CHARISSA LUCAS

 

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Dean of Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology2018-2019 Research Partnership

Dean of Engineering | Georgia Institute of Technology

2018-2019 Research Partnership

Associate Professor | Cybersecurity PhD Laboratory2017-2020 Research Partnership

Associate Professor | Cybersecurity PhD Laboratory

2017-2020 Research Partnership

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Vice President | Private Industry

2014-2015 Collaboration

 
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College of Engineering Advisor

2013-2014 Partnership

Case Manager | Private Industry2014-2016 Collaboration.

Case Manager | Private Industry

2014-2016 Collaboration

Global Development Teams2010-Present

Global Development Teams

2010-Present

TECHNICAL THREADS

a decade in review

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT I

2020-2021

Served on cybersecurity team and innovation cloud teams as liaison for US government with a TS/SCI clearance. Observed infrastructures employing system virtualization, on-premises, cloud monitoring, logging, and cloud storage. Evaluated firewall configurations, ports and protocols, availability zones, virtual private clouds, government cloud architectures, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies. Created security briefings for the Chief Information Security Officer as well as other Cybersecurity and DevSecOps Leadership. Prepared security posture playbooks interwoven into deployments for cybersecurity leadership, network engineers, cloud architects, authorization and assessment colleagues, and DevSecOps leadership.

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT II

2020-2021

Collaborated with private industry in evaluating impact levels security standards for Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Identified ingress and egress enclave data flow for MCS/COP collaboration as well as prepared frameworks according to well-architected industry standards. Served as Information System Security Officer (ISSO) in preparation for ML/AI algorithmic deliverables in addition to encouraged governance, metrics, risk mitigation strategies in the innovation space for successful workflows and long-term evolution.

FORENSICS

2017-2020

Built with full-stack methodologies to deploy a DNS cybersecurity system. Identified current security infrastructure and expanded my original design of large data translations into DNS evaluations, persistent threat mitigation, and forensics. Proactively created solutions and improvements which balanced risk and long-term strategy/goals employed through APIs, certificate and key management, and data protection. Leveraged scalelable hybrid cloud-based solution architectures employing identity and access management.

DEMILITARIZED ZONES

2017-2019

Built ScienceDMZ, data transfer instruments, within the GT campus data center architecture for cyberinfrastructure facilitators in higher education research and science conducting big data transfers. Leveraged ESnet large data transfer servers.

Partnered with Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) team and Georgia Tech Chief Network Architect on large data transfers and DNS scanning research.

NETWORK ANALYSIS & CLOUD RESEARCH

2018-2019

Instituted Campus Standardization and Configured APIs. Created network reporting to infer information technology and executive business strategy.

BACNET RESEARCH INITIATIVE

2018-2019

Partnered with Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) team and Georgia Tech Facilities Director on BACnet research.

PALO ALTO FIREWALLS

2019

Designed and automated cloud-based firewall configurations in Azure platform.

AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)

2018

Established Service/Application Architecture Automation Templates.

CISCO IOX PERFSONAR

2018

Containerized perfSONAR nodes for network analysis. Automated nodes along with SDMZ infrastructure. Collaborated with Cisco (California) on Monitoring Automation. Presented Monitoring Containerization and SDMZ to Southern Crossroads (SoX) 2018 Participants.

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

2018

Designed and developed a symptom capturing application for caretakers utilizing Docker containers, Jenkins, and PhoneGap for the levering of electronic health records, namely FHIR RESTful API.

Configured an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) opening the SQL server to the Georgia Institute of Technology virtual private network address space.

NETWORK ANALYSIS

2018-2019

Instituted Router Interface Standardization and Configured APIs.

Created network reporting to infer information technology and executive business strategy

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION | AUTOMATED RETURN SERVICES

2018

Simulated returns employing kiosks and mobile applications by conducting surveys, naturalistic observation, and participant observation approaches presented through card and wireframe prototypes.

Presented strategies, interviews, and GOMS models to detail need for automated return kiosks and smartphone applications.

SERVICE TAGS UPDATE

2017

Led GTAutomate team in Linux/Windows scripting automation projects.

VMWARE HOST UPDATE

2017

Led GTAutomate team in Linux/Windows scripting automation projects.

BACULA REPORTING

2017

Scripted reports along with A&I Team.

RASPBERRY PI AUTOMATION

2017

Automated nodes for data analyses.

PERFSONAR MIGRATION

2017

Served Georgia Tech Chief Operation Officer on transitioning virtual and physical nodes.

Migrated perfSONAR Toolkit and reestablished pscheduler based on archive data.

TOYOTA NATIONAL RATE & RE-CLASSING

2016

Led National e-Commerce Deployment

SUBARU CALIFORNIA/NEVADA

2016

Led Statewide e-Commerce Deployments.

TOYOTA KEY PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION

2016

Led National e-Commerce Deployment.

MERCEDES BENZ CONTRACT STATUS CHANGE

2016

Led National e-Commerce Deployment.

PORSCHE CALIFORNIA KEY

2016

Led Statewide e-Commerce Deployment.

ROLLS ROYCE AND VOLKSWAGEN

2016

Partnered in e-Commerce Deployment.

SELF-SERVICE POLICY PORTAL

2016

Designed responsive production SGI Self-Service Portal for Cancellation Initiation, Paperwork Submission, and Status Checking leveraged by Dealers, Consumers, and Partners of Toyota, Mercedes Benz, and Volkswagen.

SUBARU IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KEY PRODUCT

2016

Improved data feed file logic by collaborating with the business intelligence development team.

TOYOTA CANCELLATION QUOTE TOOL

2016

Partnered in e-Commerce Deployment.

TOYOTA WASHINGTON IMPLEMENTATION

2016

Partnered in e-Commerce Deployment.

TOYOTA AUTOMATED DATA TRANSFER

2016

Led development of SOAP web service for the automatic transmission of data and datastore which automatically houses validated data.

Designed the updated user interface which displays contracts processed through the automated data transfer processes.

DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCH FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

2015

Built DESRIST websites on WordPress.org platform utilizing database to hold resources which may be rated, searched, and commented on by users.

Developed DESRIST websites that are both mobile friendly and that support collaboration in an organized, web content management environment.

E-CON/REMITTANCE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS

2014

Identified E-Contracting/Rating Web Services process flow and coding methods.

Evaluated portal; suggested updates to portal functionality.

IT RISKS

2014

Led development IT risks evaluation.

SOFTWARE ACQUISITION PROJECT

2014

Led software acquisition initiative.

E-COMMERCE WEBSITE WITH DATABASE SUPPORT

2013

Designed website, allowing customers to select products, checkout, and review invoices.

Created online database that stored consumer information and purchase history.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATIONAL APP USABILITY

2013

Assessed functionality, information architecture, design, and navigation of websites and applications for implementation by college administrators.

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM

2010

Led Inventor drawings and designs detailing preliminary layout development.

Detailed requirement analysis and project management analysis.