Jeff Taylor

Chief Information Security Officer at Core Scientific

Greater Seattle Area

About

Executive Leader with a passion for Security based Operational Excellence and Motivational Leadership. Specialties: Risk & Compliance, Security Framework(s), Zero Trust, Business Transformation, Security Design Review, Holistic Approach to Blue/Red Team activities, Game Day/War Games, All things Cloud, Cisco certified: CCNA/CCIE, Redhat certified , Microsoft certified: MCSE, Clear Concise and Objective Communication, Results Driven, Calm under fire.

Experience

  • Core Scientific (Full-time · 6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Chief Information Security Officer
      Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    • Chief Information Officer
      Dec 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Founder at Flightdeck 9
    Jul 2013 - Present · 13 yrs

    Creating & implementing the cloud technologies of tomorrow, today. We're writing the next chapter of computing and look forward to bringing something new and exciting to the cloud space. Our flagship product, Control Tower(tm) provides the critical analytical data & services IT owners (Directors, VPs & CTOs) require in order to make informed decisions regarding their stack. With the option to monitor all your cloud assets *as well* as localized assets you may have within your own datacenter or office location. Flightdeck 9 is more then just a company turning out cloud innovations of tomorrow, we also specialize in IT Security Controls with many successful HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX & ISO-#####, SSAE-16 (formerly SAS-70) audits under our collective belts you can trust on our IT-Sec Consulting sector to see you through your next audit. Stay Tuned.

  • Director, SecDevOps/SRE Cloud at PeopleConnect
    Jul 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Director - SecDevOps & Cloud

  • CDK Global (4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Sr Director Cloud Strategy
      Dec 2017 - Jul 2018 · 8 mos

    • Sr. Director, Global Hosting Platform Services
      Jul 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Director of Global Hosting Platform
      Jun 2014 - Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • VP of Tech. & Infrastructure Services at Wowrack
    Dec 2013 - May 2014 · 6 mos

    Implemented 6, 12 & 18 Mo. roadmap for Datacenter & Technology milestones. Created & implemented SOP best practices for Systems & Network Engineers. Created, Implemented & Trained technical staff on Agile methodologies to better utilize resources. Created cohesion for direct reports (technical staff, customer service, etc) located around the globe (Seattle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Jakarta & Surabaya). Designed cloud 2.0 platform for customer & internal use. Provided Gap/Threat analysis for tier-0 services (power, network, DNS, etc.) and added to road map where necessary.