Shaun Rieth

Spearheaded information security program of the Department of Defense’s strategic terrestrial and space weather national security systems with a team of 7 experts, overseeing more than 2K assets.

• Led physical and information security, data handling, incident response, and business continuity for 1,800-member global organization under NIST, CNSS, and DISA STIG requirements.

• Assessed and authorized 12 application suites and associated libraries in Agile development cycle.

• Authored governance, training, and strategic plans, improving program effectiveness by 20%.

• Generated program effectiveness KPIs for CISO and executive leaders.

• Information security authority for SVP; advised on DFARS, CMMC, and federal contract opportunities, driving business development.

Managed information security program for highly sensitive Windows and Linux national security systems supporting the US nuclear deterrence mission.

• Evaluated engineer designs of 300+ physical and virtual systems against NIST and FedRAMP guidance, balancing security controls and operational requirements.

• Managed federal authorization and accreditation system; ensured security data was documented and accurate. Coordinated with engineers and accreditation authorities to obtain authorization.

• Crafted security plans, life cycle strategies, incident response plans, and disaster recovery blueprints.

• Served as information security representative; provided testimony to federal committee, earning GSA contract vehicle authorization.

Selected by executive leadership as principal IT consultant, leveraging cross-functional experience and track record of successful leadership to enhance organizational effectiveness.

• Optimized efficiency as IT expert for organization inspector general team, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and federal law.

• Evaluated processes, identified improvement areas, and authored reports for headquarters and 12 global offices.

• Devised IT risk scoring tool based on 6 Sigma practices, aligning the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with organization objectives.

• Merged requirements, directives, and goals to form assessment strategy.

• Recognized as superior performer during third party audit; no external findings – “Highly Effective” rating.

Key player in establishing and directing IT operations section of IT administration, security, help desk, telecommunications, asset management, and project management; strategically aligning IT and business objectives.

• Conducted manpower assessments, determined resource allocation, translated executive direction into actionable goals.

• Built mitigation strategy for 20,000+ system vulnerabilities; “Excellent” external audit rating.

• Led $192K VoIP upgrade of 563 legacy devices, completed 2 weeks early.

• Discovered and halted unauthorized use of government resources as project manager; developed mitigation plan saving $9.5M project.

Led team of skilled technicians supporting the Air Force’s largest special purpose processing node: a $322 million high-performance computer data center.

• Oversaw projects spanning 7 cross-functional IT teams.

• Managed $2.6M IT budget and $1.1M in contracts; assessed vendors.

• Balanced fiscal prudence with organization goals; first government audit in 5 years with no findings.

• Engineered 150+ technical solutions: virtual test environment, emergency power, CCTV, and $366K technical refresh.

Drove team of 26 military training instructors (drill sergeant) responsible for training of Air Force recruits through 8 1/2 weeks of basic military skills training.

• Coached 1K+ recruits in military discipline, sciences, and culture.

• Every 2.5 months, formed up to 60 culturally diverse individuals into cohesive team with common goal.

• Consistently exceeded training production rates by 10%; saved $460K in organizational expenses.

• Twice recognized as top instructor; awarded for “Superior Leadership”.

Experience as Enterprise Management Supervisor, IT Instructor, Application Development Supervisor, and Operations Analyst.

• Revamped work center training program; reduced 1 year qualification time by 50%, to 6 months.

• COMSEC administration and oversight for national security systems communications.

• Directed database modernization, increased capacity 200% and secured 5 years of estimated growth.

• Taught IT classes to up to 20 students; communicated technical subjects to non-technical audience.

• Managed IT account of 1.9K assets, valued at $2.47M; only 0.4% inventory deviation during audit.

• Created the first organization web application development office: determined requirements, acquired resources, authored guidance; redeveloped intranet in 50% of expected time.

• Designed and developed secure dynamic web applications for Air Force and Navy intelligence agencies, and the National Security Agency.