BestLink Strategies, LLC (BLS) is a minority and woman owned small business created to supplement and enhance the cyber security needs of professional organizations. We provide an effective comprehensive IT strategy while serving Federal, State, Local Government, Commercial Entities, Small Businesses and Healthcare Organizations.
BLS is committed to providing our customers with a reliable and friendly service that adds value and encourages them to make us their primary source for Cyber Security, Enterprise IT Solutions, IT Management, Training, and Staffing augmentation services.
With a range of expertise, our team is dedicated to enable our clients to achieve an integrated technical and business lifecycle that improves their business operations.
Lena Fuller
Founder/President
Lena Fuller is the Founder and President of BestLink Strategies LLC (BLS). BLS prides itself in providing cyber and IT support to Federal, State and local small businesses in the Hampton Roads area.
Prior to creating BLS she upheld a myriad of cyber security roles within the Defense Industry and Intel Community.
While supporting contracts under Fortune 500 companies (General Dynamics Information Technolgy) and Big Four (Deloitte) allowed her to develop extensive experience in managing, designing, developing, and implementing Information Technology programs. Moreover, this has also allowed her to possess the knowledge to contribute in protecting both federal and commercial businesses.
In summation, Lena is well versed in evaluating and delivering emerging technologies for enterprise level systems, and executes leadership skills that yield in increase productivity efficiency, all while maximizing costs.
Nate Chisholm
Co-Founder/ Vice President
Nate Chisholm is an agent of the Cyber Security and Higher Education Community. Before co-developing BestLink Strategies LLC., with his partner and CEO, Lena Fuller, he has held a number of Senior Cyber Security roles within private and government enclaves. Supporting Fortune 500 companies such as Huntington Ingalls Industries and leading teams on Department of Defense contracts, his focus is rooted in effective job performance, while exemplifying great synergy between the customer and client relationship.
Additionally, Nate also serves as a Professor in Sociology with a focus in Socio-Cybersecurity that dissects the implications of behavioral analysis and human interactions, which are often associated with Cyber Threats. Thus, his passion and experiences to inculcate best practices in research development, project design, and technical solutions are a reflection of the overall leadership of BestLink Strategies LLC.
Dominique Calder
Lead Instructor
Dominique Calder who is BestLink’s Lead Instructor, is a Virginia Beach native with 10 years of experience in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics.
She holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer Science from Norfolk State University and is currently a PhD candidate at George Mason University.
Dominque “Dom” joined BLS in June of 2020 and enjoys making Cybersecurity topics engaging and easy to absorb for all audiences
