Information Technology Security Professional

Insightful, results-driven IT professional with considerable success directing a broad range of corporate IT Security initiatives while managing the strategic security direction and implementing solutions in support of business objectives. Excel at providing comprehensive secure network design and full life-cycle project management. Hands-on experience leading all stages of project development and management efforts, including requirements definition, design, architecture and support.

Ability to lead and motivate teams at any level. In-depth understanding of information systems, networking and security. . Experienced in overseeing the creation and maintenance of information security policies, leading security risk assessment efforts, and owning the security awareness and training programs. Can advise and collaborate with multiple business units on business continuity and disaster recovery plans as well as audit and governmental compliance practices.  Additionally have experience with the responsibility of building an information security-conscious company culture.
Extensive hands-on experience in building the information security strategy which includes implementing, directing, and overseeing the governance, assessment, consulting, and monitoring of all information security requirements.
Comprehensive working knowledge and experience of currently accepted information security standards, guidelines and theories.

Expertise with developing and implementing policies, procedures and standards that meet the defined information security management requirements. Capable of overseeing and managing a team of information security professionals whose primary responsibility is to coordinate enterprise-wide security efforts, implement security standards, test information security processes and controls, and provide management level reporting.

Specialties: Platforms:       Windows 9x / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7; Mac OS;
      
Networking:       Cisco Networking: including IOS, Catalyst OS. PIX Firewall, ASA.. Experience with Layer 2 and 3 LAN, PAN, MAN, WLAN and WAN technologies and protocols (VLAN’s, GigE, STP,  Etherchannel, 802.1x, 802.11a,b,g,n; WiMAX; FR, ATM, DWDM, SONET, MPLS, TCP/IP, QOS, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VoWiFi, Mesh Networking, IPv6, 4G Mobile Data, etc.)