Jason Parnell

Experience

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  FJC Inc.

  Jan 1997 - May 2005

  Shipping & Receiving

  Part-time work during school and school breaks, preparing and receiving shipments for an automotive air-conditioning company. - Received and checked products and returns from other companies.- Packaged and shipped both UPS and freight orders.- Trained on forklift operation and maintained a level I, II, IV, and V forklift license.- Communicated with freight companies concerning shipments and issues with bills of lading.- Installed and maintained hardware and software on all office computers.- Integrated, installed and maintained a wireless network throughout the complex. Show less

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  Western Carolina University Center

  Oct 2001 - Aug 2005

  Part-time work while attending college, providing technical support for groups using the campus University Center.- Communicated with groups, bands, and other WCU staff to set up advanced sound equipment for concerts, pageants, speakers, etc. - Efficiently managed up to 10 other tech crew personnel to set up, run and break down events in a timely fashion.- Trained new employees on all sound equipment, setup methods, and 35mm movie theater projector with sophisticated sound equipment.- A.K. Hinds University Center Student Staff of the Year Award Show less Part-time work while attending college, assisting the university’s students on all technical aspects of their personal computers and university networking issues. Included were individual training/instruction on the computer operations.- Assisted new students on computer setup and network integration.- Provided technical support over the phone and in the student’s dorms to fix any software or hardware problems.- Educated students on all aspects of network computing at WCU.- Trained other employees on simulations of multiple hardware and software issues. - Assisted the supervisor in maintaining the WCU network. Show less

  • Tech Crew

    Nov 2003 - Aug 2005

  • ResNet Computer Consultant

    Oct 2001 - Nov 2003
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  SunCom Wireless

  Nov 2005 - May 2006

  Wireless Sales Consultant

  - Successfully handled all administrative aspects of the sale including: completing customer contracts and warranties, inventory management, managing customer payments, and order management.- Maintained a strong knowledge of all company products, accessories, pricing plans, promotions, and service features.- Understand the customer’s needs and help them discover how the products meet those needs.- Maintain knowledge of competitive wireless technology, offers, and promotions- Provide critical market feedback to the store manager regarding local competition. Show less

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  IBM

  Jun 2006 - Jan 2012

  A champion of social media tools and technologies with a track record of creating and implementing successful social media programs. Designed and developed the internal IBM strategy for leveraging Social Media and the technologies associated with it. Representative engagements include:- Developed a business plan for a social media strategy to be used within IBM and presented to 5 IBM business unit executives which resulted in adoption across the entire organization. - Built and implemented a working “go-to-market” strategy for IBM sellers to leverage social media within their territories across the U.S.- Working in conjunction with other IBM leaders, established a basis of rules and guidelines to be put in place, to best use social influence.- Working with the dedicated social media focal, we developed training guidelines, an employee adoption strategy and social media best practices.- Assessed social media marketing strategies to qualify and quantify the rate of return. Identified and tapped into new channels to optimize ROI and fuel revenue growth.- Personally trained 20+ people across the IBM organization in the use of social media and associated technologies. Developed strategies on how to best leverage the new technology in their territories.- Continued to be the “go-to” expert for the latest trends, technologies, social media tools and best practices. Show less Designed and executed transformative Business Information, Technology Infrastructure, Project Management and IT Governance strategies for an industry-diverse client base. Defined long-term strategies for clients enabling growth and scalability while minimize costs and business risks. Negotiated reseller partnerships and managed multiple development resources. Captured new business through technical knowledge, professional networking and social media. Representative engagements include:- Collaborated with client's on core hardware technology, software applications, security and integration/implementation services that enhanced visibility of key metrics and empowered client's to make intelligent, informed decisions in a timely manner. - Managed a sales quota between 1-3 million dollars with a dedicated base of over 70 – 1,500 highly competitive accounts across multiple industries- Sold, configured, and implemented a new IT infrastructure for national retailer to support rapid-growth in a 3 month period. Strengthened database and development technology strategy to scale for multiple database administrators with an increased work load.- Modernized technology operations for a regional medical supply chain that lacked the infrastructure needed to adopt ORACLE EBS software. Managed a project team within IBM to select the appropriate hardware and software, which increased the customer’s performance by +40% through the use of virtual machines, which allowed the client to manage their datacenter with lower hardware and maintenance costs.- Developed project management skills by successfully managing multiple projects across the IBM organization, along with managing people and resources to complete the projects within a given customer time frame. All while providing business intelligence on all projects, via dashboards and weekly strategy meetings. Show less

