Experience

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  Temple university

  Jan 2006 - May 2008

  Owl ambassador and tour guide

  *Developed a 200-slide PowerPoint presentation on admissions process, staff, and history of Temple University *Provided informational tours 4 times per week to potential students and their parents *Created, implemented, and wrote for a collection of student blogs *Helped organize large-scale admissions events for more than 2,000 attendees *Trained and hired new employees

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  Pennsylvania public policy database

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

  Researcher
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  George mason university

  Feb 2009 - Sept 2009

  Smart grid project research assistant

  Aided in the research of various smart grid technologies

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  Dept of commerce

  Apr 2009 - Aug 2009

  Lead policy intern

  • Conducted research and wrote about the social and economic benefits of broadband during the creation of a cost benefit analysis of the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program for use in congressional testimony • Wrote a paper that evaluated the use of reverse auctions as an alternative fund distribution mechanism to replace the High Cost Universal Service Fund program for use by the Chief Economist in the preparation of an agency position paper• Created a briefing paper on the use of social media tools for outreach by the NTIA that was passed onto the Secretary’s office• Reviewed and supplied data on broadband and telecommunications use and adoption for the Census Bureau’s statistical abstract Show less

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  Broadbandbreakfast.com

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Reporter

  Wrote news stories on various topics regarding telecommunications, broadband, wireless industry, and innovation Assisted in business development and organization Organized monthly panel discussions

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  Broadband breakfast.com

  May 2010 - Jul 2011

  Deputy editor

  • Wrote long form analytic stories on various telecommunications issues including: broadband regulation, network neutrality, online sales taxes, cyber security, universal service fund reform• Increased site traffic by 130%, from 9,000 views per month to more than 22,000 views by increasing site content and improving quality of news stories • Organized and moderated panel discussion featuring industry experts about the Federal Broadband Mapping Initiative

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  Booz allen hamilton

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2015

  Senior consultant

  • Supported multiple policy initiatives by providing expert information on the current status of mobile applications being used by public safety and the use of various broadband technologies • Conducted in-depth analysis of current trends and requirements of public safety mobile applications for use on the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network for senior government leadership and stakeholders• Assisted in the organization and establishment of a Hackathon series (7 events) with AT&T where mobile developers created new public safety focused applications• Developed and maintained a large scale database of National Emergency Communications Plan Goal 2 county submissions for each county in the United States that was used as the primary data source for the creation of a congressional report• Assisted in the writing of the Progress Report on implementing The National Emergency Communications Plan by provided an in-depth analysis of the Goal 2 data including comparisons to the 2006 SAFECOM National Interoperability Baseline • Aided in the development, planning, and implementation of a cybersecurity analysis and risk management project for a LTE network and other critical infrastructure for the Department of Homeland Security• Developed assessment methodologies, utilized proprietary and open source datasets, performed analysis, documented results and wrote recommendations and reports• Conducted outreach and coordination efforts with a wide variety of stakeholders including local, state, and federal government officials (at all levels), academia, public safety agencies and private companies Show less

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  Eglobaltech

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2019

  Tech lead

  - Lead the FedRAMP Cloud security Team- Supported the PM in contract management activities for a team of 40 FTE- Supported the High Value Asset program in the development of agency wide policies on assessments and risk management- Provided direct SME support to the Agency's primary Risk Manager- Created and maintains project planning documentation including deliverable dashboards, resource allocation tables- Created new off boarding policies to improve role transitions- Supported the Cloud Security Team in the analysis and monitoring of cloud service providers under FedRAMP-Conducted ongoing policy analysis and recommendations around Cloud Security - Conducted monthly continuous monitoring and annual assessment analysis- Supported the onboarding of new Cloud Service Providers through the FedRAMP Process- Developed, Managed, and Conducted a FedRAMP Training Event that provided an overview of the FedRAMP Assessment Process for Government staff of all levels - Assisted the CDM PMO by providing project management support and subject matter expertise- Provided overall subject matter support on risk management and cybersecurity to the DCISO and CISO Show less

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  U.s. department of health and human services (hhs)

  Dec 2019 - now

  Supporting the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3)

  • Branch Chief for HC3

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Cybersecurity Planning & Strategy Lead

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2022