Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Experienced cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of leadership across global security operations, digital transformation, and enterprise risk management. As Chief Information Security Officer at Kyndryl. I provide C-Suite and board-level cybersecurity leadership, translating complex cyber risk into clear, actionable insights to support informed decision-making and investment prioritization. My focus is on building security architectures resilient and zero trust by design, fostering security cultures that reduce human risk, and driving practical governance frameworks for emerging technologies. I partner with business leaders, technology teams, and external stakeholders to translate complex cyber risk into strategic action that supports operational continuity, regulatory compliance, and customer trust. I am passionate about empowering teams to anticipate and respond to evolving threat landscapes, championing education and awareness across the enterprise, and advancing innovative security solutions that align with business objectives.
As Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Kyndryl, I am responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that protects critical assets, strengthens organizational resilience, and enables secure growth for the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider. In this role I am responsible for establishing and operationalizing a forward-looking, resilient security posture that enables strategic business growth, innovation, and global digital transformation. • Built and scaled a global cybersecurity organization from inception following Kyndryl’s separation, establishing governance, operating models, and security capabilities to support a multinational enterprise operating across 60+ countries. • Modernized security operations and incident response capabilities, improving detection, response, and recovery through automation, threat intelligence integration, and standardized global processes. • Established a comprehensive human risk and security awareness program, driving measurable improvements in employee reporting behavior, phishing resilience, and overall cyber hygiene across a globally distributed workforce. • Integrated network security, operations, and cloud infrastructure under the CISO organization, improving security alignment, operational effectiveness, and efficiency across enterprise technology platforms.
Cybersecurity executive responsible for the operational defense and resilience of the global Leidos enterprise. Led enterprise cyber defense strategy and operations spanning threat intelligence and response, security architecture and engineering, cloud, perimeter, endpoint, identity, and enterprise vulnerability management, including penetration testing and red team operations. Built Leidos’ cyber operations organization from the ground up following insourcing from a managed security services provider, establishing strategy, capabilities, and processes while scaling the team from 12 to 100+ professionals and integrating multiple enterprise-grade cyber defense platforms.
Led a $100M+ global enterprise cyber defense program delivering 24x7 worldwide cyber defense. Provided executive-level cyber strategy and operational leadership to a geographically dispersed workforce, and served as Chief Security Officer for a multi-billion-dollar IDIQ, overseeing security across all task orders.
Senior capability leader within IS&GS Engineering & Technology, responsible for a 1,400-person professional services organization supporting over a dozen mission-critical government programs. Led enterprise resource strategy, program execution, and cross-program integration across diverse disciplines including IT, aerospace, service desk operations, project management, finance, HR, EHS, training, and legal. Accountable for talent strategy, workforce planning, and capability development, ensuring programs were staffed with the right skills to deliver excellence while driving innovation through technology, process, and operational synergies across the portfolio.
Assumed leadership of a $6.6B IDIQ with no competitive wins in the prior two years and rapidly developed and executed a new growth strategy. Led Lockheed Martin’s first competitive and prime wins on the vehicle, including a $200M award, and successfully transitioned and integrated multiple legacy contracts. Drove 262% program growth in the first year through strong execution, customer partnership, and strategic shaping of follow-on opportunities, while also leading strategy for a $6B IDIQ re-compete. Earlier, led turnaround and growth of a major software engineering program, converting a no-bid posture into a $50M+ recompete win, achieving sustained growth, exceeding P&L commitments, and earning a 5.0 CPAR through exceptional execution and customer trust.
Promoted during a high-risk, behind-schedule software release to stabilize execution and restore confidence. Led a 45-person mixed workforce, implemented process and organizational improvements that materially improved quality, efficiency, and delivery timelines, and successfully deployed what was recognized by the customer as the most stable release of the application.
I was the project and technical lead for a software program required to function at full capability while disconnected from the network while also having the ability to resynchronize data once a connection was re-established. I was also responsible for managing both NG and multiple sub-contractor’s developers, cost, risk, functional, timeline, and supportability analyses, conversion of customer requirements into system solutions, analysis, and project schedules. As the technical lead I was responsible for technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, design, fabrication, testing, installation, operation, and maintenance for the total system.