John Wade Email & Phone Number

Bensalem, PA

• Tenure at Ascena (formerly, Charming Shoppes, Inc.) spans from 1996-2014. Awarded Employee of the Year – Frank White Award for successfully leading the company to its first PCI compliance, as well as received multiple.
• Reduced payment card industry (PCI) audit scope by leading third-party tokenization and end-to end encryption of new OrPOS application. Safeguarded customer’s personally identifiable information (PII) by directing the.
• Implemented system to permit single sign-on for corporate domain users who access key cloud applications.
• Delivered Oracle Fusion Middleware for new Oracle Retail Point-of-Service (OrPOS) implementation.

Bensalem, PA

• ENTERPRISE IMPACT:As DIRECTOR, INFORMATION SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE (2004-2011):
• Increased capabilities in order to securely manage 200+ vendors in support of 600+ servers, 200+ applications, 100+ network devices, and the mainframe.
• Spearheaded 16 compliant PCI audit engagements for 5 brands over 9 consecutive years.
• Successfully executed 10 SOX GCC audits for all brand IT environments.
• Implemented litigation-hold and recovery process for the Legal Department, generated IT continuity plan for the HR Department, and worked in concert with both departments to build Security Awareness Program.
• Upgraded authorization functions by replacing credential mirroring with position-dependent profiles.

Philadelphia, PA

• ENTERPRISE IMPACT:
• Oversaw upgrade from Novell 3.x to 4.x, the WAN bandwidth increase from fractional to full T1, and the migration from token ring to Ethernet for remote offices nationwide.Early career roles included: Senior Novell.