William Kimble

CEO Cyber Defense Technologies

William began his professional career in the defense and intelligence community, serving as a radio reconnaissance marine for the Radio Reconnaissance Company, 1st Radio Battalion Marine Corps Base Hawaii.  During his enlistment he was heavily trained in surveillance and reconnaissance skills in addition to receiving training in signals collection and electronic attack.  William and his reconnaissance team served aboard the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and completed several successful reconnaissance and surveillance missions in the CENTCOM theatre during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Following his time with the Marine Corps, William moved to the D.C. metro area and began his career in the commercial defense industry while attending school in the evenings.  He started working as a system analyst before being promoted to an information and physical security manager of the intelligence solutions division at L-3 Communications.  While working at L-3, William worked with numerous government customers and gained comprehensive knowledge of government security standards. Following his career at L-3, William joined Hewlett-Packard as a senior security engineer serving a large intelligence agency as the sole information security engineer.  At HP, William served as the project manager for a process improvement team that created and implemented the entire information security process for a large intelligence agency.

William spends his free time working to improve his log home and farming in rural Virginia.  He is an avid hunter and fly-fisherman.  He has been playing the drums since a young age and has recently begun learning guitar.

William has a B.S. in Business Management with an IT minor from George Mason University. His technical certifications include: CISSP, PMP, and RMP