- Leading effort to transition Nissan North America to a risk-based security model- Building the team responsible for ensuring the Nissan North America’s EAS functions are aligned with Nissan Global roadmaps- Led effort to transition tactical compliance related activities to appropriate owners, freeing up team to work on strategic initiatives

- Created Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) program to identify risks early in the project lifecycle.- Partnered with purchasing group to integrate TPRM into existing processes, streamlining and simplifying the process for business owners.- Led the effort to adopt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework as the North American standard, and then championed its adoption at the global level.- Participated in project review meetings and provide guidance for projects requiring additional security involvement.

- Collaborated with network architect on SD-WAN design to reduce costs and allow direct handoff to partners.- Designed client-computer centric security model in order to protect PCs regardless of location.- Represented Information Security during regional Identity Management initiative.

- Responsible for creating Nissan Americas first reference security architecture.- Responsible for the team developing a common user identity scheme for the Renault-Nissan Alliance, enabling cross-region and cross-company collaboration and application reuse.- Responsible for the Renault-Nissan Alliance team that defined common encryption and digital rights management standards , allowing for the secure interchange of information within the Alliance.

- Responsible for the Renault-Nissan Alliance team charged with defining common security tools and settings for a new Alliance-wide computer image, which eliminated millions of dollars in redundant activities.- Responsible for representing Nissan North American in global Nissan and Alliance security and network standardization meetings, ensure that US compliance obligations were understood and included in proposed designs. - Partnered with legal, audit, and privacy departments to ensure technology solutions met compliance mandates.

- Responsible for the coordination and integration of all Nissan’s North America locations into a single wide area network, including DNS and IP address changes.- Responsible for the standardization of security controls on all end user computing devices and servers in Nissan North America.- Oversaw outsourcing of network operations to IBM Global Services.- Responsible to ensure IBM Global Services accountability for contractual obligations and compliance with Nissan’s global policies.- Managed cross functional, global team responsible for the design and deployment of Nissan's first global LDAP and Single Sign-On solution.- Responsible for designing network connectivity for off-shore resources into North American regional network.- Responsible for regional multi-factor authentication proof of concept and pilot program.

- Responsible for implementing Nissan global security controls on Nissan North American network switches, routers, and firewalls.- Responsible for the design and implementation of network infrastructure upgrades, including wireless links between multiple locations, resulting in significant savings on WAN costs.- Independently developed applications to automate repetitive monitoring and reporting tasks, gaining departmental efficiencies.

- Responsible for the development of the first Windows image used by Nissan North America.- Accountable for the deployment of that image to all end user computing devices within the Company.- Responsible for the architecture, design, and deployment for campus-wide wireless LAN initiative.- Responsible for executive PDA initiative, which led to write-ups in the Wall Street Journal and PC Week.- Responsible for application to simplify machine inventory and data collection for ingestion into systems management platform, which allowed for the first accurate hardware and software inventories within the Company.