Daria Kirilenko

Experience

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  The Alliance For Climate Protection

  Aug 2009 - Oct 2010

  Director Of Field Operations

  Managed six Field Organizers and two offices in North Dakota. Collaborated with over 20 organizations on large-scale events such as Powershift conference, Green Week, Clean and Green Expo, and Get Out the Senate Vote efforts.

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  Eurasia Foundation

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Communications and Customer Experience Program Assistant

  Published EF’s 2010 Annual Report and developed the new website.

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  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Program Assistant

  Translated and edited 10 whitepapers and articles on human rights and current affairs in Russian and English. Monitored media for articles and segments by Carnegie scholars to include in newsletters.

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  Product Development Consultant

  Developed a model to calculate the probability of government transition in Middle East and North Africa countries by compiling a database of economic and social indicators and conducting regression analysis in STATA.

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  CEB, now Gartner

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2018

  • Designed a quantitative functional performance effectiveness tool and headed its recalibration effort the following year. As a result, assisted hundreds of CISOs in their project investment prioritization.• Managed the blog and newsletter writing process. Exceeded web metrics goals (81% client engagement) and had the highest web metrics score of six other programs.• Led a team of two analysts in publishing a suite of reports on how clients can address security challenges arising from Agile and DevOps. The research was presented to 150 Fortune 500 organizations at six conferences. High quality of the research contributed to the program reaching 110% of its 2017 revenue goal. Show less

  • Associate Research Director, Security and Risk

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Senior Research Analyst, Enterprise Architecture

    Sept 2013 - Apr 2016
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  Gartner

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Managed a portfolio of products and services with over 40,000 clients, valued at $80,000 per seat. • Developed the content creation strategy for a new product: designed a new agenda-setting strategy, enhanced the research process, and forged relationships with senior management and clients. The effort contributed to a 253% increase in product sales in 8 months.• Managed a fully remote, geographically dispersed team as the Interim Team Manager, Vice President.• Presented at Gartner’s 2020 Summit and Symposium to over 300 CISOs. Show less • Led five people in the publication of research accessed by over 900 companies with over USD 500 million in revenue on various cybersecurity topics. High content quality contributed to the program reaching 110% of its revenue goal in 2019.• Nominated to serve on Gartner’s Senior Content Leadership Board, created at the request of executive management to advise and oversee cross-program research efforts.• Received the 2019 Exceptional Thought Leadership Award for re-thinking conventional wisdom on how to effectively manage information risk in large enterprises. Show less

  • Senior Research Director, Security and Risk

    Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

  • Research Director, Security and Risk

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Amazon

  Jul 2021 - Jul 2024

  Information Security Program Manager

  • Developed the methodology for analyzing audit findings and reporting to senior security executives at Amazon. This effort helped deepen the partnership between Internal Audit (IA) and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) at the company and led to more timely risk remediation.• Reshaped reporting to the senior executive team and the Board. The effort contributed to the Board’s decision to centralize information security. • Led 10 people in developing a suite of information security control testing guides, which enabled new auditors to onboard quicker and raised the bar on control testing.• Defined and operationalized program maturity and business unit risk management metrics to track progress against program and risk management goals. • Won the Internal Audit 2022 Hackathon (one of five award recipients out of 65 participants). The competition required to redesign the IA memo presented to the Board. Show less

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  New York City Office of Technology & Innovation

  Jul 2024 - now

  Senior Cybersecurity Advisor

  Identified need and advocated for a new Risk Program. Built and led a three person team focusing on designing new risk management capabilities. Managed Cyber Command’s involvement in an AI pilot, including identifying security concerns and testing systems.Contributed to publication of citywide security policies, including the inaugural AI policy.