Chris Obenza Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Lead team of 6 that proactively safeguards LinkedIn’s digital assets and data globally. Design, define and execute all continuous monitoring activities and security posture of third-party applications (ie. Salesforce, Workday, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceNow, and Okta), ensuring the highest level of security and trust within LinkedIn’s extended network.- Successfully increased completion rate for monitoring high risk suppliers from 30% to 95% by building a scalable operational model and increasing team resources and coverage.- Oversee and manage the team's internship program in support of our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging efforts. Hosted 3 Interns to date and successfully converted 1 to FTE. - Identify and mitigate potential risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues and engage third-party suppliers to remediate security threats as needed.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Promoted from Senior Level Consulant (below) to Staff Level Consultant after a year in the role. This team worked on $8B worth of customer deals on an annual basis.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Recruited from a Business Partner role to a Senior Risk Consultant position on the InfoSec team. - Engaged and advised existing and prospective customers cybersecurity teams (ie. CISOs, security engineers, risk management teams) on LinkedIn products and security programs, through phone/video calls and written communication, oftentimes prior to purchasing.- Aggregated feedback from clients and shared the data cross-functionally with leadership and partner teams. Initiated and executed special projects as needed with the overall goal of strengthening LinkedIn’s data security program, increasing customer trust in our products, and closing deals.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Worked with leadership teams in Talent and Legal orgs to deeply understand technology gaps/needs.- Partnered cross-functionally with Engineering teams to build solutions.- Assessed information security risks with applications and partnered with LinkedIn information security for formal sign off and remediation of vulnerabilities.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

- Directly recruited out of Workforce Logic and offered a Systems Analyst role within LinkedIn’s HRIT team.- Served as main point of contact for HR applications (Workday, Jobvite, Cornerstone OnDemand, Rypple). Led and planned key application upgrades and enhancements.

- Served as main point of contact for one of the company’s largest accounts – LinkedIn. Led team of 10 dedicated to managing on-boarding and off-boarding services for all of LinkedIn’s contingent workforce. - Successfully scaled the LinkedIn’s program from 100 contingent workers to over 500.- Designed integrations between LinkedIn’s infrastructure and Workforce Logic’s internal apps resulting in a centralized data source, better reporting and improved workflows for on-boarding and off-boarding employees.

- Managed and implemented programs for several clients across the portfolio, ensuring first-class support and consistency with respect to current labor laws, FLSA, and co-employment risk mitigation. Worked cross-functionally with Product Managers and Engineering to improve client-facing features and drive program enhancements.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

- Provided critical client services program coverage to the entire field organization globally. Client industries included biotech, pharma, power, investment banking, network security, software, and hardware.