What began as a personal journey across the U.S. in our camper van—embracing rest, recovery, and the beauty of the outdoors—has evolved into a different kind of adventure. Life can be unpredictable, and my sabbatical has shifted to a caregiving and support role for a close family member. While I initially planned to return to work in the fall of 2024, my timeline has adjusted, and I now anticipate being ready for new opportunities in the winter of 2024/2025. I remain open to roles where a winter start date is feasible and look forward to bringing fresh perspectives and renewed energy to the next chapter in my career.

Present - Serving as advisory to the board of directors 2022-2024 I served as the President for the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Oregon Affiliate. Our Mission is to help build a strong gender-diverse cybersecurity workforce by facilitating recruitment, retention and advancement for women in the field.

As the Senior Director overseeing Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Crown Jewel Program, and Insider Threat Operations, I was responsible for spearheading the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of these critical security programs. My role encompassed leading strategies, roadmaps, and execution for safeguarding the company's most sensitive data against both external and internal threats.Recipient of the FY23 Presidents Award Key responsibilities include:Collaborating with key stakeholders to identify and deploy advanced technical solutions, ensuring robust data protection.Developing and executing operational plans to effectively manage, maintain, and enhance the DLP, Crown Jewel, and Insider Threat programs.Overseeing comprehensive monitoring systems and driving employee training initiatives to strengthen security protocols.Implementing cutting-edge technologies for data protection and reducing data exposure risks.Providing executive and board-level reporting to maintain transparency regarding program health and efficacy.Skills:Program ManagementStrategy and Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipInformation Security AwarenessCybersecuritySecurity Incident & Event ManagementInsider Threat DetectionExecutive Leadership

Responsible for insider threat, including the implementation of data loss prevention measures and the establishment of the Crown Jewels program. Elevated the programs through resource optimization and global expansion, ensuring enhanced protection of Nike's confidential information.

Responsible for protecting Nike’s data by building and leading the Information Security organization in EMEA and APLA. Globally responsible for information security GDPR initiative to ensure people, process and tools were compliant with new regulations.

Responsible for protecting Nike’s data with the implementation of a standardized security tool suite and hosting diverse security training for developer community.

Led the strategic planning and execution of enhancements to the Nike.com support operations model globally. Provided high heat product launch support, optimized technical support operations, and collaborated with the business to improve customer experience. Managed the IT service management and notification/escalation tools team. Expanded the roadmap and resource plan to enhance development best practices and accommodate new organizations. Served as the 2015 Holiday sponsor for consumer direct technology by managing key initiatives, tracking risks, and ensuring system readiness to support peak demand while establishing a year-round critical events tracking strategy. Established a successful CDT Women's Mentoring Program by creating a formal mentoring platform, conducting surveys, hosting kick-off sessions, and regularly checking in with mentors and mentees.

Managed global store development initiatives, covering design, construction, real estate, and facilities, through the entire project life cycle, including design, implementation, change management, and end-user training. Coordinated cross-functional resources to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to scope expectations. Mentored project managers on software development methodologies and challenges from a business perspective.Served as a Lean Lead for the Store Development Organization, educating cross-functional teams on Lean/Kaizen practices and tools. Key Projects: Deployment of COMPASS Platform, Atlas market planning system for international and joint ventures, rollout of beer and wine program in US stores, and Kaizen improvement of SLIM user audit.

Lead the strategy, design and project schedule working with Starbucks and third party hosting vendor resources globally to improve, consolidate and transition our service catalog. Moving from multiple tools/manual process globally to BMC Remedy 8.0. Provided analytical and testing services to the additional areas of the project including change, incident, and problem and configuration management.

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Managed global store development projects across design, construction, real estate, and facilities. Mentored project managers on software development methodologies. Served as a Lean Lead, educating cross-functional teams on Lean/Kaizen practices and tools. Delivered key projects on time and within budget, including the deployment of COMPASS Platform and Atlas market planning system, and rollout of beer and wine program in US stores

Led the development of infrastructure support services and ITSM process modernization. Authored business cases and executive summaries, collaborated with management teams to improve customer experience, and implemented ticket automation solutions. Served as project manager for various IT projects and coordinated production support agreements. Expertise in process mapping, metrics creation, and transition management

Led the project work discovery and execution for the IT Infrastructure and information security organization involving mainframe and distributed systems for application development partners.Leveraging ITIL best practices I developed release plans in coordination with business, application project managers, developers, business analysts, quality assurance analysts and vendors in an effort to work the project through the infrastructure organization.