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Deerfield, Il, Us

Deerfield, Il, Us

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Responsible for Technology Risk Management and Information Risk Management as part of Discover's Corporate Risk Management area.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Business Information Security Officer & Director for several business areas at Allstate who manages and mentors other BISOs. Leads the cyber security initiatives for Allstate's Business Transformation efforts into the cloud. Responsible for all aspects of Information Security, Risk Management, Vulnerability Management and Cyber Security. Helped build out the BISO Program for Allstate.Created a new Functional Security Requirements Playbook for the engineers which become an operational standard for all new software development at Allstate.Implemented several new enterprise security standards and policies to reduce risk.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Global CISO, Risk Officer and project management executive, internal business consultant who has exceptional communication, organization, change management and facilitation skills. Possess a unique combination of cyber security, risk management, compliance and auditing with organizational development, training, change management, and project management skills. Excels at process improvement, productivity improvement and business process re-engineering. Keen ability to lead large teams. Strong history of implementing pioneering ideas, best practices and improved ways of working. Vast array of experience in global risk and security services, for both Physical Security and Information/Cyber Security for the business and IT in the global manufacturing, gaming and the financial services sectors.Responsible for all aspects of Information Security/Cyber Security, Physical Security, Product Security, Compliance, Governance and Enterprise Risk Management, reporting into the Board of Directors.Responsible for all information security concerns including threat defense, security awareness, secure configurations, data loss protection, phishing attempts, policy, standards, governance and all IT SOX controls. Also responsible for Business Continuity Planning activities including Business Impact Analysis, Risk Management, Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives, Business Resumption and Business Recovery Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, Emergency Response, Crisis Management, and Life Safety as well as all associated awareness, training and education. Physical Security covers access control, staff on-boarding and off-boarding, Security Guards, and overall product security.

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Responsible for all information security and cyber concerns including data loss protection, phishing attempts, vulnerability management, policy, standards, governance and all IT SOX controls. Served as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) reporting into the Board of Directors. Lead the Business Continuity Planning activities including Business Impact Analysis, Risk Management, Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives, Business Resumption and Business Recovery Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, Emergency Response, Crisis Management, and Life Safety as well as all associated awareness, training and education.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Managed all aspects of both program management and project management for the information technology unit of Discover. Led the Business Continuity Planning efforts for the technology division from 2001 to 2007. Served as a senior consultant to the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and the Organizational Development, Asset Management and Compliance teams.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Responsible for all organizational development needs such as employee effectiveness and attracting, developing and retaining employees. Accountable for the technical training needs of the Business Technology staff at Discover, supporting 9 VPs and approximately 1000 employees.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Responsible for the Discover product development methodology (SDLC) and software process improvement activities and initiatives. Served as Chief Methodologist for Discover. Responsible for software process improvement activities and initiatives.• Reduced project cycle time by 25% by reengineering Discover’s product development methodology and published on company intranet. Designed and trained over 1000 technology staff and Business Partners on the usage of the methodology.• Reduced defect injection rate by 50% using the Inspection Methodology, which saved $959,000 with an ROI of 6.57 in first 14 months. Inspection practices continue today.• Selected as Keynote Speaker for Chicago Quality Assurance Association on Inspections. Over 100 attended.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance And Financial Management Services & Human Resources

Bs, Economics & Finance