Taj Halim, PMP, CISSP, CCSkv4

Experience

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  Ford Motor Co

  May 1989 - Mar 2007

  Senior Technical Manager

  - Responsible for advocating PM methodology, systems development life cycle (SDLC) and ensuring all projects within ITI were completed within the time frame and budget while utilizing EVA techniques- Directed and managed a global team of 15 technical people (2 in U.K, 13 in U.S) to support infrastructure of plant floor applications at all manufacturing locations worldwide. Management oversight on implementing projects utilizing 6 sigma techniques, SLAs, vendor contracts, employee coaching and performance management, lead audits, billing and budgets, maintenance of data center, facilitates application testing. - Hands on experience with Unix and Linux, knowledge of Perl, korn shell, C shell and Bourne shell. Show less

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  Sage

  Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

  Program Manager

  Responsible for managing dedicated resources, hiring personnel, keeping tight track of budgets, making presentations to senior management, building relationships, providing leadership and fostering team work

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  AT&T Mobility

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2011

  Senior Technical Project Manager

  Responsible for managing cutting edge telecommunications projects relating to increasing the wireless network capacity and hardening current network infrastructure and platfoms

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  Macy's systems and Technology

  Feb 2011 - Apr 2011

  Senior Infrastructure Manager

  Led the team to build development, QA, Pre Prod and Production environments to support the company's accelerated technology refresh program

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  Cox Automotive

  May 2011 - Mar 2020

  Senior Technical Manager

  • Managed and led a team t to implement an IPS solution at the two co-located data centers. Oversaw the architecture, design and implementation of Palo Alto 5260 h/w & FW resulting in hardening the security of the applications and Infrastructure• Led a team on a major effort to install Checkpoint Firewall at the two Data Centers which resulted in delivering a strategic initiative. Closely managed the budget and tracked the costs to complete the scope in a timely manner and within budget• Led a major initiative to implement Arbor Network’s DDoS solution at the company’s two Data Centers. This resulted in hardening the security posture by pro-actively managing the attacks.• Oversaw a successful roll out of GDPR regulatory compliance across the company's eight subsidiaries / business units. Worked with Legal Counsels and IT teams in individual countries across EU to put in place policies, procedures and governance that complied with GDPR guidelines.• Directed an implementation of eDiscovery Encase tool across the enterprise to 18000+ client machines which streamlined forensics while automating the audit process for the legal team. • Implemented Informatica’s MFTP software which streamlined file transfers from hundreds of auto dealers across the country. Show less

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  Fiserv

  May 2020 - Oct 2021

  Senior Information Technology Project Manager

  • Leading Cloud design, development, and Implementation of Recipient Portal used by major insurance carriers (State Farm, New Mexico Mutual) for disbursement of consumer claims amounting to over $1 billion• Transforming business with implementing Sterling File Gateway (SFG)/AutoSys solution by retiring a legacy Moveit Central system for internal and external file transmissions for 2200 Financial Institutions• Integration of two company portals (WC3 & SmartView) with backend systems (CardTrack) to provide a collaboration platform to support the one Fiserv initiative and plastics integration program Show less

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  Honeywell

  Oct 2021 - now

  Oversee compliance of Honeywell Assets such as PCs Servers (Cloud, Data Center), Applications etc. to company's global security policies, engage leadership across various business units to push compliance, enlighten the stakeholders across business about security risks associated with non compliant applications, oversee remediation of security vulnerabilities, track metrics on compliance and ensure timely corrective actions are taken, pro actively identify security risks with the application owners and provide guidance on secure practices Show less

  • Business Information Security Officer

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Senior IT Ops Security Specialist

    Oct 2021 - Apr 2023