Bio

Global technology and cybersecurity executive and board member with consistent success driving secure transformational change, improving governance and achieving business goals. Thought and market leader on how security and defense must be informed by the offense, and specialist in securing digital transformations. PROFILE • 18 years as CISO in global financial services firms of all shapes and sizes. • 2 decades of experience driving innovation that balances strategic objectives with demonstrating regulatory compliance. • Drive innovation that balances strategic objectives with risk management and regulatory compliance. • Lead with a pragmatic view and sensitivity to cross-cultural and organizational lines. • Partner with industry thought leaders to build and evangelize latest security standards and frameworks. • Serve as thought leader on cybersecurity and technology through public speaking and writing. • Communicate complex technical concepts and issues to support executive and board-level discussions. • Build engaged teams, leveraging insight for talent and focusing on recruitment and succession planning. • Bring strong global program delivery and governance skills at scale via multiple delivery models. COMPETENCIES • Cross-functional technology leadership • IT and information security integration strategy • Information technology, security roadmapping • Technology risk thought leadership/mentoring • Budget and fiscal management • Cybersecurity evaluation, remediation planning • Threat modeling, adaptive defense • Business continuity and resiliency strategy • Disaster recovery planning and execution • Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures • 3rd party and supply chain risk management • SOX, GLBA, GDPR, NY DFS, CCPA, CCPR • Native and hybrid cloud security (CCSP) • Blockchain and decentralized finance • Project management, program delivery • IT governance, operations management, audit • Financial risk quantification • ITIL v3 and v4 service delivery management • Critical security controls (CSC) • ISO 17799/27001 • MITRE ATT&CK and NIST Cybersecurity (CSF) • OWASP API Top Ten, financial-grade API (FAPI)