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Professional Summary

A Senior Cloud Security Solution Architect, that thrives in complex problem-solving situations with an analytical and driven mindset to deliver solutions at all costs. Outstanding experience in information security, risk management, and architectural design with a special set of skills in designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructures and data center operations. Ability to implement upgradable, scalable, hyper-converged infrastructure to help achieve business agility, scalability, high availability, and flexibility with a strong AWS and Azure ecosystem of high efficiency.

Skills
  • Conflict resolution/High Achiever. Team leadership/Security Awareness. Team Motivation/ Self-motivation. Information Protection and Analysis.
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC). AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, BCP & DRP, PKI, Cisco Umbrella, Dome9, Device42.
  • Database Querying Languages; MySQL, NOSQL/DynamoDB, Windows Shell, Palo Alto Prisma, Cortex.
  • AWS/Azure Firewalls, Control Tower concepts, Security Hub, and Security Guardrails.
  • Amazon Web Services (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, AMI, VPC, VPC Peering, NACL, Security Groups, Route53,
  • Auto Scaling Group, ELB, SNS, CloudWatch, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation) Cloud Passage, F5, Barracuda Security Guardian. Jira, Aviatrix, F5. Palo Alto Panorama, Expedition, Guardrails Configuration, IAM, Lambda.
  • Security Architecture Technologies & Infrastructure Architecture
  • Cloud Architecture Design & Security Regulations Compliance
  • Implementing Security Measures & System Architecture Design
  • Cloud Security Applications Design
  • Network Security Architecture & Oversight
  • Cloud Solutions Design and implementation
  • Platform As A Service
    Security Metrics
  • IT Strategy
  • Information Security
  • Decision-Making Skills
  • Information Management Systems
Work History
Consultant; Senior Cloud Security Architect , 07/2022 to 01/2023
Microsoft CorporationPlainsboro, NJ,
  • Responsible for cloud security architecture (Platform As A Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)), reviewed internal and external IT projects and applications for risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices.
  • Participated in multiple internal security projects, evaluated, and deployed cloud security technologies, and reduced breaches by 35%.
  • Helped defined, designed, and secured infrastructure application architectures within primary tenants of Availability, Integrity, and Confidentiality.
  • Participated in system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture.
  • Delivered Cloud Security Architecture on assigned projects using AWS & Azure. Built cloud architecture with Azure, using Azure Resource Manager, Azure IaaS, PaaS offerings and services in Azure Commercial offerings and the AWS equivalent products and services.
  • Delivered AWS Cloud Security projects and managed delivery teams within scope of capabilities defined for Practices and Statement of Works (SOW).
  • Provided technical expertise and guidance on AWS security tools for Information Security teams. This includes decisions about how cybersecurity and vulnerability monitoring will be performed, using/integrating both cloud-native and third-party security tools and controls.
  • Managed security tools and procedures demonstrated and taught operational teams to utilize controls. Assisted and supported leadership for organizations' cloud strategy decisions.
  • Supported with designing, testing, and implementation of complex security solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements for cloud environments. Contributed and acted as author, for cloud security documentation including standards, specifications, and Security Reference Architectures.
  • Performed technology evaluations, supported business case development, test case definition, and vendor selection based on industry standard criteria.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including business owners, project managers, engineers, and customers.
  • Well-rounded background in host, network, database and application security.
  • Experience with Cloud/SaaS security, infrastructure security, key management, web application security, cyber security attack scenarios/kill chain, threat actors and controls, threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, information security governance.
  • Proven experience in designing, implementing and operating large-scale security architecture solutions within large and complex multi-supplier/multi-platform environment
  • Managed multiple security initiatives across multiple platforms, networks and applied security technologies. Experienced using an enterprise architecture methodology (STRIDE Framework & TOGAF)
  • Proven ability in security process and organizational design.
  • Proven understanding of operational integration of security functions.
  • Designed, installed and configured email encryption gateways with data loss prevention.
  • Developed security metrics and technical analysis to give insight into performance and trends.
  • Worked with business partners to balance requirements, security and risk reduction.
  • Translated strategy into solutions and operating models by leading or managing others,
  • Performed network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common problems.
  • Created frameworks by designing and developing technical solutions.
  • Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
Principal Security Architect, 09/2020 to 07/2022
Magna International Inc.New Hudson, MI,
  • Worked closely with enterprise architects to identify and mitigate risks, perform security review, designed top tier security practices and architecture. Delivered strategic, innovative cloud-based security solutions.
  • Collaborated with Operations, Development, Cloud, and Risk Management teams to implement secured Infrastructure design, end-to-end security standards and best practices.
  • Supported projects from ground level up to full project deployment; developed solution at ground level for all project needs and existing environments, evaluated project environment, and developed security requirements and solutions for various levels of projects.
