agency agreements to gain access to information or resources needed to achieve goals and/or objectives. Defend equities in the face of competing priorities and opposing missions and operations. Collaborate with other senior leadership to institute programmatic and budgetary best practices (Congressional Justification Books CBJB and CJB) to increase situational awareness across multiple lines of effort.

• Led and participate as a member on several boards, working groups, and committees (Promotional, Hiring/Retention, Mentoring Program, Workforce and Work Culture Improvement Steering Group, Information Assurance Governance, Reporting Authority, Agency Leadership Steering Groups, and a host of others). Liaison on behalf of the Agency with the Intelligence Community, Government, and Industry/Commercial partners and customers. Provide “Tech Talks” (lectures and discussion series) to Agency and non-Agency government entities OCONUS and CONUS, commercial/industry, and academia institutions.

• Briefed concepts and communicate complexed, multi-dimensional challenges and mitigation strategies for mission and operation decision-making purposes to all levels of leadership. Contribute to the development of the 2020 Cyber Security Strategy and the Agency Cyber Strategy. Recommend and institute strategy

for securing USG supply chain and critical infrastructure projects.

• Established strategic vision for 3 new portfolios of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science Research and Development. Lead deep learning initiatives across the enterprise to introduce and implement optimized use of AI/ML techniques and tools by using sophisticated data alchemy and taxonomies to operationalize near-real time capabilities. National Security Agency (NSA)

Fort Meade, MD July 2008 to September 2020 CAREER ROLES and HIGHLIGHTS:

Cyber Security Operations Directorate

• Overseen enterprise-wide projects and programs to develop tools and capabilities by fostering and implementing a scalable, sustainable, and agile methodology for Cyber, SIGINT, Counterintelligence missions (I.e. epic/story framework for tracking program, budget, architecture requirements).

2004 –2009 Contractor/Consultant

In congruent to being an educator/adjunct professor Ms. Powell began doing IT consulting and STEM training and development for companies and collegian institutions. She created business systems, services, products, and solutions necessary to respond to the needs of USG and Commercial clients across a broad range of requirements. Ms. Powell built a network of partners and colleagues where she maintained a strong consulting pipeline. This in turn, landed Ms. Powell at multiple firms (i.e. Lockheed Martin/NASA, L3, Deloitte, Sevatec). As a contractor/consultant Ms. Powell worked in the roles of IT Business Systems Consultant and Manager or as a Program or Project Manager. In addition, her corporate duties included work efforts on Requests for Information (RFI), Proposals (RFP), and Technical Task Orders (TTO). Negotiations on teaming agreements, management of contracts/subcontracts, recruit/hire/nurture consultants. Ms. Powell fostered a leadership philosophy of transparency to establish trust among staff members, partners and managers. Engaged customers to understand business and operational needs; incorporated knowledge to improve new business development efforts. Coordinated winning bids that positioned the company for growth and expansion. Monitored and controlled staff utilization to improve company profit margins and ensured timely delivery of products and services.

Ms. Powell customer site work included daily interface with Investment Portfolio Managers and Directorate Chiefs in the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of USG systems. Elicited and translated user needs into operational concepts, architectures, requirements, new business processes and training. Conducted TTXs and orchestrated testing and knowledge transfer to Military and Civilian workforce. Initiated, planned, executed and controlled improvements to several operational functions and service delivery policies, processes and practices. Forecasted, justified and negotiated annual program funding against competing priorities. Member of the Integration Leadership Team to leverage lessons from previous successes and setbacks. Authored content for proposals, corporate policies, briefing materials. Acted as the Division spokesperson/project SME for IT Process Improvement and Business Development initiatives at leadership functions and town hall events. August 2000- June 2004 Professor/Educator

Served as an IT Department Chair for Prince Georges County Public Schools (teacher professional development). Mathematics and Technology (STEM) Education teacher for high school students

(grades12th) in Prince Georges County Maryland (public school, military academy, and community college bridge program) Washington DC (charter school), and PG Community College. AFFILIATED AGENCIES SERVED through Mission and Operations:

• Department of Defense (DoD) and all services (Army/Navy/Airforce/Marine)

• Office of Director National Intelligence (ONDNI/DNI-OSINT)

• National Security Agency (NSA/CSS)

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

• National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) (Weapons & Space Systems)

• United States Cyber Command (USCC)

• Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

• US Combatant Commands (AFRICOM/STRATCOM/EUCOM/TRANSCOM)

• Department of State (DOS)

• US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• US Department of Energy (DOE)

• US Department of Treasury (DOT)

• Center of Excellence College and Institutions for STEM, Information Assurance, Cyber Security, Intelligence, and Data Science Programs.

• Commercial and Industry Companies and Government; Affiliates, Partners, Customers, and Stakeholders for special projects & programs, capabilities in relation to STEM, Information Assurance, Cyber Security, Intelligence, and Data Science. EDUCATION:

• Masters of Science, Management Public Policy Business Administration, Bowie State University 2006

• Masters of Science, Management Information Systems Computer Technology, Bowie State University 2002

• Bachelors of Science Mass Communication, Morgan

State University 1998

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS, METHODS & TOOLS:

• Principles and Best Practices DAWIA Level II/PPBE/CBJB/CJB/COR&TCOR

• Well-versed in US National Security Policies & Compliance, Authorities, and Standards

• Microsoft SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, MS Project, SPLUNK,Confluence and JIRA Collaboration and other DoD/Intelligence tools.

• Brief Highlights of Professional Training and/or Certification: Information Systems Engineering

(NSA), Organizational Leadership (NSA/PMI); Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (NSA); Project Management PMP (NSA); DoD Architecture Framework (NSA); Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Cloud Computing (NSA/AFCEA/ISACA); Cyber Range Forensic (NSA/INFOSEC), Cyber Kill Chain Methodology (NSA); Cybercrime Modeling (FBI), DoD Risk Management Framework

(PMI/NSA), CISSP/CISM/Network+/Security+(NSA/INFOSEC/ISACA); Data Science Bootcamp concentration on Predictive Analysis (NSA/TDWI).

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