Senior Technical Program Manager

Richard P. Guidorizzi DoD Top Secret/SCI (CI polygraph) by birth)

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Fairfax, VA 22032 Cell: 571-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Executive Technology Leadership, where proven strengths in creativity, analysis, & organization along with extensive experience in cyber security & IT operations will significantly contribute to an organization's ability to discriminate between vaporware & true technology innovation, changing their IT expenses from a cost burden to a mission enabler.

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

Demonstrated experience & increasing management responsibility has included:

Cyber Security

Information Assurance

Technology Evaluation

Information Security

Program Analysis

Public speaking

Classified program management

Vulnerability Assessment

Network & Computer Security

Information Security Management

Management Related

Program & Project Management

Technology Management

Financial management

Technology contract management

Strategic planning & Governance

Budgeting

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Risk & opportunity management

Technology Related

Systems Engineering

Enterprise Architecture

Zero Trust Architecture

Technology business case analysis

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Initiated the move to Zero Trust at the Department of State by creating a vendor agnostic Zero Trust Architecture (modeled after DODAF) that gave the Department’s leadership an understanding of the core concepts relating to Zero Trust rather than the typical technobabble.

Used insights into how Identity is at the core of our current challenges to create a $30m Active Authentication (AA) program. to address critical challenges in Identity Management. AA allowed me to shift the paradigm from a focus on complicated passwords or special tokens to aspects of the identity of the person using the computer. Under my leadership performers created a new category of biometrics (cognitive biometrics) & developed 25 new modalities in the data already available to desktops & mobile devices. Established a relationship with a transition partner (DoD/CERDEC) who is self-managing the product, ($9 million FY13-16), to allow the introduction of the technology to the Army.

Connected my understanding of the greatest challenges for cyber defenders (awareness of the environment) led to the $12m Integrated Cyber Analysis System program. Within this program my insights guided my performers to create foundational technologies to improve how IT operators understand how the data of their systems can connect to create a holistic picture of their environment.

Utilized my understanding of the environment of the Pentagon to provide critical advice, guidance, & support after 9-11 to the Pentagon Police Department (PPD) & Federal Facilities Division (FFD). With more than 20 organizations responding to the attack clear communication we critical to ensure the technology of each organization worked without taking other organizations out of service. Leveraged my natural authority to facilitate establishing a presence for PPD and FFD at the Joint Operations Cell at Ft Myer. Engaged with the newly established Biological-Chemical Joint Operations Cell created at the Pentagon to build out technology, budget, and manpower requirements. Led the coordination & setup of computerized CBRN detectors in & around the Pentagon. Received commendation letters from the Pentagon Police Department & Federal Facilities Division for these activities.

Employed my organizational understanding of proper execution of IT to develop an IT organization for the newly formed Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Guided the development of the organization structure, defined billets, defined roles & responsibilities, budget plans, organizational objectives, & congressional defense for the organization within the new PFPA as they changed from a department with fewer than 100 positions & outsourced support to an agency with more than 500 positions with internally managed IT support. Ensured the guidance included a strategy to transition from the previous IT support to their new internally managed IT organization.

Managed DARPA’s $15+ million Cyber Fast Track (CFT) program, which contains 132 individual cyber security projects performed by the top US based cyber security talent. Coordinated transition of technology to more than 24 agencies in the defense department & federal government.

Understanding engagement was key, I created and executed large scale “demo days” of DARPA technology at the Pentagon. These demonstrations allowed senior leadership at the Pentagon to view the technologies working in person to ensure maximum visibility to transition partners. The demo days were conducted in May 2014 with an estimated attendance of over 3,000 across three days. The demonstrations included representation from 200 projects across DARPA (36 were my projects).

In my role as the Deputy CIO/IT Director at DARPA I leveraged my understanding of the shift in technology to create the first smart phone related pilot to receive written approval from both NSA & the DoD CIO’s office to allow the use of smart phones (iPhones) into DARPA (in 2008).

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Chief Engineer SAIC Vanguard 2.2.1 Contract, Department of State, Washington, DC

Responsibilities included managing the technical execution of the Vanguard 2.2.1 Contract providing engineering support to the State Department. The contract was a 10 year contract with a value of $2.2b and was on its 14th year in 2024. Acted as the primary “fixer” addressing technical issues relating to the program in any functional area on the contract. The program included over 800 engineers providing support to every technology in use at the State (domestic and overseas) including converged networks, systems and messaging, Endpoint Detection and Response, network monitoring systems, ICAM, PKI, converged data centers, software life cycle engineering, patch development and management, remote access solutions.

