Bakhtiar Ahmed, B.Sc., M.Sc., Cipt, Cissp Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada

-Govern and operationalize privacy initiatives and programs to achieve compliance to various privacy laws and regulations around the globe-Maintain regulatory compliance activities across the organization related to privacy acts and regulations (PIPEDA, CCPA, GDPR)-Plan, develop and implement data privacy and information security policies and procedures that address the overall risk posed to the company both internally and externally-Develop and implement a framework to carry out privacy impact assessments, privacy and security audits and other architecture audits of existing applications as well as new product initiatives, in order to identify and minimize operational, financial and legal risks-Manage the organization’s privacy-related awareness and training, incident response, data subject access requests and privacy-related subscriptions-Design and implement privacy controls, monitor privacy issues with existing products and services, and prepare for legislative and regulatory changes-Complete pre-sale Information Security and Data Privacy SIG questionnaires, and ASP, DPA reviews-Manage and monitor the high-availability, fully redundant hosting environment-Maintain company data processing registry for the GDPR compliance-Manage the organization’s disaster recovery plan and making valuable recommendations-Conduct annual incident response tabletop exercise and annual disaster recovery testing-Manage yearly 3rd party network penetration and OWASP Top 10 application vulnerability scans, and internal mitigations, via reputed security partners-Participate in a preliminary ISO27001 certification assessment and a full Cybersecurity Canada certification audit assessment process-Ensure the delivery of high quality results from IT staff by communicating job expectations, managing performance gaps and coaching employees-Oversee vendors’ compliance via contracts, NDAs, ISO27001 certifications and various up-to-date SOC audit reports

Toronto, Canada

-Develop and implement a framework to carry out privacy impact assessments, security audits and other architecture audits of existing alertdriving applications as well as new product initiatives, in order to identify and minimize operational, financial and legal risks to alertdriving-Plan, develop and implement data privacy and information security policies and procedures that address the overall risk posed to the company both internally and externally-Manage and monitor the high-availability, fully redundant hosting environment-Develop standard operating procedures to streamline and improve interdepartmental communication as it relates to the IT support needs of the company-Ensure the delivery of high quality results from IT staff by communicating job expectations, managing performance gaps and coaching employees-Proactively manage the software development environments and all related developer tools-Manage the organization’s disaster recovery plan and making valuable recommendations-Utilize formal project management methodologies to manage all IT projects-Conduct ongoing technology research into proposing and implementing new technologies that support alertdriving’s current and future strategic goals-Manage the organization’s bandwidth utilization and make valuable recommendations-Manage technical relationships with alertdriving’s partners and vendors

Toronto, Canada

-Formulate and implement data security and information privacy policies and processes -Support all aspects of alertdriving’s FleetDefense application, including proactive management of the web software development environments and all related developer tools-Assist in the monitoring and analysis of the application’s high-availability, fully redundant hosting environment -Configure, deploy and troubleshoot LAMP stack applications such as Apache, MySQL Server, PHP, Samba and Sendmail-Configure, deploy and troubleshoot virtual machine environments-Provide application support by designing and executing database queries to deliver custom reporting to clients-Produce scheduled customer usage reports for alertdriving’s account managers and other personnel

Toronto, Canada

-Plan, design and administer Baxter’s hosting network infrastructure around features supported by 20+ Windows 2003 and Debian, Ubuntu Linux Servers-Install, maintain and administer Exchange 2003 and Postfix Email Servers with 500+ email accounts-Install, maintain and administer Windows 2003 IIS6 and Apache Web Servers with more than 100 hosted customer websites -Install, maintain and administer DNS services of Baxter internal and external Windows 2003 and Linux Name Servers -Install, maintain and administer Microsoft SQL 2005 and MySQL Database Servers, including database security, optimization, backup and log shipping-Install and maintain a Linux Shorewall Firewall with Squid Proxy server -Administer and maintain end user accounts, permissions, and access rights-Automate administration tasks with Perl / Bash Shell script programming-Install, maintain and administer WSUS and Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus Servers

Toronto, Canada

-Local Area Network management functions supported by Windows 2003 Small Business Edition Server and Windows 2003 Standard Servers, including Active Directory Administration with DHCP, DNS, WINS, RRAS, RADIUS (IAS), VPN, SharePoint shared document collaboration, system monitoring, reporting, analysis, auditing, back-ups, preventative maintenance, tuning and performance optimization, patch applications, effective and reliable planning, design, acquisition, installation, maintenance, security, integration, network stability, reliability and upgrades -Perform analysis of network needs and contribute to design of network architecture, suggest policies, design and implement change to configuration and user environment -Install, maintain and administer WSUS and Symantec Corporate Edition (CE) Antivirus Server-Install, setup and update PC and Mac desktops, laptops, peripherals and software-Provide support for Windows NT, 2000, XP, 98, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems-Provide technical support to clients hosting websites on Baxter’s servers, including installation, configuration, testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting of DNS, WINS, DHCP, RAS, SMTP-Client software configuration and troubleshooting, such as e-mail and ftp clients

M. Sc., Applied Physics And Electronics

Post Graduate Diploma, Local Area Network (Lan) Design And Administration With Honours

B. Sc (With Honours), Applied Physics And Electronics