Mishka M. Email & Phone Number

Folsom, Ca, Us

PowerSchool is the #1 leading education technology platform for K-12, serving more than 40 million users, 17.5 million students, and 70 countries around the world. We provide best-in-class, secure, and compliant online solutions, including student information systems, registration and school choice, assessment and analytics, and special education management. We empower teachers and drive student growth through innovative digital classroom capabilities, and we engage families through real-time communications across any device.

Folsom, Ca, Us

Responsible for Incident Response, Application Security, and Security Operations Center at PowerSchool. Worked closely with Cloud and IT security teams to coordinate efforts into a unified approach to protecting our customer's data.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Security Strategy Planning: Strategy owner for Information Asset Protection, Security Architecture, Information Assurance, Identity Management, Secure Application Development, Incident Response, Disaster Recovery.Risk Management: Developed the enterprise risk management program for the company. I created a risk-based approach for assessing, responding to and monitoring risk based on CSF and FAIR.Business Alignment: Met regularly with senior leadership, department heads and product management to ensure that security initiatives were properly aligned with business goals and risk tolerance.Incident Response: Created an incident response program for the company. This included policies, procedures, creating a cross-functional team and identifying external vendors to supply additional expertise and/or services when required.Cloud Security: Responsible for the company cloud security program. Oversee a cross functional team to implement security best practices for Hobsons' AWS infrastructure.

New York, Ny, Us

Compliance: Worked with the CFO to managed compliance and privacy issues within the organization. We regularly addressed issues with HIPAA, GDPR and FISMA as well as state level breach and privacy regulations.Policies and Procedures: Authored and maintained the library of IT security policies and procedures. The policies designed to support an Information Security Management System as defined in ISO 27001 and to address business-specific requirements.Security Awareness: Oversaw the awareness training for all company employees. Used a combination of computer based training and live presentations to create a culture of culture of security within the organization.Disaster Recovery: Collaborated with the CTO to create and maintain a business continuity and disaster recovery plans for the organization.External Audits: Led the effort achieve SOC 2 Type II certification for the company.

New York, Ny, Us

Strategic Alignment: Implemented an effective IT Governance and Alignment program to ensure IT resources are strategically deployed to meet the needs of all teams including Product Management, Sales and Marketing, Client Services, Finance/Legal and Operations.Cloud Architect: Modernized the enterprise architecture through the use of cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, Office 365 and a hosted VOIP system. This resulted in a reduction in capital expenditures while increasing the flexibility, reliability and robustness of the IT infrastructure. Platform Modernization: Worked with CTO and Product Management to shift WealthEngine’s flagship product from a legacy Oracle platform to one supported by NoSQL data stores resulting in substantial cost savings and an increase in processing speed.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us