William F.

Experience

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  US Navy

  Dec 1977 - Aug 1996

  Assistant Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Officer at Naval Air Station Alameda, CA, with direct responsibility for the management of intermediate level aircraft maintenance performed by 170 avionics, support equipment, power plants, airframes, and aviation survival equipment personnel. When Naval Air Station Alameda was targeted for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), I led the project to perform an orderly shutdown of my department and move all aircraft maintenance and support equipment/personnel assets to another air station. This project was performed under very tight and unchangeable timelines.Select Achievements:** Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist (EAWS) qualification and review board chair. ** Received a letter of appreciation from Commander, Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron for support equipment services provided by my department. Show less Upon completion of Navy LDO Orientation, Naval Officer Leadership Development, Aircraft Maintenance Officer, and Aircraft Weight and Balance schools at NAS Pensacola, FL, I was assigned as the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), IM-3 (Avionics) Division Officer aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70), with direct responsibility for management of intermediate level aircraft maintenance performed by 250 avionics personnel in 32 work centers. During General Quarters (Battle Stations) evolutions, I was assigned as a damage control unit officer, leading an 85 man shipboard firefighting and damage control team (Repair Locker 1-Foxtrot). Made one combat deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of enforcing the Northern Iraq no-fly zone post-Desert Storm, one 3 month patrol and training deployment to the northern Pacific and Western Pacific, and various other training periods at sea.Select Achievements:* Coordinated the installation of 32 major automatic test equipment systems, and the certification of over 300 test program sets.* Expanded avionics repair capabilities, resulting in an overall air wing mission capable aircraft status of 90% and 86% full mission capable rate. * Consolidated 3 onboard calibration laboratories down to one, increasing efficiency and calibration services for battle group calibration services. * Led a comprehensive Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) effort to acquire test equipment and other assets in order bring my division up to combat operational status for the 1994 deployment to the Persian Gulf. * Received the Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service during my tour of duty on board U.S.S. Carl Vinson. * My repair unit was recognized as the winning team of the Damage Control Olympics.* Qualified as Shipboard In-Port Officer On Deck (OOD). Significant Training Completed:* Aircraft Maintenance Officer and NATOPS School* Aircraft Weight and Balance* Advanced Shipboard Firefighting and Damage Control Show less Communications, navigation, IFF, electronic countermeasures, weapons control, and armament systems tech. Aircraft: S-3A, H-46, H-2, H-3, P-3C, F-14A, F-14D. Supervised aircraft maintenance technicians in various combat squadrons and shore-based facilities. Combat deployment to the North Arabian Sea in support of Operation Earnest Will during the 1988 Iran/Iraq War, 3-month patrol and training deployment to the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea, and Sea of Japan. Over two years foreign service in support of combat patrol squadrons.Select Achievements:Selected for commissioning in the US Navy LDO program – one of only 13 applicants selected (this represents 6% of all applicants Navy wide). Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist (EAWS) qualification and review board member. Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service as Avionics Branch Supervisor, Fighter Squadron 51.Supervisor of the Quarter Award as the Communications, Navigation, and Electronic Countermeasures Work Center Supervisor, Fighter Squadron 51.Supervisor of the Year (1989), as the Communications, Navigation, and Electronic Countermeasures Work Center Supervisor, Fighter Squadron 51. Navy Achievement Medal for establishing the squadron avionics maintenance work center, and for collateral duties in implementing the drug and alcohol safety action and training program, Fighter Squadron 194. Supervisor of the Quarter Award as Communications, Navigation, and Electronic Countermeasures Work Center Supervisor, Fighter Squadron 194. Cross-trained as a QAR to perform safety of flight inspections on avionics, airframes, flight control, hydraulic, power-plants, and electrical systems. Significant Training Completed:AN/ARN-84 Tactical Airborne Navigation (TACAN) Intermediate Level Maintenance.F-14A Avionics, Integrated Weapons Systems Organizational level Maintenance.F-14D Avionics, Integrated Weapons Systems Organizational level Maintenance.QAR Safety of Flight Inspection and NATOPS procedures. Show less

  • Aircraft Maintenance Officer - Assistant Department Head at US Navy

    Oct 1994 - Aug 1996

  • Aircraft Maintenance Officer - Avionics Division Officer

    Apr 1993 - Sept 1994

  • Enlisted Aircraft Maintenance Technician at US Navy

    Dec 1977 - Apr 1993
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  Southeast Tech

  Aug 1997 - May 2003

  Computer Networking/Computer Servicing/Electronics Instructor/Regional Cisco Academy Manager

