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Ball Ground, Ga, Us

Sunnyvale, California, Us

Responsible for three key roles: CISO, Thought Leader, and Customer Advocate.• Led the development and implementation of a comprehensive cybersecurity program, including over 30 security policies.• Oversaw company compliance with SOC 2 and ISO 27001, collaborating with independent audit firms to achieve certification.• Quoted in multiple information security publications such as Information Security Magazine, Forbes, CPO Magazine, and SC Magazine, providing insights on industry trends and notable security breaches.• Collaborated with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and R&D teams to position SafeBreach’s information security as a differentiator.• Acting CIO

Responsible for the strategic leadership of the company's information security and privacy program and integration across the business.• Developed and implemented practical and pragmatic policies and practices, securing and protecting sensitive data for over 20 million personal information records.• Successfully completed SOC 1/SOC 2 (Type I and II) and ISO 27001 compliance audits with no exceptions or deficiencies.• Established a security and privacy awareness program, reducing phishing failure rates to 4%.• Ensured full compliance with CCPA, GDPR, FCRA, and other relevant emerging privacy regulations at TCC.• Facilitated the successful completion of due diligence by Experian, culminating in the acquisition of TCC in April 2021.

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Managed security with IT to provide technical oversight, including 3rd party penetration testing, restructuring internal groups, programs and risk mitigation strategy development, best practices, standard operating procedures, and processes.• Led negotiations, development, and implementation of a vulnerability and patch management framework, streamlining operations across five separate IT teams.• Offered clear content and direction on security strategies, ensuring optimal IT development and effective risk mitigation.

San Francisco, California, Us

Charged with leading the Enterprise Information Security (EIS) Architecture group, including SaaS initiatives, operations streamlining, cloud security, SME actions, startup reviews, and adherence to best practices.• Successfully re-launched the Enterprise Information Security Architecture group, introducing a new operational model, workflow tools, defined services, transparent communications, and KPIs/metrics, leading to partnerships with over 80 lines of business throughout the bank.• Formulated a SaaS strategy, providing actionable data for the Wells Fargo CISO to establish the Cloud Security Excellence Center, reducing risk from over 2100 SaaS applications across the bank.• Guided the Information Security Strategy team in creating versions 4.0 and 4.1 of the Wells Fargo Information Security Strategy.• Headed the Shared Tools group, supporting the IT infrastructure of the bank’s 1200 team-member information security group.• Directed the Security Awareness team, supervising all cybersecurity training activities for over 300,000 team members across the bank.

Santa Clara, California, Us

I performed in a consulting role for the company, providing cybersecurity solutions across clouds, networks, and mobile devices with their pioneering security operating platform.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Directed five global teams overseeing strategic planning, roadmap development, high-value budgets, vendor management, partner alliances, product development, service delivery, and best practices.• Achieved over $12 Million in annual cost savings from the $30 Million budget through collaboration with cross-functional managers to identify needs and conducting detailed operations analysis.• Led a high-performance team in the development and successful launch of a new IPS device, the IDP 8200, providing superior attack/intrusion prevention and detection capabilities compared to competitors in the industry.• Established KPIs and metrics using Agile processes, resulting in the industry-first daily delivery of security signature releases and the implementation of test automation.• Supervised a global team of over 100 engineers located in the United States, India, China, and Russia.

Il

Directed major networking and security outsourced services projects for critical accounts for an outsourcing company. We executed a $1M bid, design, implementation, and testing initiative for Israel’s first cable modem ISP.

Led a team of system administrators in a high-demand environment to support the Israeli engineering office. Reengineered workflow and helpdesk processes to improve quality assurance and eliminate backlog issues. Matured the IT infrastructure in the Israeli headquarters of the company.

Tel Aviv, Il

Served as computer data security subject matter expert for Israel’s largest army unit. Authored a comprehensive process and procedure manual for information security.Managed highly complex, mission-critical data network supporting daily operations and time-sensitive situations. Provided strategic leadership to the entire network engineering organization.Managed highly complex, mission-critical data network supporting daily operations and time-sensitive situations. Provided strategic leadership to the entire network engineering organization.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Sdrm, Strategic Decision And Risk Management

Ba, Computer Science