Join the Cybersecurity Revolution

[20-25 direct reports (varied depending on student body]

  • Reviewed CVs (resumes) from three aspects: technical fit to course demand, academic credentialing, and professional expertise.
  • Interviewed prospective faculty from three approaches: high level topical knowledge in IT or InfoSec, deep knowledge in 'speciality', and approach to students.
  • Checked weekly on faculty progress in class through LMS for: presence (are they active in the class); engagement (are they communicating properly with students); relevance (are they discussing topical information and relating to professional elements), and innovation [not required] (are they trying to find new ways to engage students).
  • Checked through Tableau per session on faculty outreach (are they communicating with students who are struggling or not submitting assignments.
  • Provided bi-annual updates based on 4-factor pyramid.
  • Provided annual review improvement document: how can they better deliver content or communicate with students.
  • Faculty quick-view: see if there is anyone needing attention.
  • Student tickets: see if any students are having issues (~4 hour close-rate average).
  • Committees: attend Zoom meeting, complete tasks, review agendas.
  • Courses: check for / transmit instant messages, grade assignments (3 times per week), respond to discussion boards, check/attend to adaptive learning software (if applicable), prepare and hold weekly class (via Zoom).
  • Course progress: note any improvements based on student comments, students progress, student absorption challenges, typos, logical issues, LOM deltas.
  • NSA CAE: attend to committee items, review courses, review credentialing criteria
  • Administrator of College Teams site: hierarchical design, document management, update management, archival management.
  • Scheduling: check schedule status, schedule courses, faculty availability, faculty preferred schedule (personal to me).
  • PeopleSoft interaction for reporting, secondary access requests, grade appeals, or other clerical elements..
  • Innovation: means to improve organizational efficient (Teams), personal efficiency (templates), or communication (student engagement).
  • Refresh Python and C#.
  • Teams administration.
  • Cybersecurity fundamentals (CISSP CBK++).
  • Refresh course design.
  • Ethical hacking elements.
  • Risk management elements.
  • Data design structures (NOIR).
  • Hardening elements.
  • Current research on special topics.
  • Zoom (presenting, drawing, displaying elements, polling, session rooms).
  • Efficient mentoring 20+ faculty.
  • SharePoint and Teams SME.
  • NSA CAE Coordinator.
  • Middle States accreditation reaffirmation.

[7-10 Military bases across Germany, England, and Italy]

  • Budget and plan intercontinental travel bi-weekly.
  • Manage living in a foreign country on SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement).
  • Consultant to the Commander of Allied Air Command and Air Forces in Europe and Africa, helping to bridge the communication gap between executive leadership (flag officers) and downline (staff officers) on topics of software design, behavioral analysis, and international collaborative task forces.
  • Manage daily living in foreign nation (moved 3 times).
  • Courses: grade assignments (5 times per week), respond to discussion boards, prepare and hold bi-weekly on-ground class (sometimes in a different country).
  • Course progress: design and update based on student comments, students progress, student absorption challenges, typos, logical issues, LOM deltas.
  • Student-focus: Allow students to customize their projects specifically toward their current role (many times TS/CSI) that improved retention and outcomes.
  • German (developed conversational German - ability to navigate commerce)
  • Cyber impacts on nanotechnology and healthcare organizations.
  • Refresh course design.
  • Information technology infrastructure design.
  • Multi-session, multi-location Zoom.
  • Created faculty-outreach project to interact directly with prospective students, answer technical questions, and significantly influence matriculation.
  • Thrive in different language culture.
  • Learn and use secondary-language.
  • Adjust to inter-continental travel.
  • Manage different budgets and communities.
  • Refresh involvement in the military community (casernes and bases).

