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Asbury, NJ, US

New York, NY, US

Austin, Texas, US

Mercury's visionary leadership is bringing a much needed and sought out solution to managing risk. Near real time Risk Quantification and Compliance that is scalable and automatable.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of 4 to develop and enhance the IRM function across all 3 Verizon entities (VCG, VBG, VMG) while serving as an influential member during discussions with stakeholders and partners on.
• Vital role during development of Verizon's cyber strategy, key contributor in the rollout and post-launch activities to evaluate strategy success and performance levels.
• Leader in the transformation to a new quantitative risk analysis methodology which enabled risk informed, business driven outcomes.
• Led transformation from technology-centric risk to enterprise information risk across the entire IRM function.

Bruxelles, Paris, BE

• Recruited to defend and protect against information security risks, I led a team of 2 to establish new security and governance practices, reduce risks within existing framework and ensure infrastructure capability in.
• Restructured Dexia IS and Op Risk by designing and executing a 3-year strategic plan, enhancing BCP and establishing a new IS governance model.
• Developed an information/cyber security program specifically to address regulatory issues, and successfully mitigated 100% within a year of hire.

New York, NY, US

• During the term of this role, I oversaw all executive responsibilities to ensure management and protection of enterprise systems and assets from internal and external threats through novel programs, policies and.
• Deployed new tools such as IPS, SIEM, NAC, VMS, and enterprise awareness training programs to mitigate cyber risks.
• Designed a new Business Continuity Plan and coordinated all BCP and disaster recovery exercises in alignment with FFIEC guidelines.
• Established the 1st enterprise Information Security Awareness Training Program.
• Mitigated all OCC issues within a year of hire via development and execution of a comprehensive Information/Cyber Security Program.

• Entering the finance and banking sector with my expertise in Information Security, I spearheaded a series of bank-wide projects that modernized processes and leveraged technologies, increasing bank’s capabilities and.
• Led development and delivery of new IS/CS program, successfully mitigating all regulatory issues identified in previous programs, and reversing federal government audit to Satisfactory with improved QC.
• Led company-wide initiatives that reconfigured firewall policies, met ISO standards and streamlined infrastructure.
• Led bank-wide transition to in-house debit card processing including generating and deploying HSMs and ATM encryption keys.
• Developed BCPs and SDLC processes, impacting both short and long-term IS areas company-wide.

• Taking on my first executive position, I led a team of 4 with 42 indirect reports across daily IT services operations while introducing a wide range of initiatives that expanded function and department impact. Key.
• Established 3 new departments from ground-up: Installation, Training and Documentation to support demand from recent launch of a new software product line (FastFlow).
• Restructured organization within 90 days, including building of a 24-Hour Technical Support Help Desk; entire project streamlined operations, increased customer satisfaction, reduced backlogs and improved productivity.
• Achieved ISO9000 certification by developing a comprehensive technical support process for the entire SFI product line across both US and European markets.

Master Of Science, Information Security

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