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Rudy Martinez
Defense Technology Architect · Founder · Author · Doctoral Candidate
30 years building and leading technology organizations — from Navy cryptographic communications to directing IT at a $2.8B defense AI company. I've managed $6M budgets, led CMMC certification programs protecting $50M+ in DoD contracts, and launched enterprise platforms that generated immediate revenue at global scale.
Currently: Co-Founder of Vaelance (backup & disaster recovery consulting for Texas businesses and defense contractors) and author of The AI Mindset.
Motto: “Ethics fuels innovation; the future demands both.”
Career — 30 Years
- ·Backup and disaster recovery consulting for Texas businesses and defense contractors.
- ·On-site BDR installation, ransomware recovery, and CMMC-aligned architecture.
- ·SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
- ·Stealth-stage autonomous systems startup in the defense manufacturing sector.
- ·Achieved CMMC Level 1 certification in under 3 months.
- ·Built full security stack: GCP Assured Controls, Qualys, Splunk, CrowdStrike.
- ·Senior Technology Leader reporting to executive leadership at a $2.8B defense AI company.
- ·Directed enterprise-wide CMMC Level 2 certification protecting $50M+ in DoD contracts.
- ·Led SCIF provisioning and accreditation across Washington D.C. and Frisco, TX facilities.
- ·Built 6-engineer DevSecOps team; reduced critical vulnerabilities reaching production by 70%, eliminating ~$300K in annual remediation costs.
- ·Directed development of drone telemetry application that was productized and licensed to external defense companies — creating a new revenue stream.
- ·Deployed Proxmox as VMware alternative; architected Azure and GCC High cloud environments aligned to FedRAMP and ITAR.
- ·$6M IT budget. 15% cost reduction within first year.
- ·Full IT ownership across 8 distributed manufacturing facilities. $3M IT budget.
- ·Led CMMC Level 2 audit preparation — first major defense compliance program in my career.
- ·Deployed edge computing, IoT building automation, and converged access control systems.
- ·Reduced security incidents by 40% through enhanced monitoring and threat detection.
- ·Senior Systems Engineer (2015–2018): Technical lead for 20+ HR/Learning SaaS applications. Migrated ~40 apps to Azure SSO. Led Taleo Enterprise implementation (300GB+ PII).
- ·IT Manager, Learning Applications (2018–2021): 7-person team. March 2020: launched enterprise LMS with 30,000+ courses during COVID remote work transition. Visa University architecture.
- ·Senior IT Manager (May–Dec 2021): DevOps manager for CI/CD across 30 applications. Portfolio lead for 30 SaaS apps under ISO 27001 / SOC 2. Led Visa University launch — ~$5M first-year revenue. Earned Corporate IT Challenge Coin for mentorship.
- ·M&A Integrations Lead: Synchronized HR systems for 2,000+ employees across 5 acquisitions on 60-day cycles.
- ·10 years. Enterprise incident management and cloud application governance for a 150,000-employee organization across 180 countries.
- ·Incident Commander for Dell.com platform outage. Briefed CEO Michael Dell during a manufacturing plant outage.
- ·1,000+ desktop deployments. ITIL frameworks reducing mean time to resolution across critical systems.
- ·10 years. Petty Officer 1st Class (IT1, E-6) at discharge. Honorable discharge.
- ·Defense Messaging System administration, cryptographic communications, PKI certificate administration.
- ·Managed 12 servers, led a 6-person team. Radioman 'A' School, IT-782 DMS Administrator, SCO-Unix certification.
- ·Enlisted San Antonio, TX (1994). Post-service: transitioned to Dell in Austin.
Education
Strayer University
MS, Information Assurance (Cybersecurity)
2019 – 2022
GPA 4.0
St. Edward's University
BA, Computer Systems Management
Accelerated completion leveraging Post-9/11 GI Bill and prior learning assessment.
2011 – 2013
GPA 3.8
Credentials & Status
Published Work
The AI Mindset
Co-authored with 30+ global contributors. Translates complex socio-technical questions about AI into actionable frameworks for leaders, builders, and ethicists. Case studies span defense, public sector, and decentralized systems.
- · AI governance playbooks for enterprise and defense
- · Ethical alignment in accelerated innovation cycles
- · Tactical frameworks for AI culture and creative collaboration
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