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Cornelius, Nc, Us

United States

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Technology and Security duties (CIO/CISO)Managed the team towards achieving mandated security standards (DOD8500, HIPAA/HITECH and FedRAMP).Performed and/or coordinated internal and external proactive red team security testing including conducting in-person social engineering assessment.Conducted periodic reviews and audits to ensure that compliance procedures were followed and we were "always audit ready".Manage institution-wide information security governance processes, including working with external auditors and general counsel to create all policies, training, and ongoing monitoring.Exceeded security posture expected by potential Government clients.Implemented a zero trust data model by strictly enforcing least privilege access control, openly monitoring, inspecting, and logging network traffic.Supported our software development teams both in-house and overseas in the creation, testing and validation of proprietary genomics analytics tools.Formalized best practices for project management, scrum, daily standup meetings, software version tracking for cloud and standalone, as well as vulnerability corrections.Daily Operations (COO)Managed all administrative aspects of the company including budgets, HR, Operations, reports to the board of directors, office lease, finances, and intake of all vendors. Transitioned scientific founders to employees including the legal work necessary for visas and releases from universities.Managed combined projects with our sister companies to identify gaps as they related to emerging regulations, security, and evolving companies' needs.Ensured all areas of responsibility were fully operational in maintaining stability, reliability, and sustainability.Maintained continuous lines of communication, keeping the Board of Directors informed of all critical issues.

Greater Boston Area

Acted as an internal technical knowledge leader in all aspects of IT support during the opening of the Boston office.Built relationships with incoming lawyers and staff to provide an exceptionally welcoming experience. Responsible for the intake of all relevant data in strict adherence to the Firm's and clients compliance demands. Managed all aspects of the office-wide technology support functions which included: the help desk staff, network, compliance, security, build outs, disaster recovery, etc.

Cambridge Ma

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Greater Boston Area

Ensured the technology department provided exceptional customer service for the high demands of the fastest-growing legal office in Boston (2006-2008) and the second largest of the firm.Lead the technology efforts during an aggressive expansion including the addition of new office space, a data center buildout, and multiple technology upgrades.

Greater New York City Area