CTO
Total years of experience :25 years, 6 Months
Cyber Security / Cloud Technologies / Governance, Risk Management, Compliance
As a cybersecurity-savvy IT leader, I have built a strong reputation for keeping my company current with the latest tech theory, practice and systems. I develop and maintain strong relationships with senior business leadership to gain their active support, and have established on-going major innovation and transformation programs. I generate high-performance, big-data analytical models to provide actionable insights. Through experience and continual training, I have enhanced risk management strategy, policies, processes, and controls to mitigate organizational risk. I define and maintain an IT core competency strategy and plan to guide talent investments and focus, and communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, the board, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.
Core Competencies
IT Strategy / Tactics
Innovation and Transformation
Threat Assessment
AWS / Azure / Cloud
Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery
IT and Cybersecurity
Data Privacy / GDPR
Security Awareness / Training
Data Privacy
Governance
Risk Management
AWS / Azure / Cloud
Vulnerability / Risk Management
Asset Valuation / Management
Global Compliance
Team Development/Retention
BI / Analytics / Big Data
Team Development / Retention
ID / Access Management
Engaged to revive failed IT projects.
Masterminded new
Joined software startup to move into expansion phase through product and market reporting, analysis, and forecasting.
Directed planning, bidding and construction of business analytics suite for company. Obtained buy-in and support from CEO to bring Finance and Marketing resources onboard. Evaluated vendor proposals, vetted and selected vendor, and managed creation of POC prior to scheduling development and construction of data and object repositories. Resultant analytics suite enabled M&A to evaluate and validate additional buyouts.
Early career
Payless Drug Stores Wilsonville, OR