John Bergland

Experience

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  Sekisui America Corporation

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1996

  Account Executive
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  Lotus Development

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Quality Engineering Test Lead
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  IBM / Lotus - Lotus Architected Solutions Group

  Jun 1998 - Jun 2003

  Senior Consultant / Requirements Engineer

  Provide requirements engineering and business analysis consulting services to ensure that technical solutions meet clients’ business objectives. These services include leading and facilitating requirements gathering workshops, business process analysis, developing and modeling use cases, and leading rapid development prototyping efforts.

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  IBM

  Jun 2003 - now

  Responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of IBM's software products and services throughout their lifecycle, from development to deployment and maintenance. I work closely with cross-functional teams to establish and implement processes, policies, and controls to protect against cyber threats and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish software security requirements, design secure development practices, and evaluate third-party vendors for security compliance. • Develop and manage software security risk assessments, vulnerability management, and incident response plansMy specialty to date within this group is for Software Bill of Material (SBOM) analysis. I have helped establish our processes and tooling for analyzing software for vulnerabilities and determining the overall risk of the software. I work with IBM development teams for vulnerability remediation and to increase awareness for improving secure software development. Show less I manage the North American deployments for a leading IBM cognitive tool, Cognitive Sales Advisor. I work directly with IBM business units, demonstrating and educating sellers on how to utilize our technology for more effective, targeted selling. Additionally, I am responsible for understanding sellers' business needs and work directly with development squads to realize, prioritize and align enhanced technical capabilities. I am using Design Thinking to ensure a user-centric approach to understanding seller's technology needs. Additionally, I am applying a strong working knowledge of Agile Methodology (Scrum) to our development, testing and deployment processes. Applying a strong working knowledge of Agile (Scrum) methodology to our team's development approach. Show less Manage teams of international technical specialists for short-term, in-depth, research projects producing technical publications for IBM Redbooks (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com). Specific responsibilities include: Developing relationships with project sponsors, defining project scope, topics and developing relevant scenarios, identifying and recruiting required technical expertise, providing full project management and technical leadership, working with technical, editorial and legal review teams to complete the publication. Show less

  • Program Manager - Software Supply Chain Security

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Deployment Lead - Digital Sales Technology

    Apr 2015 - Apr 2022

  • Business Analyst | IBM Inside Sales | Web Channel Enablement

    Jun 2010 - Apr 2015

  • Project Leader / IT Specialist - IBM Redbooks

    Jun 2003 - Oct 2010