Highly skilled Personnel Security and IT Specialist with experience in developing, implementing and managing security programs. Strengths include thorough understanding of security principles, knowledge of procedures for handling classified information, and ability to conduct comprehensive security assessments. Previous work demonstrates strong impact through improved security measures and adherence to regulations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personnel Security Specialist/ Data Management
K3 ENTERPRISES
Arlington, Virginia
02.2022 - Current
Strengthened cybersecurity posture with regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
Led the implementation of RPA solutions to automate various business processes, resulting in a 30% increase in operational efficiency.
Developed and maintained automation using UiPath and ensure their seamless integration with existing systems and conduct regular automation performance reviews and implement enhancements to optimize functionality.
Anticipated potential challenges in daily operations and devised appropriate solutions to maintain uninterrupted workflow in the executive office.
Initiated and processed Personnel Security Clearance Investigations through e-QIP and other systems for personnel, contractors, and affiliates.
Contributed to smooth business operations by planning and organizing meetings and conferences.
Customer Service Representative/ Personnel Security
Digital Spec
Washington, District of Columbia
09.2017 - 12.2021
Responded to high volumes of inbound calls and emails, offering clear, accurate, and empathetic guidance.
Delivered exceptional service by adhering to quality assurance standards and performance metrics such as Average Handle Time (AHT), First Call Resolution (FCR), and Customer Satisfaction Scores (CSAT).
Logged cases in CRM systems and ensured timely follow-up while maintaining strict confidentiality. Documented interactions and resolutions in internal systems to ensure accurate tracking and follow-up.
Escalated sensitive or unresolved issues to the appropriate departments and followed through to resolution.
Stayed current on program updates, policy changes, and federal regulations to ensure accurate information sharing.
TEFL English Teacher
The Language House TEFL
Prague, Czech Republic
07.2019 - 11.2019
Developed and implemented interesting and interactive learning media to increase student understanding of course materials.
Established and enforced clear class objectives and requirements to promote consistent education for all students.
Assigned reading and homework with reasonable deadlines and detailed instructions and used repetitious approach in teaching grammar to help students grasp concepts.
Evaluated students' comprehension of lessons through relevant test questions.
Tutored students requiring additional assistance in grammar and reading comprehension.
Obtained TEFL Certification upon Teacher Graduation
Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Conflict Resolution - Responsible for handling customer account inquiries, accurately providing information to ensure resolution of product/service complaints and customer satisfaction.
Customer Relations - Earned highest marks for customer satisfaction, company-wide.
Timeline
Personnel Security Specialist/ Data Management
K3 ENTERPRISES
02.2022 - Current
TEFL English Teacher
The Language House TEFL
07.2019 - 11.2019
Customer Service Representative/ Personnel Security
<ul>
<li>Operations Management Responsibilities:</li>
<li>Supervised a cross-functional team of over 40, including field technicians, logistics personnel, and customer service agents.</li>
<li>Developed and implemented SOPs that improved field installation efficiency by 30%.</li>
<li>Managed nationwide GPS device deployments for fleet clients, coordinating logistics, and resource allocation.</li>
<li>Maintained service-level agreements (SLAs) with clients, ensuring a 95%+ client satisfaction rate.</li>
<li>Monitored and managed the inventory of GPS tracking devices and installation equipment.</li>
<li>Generated and presented monthly operational performance reports to executive leadership.</li>
<li>IT Management Responsibilities:</li>
<li>Led the administration and technical maintenance of the Nsoroma GPS tracking platform (web and mobile).</li>
<li>Oversaw server infrastructure, software updates, and data security across internal systems.</li>
<li>Integrated third-party APIs into the company’s GPS platform for enhanced client reporting.</li>
<li>Provided tier-2 technical support for software and hardware issues, reducing resolution time by 40%.</li>
<li>Implemented cybersecurity protocols and backup solutions to secure client data.</li>
<li>Researched and deployed new GPS hardware models, reducing device failure rates by 25%.</li>
</ul> at NSOROMA GPS LTD<ul>
<li>Operations Management Responsibilities:</li>
<li>Supervised a cross-functional team of over 40, including field technicians, logistics personnel, and customer service agents.</li>
<li>Developed and implemented SOPs that improved field installation efficiency by 30%.</li>
<li>Managed nationwide GPS device deployments for fleet clients, coordinating logistics, and resource allocation.</li>
<li>Maintained service-level agreements (SLAs) with clients, ensuring a 95%+ client satisfaction rate.</li>
<li>Monitored and managed the inventory of GPS tracking devices and installation equipment.</li>
<li>Generated and presented monthly operational performance reports to executive leadership.</li>
<li>IT Management Responsibilities:</li>
<li>Led the administration and technical maintenance of the Nsoroma GPS tracking platform (web and mobile).</li>
<li>Oversaw server infrastructure, software updates, and data security across internal systems.</li>
<li>Integrated third-party APIs into the company’s GPS platform for enhanced client reporting.</li>
<li>Provided tier-2 technical support for software and hardware issues, reducing resolution time by 40%.</li>
<li>Implemented cybersecurity protocols and backup solutions to secure client data.</li>
<li>Researched and deployed new GPS hardware models, reducing device failure rates by 25%.</li>
</ul> at NSOROMA GPS LTD
