2019 ISC2 NCR Chapter Board Nominees

President– Kyle Hendrickson, CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSMP, CCSP

Kyle Hendrickson is once again seeking the position of Chapter President. Having served as a member of the (ISC)² National Capital Region Chapter board for the past three years, Mr. Hendrickson believes he has the experience and know-how required to lead the Chapter to greater levels of success in 2019.
Mr. Hendrickson primary goals for 2019 (all of which will must be agreed to by the incoming board) are:

• ​Host at least 11 member meetings – each with the opportunity to earn 2 CPEs
• Host at least 2 social events
• Increase active membership by 10% (possibly through creation of a Meetup group) 
• Implement a sponsorship program (currently in draft)
• Increase use of social media platforms, especially Facebook, Meetup and Twitter
• Update Chapter by laws to be concordant with actual policies and procedures

Mr. Hendrickson has over 30 years of experience supporting public- and private-sector customers with a wide-range of IT needs while filling a variety of positions, including: Service Manager, Sr. Systems Engineer, and System Architect. As Mr. Hendrickson is fond of say, “I’ve being doing IT since the PC.” Mr. Hendrickson is currently a Director for Battle Resource Management, Inc. (BRMi), and a federal contractor. Over the past 15 years, he has primarily been focused on managing teams of federal IT and IT security specialists.

Vice President – Bruce deGrazia, CISSP

​Bruce is presently Vice President of the ISC²-National Capital Region chapter. He holds CISSP, Network+ and Security+ certifications. Bruce is Professor of Cybersecurity and director of the Cybersecurity Policy program at the University of Maryland University College. He is a member of the Illinois bar. Bruce is a Navy veteran, a graduate of DePaul University College of Law, and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway, University of London. Bruce’s focus as President would be to expand the organization through outreach and by inviting speakers from the commercial world, but also academia and government to come and discuss timely issues that affect the industry. Bruce also feels that the Chapter needs to review its organizational and legal foundations that were originally drafted and put into place over ten years ago, and need to be updated to reflect the new generation of technology and interests to the community.

Treasurer – Edwin S. Gaynor, CISSP, ISSEP

I am a Modeling and Simulation Engineer working for Booz Allen Hamilton on the F-35 fifth generation fighter DoD acquisition program.I’ve been in this positon for two years.Prior to that, I developed training programs for CISSP and business opportunities for Information Assurance as Chief Scientist at DCS Corporation.
I have CISSP and ISSEP certifications, and earned many CPEs serving on the ISC2NCRCHAPTER Board for the last four years. These years have seen a phenomenal tripling in membership for the Chapter, a huge enhancement to our online presence and a 5-times increase in attendance at monthly Member Meetings.We now have the membership, infrastructure and engagement that we need in order to start enhancing our offerings.

I’d like to see the Chapter establish processes and start offering education scholarships to the local IA community.Processes include identifying a target population, identifying funding sources, soliciting and reviewing applications, monitoring results, etc.The scholarships should become a regular annual offering that develops and spreads IA knowledge and encourages new membership.There’s a lot to do, and I think ISC2NCRCHAPTER is up to it.

Secretary – Brian D’Andrade, CISSP, PMP, CCNP

As a licensed professional electrical and computer engineer with 20 years of experience and 3 years of experience serving as the chapter secretary, I continue to be interested in serving on the (ISC)²-National Capital Region Board of Directors.Brian is particularly interested in the Secretary position because it would complement his ability to generate interest and inspire enthusiasm in others, which could significantly impact the success of the chapter’s initiatives, activities, and overall mission. One of his goals as Secretary would be to facilitate networking, member meetings and the engagement of members with the chapter.

Communications Chair – Adebayo (Bayo) Bankole

Bayo is a Manager in Protiviti’s Security and Privacy – Technology practice at the DC Metro office.He works on projects related to Security Assessment, IT Audit, IT Risk, Incidence Management, Compliance and Software Development.He has over 12 years of experience managing IT and security projects. He has experience with various IT security controls frameworks and standards.
Bayo’s professional industry experience spans financial services, real estate investment trust, higher education and hospitality. He provided support in the area of communications to the literacy and debating society while in high school and currently supports his unit at his local Church with outreach and member communication. He has also been involved in a number of marketing and communication business campaigns.
Bayo is married and has two lovely daughters.
STATEMENT OF GOALS FOR WORK WITH THE 2019 BOARD

• Communicate all upcoming events (monthly meetings, social events, etc.) to Chapter members via email
• Communicate real-time chapter updates using the chapter’s social media outlets (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) to provide members and followers with up-to-date chapter information, announcement and events.
• Update and distribute monthly newsletter
• Maintain and update chapter email distribution list
• Develop and maintain chapter directories
• Provide support to the Program Director and the Board by putting communication plans in place for promoting events
• Collaborate with the Board on sharing best practice and industry research information with members

