Rafe Hart

Rafe Hart

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    VP Security at StarRez (A Vista Equity Company)

  • Education

    • RMIT University

      2012 - 2014
      MBA (Executive)
  • Experience

    • AAPT

      Feb 2000 - Nov 2002
      Support Engineer
    • SGS

      Nov 2002 - Mar 2015

      SGS is a multinational company which provides inspection, testing and certification services. It has more than 97,000 employees and operates over 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. It acquired my employer in 2013 and I managed the integration into the new company.

      • Manager - IT & Projects

        Nov 2008 - Mar 2015
      • Systems Engineer (HART Aviation)

        Nov 2002 - Nov 2008
    • StarRez, Inc.

      Apr 2015 - Dec 2021

      StarRez is an enterprise software company specialising in higher education accommodation, serving more than 800 institutions worldwide. My role was to manage risk and cyber security (technical security, as well as SOC 2, PCI, and GDPR) and support a team of engineers operating a scalable and secure SaaS platform (Azure + Kubernetes) delivering services to Australia, US, UK and EU. My role was to manage the software engineering team as well as company security and privacy, leading a team of 43 based in Australia, the US and the UK. Development was done on a Microsoft tech stack (C#, ASP.NET, React) or Linux (C++), in a mix of Azure, AWS and on-premises environments.

      • Head of Cyber Security

        Jun 2019 - Dec 2021
      • Development Manager / Cyber Security Officer

        Apr 2015 - Jun 2019
    • EonX

      Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
      Head of Cyber Security

      EonX is a fintech in the eWallet, rewards and payments space. My time here was spent doing security architecture for a new Mastercard payment service and standing up an initial security program.

    • StarRez, Inc.

      Apr 2022 - now
      Vice President Security
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FIP (Fellow of Information Privacy)

      IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
      Feb 2021
    • Certified In Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)

      ISACA
      Mar 2024
    • SABSA Chartered Architect, Foundation (Enterprise Security)

      The SABSA Institute
      Jul 2013
    • Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)

      Red Hat
      Sept 2011
    • CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Manager)

      IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
      Dec 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

      (ISC)²
      Nov 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional / Europe)

      IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
      Nov 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • PRINCE2 Practitioner

      APMG-International
      Mar 2015
    • PMP (Project Management Professional)

      Project Management Institute
      Mar 2017