  A full-time faculty member at a technical school, teaching two-year technical degree programs within the electronics, electromechanical, and computer servicing programs. Certified Cisco Network Academy Instructor. Coordinated 10 Cisco Networking Academies, including instructor training and delivery of approved Cisco curriculum.Select Achievements:* Developed and delivered Train the Trainer courses for 24 instructors at local Cisco Academies. * Contributed significantly to the attainment of STI's 10-year academic accreditation renewal.* Recognized by Cisco Systems as the Model Regional Networking Academy.* Authored a digital electronics lab textbook and numerous stand-alone computer networking course lab work packages and lecture materials.Position responsibilities:* Supervised 5 Cisco Academy Instructors to ensure timely completion of training, maintenance of required certifications, and attendance at annual Cisco events.* Taught Cisco Networking; Novell Networking 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x; Data Communications; Information Security; Windows Networking; Routing and WANs; Digital Electronics; Basic Electronics; Advanced Computer Hardware; Basic Computer Hardware; Fiber Optics; Electromechanical Systems.* Oversaw 350 students completing 6 Cisco Networking Academy programs.* Student academic adviser for the computer servicing program.Academic Committees: * Curriculum Committee * Electronics and Computer Servicing Program Academic Advisory Committee * Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Self Study Committee (Educational Programs, Support Services, and Assessment).Significant Training Completed:* Cisco Systems Certified Network Administrator* Cisco Systems Certified Academy Instructor* Novell Netware 6 System Administrator* CompTIA iNet+* CompTIA Server+* CompTIA Network+ Show less

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  USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

  May 2003 - Oct 2019

  Led a team of 7 IT Specialists (Security) in the performance of cyber-incident response and investigation, agency vulnerability scanning, security event monitoring, and vulnerability management and remediation. My agency reorganized and as of 10/1/2018, I was no longer a supervisor but maintained team leader duties to oversee and advise on security operations functions. As of October 27, 2019, my organization reorganized yet again. Currently searching for new opportunities.Select achievements: ▪ Developed over 50 custom reports using the IBM Tivoli (BigFix) system for enhancing capabilities for vulnerability research, security patch status reporting, cyber-incident response investigations, and collecting hardware/software asset management reports.▪ Authored thirteen knowledge base articles to assist other IT Specialists and organization employees with procedures and best practices for practicing good information security, troubleshooting IT technologies, and pulling reports to analyze various pieces of security-related data.Position responsibilities:▪ Coordinated 6 IT Security Specialists investigating and documenting an average of 300 cyber-incidents on an annual basis.▪ Chair of the agency Patching and Vulnerability Working Group (PVWG) to manage and minimize vulnerabilities on agency end-points. ▪ Performed hardware/software inventories and compliance reporting of vulnerability and patch management efforts for over 12,000 endpoints and 7,000 mobile devices.▪ Represented my organization's interests at various cyber-security working groups.▪ Developed and published various technical guides, SOPs, knowledge base articles, and technical presentations. Perform editing and approval of documents written by others.▪ Member of Change Advisory Board (CAB), performing a security risk analysis of proposed changes to the IT infrastructure, giving recommendations for change procedures, and voting on approval/disapproval of proposed changes. Show less Managed information security for enterprise general support systems infrastructure (GSS), including security accreditation and authorization documentation, security technology implementation, disaster recovery planning documents, and security policy development. Supervise team of 6 IT Security specialists. Select achievements: ▪ Developed and implemented procedures for a centralized patch management methodology using ITIL best practices, and an existing enterprise patch management system. Doubled percentage of 100% patch-managed computers from 43% to 94%.▪ Wrote ~20 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), System Security Plans (SSP), and policy documents for implementing computer system security, vulnerability and remediation, and patch management procedures.▪ Wrote ~12 knowledge-base articles for the agency ServiceNow system to provide comprehensive knowledge and instructions for other supervisors and IT staffs for cyber-incident procedures, lost and stolen IT hardware procedures, and vulnerability management issues.Position responsibilities:▪ Oversee information security and assurance, physical and environmental security, patch management, computer security incident response, change management, disaster recovery, and security documentation maintenance. ▪ Perform security control assessments to evaluate security control effectiveness, identify weaknesses, and recommend improvements to implement.▪ Manage Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for remediating security assessment findings on the enterprise infrastructure general support system. Advise subject matter experts on required remediation procedures, track progress, provide status updates to management.▪ Supervise 6 cyber incident handlers; provide direction to incident response team, and perform immediate investigation of malicious code intrusion, lost/stolen equipment, and personal privacy information breaches. Show less Managed all aspects of the implementation and operation of my organization's centralized patch management solution using PatchLink/Lumension patch management system. Provided consultation to business units on desktop computer security best practices. Designed and delivered training on centralized patching best practices to various business units and at the organization's IT Forum. Consulted and advised management on computer security issues. Performed security control assessments.Select achievements:* Implemented centralized patch management system for an infrastructure of over 10,000 workstation and server endpoints in my organization.* Increased my organization's patching effectiveness from 43% patched computers to over 90% patched computers.Position responsibilities:* Patching system administrator, overseeing the efforts of a team of four people performing monthly and out-of-band security patching and updates for an environment of over 10,000 endpoints.* Managed software and hardware inventory reporting.* Developed numerous automated reporting methods with various security tools.* Performed vulnerability scanning and reporting using the IBM ISS Security Scanner, and identified vulnerability management and remediation and false positive investigations.Significant Training Completed:* PatchLink/Lumension Systems Administration* PatchLink/Lumension Systems Engineer* Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (Windows XP/2000)* CompTIA Security+* IT Project Management* ITIL Foundations v2 Certification* Certified Helpdesk Professional Certification* Post Graduate Certificate: Security Certification and Accreditation* Post Graduate Certificate: Information Systems Security* Post Graduate Certificate: Information Systems Security Management* Post Graduate Certificate: Project Management Show less

