Information Technology Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Risk and Compliance leader with 20+ years of experience in strategy, management, governance, security, risk, controls and operations, consistently demonstrating excellent people skills with the ability to successfully serve my business partners and customers.
Skills
IT Security
Enterprise IT Strategy
Risk Management
IT Policies, Processes & Procedures
IT Operational Efficiencies
Aligning Technology to Customer Goals
Providing Direction, Vision and Oversight
Strong Leadership Presence
Education and Training
Clear Creek High SchoolLeague City, TXExpected in 07/1995 – –GED: - GPA:
Experience
Solid Power - IT Director, Security and Infrastructure Louisville, CO, 01/2018 - Current
Established the IT organization, hiring and managing 10 direct reports and administering a $8.5M IT budget in support of over 400 sites.
Within 45 days, identified several high-level security risks and implemented mitigation strategies that were responsible for the recovery of IT systems during a major incident.
Within 90 days, launched first ever cyber security awareness education program reducing phishing risks from 47% to 4%.
Developed and deployed cloud-based infrastructure, aligned technology to meet the unique needs of business estimating and operations and fostered the implementation of new ERP system across the organization.
Led projects that included a migration to SD-WAN, the consolidation of PBX solutions to an SaaS solution, the implementation of Office 365 and a cloud based mobile device management solution.
Developed and implemented organization’s first formal disaster recovery and business continuity process.
Atos - Infrastructure and Security Consultant City, STATE, 03/2017 - 05/2018
Manage internal security assessments per customer requests.
Facilitate and manage mergers and acquisition projects for customer.
Meet with customer to determine security and infrastructure project requirements and design solutions within said requirements.
Design and implement Azure gateway solution for new mobile application.
Manage internal access management assessments per customer requests.
Manage internal and external penetration tests per customer requests.
Design and implement network and security infrastructure to meet NERC/FERC requirements between CoOp locations using multiple communication technologies including Microwave Transmissions, Metro Ethernet and VPN.
Assist customers with creating remediation plans.
Floworks - Director, IT Infrastructure and Security City, STATE, 03/2014 - 08/2016
Supervised five direct reports, a 20-person department, and an IT budget of $12M, managing cost containment, systems performance, and availability for 45 branch locations worldwide.
Successfully led effort to reduce IT expenses by 20% through contract negotiations and hardware/software standardization and consolidation.
Debuted an IT security program featuring cloud, application, endpoint, and user training.
Directed the launch of seven sites, two divestitures, and three acquisitions, with a scope of responsibilities that included due diligence and technology transitions/integrations.
Replaced and upgraded aging infrastructure, debuted a formal patching process, and deployed Windows 10 throughout the organization.
Modernized infrastructure through transitions to cloud architecture; led a 60-day Office 365 migration that impacted 850 users.
Lowered telecom spend by 30% while achieving greater than 200% bandwidth increases by transitioning the WAN to MPLS and SD-WAN for all branches.
Orchestrated the opening of a 250,000 square foot digitized distribution center featuring over 50 wireless access points throughout the warehouse and a multi-acre outdoor yard.20% reduction in IT operational costs through provider contract renegotiations.
Authored and Implemented first IT policy program including: AUP, ACP, Change Management, Information Security, Incident Response, Remote Access, Email/Communication, Disaster Recovery, BCP and Mobility.
Friedkin - Sr. Manager, IT Infrastructure and Security City, STATE, 03/2001 - 02/2014
Supervised eight direct reports, directed 43-person department and an IT budget of $13M for over 200 locations worldwide.
Managed the day-to-day IT infrastructure and security operations.
Managed complete relocation of data center services for entire enterprise. This included over 700 servers, 223 node MPLS and point-to-point network, IBM Mainframe, Enterprise voice system.
Transitioned business units to Office 365.
Worked with leadership teams to define technology and security road-maps to support business plans and minimize risk.
Led technical transition and delivery of $45M outsourcing engagement including transfer of affected associates, migration of key systems.
Successfully implemented business continuity and disaster recovery strategies that were critical during the 2008 hurricane season.
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