TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

01/05 - Pres: CompuCom, Security Consulting Practice Leader

Working as a Virtual CxO, security consulting practice leader, and principal consultant for CompuCom Systems’ North American operations, Andrew provides professional consulting services with a team of 26-regional lead consultants to public and private corporations, state and local government, at all levels of an organizational structure, including: strategic, operational, and tactical.

Directs and/or leads the most complex consulting projects, developing customized deliverables for clients; provides overall project management knowledge and skills to addresses broad design issues from a strategic perspective. Evaluates factors and exercises critical independent judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Actively identifies clients and collaborates with the Sales Team through final invoicing. Provides critical input and/or leads the proposal development process on large, unique projects.

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03/03 - 10/04: DynTek, Inc., Virtual CxO and National Director of Security Consulting

As the National Director of DynTek's security consulting: directs, develops and defines security practice methodologies; defines security skill requirements and engagement quality assurance; directs strategic Virtual CxO consulting services; develops and defines service reporting templates; directs, develops and maintains strategic security partnerships; technical writer for publications and speaker at industry trade shows.

05/00 - 12/02: AimNet Solutions, VP Chief Security Officer, Info Security Practice Leader

Chief Security Officer (CSO)

As the Vice-President and Chief Security Officer, worked closely with the AimNet Executive Management Team to determine acceptable levels of security risk for the enterprise. Was responsible for developing, maintaining, and publishing company wide information security standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines. Provided technical guidance to information owners, the company's security practice, and the IT community. Directed and developed the implementation of company-wide programs for user awareness, compliance monitoring, and security compliance. Responsible for developing and maintaining the company's security architecture for both internal and external systems and networks, including those used to deliver services to clients. Partnered with experts in the security industry and security product vendors to fully understand security industry trends and direction.

Set strategic direction for security policies and security product selection for internal company use. Directed and approved the implementation of upgrades, repairs, modifications, and replacements of information security devices or software. Coordinated the activities of incident response teams and computer forensics for AimNet.

Worked closely with the CTO team to provide strategic direction and development support for new AimNet managed and professional service security offerings. Ensured that acceptable security policies, processes, and systems were in place to provide a secure environment for AimNet’s client facing Network Operations Center for managed services. This included providing requirements to the engineering and implementation guidelines used by the MNS service delivery teams.

Information Security Practice Leader

As the Information Security Practice Leader, directed the security skill competency for AimNet Solutions’ Professional Services Practice.

Lead the most strategic and complex security professional services engagements for AimNet Solutions. Interfaced with the CIO, CTO, and leading security experts of AimNet's customers to develop, close, and deliver professional service consulting engagements. In addition, supported writing and speaking engagements for leading industry publications and trade shows.

08/95 – 05/00: Reese Web, Inc., President & CEO – Acquired by AimNet Solutions

As CEO and President, set strategic direction for Reese Web.

At a time when the security industry was just beginning to develop, focused the company’s resources on select groups of leading security industry vendors. Worked closely with these security vendors to develop solid security solutions. Chairman of Raptor Systems’ and Axent Technologies’ Technical Advisory Committees on product development. Spearheaded with Raptor Systems the development of the industries first Windows-NT firewall system one full year before any other vendor. Helped many other vendors develop products that provided content and log analysis, penetration and auditing tools, intrusion detection, and much more.

Secured a Florida (SNAPS) State Negotiated Price Schedule Agreement during his first year of business. This allowed Reese Web to implement security for all fifteen state agencies throughout the state of Florida. Developed a solid reputation in the government and grew a large list of repeat customer relationships, such as: Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Florida Department of Corrections, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Attorney Generals Office, the Governor’s Office, Florida Legislature, Circuit Courts, Sheriff Offices, Police, School Districts, County and City Governments. The SNAPS agreement is limited to a two year term; however, because of the level of service and expertise provided by Reese Web the agreement was extended for the first time in history for an additional two years.

Provided security services to several military organizations and federal agencies. The list of 800+ commercial customers blanketed the nation from coast to coast.

Axent Technologies recognized Reese Web as their #1 Systems Integrator in the State of Florida and their Elite Security Partner.

Positive financial growth and reputation brought opportunity, in May, 2000, Reese Web merged with AimNet Solutions.

