Charles Robison Jr, CISSP

Experience

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  Dell

  Jul 2002 - now

  Create a multi-year strategy to meet Dell business and consumer client security needs by conceptualizing, incubating then implementing hardware and software solutions. Collaborate with marketing, systems architecture and development teams to launch strategies for authentication, data protection, behavior-based anti-malware & system tracking. Ensure core security tenants are implemented across future products and services. Own biometric & end-user authentication strategic roadmap for client LOB. Drive innovation within our solutions and secure intellectual property. Consultant for security companies under investigation for acquisition.* Developed unified IAM and SSO strategy which deployed across Dell I/T infrastructure* Own silicon roadmap for Dell ControlVault including the launch of three product generations * Develop and Led the Dell product portfolio for user authentication technology* “Go-To” SME for machine identity, entitlements, PKI & attestation * Contributor in the TCG, MCA and NIST’s NCCoE Industry Standards* Conceived, developed code, co-designed with industry standards organizations, coordinated funding & led PAN Dell teams to launch Secured Component Verification solution forming a new product solution space* Primary Architect of Secure Browsing solution Protected workspace * Owned strategic roadmap for Dell Data Protection | Security Tools* Led multi-vendor collaboration for Iris authentication solution definition to be first to market for integration into NGC (Windows Hello)* Architected, coded & formed team to pilot Zero Trust Identity PoC for larger customer* Early evangelist of Modern Authentication, scaled access based on device ID, context & risk without boundaries; now known as Zero Trust* Owned Fingerprint biometric roadmap and managed sensor change from swipe to touch on notebooks/tablets* Successful vulnerability test of thunderbolt DMA side channel scrape of encryption key leading to Dell BIOS policy improvements Show less Review technology roadmaps and analyze for technology gaps then provide guidance to vendors for ensuring future Dell product innovation. Explore concepts that resolve customer needs by fabricating hardware and software proof-of-concepts and drive their adoption into future products. Lead concept teams to create functional prototypes for quarterly executive review with supporting business case strategy, cost analysis, usability definition and technical architecture.* Architected the managed education content store which is currently being piloted in Hall County ISD.* Presented secure management concept to 40+ school district CTOs in Dell’s Executive Briefing Center.* Designed and fabricated motherboard for super thin half-inch notebook concept utilizing Latitude ON.* Designed and fabricated WiGig based screen casting prototype including pairing mechanics, network session sharing & Android OS coding.* Scope, research & advise vendor and product acquisitions* Indoor positioning system prototypes using iridium satellite constellation* Two years serving as lab manager in charge of access, ISO & ESD compliance and audits Show less Manage global cross-functional teams for portable device motherboard design with a focus on power management controls for battery life performance & energy efficiency. * Architected and delivered “All Day Computing” across Dell Latitude series notebooks.* Delivered EPA Energy Star 4.0 across entire Latitude & Precision notebook lines including the only to market with AMD due to personally overseen architecture changes and assisting legal litigation.* Motherboard design Engineer for Dell’s first convertible tablet device – Parker; Latitude XT Tablet* Collaborative plan for data collection, measurements & policies leading to EPA EnergyStar 5.0 spec development. Show less Lead engineering to ensure quality of the product, reduce cost of manufacturing, maintain continuity of supply, fix factory issues and drive all marketing feature enhancement requests to meet cost and deadlines. Manage all engineering projects for device LOB reporting to and owning actions from core team while ensuring resources are properly allocated to meet deliverables. Ensure vendor relationships remain in good standing.* Managed the first Dell notebook project to Pb-free IEC60950 compliancy on schedule.* Transitioned three post-development divisions from ADC to CDC & TDC.* Delivered BPI (Six Sigma) Green Belt project to improve documentation of development projects.* Supervised motherboard layer reduction & CPU socket changes resulting in $8.00 cost savings per device.* Assisted DoD with procedures and plans to investigate criminal activity. Show less Manage ODM, root cause issues and lead qualification projects to maintain continuity of supply and feature enhancements. Work across organization to debug and isolate hardware and BIOS issues on post-production platforms. Manage motherboard changes to resolve issues, introduce new parts, fix supply issues and cost cutting measures.* Root caused and implemented strategy to resolve USB signal integrity issues which affected one million+ notebooks in production and pushed the change to platforms under development.* Point contact for bringing up first Intel Dothan processor on Dell VC platform which enabled Dell to be the first to market.* Drove cost reduction in power supply design leveraged across multiple notebooks saving >$1M Show less

  • Software Security Technologiest

    Feb 2012 - now

  • Concept Design

    Sept 2007 - Feb 2012

  • Electrical Development Engineer

    Jan 2006 - Sept 2007

  • Development Manager

    Sept 2004 - Jan 2006

  • Sustaining Engineer

    Jul 2002 - Sept 2004