[10-12 direct reports (varied depending on organization]

  • Daily executive briefings on project status, budgeting, contract prospects, employee skill progression (not received), infrastructure awareness, staffing.
  • Attempts to drive Gen Y transition for hybrid work-conditions, and technology growth by realigning project outcomes with matching skills, growth tracks, and project bid elements (not received).
  • Attended different department functions to reflect on employee concerns and growth potential.
  • Coordinate interoffice interaction for: contract identification, contract bids, contract support/management, contract closure/handoff
  • Lead RFP technical team on two multi-million dollar projects, designing master project plan based on CLIN, section L and M, addendums, budgeting and RFQ outcomes.
  • Identified, contacted, and cultivated assets across multiple government agencies to perform on multi-agency federal contract bid.
  • Spearheaded NASA contract proposal that spanned 18 HE and HBC universities and covered 5 major scientific foundational federal departments.
  • Lead design and technical elements of project proposal $5MM for foreign government including cloud technologies, RDBMS and NoSQL implementations for aircraft maintenance parts and replacement.
  • Contributed cost accounting estimations for multi-million dollar projects including employee base costs for subcontracting, ODCs, and reoccurring capital expenses.
  • Designed hiring algorithm reducing HR staffing times from 120 hours to 1-day: created high, mid, low salary demands based on HR sourcing across 12 category types.
  • Learned foundations of government Common Access Card (CAC) design, implementation, and uses (cybersecurity implications).
  • Learned roles and responsibilities of Contract Security Officer (CSO).
  • Refreshed use of MS Project to design MasterPlan for multi-million government contract across multiple subcontractors and agencies.
  • Became efficient with Manage by walking around (MBWA) learned from Michael Dell to gain trust and support of subordinate organization.
  • Lived part-time in Virginia with family in Florida / multi-budgets
  • Protege and intended successor to established sole-proprietor business (25 years) mentality and approach.
  • Leveraged mentorship and never-sleep mentality toward continuous improvement.

[1-5 direct reports (varied depending on student body]

  • Reviewed CVs (resumes) from three aspects: technical fit to course demand, academic credentialing, and professional expertise.
  • Interviewed prospective faculty from three approaches: high level topical knowledge in IT, deep knowledge in 'speciality', and approach to students.
  • Managed department annual budget, operations, and expenses.
  • Reviewed faculty quarterly (sat-in) and elicited direct student feedback on performance.
  • Coordinated campus activities with other program directors.
  • Coordinated cross-degree courses (criminal justice / psychology and computer security).
  • Attended leadership team monthly meeting with status / progress.
  • Created IT degree with 4 specializations for on-ground and online accessibility for mostly at-risk or first-time college students.
  • Achieved profitability (ROI) within 18 months with annual growth of 28%.
  • Designed and taught undergraduate curricula (with adjuncts) by cohort focused on information technology, like SDLC, Ethics, Security, Networking, Web Design, and Programming (C#, C++), and RDBMS.
  • Created coursework (proprietary LMS on-ground and online), including assignments and tests (QA, MC, Option, pools), based on real-world interview questions and examples likely encountered in interviews and early job requirements.
  • Taught graduate courses focused on information systems, including IS design and implementations, social capital development, infrastructure expansion, and security algorithm assessments and implementation.
  • HTML and CSS
  • Networking (full stack) IP addressing (subnetting, supernetting).
  • Logic (language foundations, truth tables).
  • Ethics (Kantism, Utilitarianism).
  • User Interface (UI) (design, structure, foundational elements).
  • Programming (Java, C#).
  • Operating Systems (foundations for MS and Linux).
  • Databases (applied RDBMS normalization through 3NF).
  • Cybersecurity (Whitman and Mattord).
  • Department design/creation, growth, promotion, outreach
  • Faculty hiring/firing.
  • Degree progression, cohort creation and application.
  • New degree research and committee implementation.
  • Academic program direction at executive level.
  • Assessment design (tests, assignments) based on learning outcomes and university strategy (accreditation).
  • Accreditation reaffirmation (SACS).

[35-45 indirect reports (varied depending on hiring]

