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PM ★ Cybersecurity Innovator ★ Information Technologist ★ Health Informatics ★ Subject Matter Expert ★ Leader

Fort Belvoir, VA, United States

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Experience: As a Sr Management Analyst, IAO at DHA, DHMSM implementing MHS GENESIS and providing Certification and Accreditation (C&A), Information Assurance and Security Assessment and Authority (A&A) of multiple systems.

2012 : Present

Defense Health Agency | DHMSM | Defense Health Services Systems (DHSS)

Sr. Gov't Management Analyst and Cybersecurity

Sr. Information Management/Information Technology Subject Matter Expert and Health Information Systems Analyst for the Medical Situational Awareness - Common Operating Picture (MSA-COP) IT System Deployment Project, enabling the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical (JTF-CapMed) to obtain situational awareness and disseminate key medical capabilities information on a reliable and timely basis to support federal and state support requests during emergency situations, day-to-day operations, peace and wartime contingencies.

2011 : 2012

JTF CapMed - Afilon (Walter Reed Army Medical Center)

Sr. IM/IT/Security Subject Matter Expert | Sr. Systems/Network Engineer | Sr. Health Information SME

Over 11+ years’ experience serving as Systems/Network Engineer, Information Assurance Security / HIPAA Officer, and Sr. Information Management Division (IMD) Team Lead in the administration, development, delivery and support of Information Management and Information Technology (IM/IT) in Medical, Dental and DoD systems and services.

2000 : 2010

Pentagon Clinic (DTHC - WRAMC)

Sr. Systems/Network Engineer | Information Assurnace Security Officer | SME | PM

Company: Defense Health Agency | DHMSM | Defense Health Services Systems (DHSS)

About

I have over 25+ years of experience in multiple levels of Program Management (PM), Health Informatic (HIT), Cybersecurity (CS), Information Technology (IT), Information Management (IM) subject matter expert with demonstrated skills and expertise military health systems, telecommunications, and Department of Defense (DoD) systems and Military Health Systems (MHS). Extensive experience managing and supporting Tier I-III security and IT operations. Consistent track record carrying out high-level administrative and technical assignments, applying expert knowledge of full range of specialized methods, techniques, pertinent laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Would be ideally suited for a position in the field of information management and information technology with an emphasis on cybersecurity, systems and network support.

I have specialized expertise skill sets and problem-solving, including supporting Agile development in multiple environments supporting multiple applications. He assists customers with integration and security testing, SA&A, security impacts, risk analysis and mitigation, vulnerability management, IT security and privacy baseline compliance, continuous monitoring, incident response and remediation strategies, performance of system upgrades, and other security boundary technologies and processes, including interfacing with stakeholders to ensure proper understanding of security and privacy policies, processes, and operations. vulnerability and risk assessment, continuous monitoring.

Specialties: SMEs in DoD, Military Health Systems, Cybersecurity, INFOSEC, Systems & Network Engineering Support, C&A, DIACAP, DIARMF, DoD 8500, FISMA, FEDRAMP, NIST 800s, STIGS, HIPAA, DHA, Privacy, Information Assurance, Informatic, C&A, CNSSI

Active DoD Top Secret Clearance