Ken Knapton Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

I consult with small and medium sized businesses to provide Virtual CIO / Virtual CISO services.

Needham, Massachusetts, Us

I provide strategic analysis for tech buyers (CIO, VP, etc) in the form of research papers, webinars and hosted analyst calls. I specialize in Tech Debt, Cybersecurity and Big Data.

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

I teach Cyber security to university students in the masters degree program. I have also designed courses for this program.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

► Recruited to oversee all technology initiatives, including infrastructure, security, and solutions development and served as an executive leader on the Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. ► Led internal software development, QA, information security, compliance, controls, enterprise architecture, database management, and IT operations.► Reduced budgetary spending by 40% while improving productivity, delivery speed, quality, and effectiveness of the IT organization. ► Managed 6 direct reports, including the agile development team, with total direct reports of 240 employees.► Attracted and retained top talent, aligning the organization's skills with modern technology requirements.

South Jordan, Utah, Us

► Recruited to the business to oversee all technology initiatives, including infrastructure, security, information governance, tools/support, and software development. ► Built and launched systems that improved business results and aligned with the business vision, enhancing the market position and financial positioning of the Bank. ► Lead a team of 6 direct reports, including the agile development team, with total direct reports of 50 employees, reporting directly to the Bank President.► Strengthened the capabilities of critical credit decisioning systems by migrating the core systems to the cloud.► Ensured regulatory compliance through oversight of FDIC audits and adherence to guidelines.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

► Appointed to lead IT operations, help desk, and information security business functions, ensuring compliance with HIPAA, data privacy, and the ever-evolving, rapidly changing healthcare regulations. ► Continuously revamped practices and processes to generate cost savings and deliver the highest quality of IT.► Championed M&A activities, restructuring the company's portfolio while ensuring operational continuity.► Facilitated a complete digital transformation of the IT infrastructure and EMR / EHR systems, eliminating antiquated, manual processes and replacing them with cost-efficient, secure cloud technologies.► Oversaw the implementation of an EHR system throughout 50 facilities, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.

Centennial, Co, Us

► Doubled loan origination volume by strategically re-architecting the custom-built system, significantly boosting core system capacity by 50%.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

► Designed and architected a custom banking system supporting 173 different countries and currencies, which remains actively utilized worldwide.

Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Us

► Led the successful overhaul of the NetNanny product, resulting in the product being awarded the PC Magazine Editors Choice in 2008 and achieving a remarkable YoY revenue growth of 110%.

Orem, Utah, Us

► Managed the enhancement of the core software offering, resulting in an impressive 80% YoY revenue growth

Santa Clara, California, Us

► Contributed significantly to the architecting and eventual sale of the LANDesk VirusProtect product line to Symantec Corporation, facilitating seamless transition and integration.► Responsible for creating and designing an antivirus solution that was acquired and subsequently marketed as Norton Anti-virus, Corporate Edition.

Design, architect and develop software applications.

Doctor Of Information Technology, Big Data Governance

Ms, Strategic Leadership In It

Mba

Bs, Computer Science And Information Systems