Les Owens

Co-Founder & CTO -- Treada Technology Group / Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University

Vienna, VA, United States

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Education: BS

Electrical Engineering

Va Tech

1980 : 1985

PhD studies

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Va Tech

2004 : 2007

MS

Electrical Engineering

The George Washington University

1986 : 1990

Experience: • Cybersecurity - Applied Cryptography, Security Architecture & Engineering, Zero Trust (NIST SP800-207, ISCM (NIST SP800-137/-137A), Cyber PMO

• Systems & Software Engineering - 5G Mobile and other Mobile & Wireless, RPA

• Research & Development - IoMT/IoT, Medical device security, secure wireless comms

• Bringing Innovation to all delivery

2016 : Present

Treada Technology Group

Co Founder & President - Cybersecurity SME, Innovative Engineer, Technology Executive

The AFCEA Cyber Committee is a volunteer group of public and private sector information technology professionals that oversees AFCEA's outreach and helps ensure open lines of communication between the government and industry.

The committee provides an active focal point within AFCEA for encouraging the exchange of ideas and coordinating AFCEA’s cyber-related activities.

- Supports AFCEA and its membership by preparing, reviewing, approving and/or making recommendations about how to address cyber challenges in association events across the board.

- Promotes AFCEA membership and support within the cyber community.

- Supports SIGNAL Magazine by encouraging and contributing ideas for cyber-related articles and interviews.

2020 :

AFCEA International Cyber Committee

Committee Member

As Chief Technology Officer, Les guides the Corporation’s technology vision and provides corporate leadership in the strategic areas of technology and engineering. He is responsible for driving technology strategy, innovation, IP/IC development, technology transfer, thought leadership, capability development, and R&D for SuprTEK. These in turn enable excellent client service in the market and enable rapid corporate growth.

As VP of Cyber Security at SuprTEK, Les leads the service delivery, strategic development and business development for the horizontal, competency-aligned, Information Assurance / Cyber Security Line-of-Business across the Intelligence, Defense, Federal/Civil and Commercial markets. Responsibilities include the ID/IQ strategy, strategic alliances, teaming, M&A, high-performance team building and academic relationship development to deliver superior Cyber Security services to our clients and be a preferred provider in the market.

2012 : 2016

Superlative Technologies

CTO / VP of Cyber Security

Responsible for strategic business development and capability delivery into the DoD organizations, DISA and USCYBERCOM.

2010 : 2011

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Strategic Account Lead, DISA and USCYBERCOM

Lead the firmwide cybersecurity capabilities for AMERICAN SYSTEMS. Drive business growth in the Defense, Civil and IC markets. Responsible for identifying and building new capabilities to respond to client needs including network security engineering, Software Assurance, cryptographic services, PKI/PKE Engineering, Cross-Domain solutions, and Mobile & Wireless Security. Executive leader of delivery teams.

2010 : 2011

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

VP, Cybersecurity

Company: Treada Technology Group

Years of Experience: 33

Spoken Language: English, French

Skills 5G, 5G Core, 5G New Radio (NR), Architecture, Business Development, business strategy, Coaching, computer security, Continuous Monitoring, Cryptography, Cyber Security, Data Science, Defense, DoD, Embedded Systems, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Software, Government, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Technology, Innovative Thinking, IT Strategy, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Networking, Network Security, People Development, Program Management, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), Security, Security Engineering, Strategy, Systems Engineering, Teaching, Team Leadership, Telecommunications, vCISO, Voice over IP (VoIP), Wireless, Workshop Facilitation, Zero Trust

About Mr. Owens has over 30 years of leadership, business management, technology, and operations experience in commercial, military communications and computer systems with a comprehensive background and experience in wireless communications, cryptography and Information Security. Mr. Owens also has experience in engineering development and applied research plus experience in creating, managing, leading, and training information security teams. He is a high energy, innovative, enthusiastic and inspiring leader, people developer and business developer.

Prior to joining Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Mr. Owens was Technical Director for Nortel Networks where he led the development of solution sets related to securing various wireless technologies including 802.11 wireless LANs, wireless VPNs, and Third-Generation (3G) wireless networks. He was also the chief security architect for Nortel’s enterprise products organization responsible for developing robust and standardized security features across the product line, including routers, IPSEC VPNs, and VoIP (Voice-Over-IP) products. From 1997-1999, Mr. Owens was the Executive Director of Fraud and Security for satellite / cellular operator, Iridium LLC, where he was responsible for establishing fraud management and security operations worldwide .

Mr. Owens is a former Adjunct Assistant Professor of CS at Georgetown and the former technical editor of the monthly publication, Wireless Security Perspectives. He is the holder of nine US patents.

Specialties: Cyber Security, Information Assurance, InfoSec, COMSEC, Systems Security Engineering, PKI/PKE, Applied Cryptography, CryptoModernization, Key Management, Identity & Access Management, security protocol analysis/synthesis, network security engineering, embedded system design, Technology Innovation, Negotiation, Leadership, People Development, Business Development, facilitation, coaching, cellular wireless engineering, 802.11/Wi-Fi security and engineering, US patent prosecution