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Mr. Vance is a Lead Systems Security Engineer with the Cyber Focal Directorate in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering, and Software (DASA(DES) under Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)) at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.
Mr. Vance entered federal service in 2013 as an Electronics Engineer at the 309th Software Maintenance Group (Now Software Engineering Group), at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. There, he performed systems engineering and requirements development to drive software updates for the Active-Duty A-10 and Block 50 F-16 platforms. Later, Mr. Vance moved into a Branch Chief position charged with standing up an initial organic software development capability within the SWEG to contribute to 5th generation fighter platforms. In March 2020, he moved into a technical program management role overseeing the software development activities for the Block 30 F-16 Software Capability Upgrade (SCU) 11 program. During this time, he was instrumental in modernizing development practices and transforming the legacy Waterfall development process to conform with Agile development tenets.
In his current role, Mr. Vance has been charged with ensuring both Modernization and Fielded Army Weapon Systems are secured from threats in cyberspace. Major initiatives include Army Priority Vulnerability Management (APVM) efforts utilizing results from the FY16 NDAA Sec 1647 Assessments and current and previous Strategic Cybersecurity Program (SCP) Assessments as well as the implementation of and updates to the Army Cyber Acquisition Discipline (ACAD). ACAD serves an enabler for Army Programs and Program Managers to improve system survivability in the cyber domain by understanding their cyber survivability risk as early in the Program as possible and implementing activities throughout the lifecycle with a focus on threat-informed, loss-driven systems security engineering.
Education
2013 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
2013 Bachelor of Science, Nanosystems Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
2017 Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, by correspondence
2020 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, by correspondence
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