About Us
About Us
Serving our Warfighters since 2003
Watershed Security was founded by Christopher Winter in July 2003 to focus on providing Cybersecurity solutions to the US Navy. In January 2008 Ronald Boustedt joined the company as CEO to expand our focus to be the premier Cyber Solutions Provider to the DoD and Federal Civilian markets. Chris and Ron are highly respected IT professionals with experience in IT Operations, Cybersecurity, Project Management, Systems Engineering, and Assessment and Authorization of systems under the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF). Both have managed large IT programs, and are driven by the values of Integrity and Trust.
Watershed was awarded its first government contract in September 2003 providing Cybersecurity Support to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC). Watershed has continued to provide these services to our first customer over many contracts and task orders. We have expanded our service offerings into other IT focus areas with MSC, continuing on to other Navy commands and then into the greater DoD and Federal Civilian sectors. Our managed and intelligent growth strategies have allowed us to maintain our ability to provide personalized and reliable support to our customers while continually enhancing our capabilities as we grow. We never take our customers for granted, and are very proud that we still provide significant support to our first customer.
Watershed is certified as a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB). Additionally we are certified by the Department of the Navy and NAVWAR as a Corporate Fully Qualified Corporate Navy Validator (C0169).
We very much look forward to continuing the trust relationships we have with our current customers and forming new partnerships with new ones.
Ronald Boustedt
President & CEO
Ron has over 25 years of experience with large IT Programs and Projects.
In 1992 Ron started his career with the US Navy as an Electronics Technician, specializing in communications systems. His first duty station was with Military Sealift Command (MSC) operating out of Guam/Saipan. During his time serving with MSC he lead many efforts to bring responsive IT solutions to the MSC fleet where he installed and engineered ruggedized network infrastructure to support the needs of the fleet. He was rewarded for his service by being the honored recipient of multiple decorations over his six years of Naval service including the Navy Achievement medal, Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, and the National Defense Service medal.
Over the last 22 years Ron has provided engineering, program management and industry proven IT solutions to multiple Federal and DoD customers, including Military Sealift Command, FinCEN, NCIS, NOAA and other DoD components on a world-wide basis.
In 2009 Ron joined Chris Winter as co-owner of Watershed Security. Ron, and his team, have grown Watershed Security into a leading provider of Cyber Security Solutions & Services to our Federal and Civilian customers. Under Ron’s leadership Watershed has experienced an average of over 100% growth for each of the last five years. We fully expect his leadership to provide continued growth and corporate expansion in our future.
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Christopher Winter
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Chris has over 30 years of leading large management and technical teams providing cutting edge solutions to the Federal Government.
As the Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Watershed Security Chris provides leading edge solutions to Watershed and our customers.
Chris spent the early part of his career in providing commercial IT architecture, engineering and integration support. He was able to identify the critical nature of Information and Data Security and the impacts it would have on the lives of ordinary citizens and the federal government sector as technologies advanced and data would be readily accessible by the public.
As his career transitioned from commercial interests to the Department of Defense markets in the early 2000’s data and systems management activities thrived and Cyber Defense mechanisms were an afterthought in the industry as a whole. In 2003 he founded Watershed Security to help protect the systems and the data of our Nation’s Warfighters, and has been providing Cybersecurity services to our customers since.
The founding principles that Chris infused into Watershed are still the moral compass of the company
- Treat your employees and customers with respect. Never take them for granted.
- Integrity in all we do.
- Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today, and ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Laura Johnson
Chief Quality Officer
As the Chief Quality Officer of Watershed Security, Laura strives to bring out the best in Watershed by ensuring Watershed’s employees, products, services and processes meet and exceed the needs of our customers.
Laura has over 25 years’ experience with the Federal Government, Higher Education, and Government Contracting, She has a B.S. in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland and is a member of the Southern Maryland PMI Chapter. Her passion for Quality Assurance, Program Management and Strategic Planning has helped Watershed obtain and maintain its ISO 9001:2015 certification since 2017. Laura is analytical and creative, always coming up with new ways to improve Watershed.