Director of Programs – Kapil Padwal, PMP, CISSP, C|EH, ITIL Expert

Kapil Padwal is a senior manager with DRT Strategies, Inc.
His areas of expertise include Program and Portfolio Management, Security Operations (SecOps), Stakeholder Management, AWS, ServiceNow, business process re-engineering, enterprise risk management, and IT governance.
Kapil has spearheaded several solutioning initiatives and communities of practice with his current company and helped engage interest from his colleagues by coming up with trending topics on relevant subject areas, getting coworkers to participate in talking about their experiences and share their insights on related projects that would be helpful to their fellow colleagues, share lessons learned, etc. This has helped employees gain additional knowledge in areas where they may be potentially interested in the future.
I hope to ramp up development of new learning programs by working with the board that will help the members get more out of their membership

Education Chair – Dr. Loyce Best Pailen

Dr. Pailen has more than 35 years of experience in information technology, having worked in cybersecurity, software development, project management, telecommunications, risk management, and network and systems security and administration. Currently she is a collegiate professor at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) teaching cybersecurity policy and technology courses. She is also the Director for the Center for Security Studies at UMUC overseeing the university’s DHS/CAE activities and PI for several grants.She has held director-level information technology positions at the Washington Post, Graham Holdings, UMUC, and Computer Sciences Corporation (contracting for the U.S. Department of Defense – Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy). Pailen has also provided project leadership for instructional design and subject-matter expertise for the development of major graduate, undergraduate, and community college cybersecurity curriculum development projects. Pailen is the author of a fun and enlightening series of children’s books regarding cybersecurity, use of emerging technology and safety in the digital environment.
Pailen is a member of the Executive Board of the ISC²-NCR Chapter and the Technical Working Group of FISSEA at NIST. She is a member of the Maryland State Department of Education – K-12 Computer Science Standards Design Team. With CISSE, Pailen served on the 2017 and 2018 CISSE Colloquium planning committee and she has served as a Colloquium paper reviewer for several years (between 2008-2011).Pailen wholeheartedly volunteers, both professionally and personally, to support cybersecurity educational efforts, and community events related to students, faculty, youth, and senior cybersecurity awareness.Pailen is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter at University of Maryland University College.
Nominated by peers to receive a Cyberjutsu Award from the Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu. Finalist Executive Women’s Forum WOMEN OF INFLUENCE – Academia.

Membership Chairman – Jim Levings, CISSP, PMP

Jim Levings is seeking re-election as Chapter Membership Chairman.He has held this position for the past 3 years.In his capacity as Membership Chairman, Mr. Levings successfully migrated the chapter onto the WildApricot platform.Prior to this migration, the chapter was using a number of disparate software tools (Excel, Gmail, Survey Monkey etc.) that made managing the chapter membership extremely time intensive.His utilization of WildApricot has allowed the chapter to fully automate meeting reminders, process new membership applications, register members for monthly meetings, and allowed our members to communicate with each other in a seamless manner.
Mr. Levings primary goal for 2019 (all of which will must be agreed to by the incoming board) is to convince the board to change the cost of membership fees to the following:
Initial Professional Membership Fee: $50.00
Initial Student Membership Fee: $25.00
Annual Maintenance Fee: $25.00
Mr. Levings has 15 years of IT Project Management experience that he brings to the NCR Chapter.He currently works at the White House and works as a senior project manager for the White House Information Technology (WHIT) division/group.

Sponsorship Chair – James Bolden, II, CISSP

James L. Bolden II is currently a Sr. Information Security Engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc. Previously a Sr. Systems Engineer for BroadSoft, Inc. for 17 years and a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Howard University in Washington, DC. Mr. Bolden obtained his CISSP in June of 2015. In addition to technical experience, Mr. Bolden is a licensed real estate agent and previously a mortgage loan officer. He has served on the annual fundraising committee for a prominent independent school in Bethesda, MD for the past 3 years and was involved in phone campaigns and the annual auction, which was responsible for funding additional school programs, teacher development, student enrichment and financial aid for families whose total exceeded $825,000 annually. Mr. Bolden maintains professional relationships with technology vendors and organizations in all sectors. Mr. Bolden’s goals for 2019 are to continue to advocate fundraising for programs to benefit children, promote education and training in Information Security and to advance and protect the profession. ​

Technology Chair – Charles Barnett, CISSP, PMP, CCNP Security, CCDA, CCNA

Mr. Charles Barnett offers proven leadership skills coupled with varied technical expertise that qualifies him to be considered as a strong candidate for the Technology Chair position with ISC²-NCR Chapter. He has held the position for the past three (3) years. This position will provide him with the opportunity to serve and support the ISC²-NCR community directly, while contributing to its growing success. Currently, Mr. Barnett Managing Director of Technical Services for IntelliWare, Inc. and leads federal contracts and serves as internal special projects subject matter expert (SME). In this role and prior to this current role, Mr. Barnett has led engineering teams in creating, deploying, and implementing enterprise level infrastructure and security solutions. Mr. Barnett has also worked to serve other associations and nonprofits of similar size and scope to (ISC)² global organization as well as our ISC²-NCR Chapter. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Program Management Institute (PMI) and PMI Washington D.C. (PMIWDC) chapter. Mr. Barnett holds several certifications such as: CISSP, PMP, Cisco CCNP Security, CCDA and CCNA. Mr. Barnett believes that he does not just work in technology, he lives it. Technology is his livelihood and drives him to improve the community. As the Technology Chair, he will endeavor to continue to maintain and support our existing systems, and grow our chapter’s technology offerings.