SKILLS SUMMARY: Experienced and outstanding performer in [Skill] and [Skill] within the financial industry. Proven success in leadership, operational excellence and organizational development with keen understanding of elements of technical business. Recognized for inspiring management team members to excel and encouraging creative work environments. Excellent leadership, communication and collaborative skills. Able to translate business needs into timely security technology and technology solutions. Excel at working with and developing rapport within team and across business units. Progressive leadership experience, with positions from hands-on level to senior technical and managerial positions. Experience with a wide range of technology areas, including information systems security, operations, systems integration (DevOps), and hosted solutions. Experience includes security, risk, implementation and life cycle support of multi-million dollar local and wide area networks, telecommunications, data processing centers, and information systems. Extensive information technology and security background; experienced in physical Ssecurity analysis and design; keenly familiar with the challenges of cybersecurity and the critical role information security plays in meeting business objectives.
- Leadership
- Risk management
- Employee Education
- Technical Fraud
- Management
- Network
- Disaster Recovery
- Policies
- Firewalls
- Information Security
- GRC
- Budget
- Business cases / RFP
- Contracts
- GRC
- Motivating
- Senior management
- Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
Boulder, CO, 08/2013 - Current
- Lead team for all new business line projects to develop technical and security requirements, manage the installation schedule, ensure proper project documentation and compliance, and manage handoff to operational team.
- Improved security process over 20% by standardizing security portion.
- Manage organizational Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programs.
- Created and administering Assurance program to ensure IT security controls are operational and effective.
- Now able to prove security control effectiveness.
- Collaborate with business units and vendors to contribute to the development of new solutions and systems.
- Ensure that project plans/technology initiatives are security compliant.
- Leading security team on transition of organization from on premise to Azure cloud environment.
- Provide security guidance on Azure configuration for all security controls.
- Manage all enterprise firewalls for the organization to include Data Loss Prevention, Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Threat Emulation.
- Lead the investigation and resolution of complex and sensitive security incidents as required to identify and manage risks to the organization.
- Review risks posed by introduction of new applications and vendors to the environment and provide risk assessments and recommendations to the business line and Security Steering Committee.
- Additionally, involved in developing business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for technology spending to determine and recommend best options.
- Bring new information on security developments and strategies into the organization, including information on new tools, procedures and systems.
- Review/recommend changes to information security policies, standards and procedures.
- Manage Entās vulnerability and compliance program to mitigate cyber risk and threats.
- Reduced open vulnerabilities from 14,000+ down to 350 in two months.
- Recognized for cooperative leadership style.
- Manage all aspects of the security awareness program for the corporation, including: newsletters, briefings to all departments and locations, phishing tests, and new hire orientations.
- Employees clicking on emails decreased three fold and employee notification more than doubled.
- Known for engaging presentation style and the ability to talk about complex subjects in an easy to understand manner.
- Brief senior management on current security issues and risks as they relate to the organization.
Beale Air Force Base, CA, 02/2013 - 08/2013
- Provided System Security Engineering support to a US Army program.
- Developed the Information Assurance Working Group (IAWG) and facilitated the requirements definitions to create the DIACAP Implementation Plan (DIP).
City, STATE, 12/2006 - 02/2013
- Multitasked between programs and projects.
- Supported three disparate programs with vastly different requirements.
- Managed information security budget and provided all information security inputs for a $50M government satellite control system.
- Performed all functions of Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) and Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) positions for two government classified programs; was awarded commendable rating by the Defense Security Service (DSS) because of the innovative audit log collection scripts that were written.
- Dealt with security incidents at corporate location and advised senior leadership on ways to mitigate existing and potential threats.
- Wrote informative and interesting annual training introducing current hacking methods/ tools and how to protect company and personal information; result was all individuals reported a more relaxed and informative series of briefings about the necessity and importance of information security within the organization and on government contracts.
- Wrote Systems Security / Information Assurance section for a winning $10 million Coast Guard proposal.
City, STATE, 10/2001 - 12/2006
- Managed multiple projects with competing priorities (funding and personnel).
- All projects were completed within budget and on time or ahead of schedule.
- Translated technically specific requirements into business requirements/core business goals.
- Result was that the team received full funding of the initiatives.
- Worked with operational community and senior leadership to define and vet detailed architecture requirements.
- Led development of architectural, system, operational, and technical views based on government architecture documentation of HQ AFSPC Enterprise systems.
- Enabled the customer to better understand their environment and make decisions faster with better data quality.
- Led implementation of a distributed network (Active Directory and Email) across 12 sites located throughout North America.
- Involved managing budget, technical specifications, personnel, logistics, and customersā expectations.
- The project provided 50% growth capacity and was completed on time and on budget.
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School Attended
- Walden University
- University of St Thomas
Job Titles Held:
- Information Security Manager
- Systems Security Engineer
- ISSM / ISSO / Lead Information Assurance Engineer
- Project Manager / Systems, Architect, & Hardware Engineer
Degrees
- Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO) awarded by EC-Council
- MBA
- B.A
- Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) awarded by ISC^2 1999
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