Cyber Security Architecgt

Career Summary: Experienced, passionate problem solver who combines 25 years of experience at all levels of software development and cyber security with an adept ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, build consensus and implement solutions in all areas of technology and security architecture.

Experience

Customer Service Associate for Lowe’s – Columbus, OH

December 2024 – Present

Guide customers in selecting appropriate plumbing and electrical products to complete their projects, providing knowledgeable and solution-focused assistance.

Maintain well-stocked shelves and ensure inventory accuracy through diligent tracking and updates within the online inventory management system.

Collaborated with team members across departments to support daily operations, streamline checkout processes, and uphold Lowe’s customer satisfaction standards.

Substitute Teacher for Educational Service Center of Central Ohio

August 2024 – Present

Serve as a substitute teacher across K–12 grade levels, effectively implementing lesson plans and supporting student learning in the absence of the regular teacher.

Adapt quickly to diverse classroom environments, managing student behavior and maintaining a productive learning atmosphere across multiple grade levels and subjects.

Senior Security Architect for American Electric Power (AEP) – Columbus, OH

October 2020 – February 2024

Over a 3 year period, I ensured cyber security for the AEP network by guiding the creation of cybersecurity requirements, documenting cybersecurity policies & SOPs in compliance with NIST & NERC Frameworks, obtaining approval from business leaders for those policies & SOPs, publication of and enforcement of those cybersecurity policies & SOPs for 17K+ employees.

Over a 3 year period, I guided the use of secure base images across AEP by performing risk assessments and creating documentation on proper container usage for Windows & Linux base images.

Following the identification of vulnerabilities in AEP container base images, I organized and led an 8-person cross-functional working group for 9 months which was remediating the issues prior to my departure.

Over an 8-month period – and while serving as a Lead Architect for a Service Account integration project, I worked with a 12 person, cross-functional team to address significant differences on how to track service accounts across AEP via an integration between ServiceNow & MyAccess which resulted in the creation of a new process to successfully track the request, approval, creation and deletion of service accounts.

Over a 10-month period, I led the design of a system to automate the approval and processing of connections between AEP and 100+ third-party vendors including directing discussions between key integration teams to determine shared attributes, proper approval workflows and tracking in case of vendor breach.

Over a 2-year period, I served as security architecture’s representative for AEP’s Architect Community of Practice Leadership team which included leading ad hoc team to develop & mature the broader architect community and produced a Job Level Skills Matrix to guide individual community members.

Over an 18-month period, I served on AEP’s Culture Committee during which I directed teams in efforts to improve company culture which resulted in an increase in employee satisfaction on the annual AEP employee culture survey. In addition, I served as a Wellness Champion for several years sharing health and wellness information & programs offered by AEP to their employees.

Senior Solution Architect for American Electric Power (AEP) – Columbus, OH

November 2016 – October 2020

Over a 4-year period, I regularly guided AEP’s Enterprise Architecture governance RFP reviews for vendor-provided & in-house created solutions involving 3 different working groups for each review requiring 90 days to complete and resulting in recommendations for technology standards for solutions costing up to $100K.

Over a 4-year period, I designed architectural solutions to support successful implementation of vendor and in-house built systems for deployment across the entire 17K+ employee footprint within the AEP organization. The individual architectural design reviews could take up to 3 months to complete and include a large, multi-year, $1M+, high visibility project.

Over a 4-year period, I regularly collaborated with various business units to complete reviews lasting up to several weeks to identify business problems, propose solutions, create business & technical requirements for the selected solution to a problem which would then be implemented by various other teams within AEP or my own team which could then require me to build database schemas and data relations to enable communications & data analysis across multiple Oracle & SQL databases to support the desired solution.

Over a 4-year period, I led design sessions lasting several weeks with representatives from across 6 business units to ensure system interoperability and successful integration with cloud-based & SaaS solutions including an OCR replacement, integrations with Workday and an integration with a CASB solution.

Over a 1-year period and while serving as Lead Portfolio Architect, I collaborated with a 12-person team representing multiple business units & platform teams to provide architectural guidance to enhance & expand integration of Documentum across AEP.

In my 4 years as Senior Solution Architect, I regularly used Visio to create architectural and process design documents for technical & business leaders.

Over a 4-year period, I designed and implemented database schemas and data relations for the corporate Documentum platform hosting 100K+ documents supporting internal business processes serving AEP’s 5 million customers.

Senior Software Developer for American Electric Power (AEP) – Columbus, OH

February 2008 – November 2016

Over a 6-year period, I worked as part of a 10+ person software development team including 6 Developers, a SCRUM Master, Product Owner, 2 Business Analyst and a QA Team for a Documentum corporate document repository platform Implementation. The team used Java, Java Script and C++ development tools while originally operating within a Waterfall methodology before transitioning to an AGILE framework with 2-week Sprints to create enhancements, configuration changes and updates to the platform.

Over a 4-year period, I provided production support for the enterprise Documentum solution used by 4 business units encompassing multiple departments with a total of 17K employees.

Over a 6-year period, I created and implemented database queries for the corporate Documentum platform hosting 100K+ documents which supported internal business processes serving AEP’s 5 million customers.

Over a 2-year period, I utilized Lotus Notes / No SQL to create, deploy, modify & support company-wide tools used by 17K employees including a custom-built tool to track corporately mandated and self-directed training.

Consultant for Quick Solutions – Columbus, OH

March 1997 – February 2008

Over a 10+ year period, I provided consulting services including technical development, deployment and post-launch support for Lotus Notes software implementations for clients ranging in size from 10 employees to large-scale clients with 100K+ employees including electrical insurance, utilities and financial services companies like Dimension Insurance, American Electric Power and JP Morgan Chase.

Over a 6-year period, from 2002 to 2008, I managed an 8-person consulting team including regularly evaluating individual team member performance, guiding their client relations and mentoring each team member in their career path development.

Over a 1 year period, I served as lead developer for 5 developers including working with 6 business analysts to document business & technical requirements, created project cost estimates & timelines, design applications and lead developers in their development efforts and testing of customer-specific solutions.

Over a 4-year period, I chaired the 10-person Employee Activities Committee in planning, budgeting for, communicating in support of and executing employee events on behalf of approximately 175 employees throughout the calendar year including regular Happy Hours, golf outings and recreational sports leagues.

Education & Certification

B.S. in Systems Analysis from Miami University – Oxford, OH

Certified Scrum Master I

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