CB3 Connections

After over 25 years of helping organizations build, scale, and elevate, I founded CB3 Connections to empower female founders ready to transform growth challenges into breakthrough opportunities.

Female founders often face unique roadblocks on their business journey - from strategic uncertainty and implementation overwhelm to confidence barriers that limit their impact and income. 

The A3: Abundantly Above All Coaching Program provides the clarity, strategy, and implementation support needed to navigate these challenges with confidence and purpose.

What We Deliver:
Clear pathways for women feeling stuck not knowing where to start, how to progress or at revenue plateaus and overwhelmed by growth decisions. The program transforms confusion into confidence through proven business principles and timeless wisdom that ensure businesses build on foundations strong enough to support sustainable growth.

Client Transformations Include:
- Breaking free from revenue ceilings without sacrificing personal wellbeing
- Turning market confusion into clear, compelling positioning that attracts ideal clients
- Replacing overwhelm with efficient systems that support scaling
- Building businesses that create both profit and purpose-driven impact

The mission at CB3 Connections is simple: equipping women with strategic insight, practical tools, and the confidence needed to steward their talents effectively and create businesses that bear fruit in every season.

👉 Ready to overcome growth roadblocks and scale effectively and efficiently? Let's connect!

Founder & CEO (Chief Elevation Officer)

Helping Female Founders Build Businesses That Work for Them (Not the Other Way Around) In a private space just for you, no competing voices or distractions, where you can be as candid, vulnerable, and realize transformation at its height.

You’ve poured your heart into building your business—working tirelessly, juggling endless tasks, and doing everything you can to make it successful. And it shows.  But even the most driven entrepreneurs hit moments where they feel stuck. Maybe you’ve hit a revenue ceiling. Maybe your days are consumed by fires and never-ending tasks. Or maybe you’re just tired.  

Through the A3: Abundantly Above All Coaching Program, I work with you to move beyond hustle mode and start making bold moves that lead to real results.  This isn’t group coaching where you’re one of many. This is private coaching tailored to YOUR business challenges, YOUR goals, and YOUR next breakthrough—a place where you can be as vulnerable as needed without wondering if you’re sharing too much. This means faster breakthroughs, deeper clarity, and strategies designed specifically for YOUR success.

Here’s What You Can Accomplish in A3  
1. Clarify Your Vision:  renewed focus and confidence in where your business is headed.  
2. Craft Winning Strategies: a clear plan to grow revenue without adding chaos to your life.  
3. Build Systems That Work: freedom from being the bottleneck so your business can thrive without exhausting you.  
4. Elevate Your Leadership: stepping out of the grind and into leadership with clarity and authority.

This isn’t about working harder—it’s about working smarter and building a business that works for YOU.

Why Work With Me? For over 15 years, I’ve helped organizations uplevel their operations and achieve extraordinary growth as an advisor, consultant, and coach. I know what it takes to turn overwhelm into opportunity—and I’m here to help you do the same.

Here’s what happens when we work together:  
Revenue grows (on average by 30-50% in months), Chaos turns into clarity with systems that free up hours of your time weekly. You finally get off the hamster wheel and start leading your business instead of letting it run you.

YOU get to see measurable revenue growth, more time for what matters most, and a business that supports your life, not consumes it.

Ready for Your Breakthrough?  Apply to work with me! https://forms.gle/jps3pryNHysRZogj9

Cerissa "Cece"💰 B.

Microsoft

Azure Cloud Engineer II

CSRA Inc

Provide the configuration management, installation, testing, and monitoring of optical systems consisting of Fujitsu DWDM, SONET, and Ethernet systems on an optical transport network (OTN). Perform site surveys, evaluations for the planning and design new DS1 and DS3 circuit turn up. Manage core backbone consisting of OC-192 circuits.  Ensure redundancy and circuit protections are available to minimize critical failure and ensure sustained operations.  Ensure the optical network operates with optimal power levels and error free by performance monitoring and performing fiber cleaning and/or equipment replacement.  Ensure preventive monthly inspections and maintenance are completed on time.  Utilized various tools such as T-BERD 5800, OTDR power meter, and network monitoring application NETSMART 1500. Make technical recommendations to government officials.