  • Social Media Leader

    Jul 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Client Executive

    Jun 2006 - Jan 2012
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  IntiGrow

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2015

  Sales Executive

  Responsible for delivering comprehensive security solutions and competitively priced security services to a myriad of industry verticals. Empowering enterprises to achieve a business enabled defense-in-depth security posture, manage corporate risk, improve compliance, and attain proactive detection and prevention of security threats to their computing infrastructure, data, and applications. - Managed and lead all efforts necessary to identify and acquire new clients, expand client relationships and cultivate new opportunity- Account Management and Planning - Lead and collaborated with cross functional groups including CXO, Network, IT, Security, E-Commerce, Data, Finance, Legal, Customer Service and third party vendors- Staffing Business Development Manager – Managed accounts and placed staffing resource personnel at client locations, delivering the highest quality service possible- Developed and implemented Marketing Strategies within my designated sales region that include flyers, letters, blogs, whitepapers, email campaigns and distributed these through multiple channels such as Social Media.Certifications:IBM Security Systems Sales Professional v3RSA SecureWorld Authentication Sales CertifiedRSA SecureWorld Security Management Sales CertifiedHitachi Identity Management Sales CertifiedOracle Identity Governance Suite 11g Sales CertifiedOracle Identity Analytics Suite 11g Sales Certified Show less

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  Equifax

  Mar 2015 - Jan 2018

  Responsible for the global security risk assessment program through the identification of risk and the creation of mitigation strategies for internal and external parties.- Conduct global on-site security risk assessments utilizing an established IT risk assessment framework based on the ISO27001 standards and established Equifax requirements. Engagements are executed against internal Equifax business units and external clients that store, transmit and or process sensitive Equifax data on a worldwide scope.- Communicate with decision makers across various business units to address customer issues, execute process changes, and to improve the security risk assessments program for both internal and external customers- Provide senior level support for the remediation of all risk assessment vulnerabilities discovered during the assessment process to provide optimal protection of Equifax sensitive data.- Develop, recommend and coordinate the implementation of internal global security procedures.- Coordinate across functions such as sourcing, security, legal, relationship managers, account team and IT compliance when addressing global security issues and improvements. Show less Responsible for developing, implementing, enforcing and validating of information security policies, standards, methods, procedures and monitor compliance across the enterprise. Observation Management Program Manager.- Maintain compliance of external customer's and regulatory requirements to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the company's network, digital information, user accounts or other sensitive information. - Conduct security risk assessments via phone or electronic communication utilizing an established IT risk assessment framework based on the ISO27001 standards and established Equifax requirements. Engagements are executed against internal Equifax business units and external clients that store, transmit and or process sensitive Equifax data on a worldwide scope.- Redesigned the risk assessment teams security assessment template and data flow diagram template (Visio), to a standardized form to increase productivity and consistency throughout the assessment process. The overhaul has decreased report writing time, quality control review time and the time it takes to report back to the business.- Manage the GRC platform; this includes oversight and execution of all security risk assessments, validation of results, quality control and ensuring the remediation of identified vulnerabilities as senior level support.- Manage remediation team members who are responsible for working with internal and external parties for the remediation of identified vulnerabilities.- Planned, designed and implemented new security processes within the risk management division of Equifax security. This resulted in an entire redesign and restructure of Equifax’s GRC platform (RSA Archer) to reduce complexity and increase efficiency.- Established and maintain key organizational metrics including; status of assessments, issue management and remediation time-frames to report back to the business unit on the successful growth of the security program Show less

  • Director - Risk Assessment Services

    Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Senior Security Risk Analyst & Program Manager

    Mar 2015 - Aug 2016
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  EY

  Jan 2018 - now

  • Manager

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Senior Consultant

    Jan 2018 - Sept 2021