Adrian R.

Senior Cybersecurity Project Coordinator

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Details

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Physics and Political Science

Beloit College

1991 : 1996

Experience: Support the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Advanced Cyber Defense team. Team provides cyber security support for all HHS components (Centers for Disease Control, Indian Health Service, etc.).

- Program management assistant to Federal Team Lead

- Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to develop written assessment procedures

- Develop internal marketing materials to which directly address key customer concerns, highlight service offerings and identify the key benefits of using an internal HHS provider

- Coordinate with customers to develop assessment rules of engagement, coordinate assessment planning, and de-conflict assessments with normal operations

2023 : Present

MindPoint Group

Senior Cybersecurity Project Coordinator

Supported all-hazards risk management programs for the National Risk Management Center (NRMC). NRMC focuses on assisting public and private sector partners identify and mitigate physical (storms, terrorism, etc.) and operational risks (human error, gaps in procedures, etc.) to U.S. Critical Infrastructure.

- Collaboratively designed NRMC risk management processes and logic models

- Supported development of NRMC’s annual metrics for risk management and capacity building

- Developed and implemented a framework to assess maturity of risk management processes and for the U.S. Critical Infrastructure Sectors and U.S. National Critical Functions

2021 : 2023

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc

Senior Critical Infrastructure Risk Analyst

Supported Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA RD-NTA) development of a software to integrate tactical nuclear weapons into Department of Defense (DoD) wargames.

- Outreach to DoD wargamer communities to identify their objectives and relevance of nuclear effects

- Researched end user needs for software tool and coordinated with software developers to implement

- Coordinated DTRA integration into existing wargames

- Wrote nuclear weapons effect rules for several existing DoD wargames

- Developed and presented educational briefings on nuclear effects to help analysts, wargamers, and leaders understand the impacts of nuclear use on the operating environment

- Developed internal training materials to teach wargaming concepts to analyst and ModSim teams

- Presented at the Military Operations Research Society’s 89th Annual Symposium, “Operations in a Nuclear Environment – What an Operations Officer needs to know”

2020 : 2021

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.

Wargaming Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Provide Insider Threat, asymmetric warfare, and wargaming SME support for U.S. Navy strategic weapons security programs ashore and afloat.

- Conducted multiple inter-disciplinary Insider Threat assessments

- Lead researcher for emerging threat trends and assessment of implications for client operations

- Mentor for junior staff in Data Analytics, 3D modeling and GIS development teams

- Developed quantitative analyses of previously discounted safety and security risks to assess actual risk

- Co-facilitator and adversary cell wargaming lead; wargames were used to :

o Drive client analysis of underappreciated security risks and training gaps

o Experiment with and provide experiential training on new operational concepts

o Down select and prioritize security enhancement and modernization efforts

- Developed 3D printed wargaming pieces which dramatically increased client engagement during games

- Conceptual and user experience lead for development of proprietary digital touch-table wargaming tool

2017 : 2020

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.

Terrorism and Asymmetric Warfare SME / Wargaming Cell Leader

Advise on security and operational risk assessments for U.S. nuclear weapons security, U.S. Naval facilities and U.S. Navy ships in coastal waters. Additional projects include :

• Research / evaluation of emergent threat vectors (both emerging technologies and tactics)

• Integration of Human Factors into security system design

• Historical analysis of Terrorism trends in the U.S. and Europe to provide clients with context for current threat levels

2013 : 2015

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc

Operational Risk Assessment and Threat Research Analyst

Company: MindPoint Group

Years of Experience: 23

Skills Aviation, Business Process Development, Business Process Improvement, Counterterrorism, Critical Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Critical Thinking, Cyber Security Risk, Defense, DoD, Emergency Management, End User Research, Force Protection, Government, Intelligence Analysis, Marketing, Metrics Development, Military Experience, Military Operations, Mitigation Strategies, Performance Metrics, Physical Security, Project Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Security, Security Awareness, Security Management, Security Training, Tactics, Technical Writing, Top Secret, Training & Development, U.S. Department of Defense, User Experience (UX), Vulnerability Assessment, Wargaming

About Risk analysis and mitigation expert; past clients and focus areas include U.S. Government facilities, all hazards risk management, converged cyber and physical security and military operations. Focused on pragmatic risk mitigation, assessing emerging threats, and closing client operational gaps and seams. My diverse background (red teaming, “blue side” security, aviation, logistics, and international finance) provides a unique risk assessment and threat research perspective. I am particularly interested in in the impact of emerging threats and Human Factors.

Specialties:

Converged Physical and Cyber Security planning and risk assessment

Emergency Response & Management

Training Program Evaluation, Development & Supervision

All Source Intelligence Fusion Analysis

Human Factors Design