Priscilla Kosseim Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Ca

Priscilla est responsable de la supervision et de la gestion globale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information. Elle est chargée de concevoir, de mettre en œuvre et de maintenir les politiques, les procédures et des technologies de sécurité robustes pour protéger les actifs informatiques et les données sensibles de l'entreprise contre les menaces internes et externes.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

As the Director of Cybersecurity, Priscilla contributed to the practice by supporting clients in addressing their Information Security issues, vulnerabilities and risks, particularly on the subjects of Governance, Risk & Compliance, Identity Governance, Information Protection, Cyberdefense, Cloud Security, OT & IoT Security, as well as Security Automation. Committed to finding solutions, Priscilla worked one-on-one to align strategic plans to organizational goals and objectives, manage risks, determine key business needs, discover innovative solutions and transform for improvement. Priscilla's role also consisted primarily of bringing together and leading over 60 members, participating in expert discussions towards the development of the various service offers, responding to calls for tenders, and promoting CGI regionally, nationally and globally.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

In this role, Priscilla was tasked to drive cyber growth by working across all national cyber teams and business units to position and distinguish CGI, identify and develop opportunities, build trusted client and business unit relationships, and lead and architect technology and strategy plans for key pursuits. Priscilla was also bringing the voice of the client to further inform marketing and solution development activities.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

As a Cybersecurity PM, SDM and SBE, Priscilla was responsible for providing day-to-day management oversight, governance, risk assessments, technical leadership and client communication for the contracted technological cybersecurity services.She ensured efficient and ongoing operations of the services during the lifespan of the contract between CGI and the client by understanding the technical environment being managed, and ensuring delivery of services as per contractual commitments, SLA/Service Quality metrics, and processes as required. Priscilla also coordinated change requests, escalations, incidents and engages the appropriate delivery teams to get to resolution and / or root cause while effectively managing client expectations. She acted as a trusted security advisor to the clients and proactively communicated security news, including newly discovered threats and vulnerabilities, industry updates, and events. She provided expertise and working knowledge in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Operations, Risk Management and Security Compliance, and Data, Application, Infrastructure, Network, and Endpoint Security. Priscilla further optimized her technical delivery team’s productivity and built a united high-performance working environment that delivered high value to the clients.

Priscilla was on the Board of Directors of OurWrite, which strives to allow ‘Every female to be their own superhero.’ We achieved this by building, maintaining and supporting female-centric schools and community centres. These centres focus on providing young girls in developing nations the opportunity to learn. Specifically, girls get the chance to build basic skills such as, reading, writing, and comprehension. In the future, these basic building blocks ensure their long-term employment and economic well-being.

• Special Mention as a Professional Entrepreneur• Plaque of Achievement and Recognition• Personalized Press Release and E-Release Campaign Compilation and Distribution• Website Development and Presence• Interview Broadcasted on Elite Radio Network

Kelowna, British Columbia, Ca

As the mentorship lead for this nonprofit organization, Priscilla was responsible for helping deliver a successful program. This role was one of the most important as the mentorship program is linked to many of the chapter’s events and growth opportunities.

Priscilla was on the Board of Directors of United World Alliance (UWA), which serves to facilitate the harmonious integration of immigrants into our multicultural society by fostering friendships between young people from here and elsewhere. UWA further believes that helping young immigrants to participate in recurring group activities, sportive or cultural, is an excellent way to foster their integration into our mores and into our way of life.As an elected member of the board, she was responsible for overseeing and managing the IT infrastructure deployments and implementing policies and procedures related to the execution of the IT operations. Priscilla also actively participated in the committee’s annual planning evaluation and planning efforts.

Brussels, Brussels, Be

Priscilla developed practical solutions and delivered results for her clients by having the ability to integrate an IT risk mindset and a deep technical expertise into each engagement. She specifically established a center of excellence in areas such as identity and access management (IAM), data protection, and application security. She was able to seamlessly integrate her understanding and knowledge of her clients' business with her delivery capabilities in the security, privacy and risk business.She actively coached and mentored junior staff members to grow their overall interest, ability and confidence in delivering complex engagements, strengthening the Risk Advisory Services culture and team at-large.

Priscilla founded the not-for-profit organization with the goal to empower women by bringing awareness to the discrepancies present in women’s rights, equality and social justice. She articulated issues in health, education and entrepreneurship in both public and private sectors as they relate to economic and social development. Priscilla oversaw the allocation of the budget and provided advisory services to the executive team. She was also well-versed in translating the company’s missions and goals into operating plans with clear benchmarks and annual objectives.