Responsibilities included ensuring the execution of all the technologies supported by our customer (IRM, State's IT department). Worked as direct advisor to State's senior executive leadership. Managed the execution of all major projects including a complete redesign of the Identity Infrastructure (including Active Directory, cloud services through Okta, and engagement with the ICAM solution). Worked with State’s leadership on the Pandemic response moving State’s 126k users from 99% on site to 95% remote in 8 weeks. Coordinated moving all engineers to a telework environment for all privileged functions, meeting all security requirements during and after the pandemic. Was personally responsible for ensuring the evaluation of new technologies and effective execution and integration of all selected solutions across State in all functional areas providing the customer the best solution most cohesive solution. Advised government leadership in the management of our program and activities relating to technology within State. Supported the response and mitigation for several major cyber security incidents. Developed a Zero Trust Architecture using the major elements from the Zachman Framework, TOGAF, DODAF, and FEAF to allow State to shift programs to align with their Zero Trust controls. Coordinated States responses for several external audits from organizations including OMB, CISA, and Ft Mead.

(Feb 2024-Present)

Associate Chief Engineer Leidos Contract, Defense Customer, Chantilly, VA

Responsible for providing engineering oversight on an ICAM program that provided online, on-demand access to defense and federal customers content, services, expertise, and support, based upon the user’s known identity and the user’s authoritative attributes/roles. This program provided a foundational component of a Zero Trust architecture for the primary defense customer ensuring authorized users can access mission critical data and preventing adversaries from accessing mission critical data, managing access control to more than 500 consumer applications in 19 operational environments across 4 domains. The program was focused on the development of customer software for the ICAM solution using Agile methodologies (based on SAFe). Understanding the criticality of the ICAM solution. Developed a matrix to align how the program related to and met Zero Trust controls across all levels. Defined future enhancements necessary to move my intel customer to compliance with advanced controls. Worked with the agency Zero Trust leads to integrate this program into Cameo with inheritable controls for other programs in the agency. (June 2023-Feb 2024)

Chief Engineer SAIC Vanguard 2.2.1 Contract, Department of State, Washington, DC

Responsibilities included managing the technical execution of the Vanguard 2.2.1 Contract providing engineering support to the State Department. The contract was a 10 year contract with a value of $2.2b and was on its 13th year in 2023. The program included over 800 engineers providing support to every technology in use at the State (domestic and overseas) including converged networks, systems and messaging, Endpoint Detection and Response, network monitoring systems, ICAM, PKI, converged data centers, software life cycle engineering, patch development and management, remote access solutions.

Responsibilities included ensuring the execution of all the technologies supported by our customer (IRM, State's IT department). Worked as direct advisor to State's senior leadership. Managed the execution of all major projects including a complete redesign of the Identity Infrastructure (including Active Directory, cloud services through Okta, and engagement with the ICAM solution). Worked with State’s leadership on the Pandemic response moving State’s 126k users from 99% on site to 95% remote in 8 weeks. Coordinated moving all engineers to a telework environment for all privileged functions, meeting all security requirements during and after the pandemic. Was personally responsible for ensuring the evaluation of new technologies and effective execution and integration of all selected solutions across State in all functional areas providing the customer the best solution most cohesive solution. Advised government leadership in the management of our program and activities relating to technology within State. Supported the response and mitigation for several major cyber security incidents. Developed a Zero Trust Architecture using the major elements from the Zachman Framework, TOGAF, DODAF, and FEAF to allow State to shift programs to align with their Zero Trust controls. Coordinated States responses for several external audits from organizations including OMB, CISA, and Ft Mead.

