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Lawrence, Ks, Us

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Louisville, Co, Us

Engaged by a nonprofit that advances higher education through IT. Chairs committees, served on the HEISC editorial board, and presents at conferences. Teaches management, diversity, equity, and inclusion courses.

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Governs the Information Security (IS) and privacy program for 23 CSU campuses. Forged campus relationships and delivers guidance and counsel to CSU executive leadership team leveraging technical expertise and business acumen. Hires, coaches, and manages 5.5 FTE diverse direct reports, 23 indirect reports, and cross-functional teams. Conducts budgetary and fiscal planning. Administers a $1.5M budget with group oversight of a $12M budget. Spearheads system wide IS governance in conjunction with the CIO and ISO constituency groups and state and federal departments. Leads the IS strategic planning process for academic attainment, compliance, resiliency, innovation, and sustainability to advance university mission. Participates in state wide work groups and technology selection groups as the CSU HIPAA security officer and representative for privacy, governance, data sharing, and student success. Authors business cases; carefully assesses technology contracts for interoperability, cost, and value; and evaluates vendor performance.Reformed the IS culture, receiving the 2017 and 2018 CSU Business and Finance Balanced Scorecard Customer Service team awards. Provides leadership and training to achieve organizational change and program growth via professional development and succession planning.Determines and launches CSU security strategies, policies and procedures, and regulations. Partners with campus leadership to maintain system wide IS initiatives and drive annual and long-range security and compliance goals, earning the California Higher Education Innovation Honor in 2019.

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Established relationships with 23 campuses for multiple technologies, identifying stakeholder needs and serving on multiple vendor review groups as the Senior Director and Deputy CISO.Authored RFPs and ran the system wide vendor selection and evaluation process. Negotiated contracts, rolled out solutions while leading cross-functional teams of up to 20 members, and calculates Total Cost of Ownership. Pinpointed and implemented well-received solutions and governed four direct reports

Chico, Ca, Us

Collaborated with campus constituents to set and deploy strategic direction for the Chico campus, participating in and chairing technology committees. Oversaw and developed four staff. Prepared, led, and sustained campus wide IS/IT programs containing administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information assets.Drove and launched campus wide compliance efforts for PCI/DSS, HIPAA, FERPA, and Red Flag.Managed programmatic IS efforts. Governed the RFP process for campus wide technology solutions including product and service assessment, selection, purchase, price and terms negotiation, and implementation.Built and operated a server vulnerability program to reduce IS risk. Centralized 500 servers into a common data center, decreased critical vulnerabilities from 20% to 4%, and spearheaded production and roll out of a campus wide clickable dashboard to facilitate rapid review of server vulnerability status.

Reporting to the COO, worked for a start-up leader in Web application firewall protection that offered strategic business, consulting, and advisory solutions to Fortune 500 customers. Crafted professional services, technical support, and training offerings; identified, selected, and educated internal partners; created and executed a methodology for service delivery, personnel management, and supported infrastructure; and directed eight to 10 staff. Developed, defined, and implemented innovative revenue growth strategies in collaboration with inside and outside sales, marketing, and partner/distributer relationships; and ensured exemplary customer satisfaction.

Amherst, New York, Us

Retained by a company that furnishes innovative, industry-specific IT staffing, solutions, and payment card and IT security consulting for technology service providers, healthcare, and financial services companies, managing a staff of six. Outlined project requirements and scope, allocated resources, and delivered oversight and project cost management. Met project objectives while assuring high quality engagements and upselling opportunities.

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Employed by a NetApp subsidiary that provided storage security solutions to enterprises and government organizations to address privacy, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, and internal controls. Built and ran a professional services group, assembling, coaching, and evaluating 15+ regional, dispersed field service engineers and four regional managers. Defined and launched the delivery model and presales efforts. Communicated and rolled out corporate objectives regarding enterprise data encryption network security solutions via technical sales presentations, product development consultations, and product training sessions. Surpassed district revenue goals during Q2 and Q3 2006 by 132% and 113% respectively, winning internal Power Sweep Award.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Working for an IS security leader that serves global Fortune 100 and government organizations, provided preemptive protection for networks, desktops, and servers; and managed a large territory that comprised the Western portion of the United States, part of Latin America, and the Pacific Rim as a Senior Director.Governed and directed IS assessments and investigations, drafted policy, and executed remediation. Drove the performance of two consulting and one response team containing 18 dispersed professionals.Oversaw corporate KPIs for revenue, profit, product adoption, conversion, sales rates, and yield. Made course corrections as the SME for business development, marketing, and technical teams. Recognized as a revenue growth leader, generating $60K quarterly to $3M annually, turning around failing regions. Elevated revenue from $800k to $2.5M annually as the Regional Manager.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Concentration In Leadership

Fellow, Organizational Leadership

Bs, Information Technology