Over 11 years' experience with Cypress International leading business development, client engagement, and strategic growth initiatives across the defense technology markets, with primary focus on Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Infrared and Electro-Optical (IR/EO) Sensing, C5ISR, and Advanced Manufacturing. Serves as a trusted advisor to industry clients, providing market intelligence, strategic planning, capture support, and stakeholder engagement. In parallel, serves as the company's Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information System Security Officer (ISSO), responsible for enterprise information technology strategy, cybersecurity governance, regulatory compliance, and protection of corporate information systems. Since 2016, Clint has conducted detailed analysis of Defense cyber funding along with the trends and changes in acquisition associated with cybersecurity including the Cybersecurity Model Certification (CMMC) program.
Clint has over 27 years of experience in the Department of Defense leading Army, Joint, and Coalition organizations delivering information technology network services as well as budget management portfolios.
Before joining Cypress International, Clint served in positions of increasing leadership responsibility as an Army Signal Corps Officer delivering network services in Army, Joint, Coalition, and Inter-Agency organizations. Clint's military career culminated in his final assignment as the Commander of the White House Communications Agency where he led a joint organization responsible for providing network services and information technologies in support of the President and Vice President of the United States of America. Clint's experience and expertise developed through a range of assignments in including the Deputy Director for Communications Information Services (CJ6), Multi-National Force Iraq, assignments to Army G8, Force Development and Chief Information Office (CIO/G6), Headquarters Department of the Army. Clint's was immersed in Joint communications from February 2001 to February 2002, when he served as the Command and Control Systems Chief, Joint Task Force Southeast Asia (JTF-SWA) J6 managing communications services in the Combined Air Operations Center in Saudi Arabia.
As the Director, Strategic C4I programs, Clint has served as the Business Manager for multiple information technology companies in the Defense Industrial Base contributing to assessments of addressable market space, development and evaluation of capture plans, and participation as a team member in numerous proposal reviews. Clint contributes to Cypress International support to all clients with cybersecurity equities providing a comprehensive analysis of the Defense annual budget for cyberspace activities and expertise in acquisition and regulatory guidance impacting Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity compliance. Clint also serves as a member of the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA) International Cybersecurity Committee and the Washington Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
