Cyber
- Solution design & architecture
- Operations – defensive, netops, vulnerability research
- Cyber risk assessment, mitigation and management
The Iron Forged Group is a Melbourne, Florida based business advisory firm. Founded in 2020 by Josh Salmanson, we provide advisory services in technology management and IT strategy, business development, proposal support, cyber and systemic risk assessments, mitigation and management.
Meet Josh Salmanson
Josh Salmanson has 25 years expertise and leadership in Government IT Systems across Civilian, Defense and Intelligence customers serving all Departments, Agencies and Military Services. He has technical leadership experience as CTO, CISO, CIO, Solution Architect, Chief Engineer at the Director, Vice President and Senior Vice President levels.
EXTENSIVE & SPECIALIZED CYBERSECURITY EXPERIENCE
Extensive experience in Cybersecurity, AI/ML/Data Science, Agile DevSecOps, and Cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS).
Specialized experience with ICS/SCADA security, High Performance Computing/Super Computing, Complex National Scale Law Enforcement, Biometrics, and Case-Management Systems for Citizen Services, Immigration, Litigation and Clearance Processing.
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
Business leadership experience in strategy, growth, business development, and consulting with over $20B in winning proposals and track record of continuous growth. TS cleared, Qualified Technical Expert, Certified Information System Security Professional, Certified Systems Security Lifecycle Professional, SAFe 5.0 Agilist, Certified Scrum Master
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Experienced guest lecturer and conference presenter, including George Mason University, James Madison University, Cyber Patriot summer competition preparation events, GovCon events, RSA Conference, Blackhat Conference, Cyber Texas, Cyber Huntsville, Fireeye Annual conference, ICIT, Data Science and Cybersecurity, and Informs 2022 conference
Services
Technology
- Solution architecture
- Engineering services
- Operations management
- Troubleshooting services
Business Development
- Campaign and program capture
- Teaming and partnering
- Proposal execution
Leadership Roles
- Advisory and fiduciary boards
- Public speaking & teaching for professional conferences and universities
Testimonials
There are some people who are good at sales, others who excel at technology, some who are detail oriented, others who think strategically, some implementers, others idea people. Until I met Josh, I did not believe that all of those things could be packaged in one person. Josh is a phenomenon. Josh has great insight into complex large scale IT solutions with his extensive background in sales and technology, his industry knowledge, relationships, and stories and vignettes. He is always coming up with ideas, and some invariably turn out to be jewels. Working with Josh can make any challenging task in this business more fun than it has a right to be.
Josh is knowledgeable, connected, enthusiastic and committed to his clients. If there’s a problem that information technology can address, Josh will find the right set of equipment, software products and processes to do it. He stays very current on the latest technologies and regularly connects with those companies to be sure he has the most current information and to develop relationships he can rely on when needed. His peers enjoy working with him because he will dive in and quickly identify problems and solutions. I enjoyed working with Josh, and I can guarantee you’ll learn something new from him every day.
Josh brings an extensive track record of success in senior business and technology leadership roles to Iron Forged Group. Recruited by Parsons from a senior Lockheed technical position to kickstart a newly formed cyber business, Josh was instrumental in synchronizing disparate technical capabilities to meet our mission partners’ operational requirements. Not only can Josh dive deep into technical details in a broad spectrum of capabilities—be it AI/ML, data analytics, ICS-SCADA, or anything cyber—but perhaps more importantly never loses grasp of the bigger picture of running a business. This business savvy coupled with impressive technical skills makes Josh and Iron Forged Group a compelling option.
I’ve been in and out of war rooms and proposal tanks with Josh for almost a dozen years now, and he’s my first phone call when I need to wargame the competitive landscape or solution a billion-dollar competitive procurement. No one in the sector (or out) knows the latest technologies, the people who are inventing them, their most talented implementers, and how to integrate all of that into a winning — and workable — solution better then Josh.
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