Eric Knaak Email & Phone Number

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

The Vanguard Group is one of the world's largest financial firms with over $7 Trillion in assets under management.• Managed the Splunk vendor, IT and Security Teams to design, procure, and implement a global SEIM, syslog and business logging and monitoring system within scope, budget and schedule. Worked with the Splunk vendor, IT and architects to design and implement the SIEM system with over 140 on-premise servers in a highly segmented environment and integrated with the Vanguard and Splunk AWS Cloud environments and services. As project delivery manager, I established the client relationships with the appropriated stakeholders, maintained all project plans, risks and action items, testing results and provided all status reports, KPIs and key delivery milestones.• Coordinated the effort to plan, budget, procure and manage the deployment of over 150 on-premise, SaaS, and PaaS Security Systems into new US, UK and AU data centers, and AWS/Azure public cloud instances.• Business Contingency Manager responsible for developing processes and procedures supporting Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Plans of all 150 security applications critical to continuous business, risk, fraud, IAM and CSOC operations.• Provided BCDR training and documentation to personnel and coordinated yearly BCDR testing across business, IT and security organizations. • Collaborated with vendors, engineering and product owners to establish the architectures of business and security applications, SLAs and license counts to meet capacity, failover and network segmentation requirements.

Malvern

• Responsible for maintaining the project portfolio of resources, contractors and products supporting the Security Operations Center, Information Security and Risk and Fraud Groups. Established the portfolio management process, workflows, artifacts and intake processes to prioritize and govern effectively and ensure deliverables align with corporate business strategies.• Developed integrated plans with Domestic and International Business Groups, System Engineering and TechOps organization to communicate status and successfully deliver projects within budget and schedule.• Worked with Consultants and Internal Organizations in the development of an Enterprise Security & Fraud Strategy responsible for protecting Crew and Client's $7 Trillion in assets.• Successfully planned and optimized schedule and costs related to migrating all security applications, appliances and SaaS products into two new remote data centers and into AWS Cloud.Established the process for creating and maintaining the $150M+ annual security budget while negotiating and establishing contracts with Real Estate, Legal, Procurement and external vendors.Lead the effort managing the governance of IT security vulnerabilities across multiple divisions and reporting findings to senior IT management in compliance with government and international regulations.• Documented and managed project management process to ensure adherence to project delivery guidelines and standards of excellence during the SDLC and incorporating Waterfall, Kanban and Agile methodologies.• Developed Business Contingency Plan for GR&S and Product Portfolio (110 apps) including sizing and capacity planning in support of fail-over testing to remote sites.• Managed the Enterprise Security & Fraud Project Portfolio and supported the Projects Managers with budget, resources, policies, procedures and training.Responsible for collecting and reporting the all IT Security Risks to Vanguard's senior management and corporate board.

• Responsible for delivering IT Security Solutions, Fund Financial Services and ETF business capabilities. Developed and maintained middle-office, web-based Exchange Traded Fund applications supporting Equity, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Security Lending business groups.• Maintained vendor contracts and relationships of third-party financial and security software.Established schedules, requirements, logical and physical designs, integration and test plans during project lifecycles and product evaluations.• Developed and presented QA metrics including product defects, defect density and security risks derived from quality assurance testing.• Defined and managed 6-Sigma Improvement Projects to improve Business and Technical Processes.Managed the development of an Enterprise-wide Intrusion Detection and Prevention System for the Vanguard network, including all international and domestic offices.• Managed the governance and status of security vulnerabilities and risks across all IT divisions and reported findings to Senior Management in compliance with NIST, ISO and GDPR Security Standards.• Documented over 50 Organizational Process Assets for PMs, incorporating Lean principles and adherence to project delivery guidelines and excellence during the SDLC.• Chaired PM Forums to introduce products and guidelines to enhance project deliveries supporting Waterfall, Kanban and Agile methodologies.

Worked in the Project Management Office responsible for technical analysis, requirements management, budgeting, planning and reporting findings to heads of all military divisions and supporting government contractors. Managed system requirements across the entire $10B program and performed systems analysis to provide viable solutions to correct resolve issues.Migrated the Titan IV Launch vehicle 3D simulation and control system to a Unix based platform and proposed weight savings upgrades increase lift capacity.

Modeled and analyzed 3D simulations of government communication satellites and developed control systems to maintain correct orbits. Updated the DSCS III spacecraft control system to mimic sun sensor inputs from a failed sensor that prolonged the satellite's life span which added additional financial awards. Analyzed the space shuttle robotic arm to determine center of mass and torque profiles.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, Investment Management

Pmp, Project Management Professional, Project And Program Management

Activities and Societies: Project Management Institute

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.5