  • Reported to sole-proprietor for all technical aspects of business (directly related or tangential).
  • Dotted management to 45 loan officers, managers, and 2 brokers.
  • Managed vendor relationships (direct for fixed costs and variable technical elements).
  • Optimized all network channels after office relocation: improved business effectiveness of network logical and physical designs resulting in 85% reduction in manual labor, quality of service (QOS) improvement of 54%, border route times improved by 95%, and increased network throughput by 1600%.Achieved favorable release terms of a telecommunications contract with the VoIP vendor President that saved 26%.
  • Produced continuing agreement with the network operations center (NOC) that improved network throughput by 85% and reduced dropped calls by 56%.
  • Maximized network administration through network redesign (manual to dynamic) including Cisco ASA that reduced information security breech research by 234% and improved Asterisk VoIP performance by 54% 
  • Microsoft Active Directory.
  • Networking Addressing DHCP.
  • Layer 2 VLANs.
  • ASA Configuration.
  • Asterisk (VoIP) coding/design.
  • Risk management elements.
  • Data collection for network analysis.
  • Web design and consultation.
  • Network redesign.
  • VoIP integration, wiring, trouble-shooting.
  • Network data automation, collection, and analysis.
  • Business use and configuration with ASA.
  • Asterisk integration and configuration.
  • Sole technical liaison (solutions architect) for South Florida with sole sales rep.
  • Managed technical aspect of client relationship.
  • 4 months training in NY, NY on IPM process, capabilities, and technologies.
  • Traveled across South Florida on pre-sales calls and presentations.
  • Prepped technical work for SME service remote access from NY offices.
  • Created Statements of Work (SOW) and related sales documents resulting in $3.6MM revenue.
  • Drafted technical outcome from completed work and technical specifications for reliability and maintenance.
  • Improved work statement generation through automated processes that reduced cycle times by 73%.
  • Added innovative work-flow process (leveraged company-wide) allowing multi-phased development approach that was projected to generate $5.4M revenue the first year.
  • Specific Microsoft AD designs.
  • Proprietary scripting (Microsoft).
  • Active Directory policies and configurations.
  • SOW specific to IPM.
  • Use of unique document drafting using file clip factors to improve presentation.
  • Isolated technical work - remote from home office.
  • SOW design.
  • Specific applied Microsoft policies and AD aspects.
  • Introduced virtualized sales presentation environment that improved sales renewals 100% in the first two months.
  • Contributed to Gartner Group marketing literature that enhanced product visibility leading to 18% sales increase. Introduced internal customizable presentation model resulting in favorable reviews by industry market makers and raking military purchase agents.
  • Designing / recreating customer environments to understand communication loads, problematic or fragile interactive elements, and configuration incompatibilities.
  • Produce white papers based on testing outcomes.
  • Enterprise product functional and verification testing.
  • Introduced virtualized sales presentation environment that improved sales renewals 100% in the first two months.
  • Produced 15 product feature ideas; 4 were introduced into the Enterprise deliverable.
  • Create testing work plans from dev-test pairings in waterfall and then Agile.
  • Generated enterprise software test scenarios that improved product integration quality by 96% through reduced development issues and expanded features.
  • Create Microsoft AD environments unique to replicate client software interaction.
  • Produced 15 product feature ideas; 4 were introduced into the Enterprise deliverable.
  • Generated enterprise software test scenarios that improved product integration quality by 96% through reduced development issues and expanded features.
  • Delivered technical white papers and was principal designer in published security book and nation conference (iForum) disaster recovery scenario based on the Hurricane Katrina aftermath that contributed to 43% product growth y/y.
  • Agile software development method.
  • Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce involvement.
  • NetScaler certified.
  • "Market Maker" interaction.
  • Metaframe expertise.
  • 3rd party integration testing expertise.
  • Testing automation and efficiencies.
  • Microsoft AD, trees, forests, and inter-cooperative designs.
  • Remote access information security (cybersecurity).
  • Virtual designs for pre-sales labs and repeatable environments.


    • Improved product quality by 26% as mentor, subject matter expert, and engineering team lead of 30+ for $500MM P/L designing custom engineering solutions for Fortune 100 systems.
    • Innovation for product ideas (U.S. patents 6,611,887; 7,584,349; 7,146,612) generating $2.3M value-add revenue the first year.
    • Generated and contributed to RFP/RFQs collaboratively with sales, marketing, and finance resulting in $400+M revenue over 3 years.
    • Contributed to engineering quality and assurance resulting in contract renewal rate of 86%.
    • Initial architect of consulting arm of (CFI) customer factory integration team responsible for producing $5M revenue in the first 3 months and estimated $400M over 3 years.

