PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Naval Reserve Information System Technician Marietta, GA Mar. 2001 - Present

Information System Technician

·             Lead C4I sailors in  Information System Administration  in South Korea during  Exercise Key Resolve in March 2008

·             In- charge of  SIPR, NIPR, Video Teleconference Communication, CENTRIX-K network connectivity, and account management for both US and South Korea Forces.

·             Researched with Operations Navy Assessment team on countries under EUCOM area of responsibility for Maritime Partnership Programs

·             Member of  planning, development and execution of  the embarkation plan for Exercise Austere Challenge 06

·             Supported various Comsixthflt Det 802 exercises in the capacity of network administrator, VTC administrator and IWS administrator resulting in various fleet certifications and Unit awards.

·              Maintain and troubleshoot physical internetworking connectivity in various Joint Task Force Exercises leading to the certification of my unit as the Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander of COMUSNAVEUR.

·             Supervised over 1,500 classified and unclassified military PCs and laptops in a joint task force exercise held in Italy and Germany resulting in the certification of my unit as part of the expeditionary force in the European Command Theater and Strike-Force NATO

·             Trained  and mentored 20 sailors in computer Installation and troubleshooting  during Excercise Agile Response 03, Flexible Response 04,

·             Supervised sailors in account creation on Windows 2000 and Microsoft exchange servers in two major exercises.

·             Designed a network environment for real time application using video conferencing equipment on secured lines.

·             Took charge of  and delegated the task of  documentation of all secured equipment in numerous e numbers for inventory purposes.

·             Responsible for hardware and peripherals during exercises with value of over $500,000.

Covenant Security Solution                           McLean, VA    Jul. 2007 – Nov. 2007

Information Assurance Engineer

·             Lead a team of engineers as independent contractors to conduct Security, Test and Evaluation as well as Certification and Accreditation for the Employment and Training Administration of Department of Labor in Washington DC a project worth $700,000.

·             Re-designed the Network infrastructure to fortified the security perimeter of the ETA DOL

·             Developed the plan of action, schedule and rules of engagement in executing this contract

·             Conducted overall risk assessment of the Department of Labor National General support system, Unemployment Insurance Database Management System, Foreign Labor Certification System and the Enterprise Business Support System.

·             Ensured that the department conforms to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Federal Information Security Management Act and Federal Information Processing Standards mandates, procedures and policies.

·             Investigated violations of Information Security Policies and made recommendation to mitigate those violations as well as conducted system vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and security auditing.

·             Researched on new system vulnerabilities and developed mitigation and remediation strategies to address these concerns.

·             Reviewed all QA related testing and procedures documents pertaining to this project prior to certification.

·             Made final recommendations to approving authority for certification and accreditation

Global Merchandise Inc. Fort Lee, VA   Nov. 2006 – Jul. 2007

Lead Project Manager

• Lead a team of five Information System Management professionals to plan, design, procure equipment and software, and overall operational set-up to ensure the successful delivery of the electronic transaction platform for Global Merchandise Inc by October 16, 2007
• Selected and established a high level technical staff to act as the PMO (Project Management Office) team to control the overall functional implementation of this project
• Negotiated and Contracted resources acquisition which includes outsourcing web development and domain acquisition to qualified bidders for this project
• Prepared project estimated budget of  $1.8 million for clients approval
• Prepared economic and cost analysis for this project as well as Net Present Value
• Developed quality management plan during and after the completion of this project
• Outlined security plan and procedures to prevent and protect the company’s investment
• Documented and developed a power-point presentation on this project to the company.

Planmore Enterprises Inc. Tucker, GA   Aug. 2006 – Nov. 2006

Lead Project Manager

• Lead a team of three Project Management professionals to develop Planmore Enterprises, Inc. Strategic & Business Plan, Approach, Purpose, Description, Life Cycle, Constraints and Assumption, Charter and for company’s new plant expansion in addition to an existing one.
• Selected the necessary skill set and delegated authority to qualified managers for this project.
• Prepared budget estimation of $3.5 million and schedule of delivery of project
• Prepared economic and cost analysis for the estimated budget for approval
• Appointed functional managers and coordinators for the duration of this project.
• Documented and developed a power-point presentation on this project to an audience and stakeholders.

Automobile Acceptance Corporation                        Riverdale, GA   Apr. 2005 – Aug. 2006

Information Technology Manager

·             Designed and implement the corporate Network Infrastructure comprising of on the Headquarters and 4 other office locations.

