Dennis Reitz Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Tokyo, Jp

*Led program to establish common level of security across laboratories and manufacturing plants worldwide for this top 15 US pharmaceutical company and a division of Japan's largest pharmaceutical firm.*Establish and direct global operational technology (OT) security strategy; partnered with several Takeda business units to identify and determine security needs; built collaborative relationships internally across Takeda’s 40 siloed global manufacturing plants as well as nine research and development sites to understand needs and offer security solutions; developed relationship matrix between company’s business, security, and manufacturing teams.*Drove groundbreaking program with $140M budget that established collaborative governance and operating model for OT security where one didn't exist before; developed global, standardized, OT-specific security controls for all 40 manufacturing plants worldwide; reduced risk by implementing common foundation of security controls across all plants.*Captured 400% increase in security maturity and alignment to established OT security standards by developing security framework and comparing each site against security controls; enabled company’s ability to track specific OT incidents; improved efficiency of incident prevention/resolution by increasing transparency, visibility, & risk awareness.*Developed & implemented improved governance and operating model; reduced escalations to executive teams and enabled faster issue resolution by establishing standardized process for decision making.*Ensure security of mfg. processes by working with business leaders in global mfg and supply chain to understand continually changing business needs.*Serve as subject matter expert on panels and conduct presentations on manufacturing security at industry events & conferences.*Direct matrixed team of 75 with global, local responsibilities.*Remain abreast of industry news/trends to make long-term decisions regarding strategies and policies.

Tokyo, Jp

Tenure at Takeda Pharmaceuticals spans from 2004-PresentENTERPRISE IMPACT:• Improved corporate security posture by developing the company's new security roadmap and program, including the implementation of a Security Incident & Event Management System and a Network Intrusion Detection/Protection System, which closed major security gaps.• Reduced corporate risk profile by obtaining consensus from Legal Dept. to roll out internal Instant Messaging, eliminating the use of public IMs for distributing corporate information.• Enabled company to present a standard, global identity for email by instituting a single email address space on multiple email systems. Completed project in only six weeks.• Enhanced corporate perception of IT Security through education, newsletter articles, and meetings with key decision makers to demonstrate the benefits and needs for greater security.• Through a multi-year program, worked to successfully transform and unify Takeda's global infrastructure technologies in order to create a common user experience for the roughly 30,000 employees worldwide.

Tokyo, Jp

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:As IT Product Manager (2011):• Led the implementation and/or upgrade of various technologies, including Active Directory, Identity Management, Servers, RDBMS systems, SharePoint, and Operating System Virtualization.As Team Lead - Infrastructure Engineering (2008-2011):• Improved risk management and business continuity by spearheading a multi-year email redesign that provided email archiving and disaster recovery capabilities.• Lowered IT spend as vital member of team that shifted organization to outsourced infrastructure support model. Served as Infrastructure technology and operations expert.• Facilitated a large corporate merger by managing the integration of Directory Service and Messaging systems, migrating several thousand users to the Takeda infrastructure. • Managed critical technology initiatives, including a global Active Directory integration.• Led Directory and Messaging service implementations for new facilities in Canada and Mexico.As Lead - Windows Engineering (2005-2008)/Senior Systems Engineer - Windows Engineering (2004-2005):• Streamlined server footprint 75% and reduced costs by leading several server virtualization and consolidation initiatives.• Managed infrastructure integrations following three acquisitions in the US and UK.• Led server, directory, and messaging build outs for new facility in San Francisco and the new main campus in Deerfield.• Generated annual cost savings by facilitating the close of the Atlanta data center and consolidating data center functions.• Served as Engineering Lead for enterprise Active Directory and Exchange upgrades.

Us

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:• Increased revenues by developing and managing a technical training line of business.• Managed all Microsoft Education offerings for the company.

200 Applied Parkway, University Park, Il, Us

ENTERPRISE IMPACT:As Manager, Infrastructure Platforms, Company Products Division (2002-2003):• Improved efficiency by streamlining internal infrastructure.As Microsoft Eduction Instructor (2000-2003):• Taught Microsoft Official Curriculum and coordinated Microsoft Education for the company. Classes included SQL Server, Network and Operating Systems, Windows Server, Systems Engineering, Windows Core Technologies, Windows Directory Services, and more.As Technical Advisor (1999-2002):• Served as Project Lead for high-level customer implementations. Supervised system design and configuration for company conferences/events. Subject Matter Expert for technical teams.Early roles at Applied Systems included Technical Service Engineer (1998-2002), Senior Software Support Technician (1997-1998), and Software Support Technician (1996-1997).Also owned DMR Technologies, providing technology services and training for companies such as Database Designs, Technium, New Horizons, and others.