  • Performed deep analysis and develop security metrics that measure current risk & gaps, effectively evaluated and managed threats/risks. Implemented security controls in a self-service environment. Experienced with security domain coverage.
  • Good understanding of designing across public cloud solutions. This includes strategy and choices for individual architectural components as well as implementation design within those components.
  • Involved in public cloud solution design, cloud management, monitory and cloud adoption planning with focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Supported development of delivery model, operational model, skills, and team structure required to transition projects to Operations aligning with global standards and compliance.
  • Developed and supported security standards for various products and infrastructure projects.
  • Evaluated security postures on projects deployments and provide enhanced security solutions while considering risks and costs.
  • Provided critical security expertise and leJessicarship for security initiatives.
  • Developed and documented secured solutions for various internal and external services, evaluating risks to business while considering costs.
  • Communicated complex security solutions at all levels from technical detailed documents to executive level presentations and environments.
  • Routinely worked on multiple projects from small focused security enhancements to large infrastructural projects.
  • Handling IT enterprise IaaS and PaaS cloud architecture practices and methods.
  • Architecting, configuring, supporting, and auditing cloud concepts related to subscriptions, resources, service groups, networking, authentication, and tenant governance.
  • Analyzed, designed, implemented, and deployed cloud infrastructure & cloud security solutions for scalability within a hybrid IT environment, specifically Azure and AWS.
  • Liaising with development and infrastructure teams on technology solutions including Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD and code scanning tools.
  • Provided tier 3 level cloud infrastructure support.
  • Worked with vendors to implement, address and coordinate new releases.
  • Assisted in designing, implementing on-premises migration paths for identified systems.
  • Demonstrated success in dealing with firewalls, IDS/IPS, SEIM, access control and load-balancing.
  • Developed security metrics and technical analysis to give insight into performance and trends.
  • Created policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
Regional CTO (Lead Architect), 02/2017 to 09/2020
BloombergDenver, CO,
  • CTO, Lead Architect, and program owner of Houston Smart Cities – a multi-year Microsoft/city of Houston initiative to build and transform Houston into a Smart city. This is the largest Microsoft Smart cities undertaking.
  • Assisted in managing entire lifecycle of vulnerabilities from discovery, triage, advising, remediation, and validation.
  • Partnered with Army corps of engineers and OptiRTC to design a regional retention/detention Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) of stormwater systems. The project is part of Houston’s Smart Cities initiative.
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of additional security measures to enhance themonitoring capabilities of clients, saving 35% costs.
  • Assisted with third-party security assessments.
  • Participated in risk management process, including documenting, reviewing and updating systems on regular basis; which contributed in preparations of internal risk reports.
  • Responsible for configuring vulnerability assessment tools, as well as performing scans, researching, and analyzing vulnerabilities, identifying relevant threats, corrective action recommendations, summarizing and reporting results.
  • Identified and resolved false-positive findings in assessment results.
  • Produced metrics, reporting, and recommendations on the state of system security, threats, vulnerabilities, and compliance
  • Supported investigations on risk incidents and produced detailed summaries identifying causes of incidents, process failures, and proposed risk mitigation and following-up actions.
  • Performed, updated and maintains existing reports and processes.
  • Executed risk management processes and procedures to maintain Policies and Standards compliance.
  • Responsible for day-to-day information security analysis; supporting information security manager with events and alerts oversight.
  • Supported the information security manager with various tools, including the Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) and its various security orchestration, automation, and response capabilities.
  • Helped to evaluate key information security risks, root cause factors for audit testing exceptions and identifying practical solutions.
  • Performed vulnerability scans, assess vulnerabilities risk, and advised on recommended actions.
  • Served as central coordinating and communications component for security efforts coordination, incident and vulnerability management, for teams supporting systems. Also analyzed security issues, determined cause and impact, identified corrective action needed to eliminate and prevent event from happening in future.
VP, Cloud Security (Lead Architect), 07/2016 to 02/2017
JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase & CoCity, STATE,
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
  • Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
  • Leadership: Led firm-wide Cloud Cybersecurity Architect team that protects JPMorgan assets of $2.6 trillion worldwide.
  • Portfolio: Partnered with Bank’s division presidents and peers to develop and implement bank-wide business priorities.
  • Future: Advised business leaders on needed capabilities and technologies, and how to build or acquire them to realize the future product vision.
  • Customer and market insights: Built an organization that consistently defines successful products/services that succeed in the marketplace.
  • Established and chaired Firm-wide cloud architecture authority - Cyber Cloud Design Authority (CCDA).
  • Partnered closely with Service Owners, Corporate Cyber Technology and Architecture teams to develop security and technology architecture strategies.
  • Design Patterns: Established design patterns to address security and dynamic scalability requirements.

Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks and Jira use.

Lead Cloud Architect , 02/2015 to 05/2016
ConocoPhillipsCity, STATE,
  • Identified and remediated single points of failure and security risks.
  • Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.
  • Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
  • Partnered closely with technical stakeholders to implement security, operational, compliance and privacy-related controls as part of cloud blueprints.
  • Designed and implemented ConocoPhillips' cloud strategy and services.
  • Drove Design Thinking, partnering with vendors such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as analysts (Gartner).
  • Design Patterns: Established design patterns for hyperconverged HPC environment.
  • Responsible for establishing project objectives, plans, schedules, budgets, cloud financial (TCO/ROI) modeling and analysis.
    Improvement: Systematically evaluated IT engineering landscape and drive new ways of thinking across groups within the company to improve quality, engineering productivity, and responsiveness of firm-wide personnel.
  • Developed cost-savings and new solutions to existing problems through persistent research and innovation.
  • Alignment: Worked across company divisions to align priorities, processes, and people appropriately to ship cloud products and delivered business results.
    - Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks, ADO and Jira.
Principal Professional Services Consultant, 06/2004 to 02/2015
MicrosoftCity, STATE,
  • Architected, planned, and deployed solutions for global companies.
  • Created technical documents and reference architecture diagrams.
  • Quality: Was responsible for the overall consistency and coherence of specifications, quality standards, and outcomes.
  • Resolution: Solved ambiguous, undefined problems that reach beyond product/service boundaries.
  • Supervised 1 to 10 persons in project teams.
  • Chief architect in successful implementation of Personal Identification Verification (PIV) for NASA. Helped achieve necessary US Government security assurance for multiple applications by implementing HSPD-12 (FIPS-201) to verify claimed identity of individuals seeking physical or electronic access to NASA, DoD and other US government agencies, facilities, and systems.
  • Landed extremely complex global and cross-domain wins in rapidly evolving markets by serving as strategic thought leader to customers and Microsoft.
  • Initiated processes to integrate market needs into global solutions.
  • Led vibrant global or regional technical communities.
  • Established process that enabled change through strategic initiatives.
  • Delivered presentations to senior and C-level audiences.
    Performed competitive business case, financial analysis and shortening time-to-value (TTV) that helped increased customer satisfaction.
  • Process: Leveraged experience with multiple releases to establish processes and tools that unblock projects and accelerated time to market.
  • Scenarios: Designed and delivered Architectures and Security program for Microsoft's global Datacenters (GFS) that host Azure, Office 365, Hotmail, microsoft.com and all Microsoft online assets. Created multi-year product vision, evolved, and communicated scenarios that enabled customers and business themes.
    Positive influence and Mentoring: Promoted a positive environment, across Microsoft, by modeling behavior that promotes good morale. Attracted top talent and mentored other Senior Engineers.
    Customer and market insight: Identified customer requirements and provided customers with product attributes that fulfill unexpressed wants.
  • Differentiation: Led design teams that developed and implemented solutions that customers form an emotional connection with.
    Collaboration: Unlocked opportunities for collaboration across groups in the division, ensures that cross-team commitments are set, and achieves scale in their work efforts by enabling the work of others.
  • Product vision: Led division-wide vision in delivery of compliance solutions requiring close cooperation across various teams.
    Ensured that features aligned with and delivered expected value to customers and Microsoft business objectives.
    Specifications: Used deep expertise in Microsoft and competitor products to create products and services specifications that enabled the most difficult or complex scenarios.
    Design tradeoffs: Made sound choices, based on strategic understanding of the timing and rationale for design choices for scenarios.
  • Communication: Tailored communication to a variety of audiences and perspectives and anticipates issues to prevent conflict Adopted and adhered to quality standards across all projects.
  • Product stewardship: Regularly use Microsoft Cloud products/services to understand it thoroughly and discovered ways to improve it.
  • Practice Development - Championed and drove best practices and behaviors within practice, across projects.
  • Customer and market insight: Anticipate industry and market trends, advises business leaders on new products, and consistently define successful products/services that succeed in the marketplace.
  • Product vision: Defines customer and business themes that guide the definition of product/services scenarios across the division.
    Future: Advises business leaders relevant capabilities and technologies, and how to build or acquire them to realize higher future higher ROI.
  • - Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks, ADO and Jira.
Senior Network Security Engineer, 01/2001 to 06/2004
VerizonCity, STATE,
  • Coordinated with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) providers to maintain protections and predict threats.
  • Developed and maintained company-wide endpoint security solutions.
  • Worked with teams to develop company-wide information assurance, security standards and procedures.
  • Installed and maintained commercial firewall solution, working with security vendors to consistently apply best practices and software updates.
  • Led design teams that engineered, developed, and implemented Network security for Verizon.
  • Led in Verizon's ATM, Fiber, MPLS, 4G and eBusiness projects engineering.
  • Planned and led system implementations, infrastructure designs, and security audits.
  • Directed implementations of SAP R/3 ERP LOB Applications.
  • Improved productivity and reduced cost and complexity by automating various processes.
  • Maintained compliance with HIPPA, COSSO, and SOX 404 through security audits and reviews.
  • Ecosystem: Defined the overall product ecosystem strategy.
Education
Ph.D.: Computer Science, Expected in 08/2021 to Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs, CO
GPA:
MBA: International Business And Finance, Expected in 05/2006 to Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI
GPA:
Master of Science: Computer Information Systems, Expected in 08/1998 to Reutlingen University - Reutlingen, Germany,
GPA:
J.D.: Law, Expected in 09/1992 to University of Yaounde - Yaounde, Cameroon,
GPA:
Certifications

