Driving a holistic security and data protection strategy as CISO & DPO, with a focus on building trust and transparency with Kantata's customers. Ensuring compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) while mitigating risk and fostering a secure SaaS environment

The OnCon Senior Council is an exclusive group of top executives across 10 categories (CMO, CHRO, General Counsel, CTO/CIO, COO, CFO, CISO, L&D, Talent Acquisition, Data & Analytics). The group meets virtually (each category meets in a separate breakout space) once per month to discuss latest challenges, trends, and to benchmark.

Direct and Manage both Infrastructure and IT Operations Teams to implement and maintain server infrastructure that supports both external clients as well as internal facing staff. Work closely with the executive team to develop corporate strategies and how the technology will support them. Define security strategies to support ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications. Primary responsibilities include:• Management of all corporate IT systems• Leadership role in both the Security Council as well as Technology Review Board• Management of Infrastructure and IT Operations teams• Ownership and responsibility of $2M operating IT budget• Manage corporate technology spending and contracts • Definition of Hardware/Software standards• Project coordination with business units to ensure their needs were met• RFI/RFP responses• Policy and Procedure creation • Define corporate security strategy• Oversee all corporate technology deployments

Defined corporate IT & Security strategy for the company.Primary responsibilities included the following:- Oversee all technology operations.- Administration of corporate email and messaging solution (G-suite)- Devise and establish IT policies and systems to support the implementation of strategy of all business units within the company- Management and escalation point for global helpdesk operations - Vendor management - Control budget and contract negotiation for all technology implementations- Application vulnerability scanning and remediations- IT and compliance security audits- New hire onboarding and offboarding

Define the IT strategy for the Frost Data Capital incubation portfolio. Responsible for the design, development and implementation of organizational information systems, software applications, and IT support of infrastructure systems. Direct and manage IT plans, schedules, policies and programs for the organizations data processing, network communications, business operations, and computer systems.Primary responsibilities include:• Management of all IT systems. This includes cloud environment such as AWS and Azure• Oversee IT Help desk being the primary contact back to the business groups for all escalations• Hardware procurement for server and desktop environments• Multi-site Meraki deployments and management • Vendor/Supplier contract negotiations• IT budget • Define Security strategy for each of the portfolios which includes HIPAA compliance• Implementation and development of best practices• IT guidelines, policies, and procedures• Support for any/all due diligence IT related activities • Technical Pre-Sales engagements for portfolio companies

Actively participate in all aspects diagnosing customer needs, sales design, solution development, value establishment, and integration strategy. Fully understand customer environments to clearly articulate the value proposition and business benefits of the proposed solution. Work closely with ODM/OEM’s on hardware validation of Predixion Riot product family. Primary responsibilities include:• Assist sales team through preparation and delivery of technical presentations and statements of work by matching specific client business requirements with effective technical solutions.• Educate prospects on product implementations and usage as well as answer all of their technical questions. • Participate in consultations and/or product capability assessments with prospects.• Develop and maintain a broad knowledge of the IoT industry. • Hardware validation and certification for the Predixion Riot product family. • Work directly with customer contacts to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve technical issues. • Work cross-functionally within the organization and with external partners. • Provide customer feedback to executive and development teams to participate in functionality roadmap planning. • Work effectively with sales team to retain and grow business from existing accounts

Provide strategic leadership for global offering launch activities and GTM (Go to Market) initiatives. Key area of focus is the management and orchestration of all launch workstreams. This includes regional awareness and scale, value proposition creation, market vertical alignment, messaging, communications, training, pipeline metrics, sales enablement criteria, and global delivery readiness.Some activities include:- Business Case development - Sales and Marketing Strategy- Market Research and competitive analysis - Sales Enablement tools (Collateral, Messaging, ROI Calculators, Training, etc.)- Technology Partner relationship management- Budgeting, investment requests/reviews- Liaison between Sales, Offering Development, and Global Consulting organizations- Executive briefings

Overall management of the professional services portfolio.Responsibilities included:- Resource management- Billable Utilization Reporting and Forecasting- Relationship management with technology partners- Vendor management for subcontracting- Review of SoW (Statements of work) to ensure accuracy as well as risk mitigation.

Responsible for day to day IT Operations of 10+ Microsoft offices within the Western and Southern half of the UnitedStates. Extensively involved with Technical Pre-Sales through the Microsoft IT Showcase program & Lead for numerousglobal programs and initiatives. Responsible for IT Direction and Leadership for 10+ field sites Program Lead for Field IT Cloud Migration Strategy and Program Delivery Extensive Global & Virtual Team (v-team) and Field Subject Experts (FSE) Leadership Experience Architect for Microsoft IT's Productivity Center Lead Architect for Microsoft IT's VBOS Program (Virtual Branch Office Server) Extensive Leadership experience in technology deployments including Windows Vista/7, Lync 2010, Exchange, SharePoint 2007/2010, Office 2007/2010, Server 2003/2008, Hyper-V, On-Premise to Cloud Offering (Office365), Forefront, Microsoft Retail Stores

Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse SQL Product Unit(FormerlyDATAllegro before being acquired by Microsoft in 2008). Primary manager of entire IT dept. Responsibilities included staff management, server (Linux and Windows)management and maintenance, help desk queue, anti-virus and messaging (POP/SMTP) infrastructure. Responsible for overall IS/IT functions for both internal andexternal customers in a mixed OS environment (Windows and Linux). Provide the necessary IT conduit to multiple departments (Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Client Services, Business Dev., and Executive Staff) Responsible for telephony systems (internal and external) and worldwide technical support numbers Responsible for management of 3rd party vendors for many IT initiatives

Relationship management with all external accounts as well as a primary focus on business development. This companyprovided technical solutions ranging from infrastructure, PBX, circuit installations, desktop support, and projectmanagement.

Managed day to day operations. Responsibilities included Employee/Vendor management, Project Management,Partner interfaces, Business Development, and Hardware/Software licensing compliance.