Christopher Steffen Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

- Information Security and Risk Management practice leader for technical analyst organization.- Conducts and presents research for information security vendors and clients on tools and solutions throughout the vertical- Serves as an expert resource for the information security industry for cloud security, regulatory compliance, IoT security and SMB market integration.

- Short-term job, hired to lead and manage the company's NIST 800-53 (moderate) evaluation, and successfully received a government authority to operate (ATO) for the company's IT systems and processes.- Directly responsible for the development and implementation of the company's technical vision and strategy, building up the department's IT staff, and the day-to-day management of the company's technical staff.- Designed and implemented a new enterprise-wide multi-site network infrastructure, using Juniper and HP Aruba network solutions

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

- Leadership, strategy and direction for cloud optimization / migration and cloud native applications products.- Part of core leadership team for Cloud and Platform Services division, with over 1000 employees.- Directly responsible for creating and managing internal and external evangelism efforts for entire division.- Technical thought leadership and high visibility promotion of company’s products and solutions.- Participated in numerous speaking engagements, panelist discussions and technical conferences.

- Provided leadership, strategy and vision for company’s flagship network security solution products. - Served as an industry expert in cloud security, information security strategy and technology compliance.- Led the technical evangelism effort for all company security offerings.- Represented Cyxtera in numerous speaking engagements, panelist discussions and technical conferences.- Created company’s incident response plan, based on ISO 27001 (ISO/IEC 27035-1:2016) framework.

Houston, Texas, Us

- Direction and leadership for the HP(E) Helion product marketing team effort and cloud security evangelism effort.- 128% sales growth due in part to increased product evangelism / product SEO / awareness and messaging efforts. - Assisted in setting strategic vision, direction, and priorities as it relates to security and compliance. - Created and managed cloud evangelism campaign (blogs/videos/webinars) totaling over 100,000 unique views.- Information security and regulatory compliance related resource for all executive, sales and marketing divisions - Built and maintained competitive technical analysis and intelligence program for cloud related services.

Austin, Tx, Us

- Directly responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s technical vision, the management of the company’s technical staff, and the administration of the company’s technology budget. - Managed day-to-day operations of the IT department including staff direction, user services, telecommunications systems, technical training and all other enterprise technology functions.- Established and directed the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the enterprise.- 52% year-to-year decrease of non-project IT spend through cost control and vendor management- Implemented and managed multi-million dollar ERP implementation, on time and on budget (Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012), including staff training and long term knowledge transfer.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

- Developed and managed the enterprise technical strategy and vision to support key business processes and needs by determining the optimal IT architecture, level of investment in tools and technologies.- Establish development methodology standards and publish the lifecycle methodology that spans defining business applications to design, develop, deploy, support and upgrade underlying technology and applications.- Created and managed all regulatory compliance programs for the enterprise related to IT and security.- Developed and maintained all technical policies and procedures for the general regulatory compliance programs for the enterprise as they relate to Information Security or Information Technology compliance standards.- Performed over 100 vendor and regulatory audit as well as managed control gaps and business responses, including PCI, SOX 404 SAS70 (SSAE16 / SOC1), NIST800-53, ISO27001 and various business controls.- Established and led enterprise technical steering committee to align IT with business goals and vision.- Establish baseline metrics and measurements for data center spend and resource consumption, leading to an 80% reduction on operational resource spend through virtualization.

Denver, Co, Us

- Speech writer and Press Secretary for Colorado’s first female Speaker of the House. - Created and approved press releases for state Representatives on a variety of legislative issues. - Researched background information for legislative speeches and events. - Primarily responsible for creation and distribution of daily news brief for members and capitol press corp.- Supported and assisted in the mission of the communications office in all aspects.

Irving, Tx, Us

- Supervise all the camping programs at the main Denver Area Boy Scout camp.- Supervised and administered camping budget for the council of over $1,000,000. - Directly responsible for hiring, training and certification of 120 seasonal employees. - On site supervisor of summer camp operations for over 12,000 customers per season. - Staff advisor to honor camping program for the Denver Area and western sectional area.