Thomas Riley Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma , Us

I was promoted to lead and enhance security engineering operations including the areas of network security, application security, threat intelligence, and Identity and Access Management. I manage a team of 20+ in the US and India and oversee a $10MM+ budget.𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: I’ve won multiple IMPACT awards for leadership contributions in the categories of innovation, growth, people, agility, collaboration, and trust.𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:► ENHANCED SECURITY: Strengthened security by 40% by defining technology roadmap and executing on major initiatives such as rebuilding the email security stack and enabling a 24/7 security operations center.► COST SAVINGS: Saved millions per year by bringing network & security operations in-house. Built business case for initiative and gained buy-in from leadership teams.► OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Sped up build of SOC & NOC to within 6 months vs. 1.5 years by implementing Agile methodology.► TEAM BUILDING: Grew team by 150% in 1 year to drive enhanced security operations.► TEAM LEADERSHIP: Received the highest engagement score among the company’s technology leaders. Never lost a team member to attrition. ► M&A INTEGRATION: Sped up integration process by taking security-first approach and developing repeatable playbooks.

Boston, Ma , Us

I was hired as Senior Manager and promoted rapidly to rebuild the infrastructure and execute on migrating all of IT to a cloud-based model. I led a small team to develop and implement network solutions and improve the performance of critical services.𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:► BUSINESS CONTINUITY: Implemented SASE technology, reducing number of VPN issues and enabling employees to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.► ARCHITECTURE & CLOUD MIGRATION: Designed architecture and migrated IT to cloud, achieving 200% computing power increase and 90% decrease in resolution times.► HITRUST CERTIFICATION: Secured HITRUST certification within 1 year vs. industry average of 3 years. Saved millions in costs and attracted large vendor companies.► DISASTER RECOVERY & DATA STORAGE: Streamlined operations by consolidating data centers and implementing DR strategy to reduce RPO and RTO.

New York, Ny, Us

I directed a small team to build a disaster recovery (DR) environment and secure PCI compliance certification. I also planned and executed upgrades and migrations on VMware vSphere, Horizon, and SRM.𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:► DISASTER RECOVERY: Built secondary data center, leading strategy, execution, and testing as well as business continuity planning.► PCI Certification: Achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance in 1 year versus estimated time of 2-3 years.► ENVIRONMENT HARDENING & VIRTUALIZATION: Led environment hardening including email threat/spam issues and virtualization stabilization (Big Fix, Tenable Nessus, Red Seal, Rapid7 Metasploit.► SYSTEM UPGRADES & MIGRATIONS: Designed and implemented Cisco UCS of 50+ hosts and led administration of F5 traffic managers.

I led a small team to build custom asset protection infrastructure for a project in the Middle East that included large-scale data center design and implementation, network infrastructure, security, virtualization, and application deployment and integration.𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:► DATA CENTER: Designed, built, and monitored performance of cutting-edge data centers to serve evolving software application.► CLOUD & SELF-SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE: Built and implemented private cloud and self-service infrastructure using VMware vSphere and NSX.► COST SAVINGS: Reduced costs by $25K/quarter by taking the lead on mentoring junior staff, automating routine tasks and packet dissection, and tuning virtual machine resource allocations.

Holmdel, New Jersey, Us