Priscilla founded the not-for-profit organization with the goal to empower women by bringing awareness to the discrepancies present in women’s rights, equality and social justice. She articulated issues in health, education and entrepreneurship in both public and private sectors as they relate to economic and social development. She oversaw all aspects of its managerial and operational facets. Priscilla was well-versed in translating the company’s missions and goals into operating plans with clear benchmarks and annual objectives.

Director of Program Development for CUWIB Conference: A World of Opportunities occurring March 2nd, 2017 between 5PM and 10:30PM at the EY Centre, Ottawa, ON.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Priscilla was a Consultant within the Entreprise Risk Services (ERS) department at MNP LLP.Priscilla has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of information technology, internal audit, governance, privacy analysis, risk management, risk assessment, business resilience, regulatory compliance, and other related services. She also helped organizations improve their overall performance, governance and risk management by offering her superior customer-oriented vision. Priscilla engaged and served clients in both the public and private sectors across the country delivering innovative services and solutions to help organizations achieve their business goals, leverage data assets and manage risks more effectively. She successfully led the delivery of a wide variety of risk and control related projects for companies of all sizes and for projects worth up to CAD$1 million. Her cross-industry expertise included public sector, telecommunications, technology and wireless, aboriginal, manufacturing, education, media and broadcasting, mining, not-for-profit, financial services, wireless technologies, professional services, retail and wholesale, tourism and transportation. She actively coached and mentored junior staff members to grow their overall interest, ability and confidence in delivering complex engagements, strengthening the Enterprise Risk Services culture and team at-large.

Priscilla was the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Get Social with Cilla, an external public relations enterprise. Priscilla was involved in the development and exposure of companies’ online social media presence in order to increase their sales figures and web presence. She did so by collecting and using big data, and predictive algorithms (analytics and data-visualization tools) to craft customized offers and deliver them, often in real time. Her range of clients included both the film and music industries, as well as the health and fitness industries.

Montreal, Qc, Ca

As the Director of Business Development for CyberPublicity, a digital strategy agency and Google Premier Partner that utilises augmented intelligence to develop clients’ web rankings and web marketing strategies, Priscilla oversaw the company’s sales and growth plan, as well as the creation of proposals and contracts for various companies located worldwide. Priscilla also led a team responsible for providing independent quality assurance oversight related to the optimization of search engines.

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Priscilla was hired by Carleton University as a Teaching Assistant for having demonstrated exceedingly high comprehension and understanding of the material. As a Teaching Assistant, Priscilla identified the learning needs of first year students in the accounting program and provided guidance in the form of In-class activities, surveys/polls, quizzes, online learning modules, written reflections and papers, class deliverables, examinations, and presentations.Courses taught: - International Business- Operations Management- Project Management- Managerial Accounting- Organizational TheoryNominated for the EDC Outstanding TA Award (2015-2016)

• Tutored in English, French, History, Math, Physics and Psychology• Tutored in Managerial Accounting, International Business, Organizational Theory, Operations Management, Marketing, Information Systems, Business Law, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Project Management, Taxation I & II, Management & Accounting Control, Audit

Ottawa, On, Ca

Priscilla was responsible for preparing, reviewing and finalizing the attorneys’ monthly billings at Emond Harnden, one of Canada’s leading labour and employment law firms. Priscilla also processed payables, produced bills for review each month, and edited, reviewed and generated billing statements per the firm’s policies and procedures.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Priscilla oversaw the planning, procuring, executing and monitoring of Enactus Ottawa’s projects as the Vice President of Project Management. Priscilla was skillful in detecting unstated assumptions and recognizing the risks that directly impacted the likelihood of the projects’ successes. Her main roles were to control risks and minimize uncertainties with the use of Microsoft Project to properly organize both tasks and workforce.

Priscilla was engaged by Kosseim & Labrie Inc., a midsized accounting firm located in Montreal. She helped clients with their financial and income tax statements. She was adept at preparing and organizing for-profit company’s federal taxes, as well as establishing an efficient workflow tax work process.

Priscilla was engaged by Kosseim & Labrie Inc., a midsized accounting firm located in Montreal. She helped clients with their financial and income tax statements. She was adept at preparing and organizing for-profit company’s federal taxes, as well as establishing an efficient workflow tax work process. Priscilla was also engaged in the supervision, development and configuration of Kosseim Consultants' mobile application, improving the efficiency of bookings, scheduling and general communication backup.

Priscilla worked as as a skating instructor by coaching, teaching and choreographing young skaters between the ages of 3 and 21, which included skaters with intellectual disabilities.

Education record

B.Com. Honours, Accounting

Dec, Health Science & Commerce

Des, Enriched Program Math And Science (Honour Roll)

Education record