Chester "Chet" Ratcliffe

Experience

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  United States Department of Defense

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

  • Chief, Information Protection Technical Services and Architecture

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  • Project Manager / Network Security Engineer

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1997
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  EADS North America Defense

  Jan 1999 - Aug 2010

  • Responsible for financial planning (revenue, profit, budget), contract review/negotiation, customer development, proposal writing/review, as well as strategies for leveraging new technologies to accelerate growth of $25M company. Reported to the CEO and articulated technology strategy and vision to 212 employees • Site lead for Midwest location. Directed day to day operation of Cyber Operations and Government Transformation business units, R&D and Product Production • Provided oversight and advocacy to advance top technology efforts - interfaced with business units to ensure new technology intersects solidly with core business areas - technology with significant future potential is nurtured in R&D Show less • Directed all activities for operational business unit providing security and technical engineering services. • Guided the development process for all new contracts from concept to delivery (proposals, engineering specifications, architecture design, site surveys, solution development and resource/manpower selection). • Provided consulting services to EADS Europe on FIPS 140-2 standard for certification of secure communications system for sale in the US. • Analyzed Air Force site security infrastructures, processes and policies, and made changes and/or recommendations to optimize the network infrastructure and security configuration of over 108 base-level Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) supporting between 1,500 and 25,000 users each. • Researched and evaluated cutting-edge security technology, and developed updates to the Air Force Information Protection Domain Architecture and Air Force policy ensuring new requirements and products were evaluated and included to meet present and future operational requirements. • Developed AF-level Information Assurance architecture providing boundary protection, intrusion detection, access control, VPN and remote management. Show less

  • Executive Vice President / Chief Technology Officer

    Jan 2008 - Aug 2010

  • Vice President, Global Operations, Chief Technology Officer

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  • Director of Global Engineering Services

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2004
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  SIUE

  Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  Adjunct Professor

  Developed and taught graduate level Computer Network Defense course for Southern Illinois University (Spring 2011) to encourage cybersecurity focus on National cyber programs

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Aug 2011 - now

  Chief Scientist

  Leadership role in RD&E environment