Senior Telecommunications Engineer

Provide the telecommunication, data center network infrastructure, service delivery and day to day operations support of the Navy Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) Information Technology Common Services Unit (ITCSU) NIPR and SIPR networks.  Services include DS3 WAN circuit monitoring, PRI circuit monitoring and testing, OSPF and BGP routing, firewall support, IPS monitoring, VoIP connections, data, DNS, VRF's, VPN's,  and vulnerability mitigations supporting multiple DoD agencies.    Managed and responsible for projects including upgrading the Nexus 5020 to 9372, BGP implementation, and firewall upgrade from the Cisco ASA 5540 to the 5580.  Maintained security poster by maintaining separate VRF’s for each agency and ensuring devices are DOD STIG compliant.  Analyzed device vulnerability reports and mitigated device vulnerabilities through patching and device upgrades.  Assisted with the design, implementation, and support of the new Cisco Hyperflex virtualization platform by designing the VLANS, VPC, and IP scheme.  Utilized applications such as Cisco Unified Call Manager (CUCM), Unity, Solar Winds, Cisco Prime, Wireshark, and ACAS.  Vendor technology included Cisco ASA 5525/5585, 3750X, Nexus (2040 5020, 9372, 7018) ASR 1006, McAfee/Forcepoint Sidewinder 2150, TACLANE KG175D encryptors.  Provided weekly status reports to management and government personnel.

Senior Network Engineer

Lockheed Martin

Responsible for the migration of DoD agencies into the Joint Regional Security Stack.  Optimized DoD WAN and security enclaves by engineering regional security stacks consisting of Cisco and Juniper Routers, switches, Cisco Source Fire IPS, Cisco ASA Firewall, SSL encryptors/decryptors, F5 Load balancers, and sniffers which provided virtualization of threats, vulnerabilities, and traffic monitoring to DoD agencies.  Provided oversight of communities of interest.  Used network discovery reports to design new solutions requirements that supporting Carrier Servicing Carrier (CSC) technology leveraging BGP routing, L3VPN/MPLS and Service Provider transport services.  Provided gap analysis to minimize requirement shortfalls.  Network OS includes JUNOS, Cisco XR and IOS, LINUX.  Lead migration review board (MRB) to inform and discuss migration plans with the customer.  Participate in migration review boards and implementation review boards to discuss, review, plan and mitigate system vulnerabilities, threats, and risks to existing customer traffic, network devices, and network security posture during migration phases. Develop implantations plans based on network discovery and system review.

Migration Engineer

ManTech International Corporation

Responsible for the security posture of the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Taskforce (FTTTF) network.  Configured and maintained cyber security best practices and procedures to include web content filters, email security, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), IPSec, security log analysis, network monitoring, packet capture analysis, firewalls, and access control lists (ACL). Develop and recommend protective network security devices for acquisition and implementation.  Perform risk management (profiling and managing the prevention, detection, containment and correction of security breaches) and risk assessment, policy and practice development and implementation to comply with Federal Information System Management Act (FISMA) requirements.  Mitigate threats and vulnerabilities through regular software updates and by implementing and managing technical controls such as Cisco ASA and McAfee Sidewinder firewalls, Source Fire IPS, and anti-virus, spam, and malware tools.  Monitor for data loss prevention (DLP) and device configuration compliance through ePolicy Orchestrator (EPO) services. Sanitized and destroyed removable media according to NIST SP 800-88 guidelines. Utilized consoles such as Cisco ASDM, Defense Center, McAfee Enterprise for device management.   Integrate and update system security measures that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability authentication, and non-repudiation.  Perform oral and written communication to technical and non-technical staff.

Sr. Information Security Engineer

Data center support for AIM4RMC.  Responsible for management and configuration of various levels of the network to include the WAN, DMZ, DNS, firewall, and LAN systems.  Work with vendors and service providers for new design and service requirements.  Develop and implemented security policies to effectively secure the network and increase the security posture. Scanned network devices searching of vulnerabilities using ACAS vulnerability scanning software.   Identified vulnerabilities and mitigated the associated risks by following NIST guidance and DoD STIG policies.  Investigate system outages and rogue system detection.   Support a multi-vendor network infrastructure consisting Cisco Nexus 5K, IOS 3750X, and 7606 routers/switches, 4260 Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), McAfee 1100 Sidewinder Firewall.   Maintained all policies, procedures and documentation for firewalls and IPS security guidance.    Tuned and configured the IPS to limit false positive and false negatives alerts and monitored IPS alerts for malicious traffic and anomalies using Cisco IPS Manager Enginer (Cisco IME).  Ensured audit logs are securely stored and hashed for future event audit review.   Maintained optimal layer 2 switching through PVST+ Spanning tree and VLAN configuration.  Considered the primary point of contact for all end user, inter-department and executive communications regarding external and internal network communications involving firewalls, switching, routing, and the crossing of network boundaries.  Allocated resources such network testers to support the contract work.  Utilized network monitoring and sniffing tools such as Solarwinds ORION,  Net-flow, and Wireshark and other packet sniffers for traffic analyzing.

