Information Security Technology

Rodney Jay Emery

CISA, CSIM, CISSP, PMP

Information Security Professional with over 30 years experience in the Information Technology Arena

18+ years executive level experience leading information technology and information security organizations and programs for the U. S. Federal Government. Executive Summary

!Information Security, Information Technology (IT), and Personnel Security Professional with progressively responsible experience in federal government and private industry specializing in: IT security, IT architecture, technology strategies, hardware and software systems development, data center and infrastructure (network/system security) operations, telecommunications, personnel suitability and adjudication, background investigations, emergency preparedness, continuity, and operations, facilities engineering and management, and program/project management.

!Led teams of 20 to 100+ in an information security program management office, a data center operation, a technical division architecture branch for the DoD/VA, a technology strategies group for enterprise architecture, and as a SES Executive Director for the Office of Identity, Credential, and Access Management in an environment supporting well over 300 sites nationwide. Responsible for the full spectrum of personnel management providing guidance through team leads/ supervisors to professional, technical and administrative personnel.

!Led or provided direct support to the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution for the Systems and Software Development Life-Cycles (SDLC) enabling the organization, development, engineering, and implementation of hardware/software systems, strategies, and policies for the VA enterprise IT.

Experience

President and CEO, Reddy Tech LLC – (05/2020-Present) – 30 hours per week Independent consultant for Federal Government contractors on Information Technology, Information Security, and Architecture. This includes though not limited by FedRAMP requirements, NIST Risk Management Framework, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Senior Technology Advisor, HMS Technologies, Inc. – (01/2019-03/2020) – 45 hours per week As the Senior Technology Advisor, I:

provided input on all efforts bid by the corporation across multiple contract vehicles and agencies to assist in strategic sustainment of long-term growth

worked across multiple disciplines and with other departments to accomplish projects and tasks

provided leadership and guidance for proposal strategies and solutions that lead to awards, including working with architects and engineers to craft language in proposals consistent with the bid strategy

assisted and/or lead efforts to build out the level of effort necessary to accomplish the proposed task

assisted our company transition for contract awards from the business development team to the operations/delivery team ensuring an understanding of the original strategy proposed, and transition that strategy to the operations team

supported cost models, candidate selection, partner engagement and contract execution Telephone 304-***-****

Martinsburg, WV

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Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Office of Identity, Credential, and Access Management

(OICAM), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (08/2018-12/2018) – 50 hours per week As I transitioned into retirement I served as the Senior Advisor to the new Executive Director of Office of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (OICAM) and advised on a broad technical program for the development and implementation of people, processes, and technologies supporting on- boarding, proofing, suitability, fingerprinting, background investigations, adjudication, credentialing, logical and physical access control systems, and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) in support of force protection and mission assurance for a 600,000+ workforce. This program aimed to strengthen compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), Executive Order13467, the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Roadmap, and support for Executive Order 12968 and 13587, the Office of Emergency Management and Resilience, and the Office of Security and Law Enforcement. Also served as liaison with DoD on ICAM related issues. Executive Director, Office of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (OICAM) Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (05/2016-08/2018) – 50 hours per week As the Executive Director of Office of Personnel Security and Identity Management (OPSIM) I led a broad technical program in the development and implementation of people, processes, and technologies supporting on-boarding, proofing, suitability, fingerprinting, background investigations, adjudication, credentialing, logical and physical access control systems, and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) in support of force protection and mission assurance for a 600,000+ workforce. This program aimed to strengthen compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), Executive Order 13467, the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Roadmap, and support for Executive Order 12968 and 13587, the Office of Emergency Management and Resilience, and the Office of Security and Law Enforcement. The organization was funded using three sources: base budget authority, reimbursable budget authority, and franchise fund authority. I led a comprehensive restructuring of this organization aligning with the Office of Management and Budget memoranda M-17-22, Comprehensive Plan for Reforming the Federal Government and Reducing the Federal Civilian Workforce. This restructuring gave the office a new name, Office of ICAM, to align with FICAM and collapsed four divisions to two: Personnel Security and Credentialing and Access and Identity Management. I also imposed internal hiring freeze of reimbursable budget positions to begin a review of inherently governmental versus contracting positions, redistributing base budget authority positions, and realigning the franchise fund. The intent of these actions was to facilitate horizontal integration from both a functional and an organizational perspective, flatten layers of supervision, rewrite position descriptions to allow them to move freely across the organization, and begin cross- training personnel providing career paths for development. During this time I also led the following actions: Chair PIV SES Task Force for the reissuance of 330,000 PIV cards in 11 months, preparation of an executable migration plan to move Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card issuance to a shared service model, implemented a Centralized Adjudication Facility (CAF) capability in a distributed model supported by a Centralized Adjudication and Background Investigation System (CABS) using Software as a Service (SaaS), integration and provisioning of backend systems allowing for a congruous on-boarding, monitoring, and off-boarding capability for employees, affiliates, and contractors within the VA, defended the budget to support these programs nearing $70M per year, and facilitate a centralized Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) program allowing administrations and staff offices to execute over Rodney Jay Emery, CISA, CSIM, CISSP, PMP Page 3

