Michael Simmons Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, In, Us

As a Principal Security Consultant on the Cyber Advisory Services team at Pondurance, I direct compliance-related consulting engagements from an expert advisor, assessor, detailed tester, and project management perspective. I lead and manage projects and occasionally work on teams with peers and with the support of other team members. I have a solid knowledge base within various regulatory compliance requirements such as HIPAA, NIST, Privacy, and CMMC, as well as experience applying these frameworks to industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, education, technology, and retail. Additionally, I have a significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development.

Indianapolis, In, Us

Rockwall, Texas, Us

Assisting businesses in understanding their security gaps and crafting a custom solution to mitigate those gaps, while providing the training and advise they need to maintain themselves, making security part of their corporate DNA.►IT Transformation Services – Assist organizations in transitioning traditional IT, to process and serviced based IT specializing in SaaS and cloud-based (e.g. AWS, Azure) Agile and ITIL technical solutions.►Leadership and Executive Coaching/Mentoring – Provide guidance on a range of leadership topics related to helping professionals and executives achieve the highest level of business excellence.►Business Process Re-engineering – Evaluating and re-engineering existing processes that reduce waste while increasing efficiency, production and user satisfaction.►Governance Services – Design and implement corporate-wide methodologies and processes that meet Board requirements and provide appropriate oversight (e.g. HIPPA, ISO, ISA, COBIT and NIST).

New York, Ny, Us

►Responsible for strategic and technical direction for Neuberger Berman Alternatives Advisors and their wholly-owned affiliate Capital Analytics. ►Managed teams in multiple locations including development (using Agile, SaaS, Cloud, Azure, AWS and ITIL technologies), deployment, operational support and help desk.►Responsible for all vendor relations, contract negotiations, annual budgeting and P&L.►Responsible for developing a High Avaialability (HA) custom Customer Communication Management (CCM) system, applications, portals and dashboards.►Developed a secure data-transmission system designed to send investor data to clients. ►Managed all corporate-wide Risk Management, Information Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery policies, procedures, testing and verification including but not limited to SSAE16/SOC (Type II) Reporting, PEN Testing, BCP and DR.►Successfully migrated data centers (e.g. Primary and Secondary) to MSP ensuring that all business operations were restored including telephone, VC, local security and desktops to Windows 10 O/S and Microsoft Office 2016.

Bedford, Texas, Us

►Established overall tactical and strategic direction to align technology with business goals.►Key member of two executive steering committees supporting insurance and financial services. ►Working with TDI and corporate auditors on IT security and related audits. ►Oversaw all aspects of IT Application Security and Systems Risk analysis and Assessment.►Developed security policies and procedures including code reviews and security remediation.►Ensured adherence to policies and standards.►Oversaw the technical direction and management of collateral protection insurance program.

Responsible for designing and developing software applications while developing and implementing a Microsoft Consulting Practice in Dallas.Microsoft Consulting Practice.►Defined strategic business goals to grow practice from infancy to over $3.5M the first year.►Marketed to mid and executive level management to determine strategic goals and objectives and devise a technical roadmap that would deliver their initiatives.ABC Radio, Inc.►Responsible for developing a technical team of 6 to 17 developers, database administrators, business analysts and developers to complete a mission critical application.►Oversaw yield management / pricing system giving users the ability to create sales proposals, A/R and A/P, and schedule commercial radio time that provided all gross advertising revenue.

Zales.com► Lead architect for the corporate www.zales.com website.► Responsible for full life-cycle development and management of a technical team between 10 to 22 developers, business analysts and testers in gathering requirements, and designing the eCommerce website.► Designed the n-tier architecture to handle 14 million transactions per day and was the foundation for three additional sites under the corporate umbrella (Gordons Jewelry, Piercing Pagoda and Bailey Banks & Biddle).American Airlines► Lead architect for the Aircraft Operations System (AOS).► Analyzed and designed an n-tier application for American Airlines to assist the aircraft mechanics in determining the required maintenance for each aircraft and automated their ordered parts increasing maintenance efficiencies. ► Worked directly with aircraft mechanics to determine the business requirements and quality assurance criteria for a successful implementation.