Experienced Executive leader with 13 years in Security and Engineering, including 8 years of team leadership experience. Possesses diverse industry expertise in SaaS Product Companies, Financial Services, Insurance, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Energy, and more. Views Security as a key business enabler, with a proven track record of aligning security programs with strategic and commercial business objectives. Accomplished in supporting sales cycles, post-merger M&A integration, mitigating audit finding risks, and preparing businesses for successful acquisition. Advises Security startups and is passionate about empowering teams to drive program improvements from the ground up. Leads with a direct, honest, and empathetic style. Actively involved in the security community as a contributor to OWASP CI/CD Security Risk development, a member of Infragard Chicago chapter, and a CSA Chicago chapter memberFeatured Contributor- “97 things application security professional need to know”Security Programs:- Enterprise Security- Product Security- Application Security- Cyber Security- Identity & Access Management- Incident Response- Insider Threat- DevOps/DevSecOps- Data Privacy- Data Loss Prevention- Security M&A integration- ZeroTrust- Cloud Security- Data Security - AI Security - Secure by Design- Security Engineering - SecOps / Security Operations - Threat Intelligence - Threat Detection Engineering Compliance:- ISO 27001/02- FedRAMP, FIPS 140- SOC 2 Type 2- SOX- NYDFS- GDPR, CCPA, HIPPA, PCI- NIST 800-53- NIST Cyber Security Framework- CSA STARTechnology:- On Prem, hybrid, cloud native- SaaS, PaaS, IaaS- AWS, Azure, GCP- Mac OS, Linux, Windows- Container Security, API Security, Detection Engineer, CICD Security- Next-Gen Security Architecture- Threat Intelligence, Threat Modeling- SIEM, SOAR, EDR, CASB, DLP, IAM, SAST, DAST, SCA, IASTAccolades: - 2024 Top 50 Information Security Leaders - OnConference OnCon Awards- 2023 Top Security Leaders Under 40 list - CDO Magazine- 2023 Top Security Leaders - CDO Magazine Specialties: Security Leader | Executive | People Leadership | Cyber Security | Product Security | Strategic Planning | Application Security | Cloud strategy and Architecture | Product Development | Threat intelligence driven security programs | Early stage startup advisor | Vulnerability Management | Technical Merger and Acquisitions | Zero Trust Initiatives | Customer Success | Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting Strategy | Shift left Security (CICD) Strategy | Risk Management & Compliance |