EC-Council’s Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Agile Scrum Master
Certified Information Technology Architect Distinguished (CITA-D)
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Microsoft Azure Certified IoT Developer
Microsoft Azure Certified DevOps Engineer - Expert
Microsoft Azure Certified Solutions Architect - Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Azure Certified AI Engineer - Associate
Microsoft Azure Certified IoT Engineer - Associate
Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA)
Oracle Database Administration 10G Certified Professional

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Skills
  • Conflict resolution/High Achiever. Team leadership/Security Awareness. Team Motivation/ Self-motivation. Information Protection and Analysis.
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC). AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, BCP & DRP, PKI, Cisco Umbrella, Dome9, Device42.
  • Database Querying Languages; MySQL, NOSQL/DynamoDB, Windows Shell, Palo Alto Prisma, Cortex.
  • AWS/Azure Firewalls, Control Tower concepts, Security Hub, and Security Guardrails.
  • Amazon Web Services (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, AMI, VPC, VPC Peering, NACL, Security Groups, Route53,
  • Auto Scaling Group, ELB, SNS, CloudWatch, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud Formation) Cloud Passage, F5, Barracuda Security Guardian. Jira, Aviatrix, F5. Palo Alto Panorama, Expedition, Guardrails Configuration, IAM, Lambda.
  • Security Architecture Technologies & Infrastructure Architecture
  • Cloud Architecture Design & Security Regulations Compliance
  • Implementing Security Measures & System Architecture Design
  • Cloud Security Applications Design
  • Network Security Architecture & Oversight
  • Cloud Solutions Design and implementation
  • Platform As A Service
    Security Metrics
  • IT Strategy
  • Information Security
  • Decision-Making Skills
  • Information Management Systems
Work History
Consultant; Senior Cloud Security Architect , 07/2022 to 01/2023
CARIAD (A Volkswagen Company)Redmond, WA
  • Responsible for cloud security architecture (Platform As A Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)), reviewed internal and external IT projects and applications for risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices.
  • Participated in multiple internal security projects, evaluated, and deployed cloud security technologies, and reduced breaches by 35%.
  • Helped defined, designed, and secured infrastructure application architectures within primary tenants of Availability, Integrity, and Confidentiality.
  • Participated in system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture.
  • Delivered Cloud Security Architecture on assigned projects using AWS & Azure. Built cloud architecture with Azure, using Azure Resource Manager, Azure IaaS, PaaS offerings and services in Azure Commercial offerings and the AWS equivalent products and services.
  • Delivered AWS Cloud Security projects and managed delivery teams within scope of capabilities defined for Practices and Statement of Works (SOW).
  • Provided technical expertise and guidance on AWS security tools for Information Security teams. This includes decisions about how cybersecurity and vulnerability monitoring will be performed, using/integrating both cloud-native and third-party security tools and controls.
  • Managed security tools and procedures demonstrated and taught operational teams to utilize controls. Assisted and supported leadership for organizations' cloud strategy decisions.
  • Supported with designing, testing, and implementation of complex security solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements for cloud environments. Contributed and acted as author, for cloud security documentation including standards, specifications, and Security Reference Architectures.
  • Performed technology evaluations, supported business case development, test case definition, and vendor selection based on industry standard criteria.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including business owners, project managers, engineers, and customers.
  • Well-rounded background in host, network, database and application security.
  • Experience with Cloud/SaaS security, infrastructure security, key management, web application security, cyber security attack scenarios/kill chain, threat actors and controls, threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, information security governance.
  • Proven experience in designing, implementing and operating large-scale security architecture solutions within large and complex multi-supplier/multi-platform environment
  • Managed multiple security initiatives across multiple platforms, networks and applied security technologies. Experienced using an enterprise architecture methodology (STRIDE Framework & TOGAF)
  • Proven ability in security process and organizational design.
  • Proven understanding of operational integration of security functions.
  • Designed, installed and configured email encryption gateways with data loss prevention.
  • Developed security metrics and technical analysis to give insight into performance and trends.
  • Worked with business partners to balance requirements, security and risk reduction.
  • Translated strategy into solutions and operating models by leading or managing others,
  • Performed network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common problems.
  • Created frameworks by designing and developing technical solutions.
  • Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
Principal Security Architect, 09/2020 to 07/2022
MicrosoftRedmond, WA
  • Worked closely with enterprise architects to identify and mitigate risks, perform security review, designed top tier security practices and architecture. Delivered strategic, innovative cloud-based security solutions.
  • Collaborated with Operations, Development, Cloud, and Risk Management teams to implement secured Infrastructure design, end-to-end security standards and best practices.
  • Supported projects from ground level up to full project deployment; developed solution at ground level for all project needs and existing environments, evaluated project environment, and developed security requirements and solutions for various levels of projects.
