• Creating memorable experiences for corporate audiences, https://www.gschan2000.com/• Helping organizations build their information security programs, https://alfizo.com/• Read about me in Washington University's publication: https://commonreader.wustl.edu/how-to-become-a-mentalist/

• Provide expert analysis of cyber security companies by evaluating their financial stability as well as the marketability and profitability of their products• Advise start-up companies on their go-to-market strategies and product designs

Immediate Past President (08/2019 - 06/2020)• Transition to and support new President.President (12/2017 - 08/2019)• Lead a 200-person organization by creating a vision, setting a strategy, and managing its people.• Reduce crime, support education, and address opioid addiction in the community by assisting FBI outreach programs, averaging one event per month.• Magnify positive impact to the community by increasing participation rates of existing members and onboarding new members. Participation increased multi-fold and sustained as a result of my leadership.Board Member (05/2017 - Present)• Increase membership communication and participation by establishing and maintaining the IT infrastructure and website, https://fbistlcaaa.org/

Head of Information Security (02/2016 - 05/2019)• Built and managed the enterprise’s information security department, which was comprised of the following teams: Security Policy & Compliance, Security Solutions Engineering, Identity & Access Management, Application Security, Threat & Vulnerability Management, and Incident Response.• Kept the company and its reputation safe through the design, implementation, and monitoring of a strategic, comprehensive enterprise information security program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information owned, controlled, or processed by the organization.• Increased revenue by supporting the Business. This included facilitating customer audits, negotiating customer contracts, injecting security requirements, reviewing proposed solutions for security flaws, and penetration testing (pentesting) high impact systems.• Increased the information security program’s maturity level by providing strategic and tactical security guidance across the enterprise. Provided subject matter expertise to executive management on a broad range of information security standards and best practices.• Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and customer contracts to minimize risk and audit findings.

Highly versatile manager who is constantly looking to make a greater impact. Promoted to positions with greater responsibility. Effective in any management position where technology plays a major part.Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (07/2014 - 01/2016)• Responsible for the vision and design of the stack that MorphoTrust software sits upon (includes hardware, operating systems, systems administration, security, networks, databases, and integration).• Achieve security compliance by establishing and growing the information security dept for the driver license business, addressing the full technology stack and associated lifecycle from design through support.• Improve customer satisfaction and reduce support labor by overhauling the entire infrastructure for all future deliveries in 80+ data centers across the United States. The new system will be faster to implement and reduce downtime to 0.001%, thus saving significant amounts of labor, break-fix expenses, and penalty costs while improving customer relationships.• Increase technological agility, allowing “add-on” products sold to customers to be implemented in 90% less time, through the creation of a modular reference architecture.• Bring organizational change through the development of partnerships with 3rd parties, change management, and formal classroom education.• Execute managerial responsibilities (e.g. budgeting, staffing, performance reviews, training, policies).Prior positions at the same company listed below (contact me for a full resume):• On Leave (02/2014 – 07/2014)• Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture (10/2013 - 02/2014)• Senior Manager, Systems Engineering (05/2013 - 10/2013)• Manager, Systems Engineering (09/2010 - 05/2013)• Senior Systems Engineer (08/2008 - 09/2010)

• Single-handedly designed, implemented, and supported FindersTellers, a website which allowed users to trade information.• Sample Functional Specifications: Account Management; E-mail Integration; Hierarchical Tree Navigation; Post Listings and Responses; Search; User Voting Mechanism• Sample Technical Specifications: PHP v5.2.5; MySQL v5.0.45 Database; Linux; Strict software configuration management; Development and Test environments cloned from Production; Automated, scheduled backup process; Strong security standards; Modular coding and use of global variables; Other “languages” used include AJAX, CSS, and HTML• Full documentation, source code, and system details are available for viewing on request.

• Established a new 3D printing company with two co-founders in downtown Boston.• Built the technology department from scratch. Set its vision, strategic direction, framework, and methodologies. Recruited and provided direction to new technical staff.• Wore multiple hats, spanning from HR to accounting to R&D.

Consultant (09/2006 - 07/2008)• Facilitated for the successful delivery of multiple projects by acting as the environment manager for 30+ Oracle environments, including Oracle e-Business Suite, BPEL, and OWB.• Improved quality, reduced labor, and increased security through the establishment and enforcement of Software Configuration Management for a team of over 50 off-shore developers using Borland StarTeam.• Significantly reduced the risk of a catastrophic loss for the client by performing business continuity planning for a global financial system based on Oracle.• Maintained good customer relationships through effective management of risks, issues, and expectations.Analyst (09/2004 - 08/2006)• Improved field technician efficiency by over 10% through the introduction of custom BlackBerry mobile technology. Gathered business requirements, designed solutions, tested end products, and delivered a training program to end-users in multiple European and Asian countries.• Ensured product quality through effective quality assurance methodologies and effective team management of 3rd party consultants and entry-level employees.

• Built the website for Cosmetic Surgery Travels LCC from scratch.

• Generated ideas for a new mortgage marketing campaign as an intern in executive management, working directly for the Personal Banking Area Manager of the 20 branches in Cambridgeshire, UK.

• Contributed towards an academic publication on how to create steady-state gradients using soft lithography techniques.

• Improved employee efficiency by replacing the company’s handwritten journal with a custom online system for their libraries in Hong Kong and China. Single-handedly wrote the entire application in ASP.

• Taught students advanced Trigonometry.