Working with SideChannel on offerings for strategic, operational, retained, and fractional consulting, focused on digital transformation, product engineering, product marketing, information technology, cybersecurity, AI, GRC, M&A, GTM, and investor relations. Host of the Short Takes podcast, providing innovative CEOs with industry exposure to C-Level executives. Formal advisory board member to several VC/PE backed portfolio companies.Board Member consulting on regulatory, risk management and cybersecurity.Author "So You Want to be a CISO" https://a.co/d/cEbRLlIAccomplished Writer, Blogger, Speaker

ActiveCampaign is a privately held, global digital marketing/eCommerce platform with a worldwide customer base (170 countries/180,000 customers/1100 employees).Hired as the Global CISO to build a security program from the ground floor to focus on enterprise operations and engineering practices for Fraud, Security Product Engineering, Security Cloud Architecture, Security Operations/Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Physical Security, Compliance & Risk. The security program was built on industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST Risk Management (800-53), NIST CSF, CIS, ITIL). Working with the product and internal engineering and infrastructure teams to create a strategy and roadmap to implement technology and security practices in a SaaS environment, utilizing industry public cloud resources (AWS, GCP). Led the Postmark acquisition due diligence for the security and technology areas. Responsible for the cloud and physical networks, pertaining to security and Web Application Firewall (WAF). Responsible for independent security auditor reviews for security controls (SOC2, PCI), including policy creation/implementation, risk, compliance, and annual employee training. Works with the General Counsel and forensic specialists for fraud/security investigations. Provides sales/finance support for security questionnaires for customers and vendor management.

Precisely is a publicly traded, software company specializing in data integrity tools, operating in 100 countries, with 12,000 customers and 2500 employees. Hired by the Board as the Global CISO to build a security and compliance program for a company sale. Working across the organization to secure and build SaaS applications, with people, process and technology. Built an InfoSec program from the ground floor, based on the ISO 27001 standard, including security architecture, compliance, and global security operations. Led the company to SOC2 Type 1 certification within six months. Brought in a GRC tool for customer security assessments, product and IT pen testing and external audits. Led the security due diligence for the Infogix acquisition and the sale of the company to ClearLake and TA private equity firms. Board and Audit Committee member.

Epi is a PE backed global eCommerce company, operating in 18 countries, with 8,000 customers and 1000 employees. Hired as the Global CIO & CISO, and executive for the North American headquarters to work alongside the ELT to create and implement a strategy to increase company revenue through organic growth and acquisition. As the CIO, created the ROI and business case for a digital transformation to replace internal applications (ERP, CRM, Customer Success, Sales/Marketing Enablement tools) that supported a business in hyper growth. Managed a worldwide team of business, developers, and security/infrastructure engineers Epi’s data centers and cloud services. Hands-on architecture of global strategies for IT, Security, Compliance, and integration of mission critical business processes. Led risk-compliance initiatives in ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS and SOC2, while in the midst of integrating four companies (Epi, Ektron, Peerius, Optivo) and acquiring two new companies (Idio, Insite). Large customer presence, through compliance/security meetings and annual audits. Spokesperson for the company through social media and stage presentations. Sought after thought leader and avid speaker, author and presenter for industry presentations and webinars. Managed a $4M budget.

Microsoft is a Fortune 10 software company, operating in 100 countries with 150,000 employees.Working as a hands-on architect to support clients in the formulation of strategy, and to build applications with innovative solutions, in the areas of cloud computing, data management, security, infrastructure services, application development and knowledge management. Work with Business LOBs on product development opportunities in a joint partnership to produce revenue generating products. Management of a large worldwide team of enterprise architects and technical account managers for global high technology companies and alongside account executives on a $40M revenue goal. Led the Dell-EMC migration for Microsoft. Chairperson for the New England District Women & Diversity group and Diversity Board member. 2016 Champion Award for outstanding customer service.

Net Atlantic is an global email service provider (ESP).Hired as the CIO with responsibility for business strategy, SaaS application development, infrastructure, and product management, in support of sending billions of emails annually for a global customer base. Completed a data center refresh in 3 months, including security firewalls, backup/recovery/DR, new physical servers, switches, cabling/patch management and segmentation of the network for performance purposes. Established a company-wide strategic roadmap/operating plan that resulted in a 90% growth in revenue, budgets, a resource capacity model, introduced new MTA products and implemented a new security program, including breach response, end-point, firewall, risk and compliance management. Worked proactively with vendors on new product solutions, and implemented governance and processes for risk mitigation, PCI compliance testing and forensic analysis. Managed a $4M budget.

BTE Partners is a consulting practice that provides experienced CIOs for the delivery of executive services in the areas of application delivery, operations, technology strategy, transformational services and portfolio planning.

Aramark is a Fortune 50, Global Managed Service provider.Hired as the dual CIO for two apparel companies (Boston MA/Lexington KY) with revenues totaling $450M and 50 FTE’s. Led the IT effort within both companies, where WearGuard-Crest was shutdown and Galls was right-sized by 50% during the 2009 recession. Key projects included the implementation of a strategic plan to replace legacy technology, Oracle ERP/Supply Chain application and Data Warehouse; Web sales channel platform, two data centers, security, help desk, call center and networks. Implemented a security governance practice, including breach response, risk management, PCI compliance testing and forensic analysis. Combined budget was $14.5M. Responsibilities include working through a transformation and company shutdown at WearGuard and the right-sizing of Galls. Key projects included the implementation of a strategic plan to replace legacy technology, Oracle ERP/Supply Chain application and Data Warehouse; Web sales channel platform, two data centers, security, help desk, call center and networks. Implemented security processes, and PCI compliance testing. Worked closely with business areas to redefine processes to reduce the existing technology footprint. Implementing industry standard processes (ITIL, CMM) for architecture, change, problem and program management. Work closely with all areas of the Uniform Company to deliver infrastructure, security and back office applications in a shared services environment.

Staples is a Fortune 100, office supply retailer in the US.Hired as the head of enterprise data management and led a team of 130 FTE (Data Architects, ETL Developers, Business Intelligence, DBA’s) and offshore team for over 3,500 users, 2,000 stores, 300 Corporate applications and 1,000 databases. Created a shared services model, delivered an ODS/DW, a master data management strategy, an information architecture, which included data governance and PCI compliance. Database technologies included DB2, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft Financials/HR, SQL Server, Cognos, Business Objects, Hyperion, Informatica. Architectural Review Board member to approve product designs for new technology implementations. Managed a $13M budget.

CVS/pharmacy is a Fortune 10, national pharmacy retailer, with revenues of $17B and 6100 stores.Led a group of 200 FTE to support 300 applications for corporate, front store, and pharmacy operations. Eight direct reports in a shared services model to support applications development, product management, database services. Led an organizational transition to implement a matrix model, PMO, SOA, and a technology strategy to sunset legacy technologies. Business solutions and applications include the redesign of CVS.com and loyalty program, RFID/Symbol technology, Pharmacy & Retail systems and data warehouses, Distribution/Logistics/Supply Chain applications, PeopleSoft/Oracle HR & Financials, and Call Center technology. Managed PCI compliance and risk mitigation. Managed the Albertson’s/Sav-On drug store acquisition. Saved $1M, through outsourcing and budget responsibility of $20M.

Managed 40 FTE and 25 applications in support of the Corporate Systems Team. Managed a $13M budget and cost savings of $500K.

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