(Feb 2016-June 2023)

Deputy Program Manager, Enterprise Engineering, SAIC Vanguard 2.2.1 Contract, Department of State, Springfield, VA

Responsibilities included providing technical direction and leadership for State operational networks reaching more than 250 sites across the world. Managed more than 230 engineers across all disciplines (identity and authentication, network, directory services, systems, messaging, management support tools, security, remote management) used in the management of the DoS world-wide IT infrastructure. Brought a deeper understanding of IT operations and cyber security to guide the development and enhancement of the DoS IT systems. Acted as the technical lead for the response to OMB audits. (Dec 2014-Feb 2016)

Consultant, Kudu Dynamics, Fairfax, VA

Kudu Dynamics focuses on beyond state of the art in information security, leapfrogging the commoditization of conventional CNO and CND. Acted as a subject matter expert distilling the advanced cyber security problems faced by the government into the salient components and then refining the solutions until they're actionable across technical, budgetary, regulatory, and political domains. (Nov 2014-2019)

Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Adjunct Faculty developed and taught graduate level courses in the Computer Science Department on Cyber Security related subjects. (July 2015-2018)

Program Manager, Information Innovation Office (I2O), DARPA, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities include providing the vision and technical credibility to be able to bring operational innovation together with world-class researchers to create revolutionary changes in cyber technology for DoD. Developed ideas & programmatics for new high-risk, high payoff research & development programs for the DoD and managed the development of the technology. Interacted extensively with senior officials of a number of agencies within the DoD & the intelligence community. Maintained personal responsibility for creating partnerships with government individuals and organizations who could transition the technologies developed into use in the government. Created, secured funding, & managed the finances of several computer network & computer warfare research programs totaling more than $100m that worked to change paradigms relating to computer operations & defense. Developed relationships with potential transition partners to allow for the integration of a number of new revolutionary technologies from his programs into the DoD, Federal, and civilian spaces. Managed several classified research programs. Reviewed the contractual submissions of more than 500 potential research projects. (Nov 2010-Nov-2014)

Director, Information Resources Directorate, Deputy CIO, DARPA, Arlington, VA

Functioned as the primary point of contact for the information technology needs of the DARPA organization. Provided strategic vision for the use of technology within the agency to achieve the mission goals. Integrated the new strategic goals into performance goals of his government personnel & the daily operations of his contract staff. Provided a level of oversight & management that removed the daily operations of technology from the concerns of the agency director. Worked with the existing organization to bring existing good practices to the next level of maturity, while maintaining normal operations. Responsible for an annual budget of $40m. Coordinated three major contract transitions of my support staff. Led the source selection and coordinated the evaluation process for each contract. Created the Technology Development & Integration group to manage the introduction of new technology into the organization. Routinely provided advice & guidance to the DARPA director. Developed the department’s first IT Strategic Plan and started its first Enterprise Architecture using simplified elements of DODAF to allow for engagement without additional funding. (Nov 2007 – Nov 2010)

Project Manager, Missile Defense Agency in National Capital Region (NCR), Contract under Zen Technology Inc (a subsidiary of SI International), Washington, DC

Directed & led staff & operations over five years of constant series of challenges related to both the development of coalitions within shifting groups & within new organization. Re-organized $90m MDA contract to adapt to changes in vision of my CORs. Integrated goals of each of CORs into CIO’s strategic plans. Provided technical assistance on current operations plans & future designs of CORs. Developed strategy to form partnerships within new organization, where customer was able to take credit for successes. Routinely provided technical advice & guidance to Director of IT Office & to the CIO as a member of his senior staff. Made recommendations to CIO on development of MDA Enterprise, IT strategic plan, Enterprise Architecture, & other integrated information initiatives. Assumed responsibility as key company representative, to lead, manage & direct IT & information resources management for MDA. Recommended applied IT budgetary guidelines in conjunction with CIO’s CFO. Ensured that IT investments were effective, efficient, & in accordance with Federal guidance to execute sound capital planning & investment strategies. Established policies & procedures for effective accounting & reporting of applied IT resources & expenditures. Formulated & justified short & long-term budget planning to assist CIO in developing POM submissions. (Oct 2002 – Nov 2007)

Senior Network Engineer, Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F), Pentagon Contract, under Zen Technology Inc, Arlington, VA

