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Boston, Ma, Us

Advising SMB clients on their cybersecurity and data privacy programs, in capacities ranging from advisory to interim executive roles.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Lead cohort instructor for intensive, six-month cybersecurity training program.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led Validity's Security, Privacy, DevOps, and Compliance teams, in support of the company's mission to enable ethical marketing by our customers.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for building strategy, partnerships, and delivery capabilities and innovating service offerings within RSM's Consulting team. Led cybersecurity consulting practice in New England, and Data Privacy practice nationally. Frequent presenter/panelist at industry events.

New York, Ny, Us

Develop and deliver strategies to support security risk assessments consistent with the Stroz Friedberg Security Science methodology. Investigate relevant information regarding client IT environments, and identify existing client processes and controls with respect to electronic and non-electronic information security. Coordinate with Stroz Friedberg Security Specialists, Digital Forensic Examiners/Data Breach Experts, Network Engineers, System Engineers and Web application Engineers to explore and report on specific security risk issues in depth. Provide recommendations on IT solutions to help clients manage information security risk. Develop IT security risk metrics wherever possible and identify issues that put clients at risk. Assess IT network and security architectures as they relate to managing identities and access privileges, delegated administration models, workflow and access control models.

Advisory, technical and business development role in helping clients quickly put in place their own processes and systems for risk management and compliance, infused with best practices thinking, designed to both avoid likely crises and be better prepared to effectively contain a crisis in real time. RRC leads the client through a tightly defined process to configure a customized version of the company's Readiness Hub for the client and either a Crisis Avoidance or Crisis Containment Playbook that will live on their Readiness Hub. Each Playbook has been embedded with best practices thinking and process created by RRC in concert with its expert partners. RRC then helps the client deploy these with: training, help framing internal communications, and conducting drills to address the risk area with the designated client team.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Us

Led major team and infrastructure overhauls, hiring a new IT team and leading multiple, major IT infrastructure projects. Leveraged cloud services where appropriate, including migrating on-premise Microsoft Exchange infrastructure to Exchange Online/Office 365, and consolidating the company's dispersed telephony infrastructure into an integrated, cloud-based system. Reduced desktop computing TCO by 34% within six months. Significantly reduced infrastructure costs while improving the company's disaster preparedness. Managed IT budget and vendors to deliver on all initiatives while remaining 16% below approved budget. Developed the company's BYOD policy, rolled out MDM infrastructure. and initiated BYOC pilot. Maintained and continuously improved security operations, including audit support and incident response and management. Actively contributed to client/prospect marketing communications by authoring blog posts on information security and attendant cyber-insurance implications.

Woodbury, New York, Us

Led and developed a geographically dispersed IT team based in Boston, Atlanta, Tampa, and Bangalore, charged with responsibility for uptime, reliability and security of all SaaS services delivered by Bridgeline from four production data centers to hundreds of customers, as well as all internal IT for all Company offices. Key pre- and post-Sales role with both direct sales and channel partners. Responsible for data privacy and security and managing transition of the Company’s IT organization to support expected growth over the next 3-5 years.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Responsible for internal IT, high-availability production network operations, and customer service for global network supporting over 120 internal users and millions of users at customer sites. Integrity Interactive delivers online compliance and ethics training and communications to Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies.

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Consul of Belgium in New England, representing commercial, administrative and cultural matters of bilateral interest, including assisting commercial developments and trade missions, political representation, cultural exchanges, and legal formalities for Belgian nationals and Belgian companies in New England, as well as local companies and organizations interested in developing ties with Belgium.

P&L responsibility for Geek Officecalls division, servicing the company's business customers.

co-founder of interim CIO consulting services company.

Managed company's 24x7 internal IT, production network operations, and customer service organizations.

M.A., Computer Science

B.A., Computer Science