Jonathan Sussman

About Jonathan Sussman

Supply chain risk management, strategy, and governance leader, evaluating risk, and developing mitigation and best practices in evolving technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). Senior strategy and risk management consultant. Experienced adviser, policy planner, and program manager. Lean Six Sigma certified. Investigation, audit/compliance, risk, emergency and crisis management, as well as program evaluation training and experience. A decade of management and personnel development expertise.Former NJ Deputy Attorney General. Air Force JAG Corps veteran. Experience on Capitol Hill working in national security, defense and veterans affairs policy. Additional experience in litigation, contracts, employment law, environmental law, anti-corruption law and policy, and election law.

Experience

1. Senior Associate - Strategy Risk & Governance

   Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Consultant to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC). Develop and overhaul major strategies, programs, and affiliated governance, as well as provide ad hoc advice, in the area of information and communication technology and services (ICTS) supply chain security, emerging technologies, and data protection. Previously consulted on FEMA requirements-Assess risk, construct mitigation, and develop best practices in the evolving artificial intelligence (AI) landscape-Conduct risk assessments of existing and developing technology, and technology providers, in order to advise the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) on supply chain risk management-Strategize and collaborate with cross-functional partners, in order to spearhead Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security governance-Review and assess artificial intelligence platforms developed and maintained within foreign adversaries-Overhauled CISA Strategic Technology Roadmap public release, identifying the direction of cutting edge technology, and enabling the release of best practices for public and private cyber-programming for thousands of businesses, which possess information, or provide vital utilities, to millions of Americans-Strategized and drafted a first-of-its kind data management and analytics guide, articulating purposes, best practices, and resources required for the agency to implement data management and analytics systems, which are secure, and accessible, enabling easy access to the public, and decision-makers-Led initial strategy for congressional report regarding implementation of the multi-million dollar, Emergency Food and Shelter Program, satisfying Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act reporting requirement.(via The Soter Group and previously Nodi Solutions-Subcontractors to Deloitte)

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  2006 — 2009

• University of Arizona

  Master's Degree, Public Administration

  2011 — 2012

• The George Washington University Law School

  Master of Laws (LLM), National Security and Foreign Relations Law

  2015 — 2016

• The Catholic University of America

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, American Government and Politics (United States)

• Rutgers University–Newark

  Bachelor's Degree, History

  2002 — 2006