James Leslie, Cissp, Ccsp Email & Phone Number

Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, MA, US

Cambridge, MA

• As Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer, lead an IT department with strong organizational partnerships, emphasizing high quality of service and business process improvement.
• Developed and maintain organization’s information security policies.
• Instituted periodic staff training to reinforce IT security policies.
• Implemented cyber security awareness program that reduced vulnerability to theft of login credentials.
• Used DNS-based measures to mitigate risk of email fraud.
• Introduced auditing system that proactively alerts IT staff to critical security events.

Cambridge, MA

The Task Force will examine options to increase broadband competition, reduce pricing, and improve speed, reliability and customer service for both residents and businesses.The Task Force will help to ensure that Cambridge remains a world-class City in which to live, work, innovate and learn. The final report of the committee will assist the City in.

Greater Boston Area

• Oversaw information technology and business-process analysis for BPE and affiliated charter school.
• Managed cross-functional teams to implement technology and business process improvements.
• Designed and implemented multi-layered information security model that encompassed physical, administrative and technical controls.
• Advised senior management on technology and information security matters.
• Implemented Office 365 and managed cloud and on premises security policies.
• Solved remote access issues by implementing cloud-based file access solution.

Portland, Maine Area

• Led research and evaluation of software used by nonprofit organizations, and managed IT infrastructure.
• Performed evaluation of grants management systems for report sponsored by the Technology Affinity Group and the Grants Managers Network.
• Led selection and implementation of cloud-based file system that let staff access and collaborate on documents regardless of their location.
• Improved software evaluation processes by identifying and correcting inefficiencies in workflow.

New York, NY

• Managed team of IT professionals and consultants to maintain and expand the Atlantic’s international technology infrastructure.
• Performed annual information technology need determination and budgeting.
• Developed and implemented strategy to encrypt grant payment data and transmit it securely over the Internet to the Atlantic's bank.
• Designed and administered international firewall and virtual private network.
• Configured and maintained ActiveDirectory security groups and file access permissions.
• Improved international email infrastructure efficiency and performance by consolidating Exchange servers.

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B.A, Communications