Oak Ridge National Laboratory is DOE’s largest multiprogram science and energy laboratory, with scientific and technical capabilities spanning the continuum from basic to applied research. At ORNL, Howerton is the Deputy Director for the Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) where he serves in a Chief Operating Officer type role for the CIO's office.

Deputy Director, Information Technology Services Division @ Signature accomplishments include: - Mobility - leveraging a state of the art Citrix solution to support Mobile Device Management, support for a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) infrastructure for over 1300 users, secure application wrapping (for Time Tracking and People Finding), and secure delivery of email and web browsing using Citrix Worx. - Research Enterprise System (RES) - project manager for a state of art mobile Researcher application designed to reduce the hassle meter of IT, to allow streamlined access to critical information without having to go to multiple legacy line of business systems, and supporting a next generation workforce that can be productive any time, any place, on any device. - Project Management - automated from scratch an Agile PMO using ServiceNow for Demand Management, Project Management, and Service Delivery/Monitoring. Innovative approach combines Agile and Earned Value in a "Wagile" approach to consistently deliver projects on schedule and budget. - Cyber Security - delivered cutting edge cyber security innovations including an automated Vulnerability Management system in ServiceNow (nominated for ServiceNow Innovation of the Year), a SIEM tool (based on Splunk ES), and operationalized a new Security Operations Center (SOC). - Service Management - delivered drastic improvements in operations by implementing Solarwinds and a Network Operations Center (NOC) for monitoring, VMware Operations Manager for virtual infrastructure monitoring, and ServiceNow for a real-time customer-facing dashboard for service availability and SLA management. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) Cyber Sciences Lab (CSL) Director @ - Executive Director for a DOE Virtual Laboratory capability focused on performing cyber defense R&D for attacks against our operational networks, nuclear weapons information, and energy grid. - Manage a portofolio of cyber defense R&D that spans 9 DOE/NNSA National Laboratories whose priorities include inducing change, developing scientific foundations, maximizing research impact, and accelerating transition to practice. - Focusing cyber defense R&D into six technical strategic areas: 1) Detection Methodology, 2) Defensive Tactics, 3) Analytics, 4) Human Factors, 5) Metrics/Evaluation, 6) Information Provenance - Developed a portfolio of projects around the CSL Research Roadmap that are organized into three key signature programs: 1) Mission Resilience and Assurance, 2) Big Data and Behavioral Cyber Analytics, and 3) Scalable Testing of Cyber System Dynamics From January 2013 to May 2014 (1 year 5 months) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) @ - Provides technology direction and strategy for a large, distributed Information Technology (IT) program with an annual budget of approximately ~$1 billion - Serves as RightPath Program Manager that is leading the DOE/NNSA IT Modernization Efforts. Efforts include delivery of the NNSA Network Vision (2NV) that encompasses ONEvoice (an agency wide social network and integrated unified communications stack) powered by YOURcloud (a hybrid cloud IaaS offering) over the OneNNSA Network (a secure, end-to-end encrypted mesh network connecting all the National Labs, Plants, HQ, and the data centers) secured by OneID (a single-sign-on solution and enterprise directory to securely implement ICAM initiatives). - Responsible for the strategy and direction of the NNSA Secret Fabric to include CNSS Initiatives, the Enterprise Secure Network (ESN), ESN Virtualization Environment (EVE) for Application Hosting and Virtual Desktops, connectivity with DoD/SIPRNET, and integration and management of other secret networks. - Responsible for the NNSA Enterprise Architecture (EA), chairing the Architecture Review Board, approving designs and business cases for enterprise scale projects, and serving as the OCIO lead for Public Affairs. - Developed the NNSA Application Modernization Strategy to include functional specifications for future applications, business case development for an application rationalization process, and technical evaluations and recommendation of Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions best suited to the initiative. Goals include a device agnostic (mobile) architecture, a common data ontology for improved interoperability, and socially enabling applications. From January 2011 to May 2014 (3 years 5 months) Chief Information Officer (CIO) @ - Provided IT/Cyber security advice and strategy to senior management at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Established for the first time refresh targets for IT equipment, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for services, and monthly metrics for performance reporting. - Served as Federal Project Manager for the premier SAP ERP installation in the US Federal Government; operated at 40% of industry recommended staffing. Consolidated dozens of legacy applications into SAP providing additional cost savings. - Deployed a suite of first of their kind secure wireless technologies within a national security environment. Technologies included Suite B wireless sensor networks, mesh security networks, and 802.11 wireless networks. - Served as Special Projects Officer and delivered unique concepts/solutions such as the H Road Project to reduce the Protected Area in half (positioning Y-12 to build UPF more cost effectively), Automated Visitor's Center to streamline site access, desktop collaboration tools to reduce intra-site travel, and Phase 1 of the Momentum project (a classified SAP Manufacturing Execution System) to automate production planning. From April 2005 to June 2012 (7 years 3 months) YSO Security Program Manager @ - Lead efforts for the Y-12 National Security Complex to ensure implementation of the Design Basis Threat (DBT) and Graded Security Protection (GSP) policy. - Led security design efforts for the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility (HEUMF) and provided security oversight of the project during construction. - Lead assessments of security designs for major line item projects including the Security Improvements Project (SIP) for the alarm system upgrade and various smaller GPP projects for DBT/GSP implementation. - Provided advanced simulation tools and systems to assist in security testing. Procured new simulation infrastructure and worked with NA-70 to design and test new security simulation tools. - Lead NNSA efforts in development of new security NAP policies including Protection Program Management and Protection Program Planning/Assessment. From April 2005 to August 2009 (4 years 5 months) Software Engineer @ - Developed the Pegasus system for issues management, assessment planning, action tracking, and correspondence management at Y-12. This system was amongst the first to be accredited to use secure web services, was the first NNSA wide enterprise system for federal use, and was the basis for obtaining ISO 9001 certification at the Y-12 Site Office. - Developed the ORION system for issues management at Oak Ridge Operations (ORO). This system automated federal oversight processes, automated metrics for the ORO "War Room" meeting, and supported distributed personnel across multiple sites (ETTP, ORNL, Paducah, Portsmouth, and others.) - Developed the most advanced federal IT application (Pegasus) using a N-tiered .NET application. This included an interactive web front end, complex business logic that automated over 10 major processes, a dynamic theming system to allow customization of the end user experience, a SQL Server backend, and an ad-hoc reporting system for real-time data analysis. From January 2000 to April 2005 (5 years 4 months)

MS, Computer Information Systems @ Boston University From 2005 to 2007 BS, Organizational Management @ Tusculum College From 2002 to 2004 AS, Computer Science @ Pellissippi State Technical College From 2000 to 2001 Travis Howerton is skilled in: Security, Program Management, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, Integration, Computer Security, Project Management, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Information Technology, Information Security, Risk Management, Management, Leadership, Data Center