<ul><li>Roles and Responsibilities</li><li>Hiring and team building</li><li>Managing team’s career progression and performance reviews</li><li>Managing Performance improvement plan and firing</li><li>Mentoring</li><li>Product roadmap planning and execution</li><li>Accountability of the entire delivery execution including the risk mitigation planning.</li><li>Stakeholder management</li><li>Adhering to Apple Privacy and Security Guidelines for platform</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage all online services for AdXchange in Apple Ads.</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions deliver Budget experimentation in Apple Ads</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage data for Ad Platform.</li><li>Creating and maintaining all the data and analytics and revenue pipelines for Ad Platforms</li><li>Driving the solution for data ingestions and data processing across Ad platform</li><li>Defining the Strategy for data governance and data access</li><li>Collaboration with business to deliver relevant data and insight for our strategy and decisions.</li><li>Managing storage, processing, copy/synchronization etc. appropriate to scale</li><li>Enabling machine learning and algorithm groups by proving them right frameworks and data</li><li>Advancing team’s design methodology and quality programming practices and evangelize those techniques across Ad platform.</li><li>Deliveries</li><li>Setup 8+ member team to design and deliver Budget Allocation and Budget experimentation.</li><li>Leading Ad Delivery services team, responsible for delivering various capabilities like query understanding, targeting, fraud etc.</li><li>Delivered and Lead Design for observability for budget, and data platform in Ad platform.</li><li>Setup 11+ members high performing team to handle various business needs such as analytics and micro services for Display Advertising as well as Data Platform</li><li>Instrumental in driving Data Platform throughout the SDLC from inception, design, development, testing and deployment.</li><li>Instilled a strong team culture of high-quality delivery by constructive feedback, cross collaboration, focus and motivation.</li><li>Delivered Realtime and Batch Platform with various integrations</li><li>Delivered new DIP design for Data Platform</li><li>Delivered design of all the components of Data processing platform</li><li>Transitioned Display data work to India seamlessly and delivered many critical business impacting features and organizational security initiatives.</li><li>Closely worked with various stakeholders to understand the requirements which resulted into efficient remote work culture.</li><li>Seamless Display execution and set up best practices for 24X7 production on-call.</li><li>Tools and Technologies</li><li>AWS, S3, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Hive, Scoop, Flume, Cassandra, Airflow, Oozie, Gobblin, Schema Store, Icloud, Grafana, Kubernetes, Vertica, Alation, snowflake, druid, Iceberg, Java, Scala, IntelliJ, Oracle, MySql, Git, RIO, Spinnaker, Elastic cache, Grpc, Agile.</li></ul> at Apple - Adplatform<ul><li>Roles and Responsibilities</li><li>Hiring and team building</li><li>Managing team’s career progression and performance reviews</li><li>Managing Performance improvement plan and firing</li><li>Mentoring</li><li>Product roadmap planning and execution</li><li>Accountability of the entire delivery execution including the risk mitigation planning.</li><li>Stakeholder management</li><li>Adhering to Apple Privacy and Security Guidelines for platform</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage all online services for AdXchange in Apple Ads.</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions deliver Budget experimentation in Apple Ads</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage data for Ad Platform.</li><li>Creating and maintaining all the data and analytics and revenue pipelines for Ad Platforms</li><li>Driving the solution for data ingestions and data processing across Ad platform</li><li>Defining the Strategy for data governance and data access</li><li>Collaboration with business to deliver relevant data and insight for our strategy and decisions.</li><li>Managing storage, processing, copy/synchronization etc. appropriate to scale</li><li>Enabling machine learning and algorithm groups by proving them right frameworks and data</li><li>Advancing team’s design methodology and quality programming practices and evangelize those techniques across Ad platform.</li><li>Deliveries</li><li>Setup 8+ member team to design and deliver Budget Allocation and Budget experimentation.</li><li>Leading Ad Delivery services team, responsible for delivering various capabilities like query understanding, targeting, fraud etc.</li><li>Delivered and Lead Design for observability for budget, and data platform in Ad platform.</li><li>Setup 11+ members high performing team to handle various business needs such as analytics and micro services for Display Advertising as well as Data Platform</li><li>Instrumental in driving Data Platform throughout the SDLC from inception, design, development, testing and deployment.</li><li>Instilled a strong team culture of high-quality delivery by constructive feedback, cross collaboration, focus and motivation.</li><li>Delivered Realtime and Batch Platform with various integrations</li><li>Delivered new DIP design for Data Platform</li><li>Delivered design of all the components of Data processing platform</li><li>Transitioned Display data work to India seamlessly and delivered many critical business impacting features and organizational security initiatives.</li><li>Closely worked with various stakeholders to understand the requirements which resulted into efficient remote work culture.</li><li>Seamless Display execution and set up best practices for 24X7 production on-call.</li><li>Tools and Technologies</li><li>AWS, S3, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Hive, Scoop, Flume, Cassandra, Airflow, Oozie, Gobblin, Schema Store, Icloud, Grafana, Kubernetes, Vertica, Alation, snowflake, druid, Iceberg, Java, Scala, IntelliJ, Oracle, MySql, Git, RIO, Spinnaker, Elastic cache, Grpc, Agile.</li></ul> at Apple - Adplatform