  • Integration engineering that customized client computer purchasing solutions (sometimes down to the file).
  • Created dozens of unique processes to deliver and configure unique aspects of customer systems remotely into the manufacturing floor during production.
  • Wrote scripts (PERL) and used Windows scripts to modify client images in-manufacturing.
  • One of only 3 authorized to provide Dell Manufacturing Tours company-wide.
  • Engaged with Dell Factory Outlet for quality assurance with post-sales systems.
  • Designed and introduced manufacturing engineering improvement (patent 6,611,887) that reduced manufacturing errors by 98%, improving value-add revenue by 18% m/m.
  • Contributed to manufacturing engineering designs for U.S. Government Agencies and Fortune 100 clients to automate PII transmission, manipulation, and distribution resulting in: $500M+ revenue over 3 years.
  • Zero information security breech incidents, zero data corruption through processing issues, and additional value-added services that expended the product line, improved corporate resilience, and defined a direct line of strategic competitive advantage.
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Design Track).
  • Microsoft Certified Trainer.
  • Linux Administrator.
  • PERL proficient.
  • Proprietary scripting proficient.
  • Manufacturing integration.
  • Custom designs of data and information integration and integration with manufacturing.

Became efficient mentoring 20+ faculty

  • Presented testing outcomes in status reports.
  • Created test cases for networking and specific hardware / software scenarios.
  • Created linked networks to test specific requirements.
  • Tested new MPEG device for quality and effectiveness.

Microsoft NETBIOS.

Banyan Vines networking.

Novel networking.

MPEG hardware compress and emulation.

Testing methods (whitebox and blackbox).

Designing and running test cases.

Networking protocols.

Notebook (laptop) usability and design.

Testing hardware, networks, and software.

Provided monthly reports on training outcomes and student issues/requests.

  • Created award winning training approach and documentation for AmiPro, Basic DOS, advanced AmiPro, and Microsoft Word.
  • Provided daily classes to military and civilians in-person.
  • Created training materials (backward design).
  • Interacted with computer technician to aid upon request.
  • Visited different site locations to understand issues and provide training.
  • Training methods.
  • Manual design methods.
  • Computer Assembly language.
  • Military Clearance.
  • Learned about pre-travel and post-travel debriefing for government clearance.
  • Interacted with military and civilians on a remote base.
  • Traveled to different range sites.

[2-3 indirect reports (varied depending on project]

  • Assigned work and collated aggregate information into project and provided status reports.
  • Coordinated physical building move (hardware, office materials, ancillaries).
  • Memorialize phone call problems with OS/2.
  • Research known issue solutions and attempt to resolve customer issues.
  • Attempt to recreate customer issues in labs (hardware and software).
  • Debug customer issues (kernel debugger) for hardware and software.
  • Created "lunch and learns" about hot topics/issues.
  • Learned about ISA, MCA, and PCI architecture.
  • Learned about Intel Pentium architecture.
  • Learned about printing queueing and architecture.
  • Learned about CDROM architecture.
  • Learned about software debugging.
  • Learned about documenting support issues.
  • Working in an enterprise.
  • Process improvement methods and applications.
  • Debugging and applications of problem solving.
  • Designing for the enterprise as a foundation (large scale through proof-of-concept).
  • Testing methodologies and reproduction methodologies.

Innovation

Learned to always think about value-add and revenue generation.

Enterprise-first

Learned to think large-scale or economies of scale over simple solution (long-term over short-term).

Flexible/Adaptable

Learned to be adaptive, flexible, and create foundations for learning that extend into the future (smaller changes based on strong basics).

Dr. Derek Sedlack

Academic Appointments:

2022 to 2024  Lead Faculty and Professor, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, Co.

2019 to 2022  Lead Faculty and Associate Professor, Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, Co.

2016 to 2019  Associate Professor, University of Maryland Global Campus, Kaiserslautern, Germany

2011 to 2015  Program Director, Department of IS and Management, College of Business, South University

2012 to 2015  Assistant Professor, College of Business, South University

2014 to 2015  Interim Program Director, Business Department, College of Business, South University

Part Time

2022              Adjunct Faculty, Florida Gulf Coast University

2016 to 2018 Visiting Professor, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Informatics

2009 to 2012 Adjunct Instructor, College of Business, University of Phoenix

2007 to 2009 Instructor, Kaiser University