Robert Blackthorn
Cyber Evangelist | Entrepreneur | Innovation Leader
- Role
- Owner Chief Vision Officer at Techforge Solutions
- Location
- Dayton, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Blackthorn
Robert is the Founder and Managing Director for a veteran owned technology startup, an entrepreneur, cyber evangelist, and supporter of social activism in K-12 education and STEM. His career has spanned the gamut from 1-person startups & incubators, small businesses to Fortune 100 companies! He loves education, technology, sharing ideas, mentoring young entrepreneurs, and meeting people with the same passion and energy to change the world. Robert works with all levels of stakeholders from front line engineers to Fortune 100 C-level executives and Generals.COMPETENCIES & QUALIFICATIONS:• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational change;• Proven leadership expertise in complex professional settings across multiple industries. • Executive reporting directly to C-Suite and Board Level audiences;• Successful management of multi-million dollar programs, never once exceeding budget;• Full life-cycle software enterprise application architecture;• Successful development and execution of executive strategy;• Developed Risk Management programs for coordinating mission assurance of extremely complex systems;• Architect, Engineered and Implemented numerous business process and technology automation initiatives resulting in organizational cost savings in the tens of millions.• Product Visionary and Product Leader - initiating and delivering innovative product solutions to clients across multiple industries.FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN EXPERTISE: • Enterprise Program Management & Portfolio Planning• IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)• Cyber Operations & Integrated Risk Management (IRM)• Organizational Change Management and Transformation• Software Design, Architecture and Integration• Cloud Security Architecture & Migration Strategies• Penetration Testing (CNA/Red Team) & Layered Defense (CND/Blue Team)• Proposal Management• Professional Training & Instruction• Innovative Research• DevOps + SecDevOpsINDUSTRIES:Aerospace, Defense, State Gov, Higher Education, Retail, Hospitality, Health, Financial, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Data Centers, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS.
Experience
Owner Chief Vision Officer
Jan 2022 — Present · Dayton, OH, US
DUNS: 11•••••21 | CAGE: 9BVN7 | UEID: HHA2NS92SD86NAICS: 541330, 541511, 541512, 541575, 541611, 611430TECHFORGE Solutions is a veteran owned, small business comprised of seasoned industry leaders who are experts in advanced technologies. Inspiring solutions to challenging problems is our core motto; driving Ideation -> Innovation -> Implementation. Our services include Executive Consulting, Subject Matter Expertise on a wide range of technologies and product delivery spanning basic research through advanced systems implementation and production of fully fielded products.
Education
U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.) (A.B.T.), Cyber Operations and Warfare
2008 — 2010
University of Dayton
No-Degree, Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Studies
2000 — 2008
Capital University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
1998 — 2000
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