James Rodriguez
Sr Manager Cybersecurity | NIST, CMMC, DoD Compliance | Reduced breach risk by 30% for 3 enterprise clients, enhanced incident response 35% for DoD programs.
- Role
- IT Operations and Security Manager at Carelon
- Location
- Palm Bay, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Rodriguez
I am a Senior Cybersecurity Manager with over 30 years of experience. I excel at building robust cybersecurity programs and ensuring regulatory compliance. My expertise includes leading high-priority incident response, reducing breach risk by 30% for enterprise clients. I forge strategic partnerships with federal agencies and vendors to achieve NIST, ISO, and DoD standards. My work directs vulnerability management for over endpoints, cutting critical patch time from 30 to 10 days. I also boost employee security awareness scores by 25% through cross-functional training. I have a proven track record of enhancing incident response and recovery by 35% for DoD programs and managing multi-million-dollar service engagements while consistently meeting SLAs. I have directed cybersecurity for over FBI users, implementing secure IT environments and ensuring FISMA and CJIS compliance. I have also managed classified and unclassified networks for over federal users, implementing advanced cybersecurity protocols and decreasing incident detection/response time by 35%. I led DOJ’s network operations center consolidation, ensuring secure data migration across 15+ enterprise systems with zero data loss, and managed infrastructure upgrades for over users, reducing downtime by 30%. Let\'s connect to secure your organization\'s future.
Experience
IT Operations and Security Manager
Jan 2019 — Present
Lead resolution of high-priority cybersecurity incidents for 3 enterprise clients, reducing breach risk by 30% within 6 months• Forge partnerships with federal agencies and vendors to ensure NIST, ISO, and DoD standards compliance• Direct a vulnerability management program for endpoints, cutting critical patch time from 30 to 10 days• Brief executives and stakeholders on cyber risk, compliance progress, and incident response outcomes• Spearhead cross-functional training initiatives, boosting employee security awareness scores by 25%
Education
University of Maryland Global Campus
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Business Administration and Management, General
1989 — 1992
University of Maryland Global Campus
Master's degree, Management Information Systems, General
University of Maryland Global Campus
Master of Science (M.S.), Management Information Systems, General
1992 — 1996
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