Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Chris is a senior leader in the field of cybersecurity and information technology working within domestic and multi-national companies in the Financial Services, Energy and Resources, Consumer Products, Technology, and Transportation and Logistics industries. Chris has a proven track record of designing, building, and maturing security programs, achieving regulatory and industry framework-based security requirements, leading security assessments and driving technical and non-technical performance to mitigate security risks. Chris is known as a collaborative, business-oriented partner who enables business outcomes; a change maker who drives transformation within cybersecurity teams and with regard to service of the business; and a people leader with a penchant for developing his teams that leads to people attraction, retention, and experience.
Responsible for global cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) function, including vendor management, risk management, compliance, disaster recovery planning, security awareness, customer assurance, policy & standards, GRC platform support, and cybersecurity regulations.
Focused on delivering successful client engagements, providing cyber security services, while working under constantly changing conditions and tight deadlines. Demonstrated ability to achieve project objectives and control project costs by effectively aligning resources to project activities, monitoring project status and risk, and providing coaching / mentoring to develop resources and drive continual team improvement. Extensive experience designing, building, and maturing security programs, as well as performing both technical and non-technical assessments across infrastructure, cloud, and application security domains.