Gernette Wright, Cissp, Cipm, Cism, Cciso, Ccro Email & Phone Number

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

As IT Security Officer for the Americas Region, I’m responsible for maintaining the enterprise-wide information security risk and privacy program and upholding security necessary to support business needs; including incident response, developing, implementing, and monitoring enterprise-wide initiatives to reduce information security risks, promoting utilization of industry standards and best practices, tracking violations of privacy & security across multiple Business Units within Schneider Digital.

San Jose, California, Us

Westport, Ct, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

Newton, Massachusetts, Us

I oversee and lead the security function of the business, creating a comprehensive program for security governance and reducing regulatory risks. In this role, I lead the design, implementation, and governance of the enterprise-wide information and cybersecurity architectures, ensuring protection, availability, and accessibility of the bank’s information technology assets, data, and operations for all stakeholders. In addition, I drive innovation and strategy, enhancing information security and mitigating risk across all enterprise functions.➥I serve as a pioneer within the organization, serving as the first ISO and transforming the information security strategy and cybersecurity program, yielding cybersecurity maturity based on FFIEC Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Tool.➥I lead the strategy and design of the bank’s data governance program, boosting data protection controls and creating data classification and protection policies, integrating the program across the enterprise.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Oversaw and managed a team of 30 professionals, leading the AMER IT Infrastructure and support teams driving enterprise initiatives, process improvement practices, technology risk mitigation efforts, and conducting infrastructure transformations. Responsible for distributed platforms and related functions, including datacenters & architecture, networking, virtualization & cloud services, compute, storage infrastructure, disaster recovery & business continuity. Successfully managed a multi-site OpEx and CapEx budget, strategically using resources to enhance cybersecurity, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, compliance efforts for the NIST 800-171 & DFARS program, including outsourced security service providers providing SOC services.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Directed IS/IT efforts and provided leadership for the North America Implants and Wellspect HealthCare divisions, earning a reputation as a transformation specialist, by realigning IT department, objectives, department's goals, and establishing accountability to exceed standards. In addition, I oversaw CapEx and OpEx budgeting, project management & prioritizations, infrastructure architecture, database administration, help desk.➥In this role, I managed a multi-million dollar budget to drive improvements and enhancements throughout infrastructure architecture, database administration, help desk, global application implementation & support, monitoring, capacity & resource planning, contract & vendor maintenance, management of SaaS & cloud vendors, and corporate IS/IT compliance with for FDA, HIPAA, & SOX.➥Additionally, I oversaw the eCommerce cloud environment that serviced 31,000 customers globally, driving security and compliance efforts including, architecture vulnerability & threat assessments, penetration testing, firewalls & IDS management

Hingham, Ma, Us

Hingham, Ma, Us

Hingham, Ma, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Accounting Systems Administrator (2002 – 2004)Network Engineer (2001 – 2002)Support Specialist (2000 – 2001)

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Executive Certificate In Management And Leadership

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science And Info Systems

Graduate Certificate, Cybersecurity