12/94 - 08/95: The Waldec Group, Director of Network and Advanced Network Services

Responsible for core network services: Novell, Unix, O/S2, Microsoft, Networking and Lotus Notes Services. Managed the networking practice in Tampa, Florida, profitably growing it from 15 to over 26 (CNA, CNE, ECNE, MCP, MCSE, CNI, ACE, ASE) professionals and achieving recognition as Tampa's leading systems integrator, rated #21 nationally in the LAN 100 top systems integrator list and #298 on the INC 500 fastest growing privately held company roster. Directed the successful customer target market change of 20-node networks to that of the larger small to medium-size business (SMB) market. Installed networks for leading corporations that included Staff Leasing and Anchor Glass. Pioneered new outsourcing services to customers, such as: Plasma Therm and Octel. Identified and implemented strategic vendor relationships with outstanding vendors like Raptor Systems and Bay Networks. Completed technical certifications in Network Management to become an HP-OpenView Channel Partner - adding network analysis and base lining services (using HP-Advisor) to increase company profits.

Developed and created a new Advanced Network Services Group with very little upper management support. Proved the validity of new group’s profitable services in a short period of time and won over complete management support. New services included: installation of turnkey low-end Internet security firewall solutions to highly customized enterprise solutions; installation and development of secure world wide web servers and their HTML pages; internal network security systems; and the addition of educational classes and seminars about the Internet. Identified, recruited, and cultivated industry experts on Unix and the Internet to fortify the base of expertise within the company. During this development phase customer satisfaction improved and the profitability of the Networking Group increased. Directly responsible for the profitability and growth of four advanced network service specialties: Unix, Internet, Network Management, and Network Analysis Services. These four services became the catalyst of company’s high margin business allowing them to achieve its first ever million-dollar gross profit month in May 1995.

06/93 - 12/94: Nielsen Media Research, LAN Coordinator

 5/94 - 12/94, Managed the Network Management & Internet Services Group

Was responsible for Nielsen's network management and Internet services. Founded and co-lead Nielsen's Network Architecture Committee (NAC). This committee focused on the architecture of Nielsen's network topology, its security, and helped to solve network infrastructure problems.

Provided technical presentations and training to Nielsen personnel, with training consisting of NetManage Chameleon, SNMP, DNS, TCP/IP, HP-OpenView, network architecture, network analysis and Internet services.

Built an Integrated Network and Systems Management (INSM) platform using HP-OpenView. Implemented, installed, configured, and scripted Network Node Manager, HP Probe Manager, Ungermann Bass NetDirector, HP Node Manager for Netware (ServerView & StationView), HP-EASE, HP-NetMetrix, TelAlert and Nerve Center. Created custom Nielsen MIB objects, network maps, as well as custom Perl event notification scripts.

Open Systems Today Magazine - HP-OpenView, Aug '94

Conducted extensive research on ISDN technology. Including its associated implementations for telecommuting, video conferencing, and white boarding.

Conducted research on network Firewall technologies and coordinated Nielsen's corporate Internet connectivity. Chaired corporate security committees on risk analysis and security solution implementation. Co-authored policies and needs for installing an Internet connection and Firewall at the Dunedin facility. Provided technical support to remote corporate Internet firewall system administrators in Bannockburn, IL.

Attended several Dun & Bradstreet Electronic Commerce Committee meetings. Conducted extensive research on electronic commerce systems and their technology.

Provided technical support to the UNIX Systems Administration & Support Group and the Novell Systems Administration & Support Group.

3/94 - 5/94, Managed the EDI & Network Group:

Managed Internet services, network management, domain name services, enterprise-wide electronic mail, electronic data interchange, and special UNIX and MS-Windows projects.

Conducted extensive researched on Internet (Security) Firewall system architectures and implementations, including the securing of proxy and WWW servers.

Designed and implemented a HP-OpenView system for enterprise-wide network management.

Held management responsibility for Domain Name Services (DNS). Implemented new policies for database administration and IP address assignments. Integrated the tracking of NetManage Chameleon, X-Session, and Newt serial numbers and key codes into the DNS database.

