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With over 20+ years of experience in information technology, security, and risk, I help bridge business strategy with technological solutions for both internal business units as well external clients. My expertise in building specialized teams, program management, and senior-level collaboration, enable me to easily communicate requirements and strategic vision, advise on innovative solutions, and solve complex business challenges using a center-of-excellence approach and fostering a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous improvement among my staff and stakeholders.As the Senior Director of Information Security at FIS, I collaborated with C-Suite executives and global business units to set technical direction, strategy, and security solutions for over 200 lines of business across the financial services company. I led a cross-functional international 75-member team of security engineers, project managers, and security liaisons to implement controls, mitigate risk issues, and remediate vulnerabilities across on-prem and multi-cloud architecture, achieving significant improvements in time to resolution and compliance. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:▪ Program Management: Established Centers of Excellence strategies in all corporate segments for vulnerability remediation, hardening configurations, and issue management; increased remediation of past dues by 30%+ and server configuration by 50%.▪ Vulnerability Mitigation/Cross-functional Collaboration: Led Security Liaisons team by collaborating with cross-functional teams; mitigated late critical and high-security vulnerabilities across 215 lines of business; shortened time to remediation by 90%+ for critical vulnerabilities, exceeding the initial goal of 80%.▪ Regulatory Compliance/Portfolio Expansion: Added Merchant business lines to PCI management scope, increasing portfolio by 32%; achieved PCI certification for 66 independent lines of business.Contact me at jsoares4b@gmail.com for opportunities.