$100M per year using an ICAM coordinated Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) recognizing a 30% cost reduction.

Technology Strategies (TS) Director, Office of Information and Technology, Architecture, Strategy, and Design (ASD), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (04/2014-05/2016) – 40 hours per week

Served as Director of Technology Strategies and Governance, Enforcement, Assessment, and Compliance (GEAC), leading strategic VA efforts for the development of the strategy, guidance, implementation and governance for VA’s “to-be” technology environment through the:

• Enterprise Technology Strategic Plan (ETSP), defining the to-be enterprise technology vision.

• Enterprise Design Patterns, designed as reusable enterprise guidance documents encompassing standards, policies and capability frameworks enabling VA’s ability for standardized development, acquisition and/or implementation of IT systems and services.

• One-VA Technical Reference Model (TRM) which is one component within the overall EA providing coordinated and consolidated decisions from across OI&T and business lines on approved and unapproved technologies and standards within VA.

• GEAC activities assess technical integrity, ensure compliance, manage risks and ensure proper alignment of projects, programs, initiatives, and investments adhere to the VA Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA) through oversight over the Architecture Engineering Review Board (AERB) Compliance Review, technical reviews of all project documentation and artifacts, support PMAS Milestone reviews and follow-up support to ensure compliance with VA’s IT strategic goals. Additionally, I served as an ASD representative on related groups (e.g. Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE), Acquisition Program Management Framework (APMF), Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) Milestone Decisions (MSD), Ruthless Reduction Task Force (RRTF), etc.) providing technical and engineering analysis and recommendations in support of VA decision-making bodies. I also led the Department’s Enterprise Cloud Strategy, Digital Strategy, Open Data initiatives for OI&T, and provided input to open source policy development, and leadership for the data management team performing design, modeling, and scripting for data in the VBA Corporate Database.

Deputy Chief Enterprise Architect (EA), Department of Defense (DoD)/VA Interagency Program Office (IPO), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (09/2011-04/2014) – 40 hours per week Served as the Deputy Chief Enterprise Architect (EA) for the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office

(IPO) leading strategic electronic health record initiatives, a joint environment made up of ~50% DoD personnel and ~50% VA personnel. I served as lead VA representative for the DoD/VA IPO Technical Division Architecture Branch and led a diverse team of 20-30 full-time equivalent employees and contractors in all aspects of the development of enterprise architecture artifacts to inform and enable the organization, development, engineering, testing, and implementation of information technology systems, software, and policies supporting healthcare and benefits delivery for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Healthcare System (MHS), and other external partners/customers/beneficiaries. This included strategic communication to facilitate integration of architecture, investments, and initiatives from an enterprise architecture perspective informing the framework to guide the DoD, VA, and IPO toward Rodney Jay Emery, CISA, CSIM, CISSP, PMP Page 4

future-state electronic health records while ensuring consideration of critical infrastructure and continuity of operations.