Directly managed consultants who designed and implemented the enterprise-wide MS-Mail messaging system. Enterprise mail consisted of PROFS & SNADS, X.400, All-In-One, CC:Mail, Lotus-Notes Mail, MS-Mail, Duns-Mail, and SMTP. Followed corporate direction for an enterprise-wide MS-Mail solution. The implementation included a migration path using SoftSwitch and designing MS-Mail post offices around Nielsen's organization structure.

EDI became a new Dun & Bradstreet corporate initiative, coordinated the implementation of a corporate time-card entry and labor distribution EDI application.

Managed or coordinated several special system and communication design projects.

6/93 - 3/94, Managed the UNIX Systems Administration & Support Group:

Was responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of UNIX systems for migrating Nielsen's mainframe applications to the client server environment. This included designing, ordering, implementing, tuning, and administrating large UNIX systems such as Sun SPARCcenter 2000's & 1000's with massive database storage capacities.

Chaired technical meetings providing advice to systems and application developers on system tuning and performance issues. Consulted with technical experts in areas of Sybase, SunOS, and Solaris for definitive advice in areas beyond my group’s expertise.

Successfully integrated (Beta) SunPC and WABI into the Sun UNIX environment. Integrated the IPX protocol so SunPC could access Novell servers. Installed and configured Novell NFS so WABI could access Novell servers.

Managed the integration of Nielsen's Executive Information System into the network. Integrated multi-platform systems into a multi-protocol, multi-media network. Integrated workstations and servers with multiple communication protocol stacks, with protocols like: NetBeui, IPX, Decnet, SNA, and IP.

Provided technical support to the Novell Systems Administration and Support Group as well as the Communication Administration and Support Group.

Security committee chairman and key technical advisor, lead the network security committee in defining security policies and procedures. Conducted researched on firewalls for securing Nielsen's network from Internet security risk.

Was a member of the special turnkey system (FASTRAK) installation team. Installed turnkey systems at remote customer sites. Installed applications on non-standard customer machines, integrated applications into clients network. Setup remote SLIP & PPP communications.

10/92 - 06/93: McDonnell Douglas, Senior Engineer – Technology

SOCRATES-JDISS: Team member of the SOCOM test bed responsible for the design and implementation of Sun UNIX systems that complied with the AF-CSE, JDISS, and DoDIIS reference models. These SUN based workstations and servers were networked with an IBM 3090, several DEC VAX's, and Novell Servers. The network consisted of 35 Sun servers and 400 Sun workstations at 35 sites worldwide.

SOCRATES Network: As a team member of the SOCOM test bed responsible for the designing a network topology to support a large client/server environment. The network was designed to carry images, audio, video, and animation. Conducted research on fiber ethernet, FDDI, and ATM technologies.

MOSAIC Proposal: Worked with the Chief Scientist of McDonnell Douglas, Intelligence Support Systems, and other McDonnell Douglas team members to design a UNIX based multimedia system proposal that would be compliant with the AF-CSE, JDISS, and DoDIIS reference models. As leader of a 10 person technical writing team, wrote McDonnell Douglas's technical proposal to develop the MOSAIC rapid prototype at RomeLabs with MIT and JNIDS.

Netware NFS: As a team member of the SOCOM test bed, evaluated and integrated Novell Netware NFS and NFS Gateway into a Novell network. Provided UNIX systems access to DOS user data files, access to netware print queues and x-console access to netware server consoles.

Continuously tasked with evaluations and installation of third party products such as: MTS, SoftPC, Univel, PC-NFS, Synergy II, DCW, VPFVIEW, ELT2, ENVOY, FULCRUM, SOCIDS, MAXI, DIDTDS, DIDHS, CAWS, DAWS, OMNI-Ware, Windows NT, Univel and many more.

Recommendation letter from Special Operations Command (SOCOM), McDill Air Force Base, Florida.

06/86 - 10/92: Halifax Corporation, European Regional Manager

Managed five project offices: Omaha, Nebraska; Washington Naval Shipyard, DC; Mons, Belgium; Bitburg, Germany; and Stuttgart, Germany. Hire and fire authority for projects. Each project site had a lead engineer that was responsible for several Theater Mission Planning Systems (TMPS). These project sites had 30-40 military and civilian personnel that performed mission planning for the Tomahawk Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) and the Surface Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM). Profit & Loss (P&L) responsibility that included invoicing and costing with Director Signature Authority authorized directly by the president of Halifax. Trained all lead engineers on system design and maintenance. Provided support to TMPS projects that included technical phone support as well as on-site technical backup support for the entire company. This technical support included both software and hardware.