  • Performed deep analysis and develop security metrics that measure current risk & gaps, effectively evaluated and managed threats/risks. Implemented security controls in a self-service environment. Experienced with security domain coverage.
  • Good understanding of designing across public cloud solutions. This includes strategy and choices for individual architectural components as well as implementation design within those components.
  • Involved in public cloud solution design, cloud management, monitory and cloud adoption planning with focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Supported development of delivery model, operational model, skills, and team structure required to transition projects to Operations aligning with global standards and compliance.
  • Developed and supported security standards for various products and infrastructure projects.
  • Evaluated security postures on projects deployments and provide enhanced security solutions while considering risks and costs.
  • Provided critical security expertise and leJessicarship for security initiatives.
  • Developed and documented secured solutions for various internal and external services, evaluating risks to business while considering costs.
  • Communicated complex security solutions at all levels from technical detailed documents to executive level presentations and environments.
  • Routinely worked on multiple projects from small focused security enhancements to large infrastructural projects.
  • Handling IT enterprise IaaS and PaaS cloud architecture practices and methods.
  • Architecting, configuring, supporting, and auditing cloud concepts related to subscriptions, resources, service groups, networking, authentication, and tenant governance.
  • Analyzed, designed, implemented, and deployed cloud infrastructure & cloud security solutions for scalability within a hybrid IT environment, specifically Azure and AWS.
  • Liaising with development and infrastructure teams on technology solutions including Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD and code scanning tools.
  • Provided tier 3 level cloud infrastructure support.
  • Worked with vendors to implement, address and coordinate new releases.
  • Assisted in designing, implementing on-premises migration paths for identified systems.
  • Demonstrated success in dealing with firewalls, IDS/IPS, SEIM, access control and load-balancing.
  • Developed security metrics and technical analysis to give insight into performance and trends.
  • Created policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
Regional CTO (Lead Architect), 02/2017 to 09/2020
MicrosoftHouston, TX
  • CTO, Lead Architect, and program owner of Houston Smart Cities – a multi-year Microsoft/city of Houston initiative to build and transform Houston into a Smart city. This is the largest Microsoft Smart cities undertaking.
  • Assisted in managing entire lifecycle of vulnerabilities from discovery, triage, advising, remediation, and validation.
  • Partnered with Army corps of engineers and OptiRTC to design a regional retention/detention Continuous Monitoring and Adaptive Control (CMAC) of stormwater systems. The project is part of Houston’s Smart Cities initiative.
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of additional security measures to enhance themonitoring capabilities of clients, saving 35% costs.
  • Assisted with third-party security assessments.
  • Participated in risk management process, including documenting, reviewing and updating systems on regular basis; which contributed in preparations of internal risk reports.
  • Responsible for configuring vulnerability assessment tools, as well as performing scans, researching, and analyzing vulnerabilities, identifying relevant threats, corrective action recommendations, summarizing and reporting results.
  • Identified and resolved false-positive findings in assessment results.
  • Produced metrics, reporting, and recommendations on the state of system security, threats, vulnerabilities, and compliance
  • Supported investigations on risk incidents and produced detailed summaries identifying causes of incidents, process failures, and proposed risk mitigation and following-up actions.
  • Performed, updated and maintains existing reports and processes.
  • Executed risk management processes and procedures to maintain Policies and Standards compliance.
  • Responsible for day-to-day information security analysis; supporting information security manager with events and alerts oversight.
  • Supported the information security manager with various tools, including the Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) and its various security orchestration, automation, and response capabilities.
  • Helped to evaluate key information security risks, root cause factors for audit testing exceptions and identifying practical solutions.
  • Performed vulnerability scans, assess vulnerabilities risk, and advised on recommended actions.
  • Served as central coordinating and communications component for security efforts coordination, incident and vulnerability management, for teams supporting systems. Also analyzed security issues, determined cause and impact, identified corrective action needed to eliminate and prevent event from happening in future.
VP, Cloud Security (Lead Architect), 07/2016 to 02/2017
JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan Chase & CoHouston, TX
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
  • Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
  • Leadership: Led firm-wide Cloud Cybersecurity Architect team that protects JPMorgan assets of $2.6 trillion worldwide.
  • Portfolio: Partnered with Bank’s division presidents and peers to develop and implement bank-wide business priorities.
  • Future: Advised business leaders on needed capabilities and technologies, and how to build or acquire them to realize the future product vision.
  • Customer and market insights: Built an organization that consistently defines successful products/services that succeed in the marketplace.
  • Established and chaired Firm-wide cloud architecture authority - Cyber Cloud Design Authority (CCDA).
  • Partnered closely with Service Owners, Corporate Cyber Technology and Architecture teams to develop security and technology architecture strategies.
  • Design Patterns: Established design patterns to address security and dynamic scalability requirements.

Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks and Jira use.

Lead Cloud Architect , 02/2015 to 05/2016
ConocoPhillipsHouston, TX
  • Identified and remediated single points of failure and security risks.
  • Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.
  • Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
  • Partnered closely with technical stakeholders to implement security, operational, compliance and privacy-related controls as part of cloud blueprints.
  • Designed and implemented ConocoPhillips' cloud strategy and services.
  • Drove Design Thinking, partnering with vendors such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as analysts (Gartner).
  • Design Patterns: Established design patterns for hyperconverged HPC environment.
  • Responsible for establishing project objectives, plans, schedules, budgets, cloud financial (TCO/ROI) modeling and analysis.
    Improvement: Systematically evaluated IT engineering landscape and drive new ways of thinking across groups within the company to improve quality, engineering productivity, and responsiveness of firm-wide personnel.
  • Developed cost-savings and new solutions to existing problems through persistent research and innovation.
  • Alignment: Worked across company divisions to align priorities, processes, and people appropriately to ship cloud products and delivered business results.
    - Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks, ADO and Jira.
Principal Professional Services Consultant, 06/2004 to 02/2015
MicrosoftHouston, TX
  • Architected, planned, and deployed solutions for global companies.
  • Created technical documents and reference architecture diagrams.
  • Quality: Was responsible for the overall consistency and coherence of specifications, quality standards, and outcomes.
  • Resolution: Solved ambiguous, undefined problems that reach beyond product/service boundaries.
  • Supervised 1 to 10 persons in project teams.
  • Chief architect in successful implementation of Personal Identification Verification (PIV) for NASA. Helped achieve necessary US Government security assurance for multiple applications by implementing HSPD-12 (FIPS-201) to verify claimed identity of individuals seeking physical or electronic access to NASA, DoD and other US government agencies, facilities, and systems.
  • Landed extremely complex global and cross-domain wins in rapidly evolving markets by serving as strategic thought leader to customers and Microsoft.
  • Initiated processes to integrate market needs into global solutions.
  • Led vibrant global or regional technical communities.
  • Established process that enabled change through strategic initiatives.
  • Delivered presentations to senior and C-level audiences.
    Performed competitive business case, financial analysis and shortening time-to-value (TTV) that helped increased customer satisfaction.
  • Process: Leveraged experience with multiple releases to establish processes and tools that unblock projects and accelerated time to market.
  • Scenarios: Designed and delivered Architectures and Security program for Microsoft's global Datacenters (GFS) that host Azure, Office 365, Hotmail, microsoft.com and all Microsoft online assets. Created multi-year product vision, evolved, and communicated scenarios that enabled customers and business themes.
    Positive influence and Mentoring: Promoted a positive environment, across Microsoft, by modeling behavior that promotes good morale. Attracted top talent and mentored other Senior Engineers.
    Customer and market insight: Identified customer requirements and provided customers with product attributes that fulfill unexpressed wants.
