• Drive strategic business growth initiatives and identify new market opportunities for Eureka DevSecOps solutions• Develop and execute comprehensive business development strategies to expand the company's client base and revenue streams• Conduct market research and analyze industry trends to inform product development and go-to-market strategies• Cultivate and nurture relationships with key decision-makers in target industries to generate new business opportunities• Create compelling business cases and presentations to articulate the value proposition of Eureka DevSecOps services to potential clients• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align business development efforts with product roadmaps and company objectives

🚀 Founded and spearheaded OpenRep, a AI powers revolutionary digital marketing platform designed to simplify and optimize online brand presence and streamline workflows.🔍 Pioneered features like unified social media analytics, AI-powered image generation, and advanced SEO keyword analysis, setting OpenRep apart in a crowded marketplace.🤖 Leveraged cutting-edge AI to offer content optimization for SEO, ensuring users' content not only resonates with their audience but also ranks higher in search results.🎨 Oversaw the development of intuitive tools that allow users to create, schedule, analyze, and repurpose content seamlessly across various platforms.🤝 Built and nurtured a dynamic team of developers, marketers, and customer success professionals, all dedicated to making digital marketing more accessible and effective.📈 Proudly watched OpenRep grow from a concept to a trusted platform, serving SMBs, Entrepreneurs and individuals, helping them amplify their online voice and reach.

🌐 Ethical AI Impact Analysis: Reviewing and enhancing AI risk assessments beyond legal norms to ensure comprehensive ethical integrity. 🛡️ Risk Mitigation Advisory: Offering insights on safeguarding against ethical AI risks, guiding organizations towards responsible practices. 🔄 Innovative Methodologies: Developing adaptable review methods in line with evolving AI and ethics standards. 🤝 Collaborative Meetings: Engaging in essential discussions, both virtual and in-person, to drive ethical governance forward.https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/newly-formed-ai-ethics-advisory-panel-promoting-ethical-ai-systems-for-organizations-and-smes-800138780.html

Currently teaching two courses - Cybersecurity Standards and Strategy and Cybersecurity Risk Management - Cybersecurity Standards and Strategy provides a foundational understanding of cybersecurity concepts, standards and policies with a focus on taking a layered cybersecurity approach. Discover the key business and technical considerations to create, roll out and manage a cybersecurity policy document for your organization.Cybersecurity Risk Management explores popular cybersecurity attack vectors, and how different defence mechanisms can be used to secure your infrastructure, while reducing the risk and impact of a cybersecurity threat. This course focuses on critical controls and procedures for monitoring and minimizing cybersecurity risks. Come away with the key business processes to create, execute and manage a cybersecurity risk management plan for your business or organization. Become your organization’s cybersecurity champion, and implement plans to ensure organization-wide governance and compliance.

Developed two courses as part of an upcoming proposed Micro-Credentials. Details to be announced soon.

- Contract role where I worked on creating the Micro-Certificate, to be announced soon!- Recruit instructors for these programs as required.- Work with the Executive Director to recruit members for the advisory committee for Cybersecurity and related programs- Promote Extended Learning Cybersecurity

✔ Process Owner of assigned PCI-DSS requirements, manage yearly QSA audit and support the continuous compliance requirements throughout the year✔ Recommend and implement technical, process, and policy changes to maintain appropriate security levels by performing root cause analysis and making data-driven decisions✔ Drives the selection, POC, implementation and operational deployment of security solutions to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems This includes systems such as SIEM, Firewall, DLP and Endpoint Security✔ Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities and work with development teams to find and implement solutions✔ Create and preform ongoing processes for network, application, and policy-level security assessments, including Cloud-hosted systems

👩‍💻 She Leads Tech/One in Tech✔Expanded SheLeadsTech Vancouver scholarship program, granting up to $3000 to deserving female students✔Ensured sell-out success of all She Leads Tech events for the year💡 Mentorship✔Facilitated 6 mentorship events (5 in-person, 1 virtual) since February, building a network of 30 mentors and 72 mentees✔Launched a Discord channel for streamlined communication, currently housing 131 active members🌈 Diversity and Inclusion✔Launched and administered an innovative Diversity & Inclusion program✔Established a D&I scholarship fund, benefiting 5 deserving recipients🤝 Collaboration with Reboot Communications Ltd. on #VIPSS2023✔Spearheaded successful sector days for Local Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Education✔Aided in setting up an in-person VIPSS event featuring 60+ global speakers and 650+ attendees👥 Membership✔Drove the highest year-over-year membership growth in the last 5 years (16%)🏫 High Schools Outreach✔Initiated students via interactive sessions and practical exercises✔Organized the second annual ISACA Vancouver high school Capture the Flag hackathon, involving over 47 bright minds!🎓 Post-Secondary Education✔Initiated constructive dialogue with UBC, SFU, NYIT, Douglas, and VCC to integrate ISACA curriculum into their academic programs📅 Programs✔Organized 7 successful events with over 1200 total registrations✔Reinvigorated the exclusive Executive series for CxOs✔Welcomed over 260 registrants for our best-attended AGM and after-party 🎖️ Certifications Team✔Facilitated CISA Sessions leading to multiple members earning new certifications✔Accredited our first-ever local trainers🌐 GRC✔Partnered with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) resulting in a symposium event✔Established Standard Operating Procedures for 70% of our processes, ensuring knowledge transfer during annual board transitions

