Experience

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  Hartford insurance

  Jan 1984 - Dec 1987

  Systems engineer

  I provided a broad spectrum of support to Hartford Insurance’s global operations, including executive support as well as distributed computing environment, Help Desk, PC, server, voice, fax/copier, printer, network, and audiovisual.

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  Aetna

  Mar 2002 - now

  Catalyst for Exceptional Information Security Management – Transforming Organizations & Delivering ROI For more than 20 years, I have been helping organizations to significantly ramp-up their information security management systems—identifying gaps, putting in place practices that optimize all features in existing software, extending policies and protocols across the enterprise, and proactively planning and implementing programs that mitigate risks and help organizations to achieve compliance and confidence in their security strategies.Some career highlights reflecting my work at both the Aetna and Hartford Insurance include:* Demonstrated ability to scale an organization with 100+ direct and indirect reports focusing efforts to proactively provide expertise and support ranging from identity, security controls, provisioning access, and training and awareness to internal/external audits, M&A-Aetna integration, and automation provisioning.* Broad financial management skills, from establishing and managing budgets of $31M and orchestrating multimillion-dollar security/infrastructure rollouts to overseeing Enterprise Security Protection for 40,000 people globally.* Laser-focused and highly methodical strategic planning abilities: Expertly transforming an organization from reactive to proactive across all facets of information security planning and execution.* As a respected leader within the company and in the industry (ISE® Northeast Executive Nominee; select corporate presenter at security professionals conference to professors Dartmouth College), * A career trajectory that reflects consistent and progressive advancement to the level of Head of a 100-person Security Department, I bring exceptional background and a solid record of achievement for positioning for a CISO opportunity. Show less In position created for me as Security Manager II, my team tripled in size to 24 information security professionals delivering enterprise protection and engineering across the organization and I managed a $38M operations budget.Select project accomplishments include:* I spearheaded Aetna’s Level One Merchant/Certification for Credit Cards, a year-long process that successfully garnered certification, complying with 100+ regulatory standards of the PCI Security Council. * I also implemented Blue Coat Proxy (web internet prevention technology), scaling enhancements to granular level to address specific business requirements while still containing risk.* The PointSec encryption system was launched, enhancing information security for a global workforce of 44K, including 14K employees working from home and 12K vendor partners/off-shore developers Show less

  • Sr. Director Information Security

    Aug 2010 - now

  • Security Manager

    Mar 2002 - Aug 2010