Redesigned Theater Mission Planning Systems (TMPS):

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Furthermore, provided corporate marketing and proposal support. Secured a $300,000,000 RFP from Computer Sciences Corporation for Halifax. Obtained systems installation contract for a Hamilton & Avnet project. Attended bidder conferences on behalf of Halifax. Provided technical support for a Stuttgart, Germany EUCOM base-wide network shop. Managed a component level repair depot in Laurel, Maryland, whose output was approximately 60 DEC boards per week. Huntron Trackers, logic probes, pulsers, along with a chip pin-in and pin-out cross reference book, were used for this repair work. Provided on-call support for the Social Security Administration contract in Baltimore, Maryland. As Project Manager for the Ohio office, managed over seven government contracts along with and a component level repair depot. Provided additional marketing and proposal support. Obtained three VA Medical Center omni-bus type contracts. Also secured a contract from Wright Patterson AFB to maintain their document publication system. Award ed several time & material jobs that made fix priced contracts very profitable for Halifax. Attended additional bidder conferences.

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01/85 - 06/86: Eaton Corporation, Associate Field Engineer

Was responsible for system maintenance of DEC PDP-11/70's and VAX-11/780 mini-computer systems. Served as a resident engineer at the USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center (TAWC) - J2, Eglin AFB. Maintained a government (SBI) security clearance.

04/84 - 01/85: Enfield's 3M Business Products, Customer Service Representative

Was responsible for system maintenance of 3M office products in the states of Florida and Georgia. Received extensive training in electrical mechanical maintenance.

01/78 - 01/84: U.S. Navy (Submariner), FTB1(SS) E-6

Enlisted for the Navy's Poseidon Advanced Electronics Program, a 6-year obligation. This program allowed qualification for only one of three career opportunities based upon class standing at graduation from the Poseidon Advanced Electronics School. These opportunities were: 1 - Fire Control Technician Ballistic Missile (FTB), 2 - Electronics Technician (ET) and 3 - Missile Technician (MT). With the Navy allowing only the top 3 students out of 32 potential candidates to apply for the prestigious FTB "C" School, earned one of the coveted appointments. Accelerated rank and career development became assured by superior testing scores and demonstrated technical skills. Promoted to the responsible senior rank of E-6 in less than five years. FTB accomplishments included over 3200 hours of solid advanced electronics training.

Assigned to the USS George Bancroft, SSBN-643, Ballistic Missile Submarine (Boomer) - Blue Crew. Ballistic missile submarine duty required 3 month underwater cruises beyond the detection of other vessels (surface and underwater) combined with rigorous qualifications in submarine operation and construction. This qualification normally takes one and a half years to complete. First to complete submarine qualification requirements in 28 days, which became a new Navy record on the 640 Class Ballistic Missile Submarines. Additional qualification programs are required for various duties and watch stations aboard submarines. Completed all qualifications in the missile control center, the missile compartment, the Below Decks Watch and SONAR Operator. Earned top qualification as Missile Control Center Count-Down Supervisor leading a seven man Nuclear Warhead Trident missile launch team.

Actually launched a Trident C-4 DASO Missile as Count-Down Supervisor.

US Navy Commendation Letters: (SubGroup-6, SubSquadron-16)

07/03 - 10/05: Symantec National Advisory Council Member (NAC)

Inaugural Council Member representing the United State of America. The council meets on an annual basis to provide input into Symantec's Enterprise vision and sales strategies for the coming year.

04/04 - 10/05: Symantec Global Advisory Council Member (GAC)

Inaugural Council Member representing North America. This council is comprised of 21 Enterprise Partners from all over the world. The council meets on an annual basis to provide input into Symantec's Enterprise vision and sales strategies for the coming year.

2000 - 2004 Symantec - Technical & Reseller Advisory Council Member

1997 - 2000 Axent Technologies - Technical & Reseller Advisory Council Member

1995 - 1997 Raptor Systems - Technical & Reseller Advisory Council Member

1997 - 2000 Content Technologies - Advisory Council Member

1994 NPA Tampa Chapter President

1993 CNEPA Tampa Chapter Vice President

Current Industry Memberships

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