✔Managing a team of volunteers responsible for Social Media, Newsletter, Mobile App and any other marketing or communications that may be applicable✔Product Managed development of ISACA app managing a team of students for initial development and now providing maintenance and support.✔Nominated to be a member of the Chapter Board 2020/2021

As a Lead Curriculum Developer at Vancouver Community College, I am responsible for designing, managing, and implementing an innovative 2-year international diploma in Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance. I work collaboratively with a team of educators, administrators, and industry experts to deliver a comprehensive, practical, and relevant curriculum for future cybersecurity professionals.📚 Curriculum Development: Devising an effective 2-year international diploma program that covers Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance. The curriculum emphasizes both practical skills and theoretical knowledge to provide a holistic understanding of cybersecurity issues👥 Collaboration & Teamwork: Collaborating with a team of educators, administrators, and industry experts to ensure the curriculum meets the highest standards of educational excellence and relevance to the evolving demands of the cybersecurity industry📈 Research: Keeping abreast of the latest advancements and trends in cybersecurity to continually refine and enhance the curriculum📝 Assessment Design: Designing effective assessment tools to measure student comprehension and skill acquisition✔️ Quality Assurance: Establishing a strong system for quality assurance, regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum, and making necessary adjustments to maintain its relevance and impact🤝 Stakeholder Engagement: Engaging with industry stakeholders, local businesses, and international partners to ensure the program’s alignment with the current and future needs of the cybersecurity sector

Part-time Instructor where I taught "Security Fundamentals" as part of the Network Technology Administration and Security post-degree diploma.

Providing instruction to SOC analyst and managers in Malaysia in partnership with the BlackBerry centre of excellence.

One of Blossoms first 100 users and investor in its first round in 2022Facilitated introduction between CEO and CMO (now co-founder)

Tracer digital is a digital solutions consultancy I Co-Founded with a couple of talented designers and business professionals. We are a team of entrepreneurs with strong company values looking to help businesses adapt to the modern digital era. Our main focus has transitioned into SEO. I have since taken a step back and only provide vCISO services for any clients looking to bolster their security programs.Key ClientsBlossom Social: Working on being Canadas first social brokerageConfidential Client: Part of the marketing team that raised private and public funds cumulating to a publicly-traded company Confidential Client: Built entire e-commerce platform and all digital marketing resulting in over $1,000,000 revenue in just the first year. Tracer Digital ended up getting a percentage of ownership in the company before exiting at a 4 million dollar buyout✔ In charge of technical direction and implementation✔ Project manager role for technical projects✔ Coordinate projects between the sales, design, and development teams✔ Ensuring companies compliance with regulatory requirements

✔ Lead testing of the assigned PCI-DSS requirements, manage yearly third party audit and support the continuous compliance requirements throughout the year✔ Oversee external vendors and consultants on delivery and implementation teams which impact existing and new security solutions✔ Monitoring the organisation's networks for security breaches and investigating violations when they occur✔ Created and implemented security awareness program greatly reducing exposure to phishing and other social engineering attempts✔ Coordinate with SMEs to clearly define the business drivers, project objectives, solution design and business risk-driven delivery approach✔ Developed and performed mitigation plan and performed remediation activities based on the findings to resolve network and system vulnerabilities✔ Training staff on network and information security procedures✔ Reported directly to Corporate Data Security OfficerI worked in the Data Security Department At London Drugs for over 2 years as a Security Analyst. During my time at London Drugs, there were only two IT Security professionals for the entire company of over 85+ locations and 7000 employees. Due to the small security team, I was tasked with many different security management roles such as taking over PCI compliance, vulnerability assessments and responsibility for internal security awareness training. Additionally, I have also alongside our security engineer to integrate new SaaS software into our environment. One of our biggest projects was a migration for our SIEM solution. This involved lots of planning use cases, auditing our logging systems, and query generating for alerts and reports.

As part of my BCIT diploma, I worked with a team of students working on an industry project to gain practical project experience. I was fortunate enough to work with QMedia for the entire 6 month term.✔ Migrated SQL Server 2000 to 2012✔ Migrated Microsoft Server 2003 to 2012✔ Replaced legacy applications with modern day applications✔ Created an E-Commerce B2B fulfillment Web Application that uses WordPress and SQL Server 2012

✔ Updated Security features, Active Directories, and Group Policy`s for company issued laptops.✔ Worked with ticketing system to provide second level support for all London drugs locations✔ Fixed London Drugs store workstation by swapping out hardware as well as re imaging software (Mostly Microsoft Office)✔ Provided extensive user testing on prototype software