  • Differentiation: Led design teams that developed and implemented solutions that customers form an emotional connection with.
    Collaboration: Unlocked opportunities for collaboration across groups in the division, ensures that cross-team commitments are set, and achieves scale in their work efforts by enabling the work of others.
  • Product vision: Led division-wide vision in delivery of compliance solutions requiring close cooperation across various teams.
    Ensured that features aligned with and delivered expected value to customers and Microsoft business objectives.
    Specifications: Used deep expertise in Microsoft and competitor products to create products and services specifications that enabled the most difficult or complex scenarios.
    Design tradeoffs: Made sound choices, based on strategic understanding of the timing and rationale for design choices for scenarios.
  • Communication: Tailored communication to a variety of audiences and perspectives and anticipates issues to prevent conflict Adopted and adhered to quality standards across all projects.
  • Product stewardship: Regularly use Microsoft Cloud products/services to understand it thoroughly and discovered ways to improve it.
  • Practice Development - Championed and drove best practices and behaviors within practice, across projects.
  • Customer and market insight: Anticipate industry and market trends, advises business leaders on new products, and consistently define successful products/services that succeed in the marketplace.
  • Product vision: Defines customer and business themes that guide the definition of product/services scenarios across the division.
    Future: Advises business leaders relevant capabilities and technologies, and how to build or acquire them to realize higher future higher ROI.
  • - Methodology: ArchiMate® & BPMN, Agile Scrum frameworks, ADO and Jira.
Senior Network Security Engineer, 01/2001 to 06/2004
VerizonDallas, TX
  • Coordinated with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) providers to maintain protections and predict threats.
  • Developed and maintained company-wide endpoint security solutions.
  • Worked with teams to develop company-wide information assurance, security standards and procedures.
  • Installed and maintained commercial firewall solution, working with security vendors to consistently apply best practices and software updates.
  • Led design teams that engineered, developed, and implemented Network security for Verizon.
  • Led in Verizon's ATM, Fiber, MPLS, 4G and eBusiness projects engineering.
  • Planned and led system implementations, infrastructure designs, and security audits.
  • Directed implementations of SAP R/3 ERP LOB Applications.
  • Improved productivity and reduced cost and complexity by automating various processes.
  • Maintained compliance with HIPPA, COSSO, and SOX 404 through security audits and reviews.
  • Ecosystem: Defined the overall product ecosystem strategy.

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School Attended

  • Colorado Technical University
  • Eastern Michigan University
  • Reutlingen University
  • University of Yaounde

Job Titles Held:

  • Consultant; Senior Cloud Security Architect
  • Principal Security Architect
  • Regional CTO (Lead Architect)
  • VP, Cloud Security (Lead Architect)
  • Lead Cloud Architect
  • Principal Professional Services Consultant
  • Senior Network Security Engineer

Degrees

  • Ph.D.
  • MBA
  • Master of Science
  • J.D.

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