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Malden, Massachusetts, United States

Established Office of the CSO role and team to build and maintain a values-driven organization and to drive efforts to maintain retention and success of high-performance staff, improve communications with other departments, and ensure consistent management standards across InfoSec department. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS- Drove departmental strategy and execution in projects and initiatives, aligning with business objectives and industry shifts, championing staff development and risk management.- Developed leadership communications for InfoSec, including reporting metrics, C-level and board-level communications decks for project and operations reporting, QBRs for company stakeholders (HR, Finance, Legal, InfoSec leadership, business leadership, C-suite, and board. - Achieved consistently low attrition and high engagement and high trust by installing transparency and equity across department.- Established standard processes and procedures for performance management, career development, and promotion practices to ensure equity and manage for high performance.- Instituted Management Community of Practice to share management and leadership knowledge, experience, and resources for development and problem-solving.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Managed Adversarial Resilience team, ran (ESV) program, oversaw global Architect Studio Program, and built and implemented new scalable security self-review and approvals processes for product launch.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS- Created and implemented analysis-based peer-review process resulting in improved risk mitigation and increased risk eliminations, streamlined product release cycle, and reduced post-release security risks. - Directed peer-review process training for Adversarial Resilience team, Product Architects, and executives.- Socialized process and obtained commitment from leadership and teams; achieved 80% usage rate; freed security resources to focus on complex security concerns.- Enabled business to release better, safer, more secure products faster with predictable timelines.- Instituted Architecture and Data Science Communities of Practice to share industry, technology, and project knowledge, experience, and resources for development and problem solving. - Kicked off initiative to build risk register.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Managed Adversarial Resilience team, ran ongoing ESV program, and launched and oversaw global Architect Studio Program. Led Team of 14.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS- Drove the creation of an ICANN accredited domain name registrar.- Created and launched Architect Studio 3-year development program to provide on-the-job learning experiences to grow junior-level staff and security researchers into Security Architects for placement across the company. - Matched projects from outside the Architect Studio to Studio members to align with their learning objectives. - Created, defined, and hired Data Scientist roles to InfoSec department.

Cambridge, Ma

Led mission to find and fix internal Akamai architectural vulnerabilities and improve the resilience of Akamai systems under pressure from adaptive adversaries. Ran ongoing ESV program.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS- Directed transformation of global Adversarial Resilience team consisting of 8 top-performing senior technology experts (Researchers, Data Scientists, and Architects) who performed analyses of complex systems and identified technical risk using system safety analysis, formal protocol analysis, data science techniques.- Established independent services agency model for Adversarial Resilience Team to provide internal services and support, using a customer-first approach.- Balanced team skillset by adding new members with security consulting and deep influence experience; nurtured communications and customer success skills.- Created dedicated internal customer liaison role and assigned liaisons to build long-term relationships with Akamai engineering departments and teams. - Mentored and coached Security Architects to successfully build trusted long-term partnerships with corresponding engineering teams.

Senior PgM, Special ProjectsReported directly to CSO to drive and execute InfoSec high-impact projects. Researched InfoSec problems and oversaw solution implementation for CSO internal projects.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS - Rebuilt and directed successful Executive Severe Vulnerability (ESV) program. Went from zero closings in previous year to 4-5 vulnerabilities closed annually.- Engaged and worked with C-suite and executive leadership to scope remediation solutions. - Initiated and drove consistent and accurate tracking of remediation work and deferrals for severe vulnerabilities and architectural risk; prioritized and managed 12 ESV projects per year.- Secured reputation for deep credibility and trustworthiness among executives and staff.PgM, ComplianceDeveloped, documented, and implemented processes and communications to support compliance and vulnerability remediation. Developed deep knowledge and insights into security characteristics and guarantees of Akamai platform and systems. Gathered evidence, worked closely with assessors, and demonstrated compliance for multiple frameworks, including PCI, ISO, SOX, SOC2, and FedRAMP.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS- Ran PCI, ISO, and HIPAA audit processes: gathering 100s of pieces of evidence; collaborated with 50 people across organization.- Built processes to ensure compliance for FedRamp.- Built Security Law Enforcement process and communications to work supportively with global law enforcement regarding security questions and concerns.- Identified and implemented processes and improvements to reduce ad hoc conversations, manage system changes and updates, cleanly automate vulnerability management, and improve authenticator rotations.

· Developed mastery of green building concepts and strategies, including LEED certification

· Responsible for $14MM plastic and resin buy · Shifted supply base from two dozen small manufacturers to a concentrated supply plan · Led cross functional Plastic Team to implement $500,000+ of savings projects per year, decrease defects, and develop a system to judge suppliers on quality, engineering prowess, and competitiveness.

· Developed and maintained global, corporate, cross functional network to efficiently leverage all cost saving project implementations -- tracking more than 300 projects simeultaneously · Leader of Delphi's response to the force majure event of Hurricane Katrina: the collapse of North American supply base, achieved 100% success rate by re-engineering resin content, rigorous change management and logistic controls.

· Supply Chain Analyst, impact of surge in the benzene market, using chemistry to calculate financial impact · Integrated sourcing efforts across the divisions to a verified cost savings of $200,000 in 14 weeks · Global team participant

· Conducted immunohistochemical staining procedures

Conducted economic feasibility study for gasification alternative energy technology in Clarion County

· Independently solved a part process problem in 4 weeks that full time staff engineers had been unable to solve. Saved Delphi $100,000/yr in future costs and improved product quality

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Ba, Philosophy

B.A, Philosophy; Industrial Environmental Management Project For