Served as essential driving force in identifying, prioritizing & developing technical solutions for the agency. Assumed responsibility as lead engineer on contract at Pentagon supporting client that was responsible for infrastructure of Pentagon. Monitored & evaluated performance of advanced IT programs on basis of applicable performance measurements, & advised the government regarding whether to continue, modify, or terminate programs. Provided vision, leadership & advice in development of information technology strategies; ensured that organizational information, information technology, & cyber security matters were designed, managed & utilized to support organizational priorities. Provided needed leadership & direction for each of departments in new Pentagon Force Protection Agency to identify realistic IT solutions, to formulate budget required to acquire these solutions, & to create feasible strategy to deploy over the next five years. Facilitated, led & directed fast response changes in IT support & provided required management to customers with efficient & reliable working IT systems at Pentagon crash site on 12 September 2001. Developed & documented standards for servers, including security requirements. Managed the deployment of a range of enterprise applications. Developed a process for product evaluation & the documentation of requirements within the organization. Established lab for testing products & configuration changes. Successfully planned & managed 3 major operating system upgrades of the server & desktops across the enterprise. Successfully planned & managed the deployment & upgrade of several enterprise applications (including a migration from cc:Mail to Exchange). Developed a security configuration for the Windows 2000 systems to minimize customer risk. (Dec 1997 – Jan 2003)

Principal Network Engineer, U.S. Postal Services HQ, Contract under CDSI, Washington, DC

Initially came on as a Lead Engineer, moved to the position of Principal Network Engineer within a year. Originally responsible for the GC Law Department network & servers. Responsibilities expanded to include all 64 Novell & Windows NT file servers providing support to most of the customers within the USPS Headquarters. Supported Help Desk operations & developed processes & procedures to train Help Desk staff. Personally performed network & application troubleshooting, specifically resolving problems that required interaction between various application components across the enterprise networks. Assumed responsibility for managing Operations Engineering responsible for third level engineering support. Determined ways to improve system performance & developed & implemented test environment. Planned & managed the first migration to standard Postal computing environment of Novell Enterprise servers. Worked with the planned standard configuration for desktops/servers for deployment & documented the needed changes to the USPS standards group. (Feb 1995 - Dec 1997)

Network Engineer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Contract under CDSI, Wash., DC

Team leader for Systems Engineering Group responsible for network, server, & cable plant management. Responsibilities included the migration from a network of 26 IBM servers supporting 500 users in three buildings to 8 server Novell network connected to Sanyo SAN supporting 1,600 users, concurrently planned & coordinated integration of the three buildings into a single MAN. Evaluated impact & use of security products to include virus protection, firewalls, & management stations. Planned, managed, & executed migration from a bridged token ring network to FDDI collapsed backbone using intelligent hubs. (Feb 1993 – Feb 1995)

Network Engineer, US Department of Justice, EOAF Contract under Mid Atlantic Business Systems (MABS) & Westco, Washington, DC

Led engineer responsible for management & coordination of all IT support to the contract. Was responsible for configuration of GOSIP compliant multi-server site & two existing project LANs (Novell). Trained & supervised backup LAN administrator. Evaluated sub-tasks of contract performed by other contractors included an E-Mail product evaluation & a telecommunication network (423 LANs, plus 865 individual machines). (Nov 1990 – Feb 1993)

Senior Analyst, Morganti, Inc., Ridgefield, CT

Led analyst & senior member of Data Processing department responsible for computer operations related to microcomputers & SYS-36 operations. Evaluated potential areas for technology-based business process improvements. Determined the need for, acquired, & installed Novell 2.15 LAN using IBM token ring & IBM PS/2s for the Estimating department. Created a five-year plan to transfer the entire company (one department at a time) from SYS-36 to PC LAN based system. Catalogued & maintained computer systems at all company sites. (Jan 1990 – Nov 1990)

Analyst, James A. Jennings, Co., Mamaroneck, NY

Administered & managed computer operations (SYS-36 & micro), implemented computerized scheduling of jobs, & developed programs (in RPG II & Lotus) to improve accounting & estimating functions. (Aug 1988 – Dec 1989)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

M.S., Technology Management, August 2009, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

B.S., Computer Information Science, June 1988, IONA College, New Rochelle, NY

TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

Management

Help Desk Management (Oct 1996) ITIL Foundations (certified Jun 2005)

Establishing a Service Desk (ITIL) (Feb 2006) Project Management (Jun 2005)

Document Management Plan (Dec 2006) Quality Program (Jun 2006)

Core-PMP Project Management Essentials (2006) Federal CIO Certificate (Aug 2009)

Technical

CISSP (June 2007) MCSE 2000 (certified 2003)

F5 Configuration Professional (2000) Certified Novell Engineer, (Dec 1991)

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