Home: 718.961.6320 Cell: 518.618.9922 lyd41fea@westpost.net IT / SECURITY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL Information System Security Management ~ IT Management ~ Security Engineering ~ Infrastructure Engineering Results-driven Air Force captain with current / active TS/SCI Clearance, MSIT (E mphasis in IA), BSCS, and 10-year track record of success spanning Air Force and joint EMEA (Europe / Middle East / Africa) IT operations, especially communicat ions and information (C&I) operations across air, space, and cyberspace. Strong and well organized leader with seven years in IT leadership / management of tea ms of 7-75. Excellent analytical, team-building, and organizational skills. Ba ckground teaching military topics at college level. Fluent Cantonese; basic Man darin. EXPERTISE: IT Management, Information Systems Security Management, Project Mana gement, SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Slashed Air Force-wide IT problem resolution time by standardizing global trou ble ticket system. * Delivered 99.9% uptime for 97% of Air Forces communications impacting 90,000 w arriors. * Played key role in Satellite terminal install - commercial satellite delivery, on-time uplink, etc. * Eliminated $20,000 in recurring annual contract fees by driving development of secure Network Training Center using existing resources and facilities. * Increased Air Forces in Europe Intelligence's analyst data processing speed 65 % by leading installation and standard imaging of 125 Intel PCs across base. * Expanded Air Forces in Europe intelligence analyst capabilities by leading IT infrastructure upgrade. * Improved Air Forces in Europe Intelligence C4I network performance 70% by plan ning and managing migration and installation for new capability. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Aug 2008 - April 2010 Associate Professor of Aerospace Studies, Aug 2007 - April 2010 Field Training Instructor Aug 2008 - Jun 2009 * Develops and delivers curriculum covering Foundations of USAF, AF History, Lea dership, and National Security Affairs to develop prospective Air Force officers . * Builds rapport with Admissions Office to increase ROTC applicant visibility in admissions process. * Directs all leadership laboratory, corps military train, and field training op eration activities * Also serves as Field Training Instructor, Unit Admissions Officer, and Command ant of Cadets. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Aug 2000 - Oct 2010 Advanced on fast track from Computer Technical Controller to Senior-Level Cybers pace Operator * Develops programs to enable Air Force, joint military missions, and allied mis sions with focus on communications and information (C&I) for operations across A ir, Space, and Cyberspace domains. * Implements and conducts C&I unit operations. Conducts information security (I NFOSEC) / information assurance (IA) operations and network security operations. * Manages communications plans, acquisition, architecture, information resources , postal operations, and C&I engineering initiatives. Supports force employment planning, execution, and combat assessment, required information resources, and C&I engineering. * Manages AF spectrum management-related matters, policy, and procedures. Plans, develops, engineers, and maintains CI architectures and standards. * Standardizes processes (such as intelligence collateral workstation support) t o ensure full compliance with AF accreditation policies. * Flawlessly oversees $72M DISA network to include 650 circuits connecting over 32 locations in 12 countries. SELECTED PROJECTS: * Led 11 personnel in managing all day-to-day operations of network systems supp orting Air Force in Europe's Air Operation Center as well as 92-nation Area of R esponsibility. * Spearheaded $5M Standard Tactical Entry Point restoral project rerouting 24 sp ecial mission circuits with zero communication lost for Afghanistan and Iraq joi nt warfighters. * Oversaw 15 personnel handling ongoing operations and maintenance of six Air Op eration Center network systems with combined value of $12 million, supporting Jo int Chiefs of Staff, United States European Command, NATO, and AF in Europe miss ions and exercises. * Managed $4M DISA NIPRNET and SIPRNET Tier 0 router tech refresh preparing netw ork for 359% gain in data throughput AOR wide. * Arranged reach-back support for personnel deployed to Rwanda for African Missi on in Sudan, * Authored 16 AF Communications' Special Instructions to Communicator, provided initial contingency report procedures for information assurance. ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Facilitated DISA domain split - coordinated seven major ASIs and diversified C 4I network to lay groundwork for AOR for system expansion. * Established redundant SIPRNET / NIPRNET / DSN services and created 18Mb increa se in speed. * Coordinated communications support for GWoT mission to Tbilisi, Georgia and pr ovided total C2 for USMC training team. * Secured recovery team support for C-130 crash site in Albania that delivered c onnectivity to HHQ. * Coordinated 16 AF Active Directory migrations to improve administration for 1, 100 systems. * Synchronized air-to-ground SATCOM for Darfur human relief efforts, expedited h umanitarian relief transportation for 1,200 peace forces, and provided first-cla ss SA to USEUCOM staff. * Managed migration of USAFE/A2's classified data to secure central storage with 0% user downtime. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE Software: CiscoWorks, Remedy, FACIT, HP OpenView, Dreamweaver, Mozilla, Micros oft Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Project / Publisher / Outlook / IE Hardware: Cisco switches / routers, server, Sun systems, VoIP, VTC OS: Windows 95 / NT / 2000 / XP, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X Networking: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, VLAN, WLAN, VPN, DMZ, DNS, DHCP, ATM Programming: Java, C++, C, SQL, HTML, Assembly EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, MSIT, Emphasis in Information Assurance (IA), 2007 SUNY NEW PALTZ, Bachelor of Science - Computer Science (BSCS), 2000 CompTIA Security+ - Pending (Nov 2010) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TRAINING: Squadron Officer School 2010, Academic Instru ctor School 2008, Air and Space Basic Course 2004 , Basic Communication Officer Training 2003 COMMUNITY SERVICE Raised and distributed in excess of $10,000 in scholarships to military and mili tary dependents. Elected Club President of Ramstein Toastmasters and achieved Competent Toastmast er and Competent Leader. Coached Kaiserslautern Kingfish Swim Team.