Mark Santaw
PMP/CISSP, Army CID - CIMS IT Program Manager (CTR)
- Role
- Cims IT Program Manager (Ctr), Army Cid at Yakshna Solutions
- Location
- Woodbridge, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mark Santaw
PMP/CISSP, CIO/CISO/CTO/PM/COR- 2021 “Federal 100 Award Winner”- 2020 “DoD CIO Award Winner”- 2005 “Army Information Assurance Professional of the Year”Specialties: Cybersecurity/Information Assurance/Network Security, Enterprise Architecture, Data Analytics, Digital Modernization/Innovation, IT/Cyber Program/Project Management - 25 year+ career Information Technology (IT) professional with 18+ years proven IT Leadership experience leading change in large, complex, diverse, and geographically dispersed organizations; servedas a Chief Information Officer (CIO, GS-2210-15), Chief Technology Officer (CTO, GS-2210-15), Deputy CIO (GS-2210-14), and Portfolio/Program Manager (PM) in the federal government, managing the agencies’ IT portfolios/catalogs/services in support of up to end-users worldwide- Held secondary roles as Chief information Security Officer (CISO), Information Assurance Program Manager (IAPM), Chief Data Analytics Officer (CDAO), Project Manager (PM) and Contract Officer Representative (COR) for multiple $20M+/yr IT services contracts- Have provided executive-level advice, direction, and strategic goals/planning as CIO, serving on both the Army’s CIO Executive Board and the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations (MCIO) CIO Council, briefing Army senior leaders up to the Army CIO, Army Chief of Staff, and Under Secretary of the Army levels; have successfully represented/defended the organization in Army, DoD, and Federal (ex. FBI, GAO, NARA, Congressional, etc.) regulatory compliance inquiries/audits and budgetary reviews/certifications- Considered an expert in IT service management (ITSM), budget/financial planning and cost optimization, contract management, cybersecurity/risk management, data analytics, program/project management, business process engineering, application development/deployment, and IT workforce performance management (up to 240 employees)- Holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications, and have recently attained executive-level security-related certificates from the Harvard Kennedy School: Executive Education and Florida International University. Currently pursuing Amazon AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate- Holds active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance since 2007; US Citizen; Honorably Discharged US Air Force veteran.
Experience
Cims IT Program Manager (Ctr), Army Cid
Sep 2025 — Present · Quantico, VA, US
Education
Community College of the Air Force
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Maryland Global Campus
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
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