Windham, New Hampshire, United States
Experienced leader, evangelist, and change agent in large scale, complex real time, high latency dependent information systems, systems engineering and weapon systems development and acquisitions in support of the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, Private/Public Industry and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers ( FFRDC). Recruited for Chief Information Officer assignment in large public company. Appointed by the Secretary of the Air Force as the First Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) for Cyber, with a focus on complex, real time, latency driven weapon systems. Creator of Operation Vulcan Logic (OVL) - A Risk Based Cyber Security execution model based on the "YesIF" philosophy. As the First Air Force Highly Qualified Expert (HQE) responsible for the areas of cyber security, program protection planning, security engineering, supply chain risk management, mission and system assurance and resiliency. Responsibilities include technical authority for security engineering, cyber resiliency and systems and mission assurance; engineering resilient systems; and defensive security engineering. Appointed as the Authorizing Official for multiple boundaries/Capabilities, including: Command and Control Systems (Collateral & SAP); Rapid Cyber Acquisition (Collateral & SAP); Enterprise IT as a Service (Collateral & SAP); Cloud & DevSecOps; F-35 Cloud & DevSecOps; F-35 ALIS and GBSD Cloud & DevSecOps. Additionally appointed as the AF Director of Cyberspace Innovation.
Accountable for protecting Draper's information systems and mission critical AI capabilities. Responsible for enterprise leadership over cybersecurity, cyber resiliency, and cyber related risk across unclassified, controlled unclassified, and corporate environments.