Sr. Network Engineer

NES Associates, LLC

Tier 3 support for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Enterprise Telecommunications Network (ETN). Assisted in the design and tech refresh of the LAN and WAN. Develop and design the diagrams and as-built documentation using Visio and Office products. Wrote the LAN standards to be used for CoS, port configuration, and device management. Ensured confidentiality, integrity, and availability by encrypting data and configuring and managing IPSEC tunnels. Implemented spanning tree using MST. Planned and consolidated multiple hosted firewalls into one consolidated managed firewall. Implemented EAPOL 802.1x for authentication of wireless clients. Supported Dynamic Multicast Virtual Private Network (DMVPN). Implemented MPLS and Layer3 (L3) VPN over the WAN. Migrated and consolidated hub sites and firewall clusters. Adhere to the DoD STIG for network policy, configuration, and security. Managed Cisco and Juniper platforms consisting of ASR 1000, 3945, 6509, M10i

ETN Engineer

Verizon Business

Provide network monitoring and management support on multiple government networks.  Provide CPE managed services on customer CPE.  Manage WAN communications between CPE and PE routers.  Test and troubleshoot T1 and DS3 lines.  Managed Aruba wireless devices and user connectivity.  Configure and support BGP routing on various Cisco and Juniper platforms.  Responsible for the management and troubleshooting  of multiple services such at Tunnels,  L3 VPN, Frame Relay, and  Point-to-Point services.   Proactive network monitoring, following established procedures when responding to network alarms and events performing triage and initial fault isolation, providing technical assistance.  Trouble ticket management, flash management, processing escalation.  Successfully communicating technical information and status to customer service centers, and technical support organizations.  Perform network maintenance and monitoring using applications such as  IMPACT, ETMS, FLASH, and MASTARS

Network Operations Specialist

CGI / DISA-Europe

Operating, maintaining, maintaining, and provisioning telecommunications networks for government agencies.

Implement new circuits over DWDM, ATM, and SONET transmissions and TCP/IP based networks.

Service delivery specialist of various technical solutions including Ethernet, L3VPN, and encrypted data circuits.

Troubleshoot and maintained multi-vendor platform network including Cisco, Ciena, Juniper, Sycamore, and Marconi.  Cisco devices include 2811, 7609, and MSPP.  Juniper devices include T320, M320, M10i.

Network Design Engineer II

South Carolina Air National Guard

Managed Basic Access Module (BAM) switches, Ran fiber optic cables for Outside Plant.  Terminated and connected fiber connectors.  Spliced fiber breaks.  Provided and tested call routing to customer telephones.  Installed and turn up long local telephone lines. Isolated and rectified network troubles.  Provided loop testing on digital and voice circuits implement TDM, VOIP, and T1 multiplexing install central office equipment. Isolated, tested, repaired and installed circuit using equipment such as firebird 6000, OTDR, TDR, butt sets, and punch down tools.  Followed INFOSEC, COMPSEC, Information Assurance procedures and processes

Telephone Systems Technician

ASK Staffing, Inc

Field and Service engineer for Scientific Atlanta providing consulting consultations for Cable providers

Installed and upgraded digital video systems and Video on Demand, MPEG 2, and Pay Per View for Cable providers

Digital Video Engineer

Verizon

Provided 24x7 surveillance and maintenance support for Verizon Fiber to the Premise FTTP.  Maintained communications standards in the T-Carriers, VOIP, DS-0 to OC-192, ATM, DWDM, T1 multiplexing.

Installed various vendor equipment such as Cisco 2950, Tellabs, Fujitsu, Motorola, Lucent, and Juniper Gateway routers.

Provided voice, video, and data services to Verizon customers.  Installed network equipment such as Juniper ERX router, TDM Voice, Ciena Wavesmith, EDFA, Optical Network Terminal, and Optical Line Terminals.  Provided fault tolerant management of Passive Optical Network Cards, transport services, Video on Demand (VOD).    

Make recommendations for restoration and design changes.  Recommended technical solutions to engineering and field operations.

FiOS Specialist

Proactive individual with progressive experience in the telecommunications networking field.  Well-developed interpersonal and organization skills.  Design Engineer designing, installing, and testing communications from order placement to end of life cycle. Network Operations Center controller maintaining, troubleshooting, isolating, and rectifying operational service outages.  Analyze technical vulnerabilities, weakness, and recommend mitigation strategies.

Currently hold a Top Secret Security clearance with SCI Full Scope Polygraph

Qualifications include:  Program and Project Coordination, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Communications Security, Employee Supervision, Training and Development, Customer Service, and Professional Relations

Technical specialties include but are not limited to the following:
TCP/IP,  DWDM, ATM, Wireless, SONET, SNMP, T-Carriers Voice, MPEG-2, Video on Demand, Fiber, Passive Optical Networks (PON), Cisco, Juniper, Marconi, Nortel, EPO, VoIP, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption, VPN, HBSS

Certifications include:
CISSP, CCNA Routing & Switching , CCNA Security, CCNP Routing & Switching, CCNP Service Provider, CCIP, , ITILFv2, SEC+ CE

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