·             Implemented a mini data storage in a centralized location for access by all the locations

·             Lead and manage 6 Network and Desktop Technician in their daily operation of the corporation’s network

·             Managed system security projects resulting in compliance of clients information

·             Performed automated access provisioning across supported systems and applications along with defining and providing audit report.

·             Monitored, reported, and followed SOX compliances to Information Security policies.

·             Investigated violations of Information Security Policies from Security and Associate analyst by analyzing forensic data and correlated events using standard security tools and processes.

·             Conducted system vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and company’s security auditing.

·             Researched on system vulnerabilities and developed mitigation and remediation strategies to address these concerns.

·             Worked with project mangers to develop a test strategy including acceptance criteria, testing scheduling, needed scenarios, and identification of testing environment.

·             Monitored testing activities and made adjustment to scheduling and test plan when need be.

Auto Smith Inc. Project                              Atlanta, GA        Apr. 2004 – Apr 2005

Contract Negotiator/ Project Manager

• Proposed and spearheaded the analysis of why the company hard to resort to Digital system and negotiated and administrated contracts in the procurement of Digital storage system worth $300,000.00
• Proposed and implemented security policies in safeguarding the procured system
• Wrote out standard procedure for monitoring and auditing of users who access data on the storage system
• Wrote out statement of work requirement regarding project for Digital system project
• Developed and implemented a training manual which focus solely on how the usage of various features incorporated with the Digital Storage System
• Worked closely with the system installation team so that Auto Smith best practices were implemented from the start.
• Ensured that all federal and State regulation pertaining to the acquisition of the Digital Storage System were adhere to by Auto Smith Inc.
• The implementation of the Digital Storage System has resulted in a reduction of paper utilization as well as budget on miscellaneous

 Energysouth Inc. Project                  Atlanta, GA                  Apr. 2003 – Apr. 2004

Project Manager

·             Responded to Energysouth Inc. request for proposal on its network connectivity, which covers four geographical areas in Southeast United States with 3.6 million customers and a staff of 29,000 to meet their long-term strategy plan.

·             Designed a three layer hierarchical network that is robust, cost efficient and redundant with less maintenance to support Energysouth’s enormous customer demands.

·             Migrated their multi-vendor software and equipment to one platform and manufacture respectively for better performance and easily resolvable thereby saving Energysouth 8 million dollars in operational and budgetary cost.

·             Developed a standard operational procedure to assist technician in collaboration with network functionality and remote access for repairs and troubleshoot.

·             The network design has benefited Energysouth in its interoperability, reliability, availability, and security of member servers. It has also increased company’s network scalability, manageability, security, and lowered total cost of ownership.

·             Worked closely with project team in bringing the project to the scheduled completion thereby saving Energysouth money.

Caney Creek Building Project              Alpharetta, GA       Jan. 2002 – Apr. 2003

Project Manager

·             Lead a team of four project managers to supervised and utilized resources, skills, expertise, and the infrastructure that are necessary to identify early stage opportunities and risks to assist project sponsors in constructing a new home.

·             The Caney Creek project was on schedule and concluded in 90 days at the budgeted cost of $226,680 taking into consideration all the risks of this project, include unforeseen weather, labor strikes, equipment failure, theft, lack of resources and budgets and government issues.

·             By partnering with the project sponsors, contractors, and subcontractors the home was finished under initial budget of $300,050 and still with the same specifications and dimension of the client’s requirement of the house.

·             Project documentation which included plan of action, scheduling, scope of project, budgeting, charter, partnering agreement, status report and risk assessment was compiled with the direction of my leadership.

AWARDS       

·         Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, September 2006

·         Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, December 2004

·         Letter of Commendation by Vice Admiral J. Stufflebeem, U. S. Navy, November 2006

·         Letter of Commendation, Brigadier General J. Verbeck, USAF, May 2005

·         Citation by Brigadier General, David G. Perkins, U. S. Army, April 2008

·         General’s Coin by Chief of Staff United States European Command by Lt. General Broadwater, November 2004

·         Navy and Marine Corps Blue Jacket of the Quarter, October 2004

·         ACT (Attitude – Commitment – Teamwork) Award by GE Capital ITS, February 1998 for leading my team to honor GE’s commitment to clients in computer configuration which resulted in a huge profit margin that year.

·         Certificate of Appreciation, American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela, March, 1994. 1994 as a result of leadership qualities exhibited in motivating foreign nation workers under my watch.