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About Evan S. Jackson

Evan is a technical program manager and retired U.S. Navy Senior Chief with 15+ years of experience that started in hands-on network and cybersecurity engineering and grew into program management after the Navy. As a program manager, he has led cybersecurity programs, cloud migrations, security tool rollouts and compliance efforts across ISO 27001, NIST, GLBA and PCI DSS in financial services, healthcare, education and regulated gaming. Evan is fluent in Agile, Scrum and Waterfall g delivery and pairs technical depth with strong change management to keep stakeholders aligned on risk, cost and business continuity.

Relevant Experience

Program Manager for Cybersecurity Programs in Financial Services and Technology

  • Led enterprise cybersecurity programs and the rollout of multiple security tools, including CyberArk privileged access management and Qualys vulnerability management, managing schedule, stakeholders and remediation workflows.
  • Led the program that took the organization through ISO 27001 certification, including security gap assessments, NIST-aligned controls and GLBA and PCI DSS compliance requirements.

Program Manager for AWS and Google Cloud Migrations

  • Led lift-and-shift migration programs across AWS and GCP, including 90+ servers across 3 environments with 10 tier-1 and 20 revenue-driving tier-2 applications.
  • Led the GCP to AWS migration program, including the secure cloud landing zone rollout, reducing infrastructure costs by over $30K.

Program Manager for Nonprofit School Transformation and Shared Services

  • Led infrastructure, security and identity integration for a 10,000+ user school through its transition from nonprofit to for-profit, rolling out a shared services model while keeping proper segregation between entities.
  • Led change management across leadership and staff, as well as their vulnerability management program that improved security posture by 28%.

Program Manager for Healthcare Technology and Medical Device Programs

  • Led medical device update and electronic health record programs, managing clinical, vendor and IT teams through testing, cutover and operational readiness.

Program Manager for Regulated Gaming Application Launch

  • Led the sports betting application rollout, delivering 17% under budget while meeting Ohio Casino Control Commission regulatory requirements.

U.S. Navy Network Engineer, Cybersecurity Engineer and Technical Program Manager

  • Progressed over 14 years from shipboard network engineer to cybersecurity engineer and technical program manager across commands in Bahrain and Virginia, retiring as a Senior Chief.
  • Led a data center migration to AWS that delivered $4M in operational savings, managed IAM and privileged access for 1,200+ users, and supervised technical operations for 200+ personnel across 40+ offices.

Education

  • B.S., Management Information Systems, University of Maryland Global Campus

Areas of Specialty

  • Cybersecurity Program Management
  • Cloud Migration: AWS & GCP
  • ISO 27001 & NIST Compliance
  • GLBA & PCI DSS
  • Security Tool Rollouts
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Change Management
  • Agile, Scrum & Waterfall
  • Shared Services Models
  • Entity Segregation
  • Medical Device Programs
  • Privileged Access (PAM)

Key Industries

  • Military & Federal Government
  • Nonprofit & Higher Education
  • Financial Services & Technology
  • Healthcare & Medical Devices
  • Casino & Regulated Gaming