Rich Ferguson

About Rich Ferguson

CTO / CIO type with extensive software development, infrastructure, and cybersecurity background Led massive technology initiatives Planned and implemented several worldwide product initiatives Personally wrote enterprise software being used throughout the US Military Designed strategy and led the largest migration of data in history for the most important office in the world.Expert Knowledge: Programming: Expert in CI/CD, JavaScript, Node, Svelte, React, C, Angular, Typescript, Vue, Handlebars, ColdFusion, PHP Infrastructure: AWS Services, Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm, GCP, VMware ESXi / VSphere, Hyper-V, APIs: Amazon AWS Services, Bedrock, ChatGPT, Bard, GitHub Copilot and Copilot X, Google GCP, Azure, Git, Facebook, Twitter, Twilio, OAuth 2.0 Tools / CLI\'s: GCP, Heroku, Git, Webpack, Jasmine, NPM, Postman, SparkPost Networking: Cisco IOS & NX-OS, CVOICE, CMCU 7/8/9/10, DCIM tools Information Security: ASA, Sidewinder, Snort, FirePOWER NGIPS, F-Secure PSB Database: Redshift, MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, SQLlight, Mongo Operating Systems: Windows (all), Server 2012/16/19/22, macOS, IOS, Linux Miscellaneous: Wordpress, Drupal, SalesForce, Confluence, Shopify Policy: DoD/IC RMF & RMF 2.0, FedRAMP, OMB Circular A-11, AR25-2, NIST 800 Series Standards: CCPA and GDPR, ITIL V3/4, COBIT, ISO/IEC DoDAF, HSPD12

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   Coleridge

   Oct 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Responsible for the development and security of a first-of-its-kind, FedRAMP-authorized research Cloud Service Provider (CSP) that powers secure, data-driven research at scale. I lead the enablement of a highly secure infrastructure, enabling researchers, policymakers, government and other organizations to collaborate with confidence while ensuring the highest standards of privacy, compliance, and security.

Education

• University of Nevada, Reno

  BS, Biology

  1988 — 1994

• US Army Flight School

  Army Aviation

  1994 — 1995

• Harvard Kennedy School

  Fellow, National Security

  2015 — 2016

• Army Aviation Safety Officer Course

  Army Aviation Safety Officer Qualification, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis

  2014 — 2014

• Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

  Masters of Business, Leadership

  2005 — 2006

• Georgetown University

  Certificate, Senior Executive Leadership

  2005 — 2005

• UH60 Black Hawk Instructor Pilot Course

  Instruction

  2009 — 2009

• Georgetown University

  Masters of Leadrship, Business Leadership

  2006 — 2007

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Certificate, Chief Information Officer

  2005