• Led activities, guided by Agile and Scrum methodologies to establish joint DoD and VA architecture artifacts and ensured IT EA strategies are aligned with business goals and support the planning, programming, budgeting, execution, risk management, engineering, testing, and implementation of EHR capabilities. As a result of these actions the DoD/VA IPO Technical Division produced the Enterprise Architecture Management Plan, the Strategic Architecture Roadmap, and architecture artifacts supporting iEHR increments and the Data Federation Accelerators aimed at achieving the highest level of data interoperability and data sharing supporting computable data in an open and standards based manner.

• Led development and coordination of enterprise architecture governance activities and processes which enabled the iEHR and VLER Health initiatives to mature as IPO priorities continue to adjust to meet the shifting priorities of the DoD and VA. As a result of my actions the DoD/VA IPO Technical Division enabled the Data Federation Accelerator initiatives to meet scheduled milestones from an architectural and engineering perspective.

• Represented the DoD/VA IPO Technical Division Architecture Branch in an advisory/consultant role with IPO Principles, Project Management Accountability System review committees, Integrated Project Teams (IPT), and the Health Architecture Review Board (HARB).

• Served as Acting Deputy Director, DoD/VA IPO Technical Division, as needed. Director of the Operations Support Service (OSS) and the Capital Region Data Center (CRDC), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (07/2004-09/2011) – 45 hours per week Served as the Director of the Operations Support Service (OSS) and the Capital Region Data Center

(CRDC) within the OIT Corporate Data Center Operations (CDCO). Led a diverse team of 20-30 full-time equivalent employees and contractors in all aspects of facility and data center management of a 41,000 sq. ft. GSA leased office facility containing a 5,000 square foot data center space in providing the organization, development, engineering, testing and implementation of information technology systems and affected operational policies for IT programs supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, spanning VA headquarters, the three administrations, and multiple staff offices in support of service delivery and enterprise operations. Maintained responsibility for the planning, programming, and execution, including risk management, of the budget for this organization that ranged between $12 and $60 million. During the same timeframe I led the development of a construction OMB-300 budget exhibit, provided executive and congressional briefings, collaborated and coordinated within the OIT and the Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness (OSP) stakeholders on requirements to build a 65,000 square foot office complex containing a 10,000 square foot tier III data center facility, the Capital Region Readiness Center

(CRRC). I led the primary team for completion of this $35 million bid/build project from 2005 through 2010 which resulted in on-time completion, on- budget completion, and enabling the Department to meet COG/COOP emergency preparedness mandates which included Integrated Operations Center (IOC), Network and Security Operations Center (NSOC) consolidation and incident response effectiveness and efficiencies, and federal mandates for the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI).

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Office of Cyber and Information Security (OCIS) Program Management Office (PMO), Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) – (10/2002-07/2004) – 50 hours per week Served as the Director of the OCIS Program Management Office within the OIT. Led a diverse team of 30-50+ full-time equivalent employees and contractors in all aspects of an information security Program Management Office (PMO), including the planning, programming, budgeting, execution and risk management of information security technology (hardware and software) projects (budgets ranged between $50 and $90 million annually) which, included design, engineering, development, deployment, management, sustainment, and related policy development, modification, and implementation addressing information security in the DVA enterprise, consisting of over 300 sites nationwide with over 700,000 employees. Each of the projects managed within the PMO employed best practice project management disciplines throughout the execution of the project lifecycle, specifically the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the

“Integrated Process Flow for VA IT Projects” disciplines. During this same time I also served as Director, including maintenance and operations, of a 5,000 square foot administrative office facility and as an OIT representative in Martinsburg WV for OSP planning and emergency preparedness and business continuity activities.

Education and Credentials

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

25443- Bachelor's Degree, 2002: Information

Systems/Business/Criminal Law

Honors: cum laude

National Defense University

Information Resource Management College

Chief Information Security Officer, 2010

Graduate Certificate

Chief Information Officer, 2009

Graduate Certificate

U.S. Army War College, Carlisle PA

Master of Strategic Studies Program, 2011

Certifications

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), #0022882 - 2000 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), #21909 - 2000 Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), #0403692 - 2004 Project Management Professional (PMP), #182119 - 2004 VA Level III Project Manager - 2004

VA Health Informatics Certificate Program (AMIA 10x10) - 2014 Paralegal Certification – 2015

Top Secret Clearance – 07/2018

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