Peyton Freeman Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Delivering IT and Security Programs for the Risk and Governance organization.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Spearheaded a cross-functional team of security program managers within the Chief Information Security Organization, overseeing project/program management, cross-organizational consulting, corporate security policies.
• Optimized team performance by strategically recruiting, training, and managing 5+ employees and student co-ops across two continents, ensuring 100% compliance with nation-specific HR regulations and boosting team.
• Orchestrated the end-to-end lifecycle of 30+ projects/programs in corporate information security solutions such as Endpoint Protection and I&AM, resulting in a 10% improvement in security compliance and an 18%.
• Provided high-level cross-organizational consulting, conducting 250+ security and vendor assessments annually, resulting in a 15% reduction in policy exceptions and a strengthened overall security posture.
• Strategically managed and optimized a $19m annual operating budget, achieving a 17% cost reduction while increasing operational efficiency through rigorous monthly budget reviews.
• Developed and implemented annual organizational objectives, establishing key performance indicators that enhanced alignment with corporate priorities by 10%.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Spearheaded end-to-end project management for product security assessments and compliance initiatives, ensuring strict alignment with government regulations and industry standards such as NIST 800-218 and ISO 270001.
• Constructed strategic roadmaps for 15 product security programs, aligning them with business unit priorities and driving a 12% increase in project delivery efficiency.
• Deployed a robust project management framework that enhanced the alignment of 20 security projects with IT initiatives, resulting in a 7% increase in operational efficiency.
• Orchestrated collaboration with nine development and engineering teams to integrate security best practices at the initial stages of the Software Development Lifecycle, significantly reducing security vulnerabilities.
• Piloted three critical projects that achieved U.S. Government Facility Clearance (FCL) and ensured compliance with the U.S. Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity 14028, enhancing the organization's eligibility.
• Developed and presented 15+ comprehensive reports and presentations to senior management, effectively communicating the status, challenges, and risk assessments of product security initiatives, improving strategic.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Served as Team Lead for technical program/project management of domestic and international AT&T Integrated Cloud (AIC) software-defined network infrastructure deployments.
• Orchestrated annual planning for a program of 100+ global projects with a $300m capital budget, achieving strategic alignment and prioritization that accelerated end-to-end project delivery timelines by 10% and reduced.
• Mentored and supported 40+ project managers, providing process guidance and decision-making support that improved project completion rates and decreased deployment challenges by 10%.
• Partnered with AT&T Labs and Software Development/Deployment teams to resolve architectural issues and optimize processes, resulting in a 10% reduction in critical issues.
• Instituted robust service level agreements and key performance indicators, enabling precise reporting of program delivery status that enhanced executive decision-making and increased program transparency by 25%.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Served as Program Manager for Enterprise IT and Managed Services portfolio projects, supporting new product/service launches, sustainment of existing IT/business operations, and merger/acquisition integration efforts.
• VPMO Project Lead directed end-to-end delivery of 250 data center infrastructure projects (compute, storage, network, software, cloud), ensuring detailed designs and accurate cost estimates that improved project budget.
• Acted as the Financial Subject Matter Expert overseeing financial strategies for 150+ projects, managing budgets totaling $5m for enhancements and $1m for sustainment, reducing financial discrepancies by 25%.
• Functioned as the key liaison among IT application partners, business units, and ITO architects, coordinating 700+ projects from ideation to production, enhancing strategic alignment by 20%, and accelerating project.
• Represented the organization in 2 special assignments related to organizational evolution and corporate strategy, contributing to strategic initiatives that improved organizational agility and decision-making processes.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the x86 server architecture environment, encompassing Red Hat Linux, VMware ESX, and Windows Server OS platforms, providing thorough technical solution designs (server.
• Collaborated with Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Data Center Management to forecast quarterly Portfolio Infrastructure Management program procurements, managing an average of $25m Capital deploying to 18+.
• Partnered with IT program managers, application owners, and business partners to align and prioritize enhancing and sustaining IT solutions and services with strategic roadmaps, ensuring optimal resource allocation and.
• Conducted comprehensive vendor quality and service assessments related to procurement accuracy, issue resolution, and response performance, driving continuous improvement in vendor management and service delivery.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Served as the enterprise data center manager, overseeing server, storage, network, and security infrastructure implementation and support while optimizing data center environmental management for maximum efficiency and.
• Orchestrated the efforts of multiple vendors and contractors to ensure timely infrastructure installations, maintenance, and support through robust change control processes aligned with project schedules, minimizing.
• Managed implementation phase activities for 500+ infrastructure deployment projects while providing accurate cost and time estimates.