Aaron Whitley, Cissp, Gstrt Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

I was recruited to repair relationships with and restore the trust of enterprise client executives and Fortune 500 customers. Consult with customers across various industries to develop strategy and design security programs.RESPONSIBILITIES: Information Security | Security Strategy | Security Architecture | Risk Identification | Roadmap KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Expanded footprint at key enterprise accounts with solutions leveraging the company’s products and services.◆ Exceeded quota by 40% in the first quarter of joining the company.

Chosen to repair the relationship with our IT organization and restore cybersecurity’s reputation from obstructive to enabling and agile. Advocated for SRO and cyber initiatives.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ◆ Facilitated secure automation across product teams with efforts to repair damaged relationships due to poor partnership with IT peers.◆ Served as Deputy CISO to lead the effort of building security controls necessary for a new, transformative managed service consumption model allowing scalable IT storage and computer data.◆ Spearheaded cross-functional team’s effort to develop the security Minimum Viable Product to meet launch deadlines.RESPONSIBILITIES: Enterprise Security | Security Strategy | Security Architecture | Risk Identification | Regulatory Compliance

Texas

Selected to lead the cybersecurity engineering teams in designing, building, and deploying security solutions and platforms enterprise-wide. The team focused on infrastructure and solutions for endpoint, network, cloud, data, cryptography, and directory services. The mandate also included changing cybersecurity’s reputation internally with a strategy to implement an agile methodology.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Cast vision and led the engineering team through the execution and implementation of the SAFe Agile model, which improved the efficiency of solution development and deployment.◆ Rebuilt team bringing in top-notch new leadership to drive strategy implementation.◆ Influenced agile adoption across all cybersecurity divisions in the company.RESPONSIBILITIES: Leadership | Security Engineering | Cloud Security | Solution Deployment | Risk Management | Risk Mitigation | Regulatory Compliance | Team Management | Budget Management

Texas

As the company sought to integrate the services team within the larger managed deployment services organization, I was tapped to lead the cybersecurity consultants, engineers, architects, and project managers in consulting and solution delivery.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Refined the company’s approach to the delivery of cybersecurity solutions to customers.◆ Optimized the product and services portfolio to better serve customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: Leadership | Service Delivery | Relationship Management | Technical Guidance | Team Development | Cross-Functional Partnership | Customer Engagement | Budget Management | Performance Improvement

Joined company to lead and establish the security services division after the acquisition of a software company.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Drove the creation of the security service practice and bolstered the company’s consulting capabilities using NIST CSF.◆ Responded to client needs with the development of other programs including incident response services, recovery and resiliency, and virtual CISO programs.RESPONSIBILITIES: Leadership | Service Delivery | Relationship Management | Technical Guidance | Cross-Functional Partnership | Customer Engagement | Board Level Presentations

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Hired to establish professional services as a separate division and to promote the growth and adoption of newly developed technology. Led team of consultants, developers and project managers to deliver solutions for deployment services.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Solidified professional services as a dependable new revenue stream by shifting the team’s focus on billable time and delivery excellence.RESPONSIBILITIES: Service Delivery | Service Management | Team Management | Budget Management | Relationship Management

Plano, Tx

Managed large-scale, long-term projects with lengthy implementation timelines within the courts and justice sector for local and state governments.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS◆ Jumpstarted several stalled engagements within key accounts and moved all projects to profitability.RESPONSIBILITIES: Client Relationship Management | Risk Management | Regulatory Compliance | Timeline Management