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San Diego County, California, United States

Vancouver, BC, CA

• In addition to leading the cyber security program, responsibilities were expanded to encompass Service Operations.
• Improved and Modernized IT operations, spanning data centers, cloud, networks, servers, and service desk, leading to quantifiable enhancements and an increase in overall business satisfaction.

Vancouver, BC, CA

• Successfully built the cybersecurity program from the ground up, encompassing strategy, framework, architecture, personnel, processes, technology, and collaborations with partners/vendors.
• Recruited and cultivated strong leaders and team members.
• Established cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance structures, harmonizing business risks with regulatory and contractual obligations along with alignment to widely accepted frameworks (NIST, ISO, CIS, MITRE.
• Established cybersecurity operations covering preventive, detective, and responsive functions.

Saint John, New Brunswick, CA

• Effectively established the cybersecurity program across North American and European refineries, along with over 1,000 retail locations, encompassing IT and OT.
• Recruited and cultivated strong leaders and team members.
• Successfully developed and implemented a cyber strategy, framework, and roadmap, aligned with recognized frameworks and necessary standards (NIST, ISO, COBIT, CIS, PCI, NERC, NIS Directive), privacy laws (GDPR, PIPEDA.
• Achieved improved compliance in PCI, NERC-CIP, NIS Directive, Cyber Essentials, ICFR/ITGC, and Privacy (PIPEDA, GDPR).
• Established a Senior Executive Cyber Security Committee.

Saint John, NB, CA

• Led the enterprise-wide cyber security program across diverse business units crossing multiple industries, including IT and OT platforms - from retail stores to navy ship building.
• Formulated cybersecurity governance through Executive Risk Councils within divisions, ensuring alignment with business risks and compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations.
• Developed strategies and roadmaps targeting key business risks, implementing controls in accordance with established frameworks, regulatory standards, and contractual obligations.
• Successfully managed the attainment of compliance certifications, including ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

- Spearheaded the development of a cohesive cybersecurity strategy encompassing both IT and OT, along with the corresponding framework and roadmaps.- Served as the security solution architect for SIEM/SOC, Cloud Security & Migration, Firewall, Endpoint Security, and OT Security projects.- Contributed as a member of the digital innovation group.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA

- Consultant for the migration to NECR-CIP v5 including v5 transition roadmap and framework. Responsibilities involve assessing current controls and identifying areas for enhancement.

Calgary, AB, CA

- Instituted a practice for enterprise security architecture, encompassing security frameworks, roadmaps, maturity models, reference architectures, design patterns, and related artifacts across IT/OT.- Spearheaded the detailed security architecture and design process, translating cybersecurity business requirements into effective solutions.- Selected for.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

- Worked across multiple industries, managing diverse technologies in both IT and OT.- Performed security governance, covering the development of security policies, standards, guidelines, processes, and procedures.- Formulated security strategy, roadmaps, frameworks, and architecture to fortify client organizational defenses.- Led security operations.

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