Guardian Life Insurance – Agency Information Technology & Cybersecurity ExecutiveOverview• Retired (May 2022) after 34 years with Guardian Life Insurance (Bethlehem) – one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the world; 239th on the Fortune 500 list. • Held several Executive Leadership roles in Information Technology, Cybersecurity and Agency Distribution, most recently serving as the Assistant Vice President / Head of Agency Information Security and Governance. • Responsible for planning, development, implementation, training and servicing of Guardian’s Agency technology and cybersecurity solutions. • Experienced in talent acquisition of personnel, consultants, and third parties to support our objectives.• Led Agency risk management, working with Agencies, Guardian compliance and security teams to ensure risks are ap-propriately identified, prioritized, and remediated or accepted.• Acted as Guardian’s Field/Agency liaison to our distribution channel that included 75 Agencies and their 3000 Sales Advisors. Spearhead Technology and Security planning groups and advisory committees. Highlights• Developed Guardian’s Agency Cybersecurity program – appointed Head of Agency Cybersecurity in response to financial services regulatory environment and increased cyber threats. Responsible for the development of cyber policies, standards, and procedures to safeguard Guardian and client information across 75 Guardian Agencies and 5000 Agency members. Developed a program of policies, standards, controls aligned with regulations that were implemented across all agencies to safeguard non-public information. Professional ExperienceGuardian Life Insurance | Bethlehem, PA | 1988 - 2022 (retired)• Assistant Vice President - Head of Agency Cybersecurity Governance 2018 – 2022• Assistant Vice President - Agency Operations Technology 2016 – 2018• Director - Field Technology and Planning 1998 – 2016