CISO. BUILDER. ALWAYS A STUDENT.
I’m Jeff. I turn “how do we do this?” into a way forward.
You need someone who can see the business problem, make sense of the technology, and stay with it through delivery. I bring 25+ years of experience doing exactly that—as a security executive, a hands-on builder, and a teammate who gets involved.
200 hours / yearsaved by automating updates across 300 systems
65% smaller footprintin a $2.5M server modernization
$11.7M contractIT services oversight across five locations
01 / PUT ME IN THE ROOM
Picture me on your team.
What would you want us to tackle first?
THE BUILDING MINDSET
You shouldn’t have to translate the same problem between strategy and engineering. I work across both: clarify the outcome, sort out the constraints, learn what’s unfamiliar, and get something useful into people’s hands.
THE HIGH-STAKES MINDSET
When the stakes rise, I focus on what matters, who needs to be involved, and the next sound decision. Technical details matter. So do the people, the mission, and the consequences of getting it wrong.
THE PRACTICAL AI MINDSET
I look for a real operational problem: manual reporting, repetitive work, or information that’s difficult to use. Then I explore how an LLM can help, what data it needs, and where people must stay in control.
THE LEADERSHIP MINDSET
I can own the direction or roll up my sleeves alongside the team. I want people to understand the problem, ask good questions, and take ownership. My job is to connect the technical work to what the organization needs.
02 / TRUST, EARNED IN THE WORK
When senior generals needed to communicate during wartime, I was one of the people trusted to make it work.
I was hand-selected to support the commander of Ninth Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central. I traveled worldwide, provided round-the-clock technical support, and kept senior leaders connected while their command center moved.
That responsibility taught me to prepare carefully, stay composed, and follow through. Today, your stakes may be a critical business system, a sensitive decision, or a team counting on you. I bring the same care to the people depending on my work.
U.S. Air Force · Retired Master SergeantNovember 1998–March 2019 · Honorable retirement
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR TEAM
Clear advice. Steady judgment. Someone who stays with the problem.
I’ll tell you what I know, what I need to find out, and what I recommend we do next.
Recognized for service and achievement throughout a 20-year Air Force career. Additional honors appear in the full résumé.
03 / THE WORK BEHIND THE WORDS
A working application. Time back for a team.
A stronger operation. That’s the point.
Independently deployed GitHub Enterprise, created and administer its organizations, and established the development and deployment setup.
Repository governance, enterprise rulesets, role-based access, protected environments, approval gates, and security validation. Secure SDLC principles across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operation.
Personally established hosting and production deployment capabilities, with live applications and delivery to Cloudflare and Azure.
Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare Containers, and Azure App Service. Individual ownership from enterprise and organization setup through cloud deployment configuration, with executive accountability for secure delivery.
Built new IT workflows with LLMs and AI-enabled pilot applications for Republican National Committee use.
Built organizational AI capability from secure Microsoft Copilot adoption into applications and automation. Established governance for access, sensitive data, identity, human oversight, and secure deployment.
Designed and deployed Microsoft Foundry dashboards and automated reporting workflows to improve access to timely decision information.
AI automation across cybersecurity operations, technical analysis, business workflows, and executive decision support, connecting technical implementation with operational needs.
Matured a cybersecurity function into a formal Office of the CISO for an organization supporting 200+ employees and 222+ congressional campaigns.
Enterprise risk, security strategy, executive reporting, architecture, resilience, and incident command. Partnering with Finance, Legal, vendors, and federal stakeholders when business operations and financial exposure intersect.
Managed technology modernization across 19 countries and established secure executive communications standards across 23 global locations.
Led an eight-network transition to Cisco UCS FlexPod. Created 17 security response procedures adopted by network operations teams around the world. Directed a $2.5M modernization effort that reduced server footprint by 65%.
Designed a vulnerability-mitigation program that automated updates across 300 systems, saving 200 work hours a year.
I also built inventory software to remotely track 236 video-conferencing devices. The tools have changed; finding practical ways to reduce manual work has been a consistent part of my career.
Oversaw an $11.7M IT services contract covering 43 contractors and five locations as the government’s sole contract representative.
At Defense Media Activity, I also led a 10-person IT team supporting 1,300 people and was accountable for more than $20M in technology assets. The responsibility extended beyond the systems to the people, vendors, and resources behind them.
Explore the projects and ideas on my public GitHub, including resources I’m learning from. My enterprise work stays private; my curiosity doesn’t.
04 / WORKING WITH ME
That’s the mindset I bring, whether I’m supporting your team or leading it.
I dig in, learn quickly, and put it to work. When my team needed expertise in internet-based phone systems, I completed a 16-hour course and applied it directly to testing. On another project, I learned a vendor’s networking platform and wrote a security configuration that passed inspection with zero findings. Learning is most useful when it helps us deliver.
My first question is “What are you trying to accomplish?” If one route is too risky or impractical, I look for another. You’ll get an honest assessment of the tradeoffs and a recommendation—not a dead end disguised as technical advice.
Both. I advise executives on risk and investment, and I personally build and administer technology. I can work through the business decision, understand the engineering, and take responsibility for the result.
Someone who asks questions, shares what he learns, and does the work alongside you. I take the responsibility seriously without needing to have every answer on day one. I want the people around me to grow more capable, and I’m just as willing to learn from them.
05 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK
Based in Pasadena, Maryland.
I care about being someone people can count on.
I’m a family man. I value working hard, keeping people’s trust, and figuring things out. Those values carry into the way I work: take the responsibility seriously, keep learning, and stay with the problem.
I also enjoy helping others discover what they can do. As a CyberPatriot coach and mentor, I helped 36 students build their cybersecurity skills. I also organized an elementary-school science expedition for 65 children.
After more than 25 years in technology, I still want to know how things work—and what else we could make them do. The learning hasn’t slowed down. The problems have just become more interesting.
Tell me what you’re working on06 / THE LONG VIEW
Cybersecurity strategy, enterprise risk, incident response, resilience, AI adoption, and technology modernization. Executive responsibility with hands-on ownership of GitHub Enterprise, cloud deployment, and AI workflows.
Developed NIST CSF-aligned strategy, modernized security capabilities, and co-authored campaign cybersecurity guidance with Google and national-security partners. Recommended the formal CISO function and was selected to build and lead it.
Advised on cybersecurity strategy, capability gaps, and modernization; developed proof-of-concept automation for threat detection, response, and adaptive security architectures.
Led security and network operations across Department of Defense assignments. Tested whether systems could work together, led a 10-person team supporting 1,300 people, and oversaw an $11.7M IT services contract.
Principal IT Project Manager (November 2012–April 2014), network operations leadership, global modernization, and executive communications. Hand-selected for executive communications support to senior command. Honorable retirement after 20 years, four months of active service. Recognized with the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster.
CISSP · B.S., Information Technology Management · M.S., Cybersecurity & Information Assurance, in progress at WGU
All credentialsA GOOD PLACE TO START
A stalled project, a difficult technology decision, or a team that needs experienced leadership. Tell me where you’re stuck. We can start there.