SUMMARY

• Author and implement overall Information Security Program across all company departments to ensure compliance with new requirements
• Established a process to review and update security and business process policies, standards and procedures to ensure they accurately reflect business objectives and align to security best practices across all departments and business units
• Navigating process of SOC2 compliance audit
• Perform Gap/Business Impact Analysis reviews across all business units (IT, Finance, Operations, Sales, etc.)
• Develop, audit and update enterprise security and risk management policies and procedures based on NIST/ISO frameworks to align with business requirements and objectives
• Work with internal departments to define and monitor key information security (KPI/FRI) metrics
• Migrated internal company infrastructure to Azure and created hybrid production environment between datacenter and Azure saving company over $1 million annually
• Orchestrated seamless integration with multiple external vendors and platforms
• Virtualized half of production environment to cut annual run rate by 30%
• Managed corporate production environment to a 99% uptime over 8 year period
• Cut departmental expenditures and headcount by 50% and increased productivity by 20%
• Streamlined data processing to cut overnight processing time by 75%
• Migrated on - site MS Exchange/Office implementation of Hybrid Office 365
• Secured implementation new corporate time/attendance and benefits systems with HR department

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware & Software: Windows Server, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMWare technologies, Citrix Netscaler/Xen Suite, MS SharePoint and Project Server, Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Office365, Windows Active Directory, JIRA/Confluence, Slack, Windows 7/Vista/XP, Microsoft Office, HP/3Par/EqualLogic SANs, DUO 2FA, ShoreTel VoIP, Avaya IP Office VoIP, Dell/HP ProLiant Servers, Cisco/WatchGuard/SonicWall Firewalls, IDS/IPS, All IBM & x86 machines and peripherals

Networking: All major brands of Routers, Switches and Firewalls, NAI Sniffer Technologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Security Officer and Senior Director of Systems

Responsibilities:

• Author of Information Security plan and program with accompanying reports and alerts
• Perform internal security assessments, prepare IT compliance responses for audits, customer security assurances, contracts and enterprise data security agreements.
• Developed and maintain Business Impact Assessment (BIA) and Business Continuity and Recovery Plans for business critical systems and personnel
• Initiated and maintain employee security awareness training program
• Knowledge of security framework models NIST and ISO
• Migrated Dev/Test/UAT servers to Azure cloud hybrid VMWare/Hyper-V technology
• Leverage virtualization technologies reducing annual expenditure on production server infrastructure by 30%
• Migrated and consolidated 2 datacenters to one new location and Azure saving company over $1 million annually
• Negotiate all new contracts for CoLo, Managed and DR Datacenters
• Manage team of infrastructure engineers, DBA’s and QA/QC staff, coordinating all functions
• Manage day to day operations of datacenters and end user environment

Confidential

Senior Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• At forefront of new technologies, working with all new MS products including Office, Exchange and SharePoint 2007, and Windows Vista
• Specialize in design, implementation, testing, support, and documentation of Windows Network technologies
• Develop internal staff through improved judgment and improved teaching
• Manage the development, implementation, and maintenance of multiple complex projects, across multiple client departments
• Research and assist in the development of new services and offerings
• Perform all pre-sales engineering tasks including, “Vision and Scope” to understand clients needs

Confidential

IT Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of IT infrastructure from LAN/WAN design, servers and desktops, Citrix and MSSQL, Cisco routers and switches for 250 node international network
• Manage Help Desk and Network Support staff
• Develop annual IT strategy, project plan and necessary budgets
• Completed enterprise migration of Windows NT4 to Windows 2003 Active Directory, on time and under budget
• Increased internal productivity by 20% with new Exchange 2003 implementation
• Designed and installed enterprise VoIP network to reduce telco costs by $8000 a month
• Integrated 3 corporate acquisitions and coordinated move of corporate offices in 2 year timeframe
• Completed migration from EDI to Web-Based purchasing system
• Established Web presence and championed corporate website