Applied Experience

Serving as technical program lead on Chesapeake Connects, a $47 million municipal broadband expansion extending high-speed internet to underserved communities across Chesapeake. Responsibilities include managing vendor relationships, coordinating between city departments and contractors, maintaining program documentation, tracking deliverable compliance, and reporting status to city leadership. The project operates under federal funding compliance requirements — grant reporting, procurement standards, and public accountability documentation.

Consulting engagement supporting FEMA's cybersecurity and risk management functions — security operations support and governance framework alignment in an environment where system availability directly impacts disaster response and emergency coordination.

Advisory consulting supporting security compliance and risk assessment at the U.S. Department of Energy — an environment involving sensitive infrastructure and critical systems with rigorous control requirements. Provided direct experience working within high-stakes federal security governance.

Built AbleSphere to give students with learning differences access to adaptive, AI-powered support tools. The platform placed 2nd at a Microsoft AI Hackathon. This project is relevant to AI governance engagements because it reflects firsthand experience designing, shipping, and thinking through the responsible use of AI in a real product — not just reviewing policies.

Federal service in Coast Guard Intelligence and subsequent DHS consulting established the foundation for GRC and security operations expertise — classified network protection, sensitive government information environments, and federal security frameworks applied in operational settings. This background is what makes the framework knowledge practical rather than academic.