Andrew Wild is an information security and risk management executive with over 25 years of experience in information security and network engineering. He has succeeded in building and managing corporate information security programs and managing groups of engineers, leading by example with a positive and energetic attitude to drive projects to completion in a timely manner. He has a broad base of both management and hands on experience designing, operating and securing networks involving the use of leading edge technologies in data networking and information security. Strong project management skills have enabled him to simultaneously manage multiple technical projects. His communication skills are excellent, and enable him to effectively communicate technical and business information at the level of the audience, both in writing and orally in formal presentations as well as spontaneously in meetings. A skilled network technologist, and he understands the details of the protocols, standards, and rfcs behind the network technologiesSpecialties are information security and risk management including: securing cloud and virtualized environments, secure implementation of cloud services (both SaaS and IaaS), network security, security policy and practices development, and compliance program management.