  • Cyber-Security Operations Team Leader

    Jul 2014 - Oct 2019

  • Enterprise Information Systems Security Manager

    Mar 2008 - Jul 2014

  • Desktop Security and Patch Management Systems Manager

    May 2003 - Mar 2008
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  USDA

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

  Cyber Security Analyst

  Performed vulnerability analysis. Utilize CISA and vendor alerts to determine vulnerability exposure to my organization. Performed analysis of vulnerability scan results using the Tenable Nessus system. Utilized the BigFix and Tanium systems to determine patch statuses, hardware inventories, and software inventories.* Detecting, analyzing, responding, and remediating vulnerabilities and weaknesses resulting from data collected and reported by cybersecurity tools covering Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) processes.* Conducting assessments of threats and vulnerabilities; determines deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise or local policy; assesses the level of risk; and develops and/or recommends appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and nonoperational situations.* Developing and implementing processes and procedures to scan mobile devices for organization personnel embarking on international travel.* Providing a proactive method to discover exploitable vulnerabilities and examining system compliance against departmental and organizational standards using various scanning utilities. * Identifying and alerting the appropriate personnel of the vulnerability or compliance issues on systems proactively instead of reactively.* Coordinating with other IT operationally oriented groups who patch systems so that vulnerability managers are informed to remediate vulnerabilities or guided through the appropriate risk management waiver process. Show less

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  Southeast Tech

  Feb 2022 - Dec 2023

  Adjunct Instructor

  Adjunct faculty teaching information technology courses at a two-year Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accredited college. Provide in-class instruction, tutoring, and mentoring. Develop hands-on lab activities, presentation slides, and resource materials for courses that I have taught.Courses I Have Taught:CIS285 - Wireless Data Communications: Teaches the principles of installing and maintaining wireless local area networks. Students learn about wireless technologies in computer networking. In the lab, students set up and configure 802.11 wireless networks using Cisco, D-Link, and Ubiquiti gear, and also do site surveys and audits to best place the access points for better range and throughput. Wireless standards are also covered to better understand the technology and evolution of wireless networking. CIS151 - Microcomputer Hardware: Designed to teach the architecture and inner workings of the IBM/IBM compatible personal computer and associated peripheral devices. The main emphasis is aimed at providing a thorough understanding of how hardware devices work and interact with each other. Students build several types of microcomputers, load software, and become familiar with operating the personal computer system. Skills required to install upgrades are also taught. CIS171 - Introduction to Networking: Teaches fundamental concepts used in computer networking, including discussion of the OSI model, how data flows through networked devices, network design, and network protocol configuration. Learn how physical and logical addresses are created and interpreted in a TCP/IP based network; learn how to designate network and host addresses in IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes; and an Introduction to the Cisco IOS. Configure Cisco Routers and Switches using the Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI). Hands-On labs include extensive use of Cisco Packet Tracer and configuring actual Cisco networking gear. Show less

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  Self Employed

  Oct 2023 - now

  Cybersecurity and Technical Blog Content Specialist

  Cyber Defense Content Specialist writing engaging and informative content related to cybersecurity. I have a strong background in cybersecurity, excellent writing skills, and a proven record of accomplishment in teaching, coaching, and mentoring. https://nococybertech.blogspot.com/Responsibilities:** Content Creation: Produce high-quality and technically accurate content on cybersecurity topics, including articles, blog posts, and reviews.** Affiliate Product Integration: Seamlessly integrate affiliate links and promotional content into cybersecurity articles to drive product sales.** Research and Stay Updated: Stay abreast of the latest developments in the cybersecurity field to ensure that content is current, relevant, and meets industry standards.** Community Engagement: Participate in cybersecurity communities and forums to build relationships, share expertise, and promote affiliated products where appropriate.My Qualifications:** Master's Degree in Information Systems Security Management (Colorado Technical University).** Proven experience in cybersecurity, with a strong understanding of industry trends, technologies, and best practices.** Excellent written and verbal communication skills.** Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.** Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.** Detail-oriented with a commitment to producing high-quality, accurate content.** Passion for cybersecurity and a commitment to staying informed about the latest threats and defense strategies. Show less

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  Superprof

  Dec 2023 - now

  Computer Science Tutor

  Specializing in teaching material for the CompTIA ITF+, A+, Security+, Network+, and Cisco CCNA certifications. I assist students from around the world in achieving their academic goals by assisting them with certification studies, college and university class assignments, and mentoring for their current job activities.

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  Preply

  Jan 2024 - now

  Computer Science Tutor

  Specializing in teaching material for the CompTIA Tech+/ITF+, A+, Security+, Network+, and Server+ certifications. I assist students from around the world in achieving their academic goals by assisting them with certification studies, college and university class assignments, and mentoring for their current job activities.