About
About
As a strategic cybersecurity executive, I bridge the gap between technical defense and revenue protection for global enterprises. My career is defined by helping companies shift from reactive security to proactive, risk-based governance.
My focus is on designing and implementing frameworks that align with business objectives, establishing risk visibility and business accountability globally. By partnering directly with the C-suite to establish enterprise data protection programs, I have helped organizations reduce critical loss events with minimal impact on day-to-day business operations.
I have had the privilege of building and mentoring high caliber teams of professionals across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. My leadership philosophy is simple: empower individuals through inclusivity and mutual respect, and the metrics will follow.
Experience
Where I've worked
Strengthened relationships with advisors and clients to translate complex risk into clarity for this publicly traded financial services organization, ensuring consistent executive communications. Rebuilt the BISO organization with a focus on metrics, driving accountability, and leading through influence.
Designed and implemented a risk-based cybersecurity program for a publicly traded manufacturer worldwide that protected revenue, which enabled the business to continue to modernize.
- Led and scaled a global team in the Americas and APAC
- Increased program maturity, as baselined on the NIST CSF 2.0 and MITRE ATT&CK
- Created and staffed a greenfield cybersecurity architecture program
- Won a CSO Award for cybersecurity operations transformation
- Repositioned the engineering team and scaled the organization to Brazil
- Partnered with the C-suite as a trusted security advisor, translating technical risks into business terms
- Appointed to the US Cyber Trust Mark Technical Standards Committee
Revamped a global security operations program that protected data for 160K+ customers across 160 countries for this publicly traded Software as a Service organization.
- Hired a high-performing team across Asia, Europe, and the Americas
- Rebuilt and ran international security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting
- Designed a global security automation program, driving material cost savings
- Developed an automated metrics program for real-time executive reporting
Designed and implemented a risk-based cybersecurity program worldwide that protected revenue, which enabled the publicly held real-estate disrupter to continue to modernize.
- Directed security strategy and operations across 13 entities
- Implemented an insider threat management program
- Led employee security culture awareness initiatives
Directed the technical vision for the firm and acted as an executive advisor for industry-leading clients.
- Formed an automation program, enabling rapid scaling for incident response and business operations
- Founded a threat intelligence and research organization
- Managed the vendor assessment and negotiation strategy
Earlier
- Adversarial EngineerLARES Consulting2015–2016
- Senior Associate, Adversarial OperationsDiscover Financial Services2014–2015
- Senior Security ConsultantVioPoint Inc2013–2014
- Linux EngineerSecure-242011–2013
- Linux EngineerUniversity of Detroit Mercy2009–2011
Background
Background
Boards & service
- Treasurer, ISSA Grand Rapids Chapter
- VP, Content Strategy & Speaker RelationsGrrCON
- Member, US Cyber Trust Mark Technical Standards Committee
Education & certification
- CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
- Associate C-CISOEC-Council
- BSc, Cybersecurity & Information SystemsUniversity of Detroit Mercy
Contact
Contact
Open to speaking engagements, contributed writing, and conversations with security leaders working in regulated environments.