Joshua Colclasure
Bossier City,LA
Summary
Motivated leader, manager and Air Force veteran with a an 18-year comprehensive career in IT management, project management, cybersecurity, and continuous process improvement. Highly successful in building and motivating dynamic teams, directing personnel, and balancing multiple projects. Proven performance linking corporate vision with desired results through empowerment, development, and utilization of people, processes, and technologies.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
IT Project Manager
United States Air Force
05.2022 - Current
- Planned, designed, and scheduled large projects, established new confidential network & communicated project status update to stakeholders and executive management; recognized as outstanding Senior IT Manager of year Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
Senior Manager, Network Operations Center
United States Air Force
10.2020 - 05.2022
- Managed team of 28, directed server and SQL database configuration management and delivered advanced technical support of cloud computing for 39 global organizations
- Piloted enterprise IT Change Management program, pushed through 20 long-delayed requirements and reduced time for change implementation by 75%.
Senior Manager, Mission Defense Team
United States Air Force
03.2019 - 10.2020
- Led team of 22 system administrators, allocated resources enabling management of 151 servers, completed 3.4K IT requirements, and tackled 724 maintenance actions
- Directed team of 11 vulnerability assessors, planned and executed 5 cyber operations, delivered first-ever defense of $65M strategic airspace operations network
- Recognized Senior Manager of the Quarter Aug-Oct 2021 for excellent servant leadership.
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Operations
United States Air Force
10.2016 - 03.2019
- Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives and ensured data access availability at rate of 99.9999%
- Developed IT administration and cyber defense training program covering 13 courses and 218 task milestones for 62 employees.
Manager, Vulnerability Assessment
United States Air Force
10.2014 - 10.2016
- Managed team of 18, assessed 2 distant locations, inspected 12 major grading areas, trained 32 employees, and reduced cyber threat footprint by 75%
- Oversaw cyber inspection, directed 130 IT vulnerability scans, mitigated 81K threats, and coached 38-person team to first successful assessment in Europe.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
Trident University International
Cypress, CA10.2018
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
Trident University International
Cypress, CA04.2011
Skills
- Decision Making
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Executive level oral/written communication
- Organizational Leadership
- Team Development
- Complex Problem Solving
- Risk Management
- Supervisory Skills
- Business Analysis
- Information Governance
Certification
- AWS CCP - Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner (2023-present)
- PMP - Project Management Professional (2023 - present)
- CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate (2021 - present)
- CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (2012 - present)
- CompTIA Security + (2009-present)
Timeline
IT Project Manager
United States Air Force
05.2022 - Current
Senior Manager, Network Operations Center
United States Air Force
10.2020 - 05.2022
Senior Manager, Mission Defense Team
United States Air Force
03.2019 - 10.2020
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Operations
United States Air Force
10.2016 - 03.2019
Manager, Vulnerability Assessment
United States Air Force
10.2014 - 10.2016
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
Trident University International
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
Trident University International