Christopher Harrington Email & Phone Number

Oakton, Virginia, Us

In my role as Chief Innovation Officer, I lead enterprise-wide initiatives to drive strategic innovation, operational efficiency, and business resilience at Congressional Federal Credit Union (CFCU). Focused on optimizing technology, data, and cybersecurity infrastructures, I am responsible for aligning our technology and innovation strategies with CFCU’s business goals to deliver exceptional value to both employees and members.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

As Chief Technology Officer, I transformed Carolinas Telco’s IT organization, advancing from a small-business mindset to a modern, enterprise-driven approach focused on agility, security, and operational efficiency. Key accomplishments include:✫ Digital Transformation: Spearheaded an organization-wide digital transformation by adopting a cloud-first strategy and overhauling legacy systems, enhancing agility and scalability.✫ Strategic IT Leadership: Led technology strategy during economic challenges, resulting in a 55% reduction in expenses without compromising service quality or operational efficiency.✫ Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Implemented new GRC frameworks that strengthened information security and business continuity programs, aligning with FFIEC and NCUA standards. Established incident management processes for 100% visibility into cybersecurity posture.✫ Project Management Enhancement: Elevated project management satisfaction to 80% by refining processes, fostering collaboration, and integrating automation.✫ Mobile Device Management: Standardized mobile solutions across all devices, ensuring security and enabling seamless employee mobility.✫ Innovation and Automation: Leveraged the Microsoft Power Platform to launch proof of concept and pilot programs, creating custom applications and automating key processes, significantly improving operational efficiency and team productivity.

Indian Land, Sc, Us

In my final role at Sharonview, I championed the company’s technical vision and nurtured critical business partnerships. I captured valuable insights about market trends and proactively spotted potential roadblocks by ensuring stakeholder collaboration. Additionally, I precisely aligned workflows with numerous regulatory body requirements and fostered cross-functional collaboration business-wide. Selected Accomplishments:✫ Orchestrated shift from on-prem systems to robust cloud solutions; reduced dependence on physical infrastructure by 60%.✫ Slashed security control cost by 25% by relocating six data centers and leading migration initiative focused on data integrity/security. ✫ Utilized $35M technology and cybersecurity budgets, ensuring lossless operations through meticulous forecasting efforts. ✫ Lifted team morale and partnership satisfaction by 15% through restructuring of teams utilizing COBIT/ITIL frameworks; established leadership team that emphasized enterprise-level governance. ✫ Reduced system complexity correlating with 15% reduction in operations costs; solution founded enterprise architecture practices with a consolidation mindset.✫ Boosted technology adoption by 20% through continuous evolution of processes and project portfolio management. ✫ Founded DevOps strategy and roadmap adopted by 70% of development/customization initiatives in the first year; harnessed Agile/Waterfall strategies for in-house efforts. ✫ Devised novel approach to digital transformation that fundamentally advanced IT collaboration, cultural transparency, and commitment to partnerships.

Indian Land, Sc, Us

My primary function was to coordinate full-scale information security programs. I anchored cybersecurity risk evaluation processes and instituted holistic strategies to bolster legacy methods and improve system reporting capabilities. I also evaluated the corporate risk profile and spearheaded a portfolio of data assets. Selected Accomplishments:✫ Improved cybersecurity awareness across the organization by 35% while refining security friction by 15%; designed information security control strategy that struck balance between business/employee needs and technical capabilities.✫ Integrated 80% of system reports into interactive dashboards, mitigating siloed environments that created disjointed datasets; built business intelligence team focused on defining single version/source of truth. ✫ Modernized risk assessment methodologies resulting in clear/concise lens for risk mitigation within information assets. ✫ Formulated info security risk assessment methodology that identified residual threats to enterprise information assets.

Indian Land, Sc, Us

As AVP of Network Security, I streamlined network security strategies using best-in-class solutions that comprehensively supported the information security architecture. I supported long-term goals by implementing next-gen firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and data loss plans.Selected Accomplishments:✫ Architected cybersecurity team leveraging in-house partnerships to ensure compliance with FFIEC and NCUA requirements; team presented solution to security incidents and event management approach. ✫ Spearheaded business impact analysis of key processes offering insights into max allowable downtimes, disaster recovery response plans, and business continuity. ✫ Cut cybersecurity control cost by 20% and improved control coverage for threat landscape by 40%; instituted security fabric concept (meshed security) to offer cost-effective cybersecurity mitigation control strategy. ✫ Designed, configured, and integrated all LAN/WAN projects to maximize uptime, offer top-tier data security, and fulfill business needs. ✫ Led full revitalization of Business Continuity Program in alignment with FFIEC requirements and best practices; leveraged business impact analysis methodology to improve business’ team partnership/accountability by 80% to address risk.✫ Significantly improved member experience by migrating legacy banking platform to best-in-class solution, including robust home banking offering.

Indian Land, Sc, Us

This role involved utilizing my information security and system engineering expertise to support essential processes, platforms, and projects.Selected Accomplishment:✫ Assembled new IT team that improved project capacity by 65% and significantly boosted support experiences.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

With Lending Tree, I orchestrated widespread automation/standardization efforts. Selected Accomplishment:✫ Improved system uptime by ~20% and boosted standardization/automation through renewed processes.

My primary focus was to automate the client app install/update process end-to-end. Selected Accomplishment:✫ Automated entire client application install/update process while managing >2500-node client/server architecture.

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Master’S Degree, Information Security & Assurance

Bachelor’S Degree, Info Assurance & Security

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