John Braden

Experience

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  ESCO Corporation

  Mar 1995 - May 2018

  Manage a global team of network and security professionals. Our team effectively deploys, implements, and enforces network and security standards, best practices, and infrastructure capabilities. The end goal of these activities is to ensure information security, performance, and high availability for systems across the enterprise and improve business performance. I work with a team of network and security professionals to implement and enforce IT security standards, best practices, and infrastructure capabilities. The end goal of these activities is to ensure information security, performance, and high availability for systems across the enterprise. As part of the corporate help desk team I provided technical support for corporate users and remote systems administrators worldwide, specializing in engineering system hardware and software support. In this position I demonstrated that I am a quick learner and a team player and was instrumental in the success of multiple projects within the information technology department. In this position I worked as a Team Leader on the production floor of a steel foundry. Some of the tasks involved were supervising production, ordering materials, troubleshooting production equipment, training new personnel, and other duties related to successful departmental operations. I demonstrated leadership capabilities and was able to obtain management experience.

  • Network and Security Team Lead

    Sept 2017 - May 2018

  • Data Security Analyst

    Jan 2008 - Sept 2017

  • Client Services Representative

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2008

  • Team Leader

    Mar 1995 - Jan 2000
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  The Weir Group PLC

  May 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Drove improvements in the maturity of the organization's information security posture. • Developed and managed the Group Information Security governance process. • Supported operating companies, divisions, and Group entities to ensure they were managing information appropriately to maintain the appropriate risk management across the Group. • Participated in audit-related activities to ensure compliance with Group policies and developed action plans for the remediation of non-conforming areas. • Supported the development of the Group Information Security Strategy. • Provided the relevant input and advice to Group and Divisions for the onboarding of third-parties. Show less • Managed the security program for the ESCO Division of WEIR Group as acting CISO.• Managed the Server and Storage Engineers, Network, Telecom, Security Engineers and global Service Desk Teams. Responsible for the Server, Network and Security architecture, network, storage and server performance, capacity planning, policies and procedures, reports and audits for all ESCO sites globally. • Managed the internal customer experience end to end, including Help Desk, Problem Resolution, Software and Hardware Deployment and remote contractors. • Managed a distributed internal/outsourced team of Network Engineers, Security Engineers, Telecom Administrator, Server Engineers, and Client Services/Helpdesk personnel including hiring, training, coaching, compliance and performance management.• Provided collaborative support, education and strategic leadership on security and network best practices for IT and Business management. • Ensured that all systems are compliant with corporate standards, change management for systems is followed, and patching and regular maintenance is conducted on scheduled intervals. • Provided briefings for VP of IT and other executive team members, including metrics, security trends, education, and strategies for improving security.SIAM/ITSM work stream lead for WEIR Group Enterprise IT as part of overall ITOM redesign• Protection Security lead for WEIR Group Enterprise IT Show less

  • CISO Group IT Security Consultant

    Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Sr. Manager, IT Infrastructure and Security (Acting CISO)

    May 2018 - Jun 2020
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  Pence Construction

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  Head of Network & Security (Acting CISO)

  • As Head of Information Network & Security reporting to Head of IT, led the effective design, implementation and management of enterprise network and security systems, solutions, processes, and policies to support business functions• Developed a ground-up information security program, including roadmap and budget reflective of Pence's recent evolution into a larger business• Developed 5-year cybersecurity roadmap to raise Pence’s maturity level in line with the NIST CSF. This was completed with inputs from Moss Adams audit, Pence ITSC, risk tolerance gauge from listening tour, and my experience and expertise. • Established IT risk management function, including senior leader-comprised IT Risk Committee to assess, prioritize, and manage risk.• Led security awareness campaign to improve awareness of cyber threats and risks.• Designed new network infrastructure and cloud security roadmap to improve network security and lower overall infrastructure costs in line with cloud migration strategy. Show less

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Sept 2022 - now

  Technical Account Manager