Olav Foster CEng MIET

Cyber Security Project Manager

Greater Reading Area

About

Accomplished Technical Lead / Project Manager with a successful track record delivering technically and logistically complex multi-stream projects. Currently focussed on cyber security, I am technically biased with an appetite for new technologies and environments, bringing excellent communication skills and a hands-on approach to build and lead highly effective cross-functional teams. Extensive experience in the design and delivery of resilient and secure Operational Technology (OT) solutions; Industrial Control & Safety (ICS), Management Information (MIS) and Building Management Systems (BMS) within the Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical & Building Management industries.

Experience

  • Cyber Security Project Lead at GSK
    Jun 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 1 mo

    Leading a global business transformation project to enhance security of access management to Operational Technology (OT) systems covering threat and risk analysis, controls identification, solutions development to planned implementation across GSK. Business requirements capture, risk assessment and target design development to emerging cyber security standards, guidelines & best practice, IEC 62443, NIST 800.82, SANS Top 20 Critical System Controls.

  • Project Management and ICS Security Consultant at Melrose Projects Ltd
    Feb 1998 - Present · 28 yrs 5 mos

    Founding member and owner of Project Management, Systems Integration & Security Consultancy

  • Project Execution Lead - ICS Infrastructure at Wood Group
    Sep 2015 - Jun 2016 · 10 mos

    Delivering secure Industrial Control & Safety systems (ICS) and Management Information Systems (MIS) infrastructure for the Tengiz Chevron Oil (TCO) FGP Project, including network and server architecture, access management, disaster recovery, secure remote access and data management applications.

  • Senior Project Manager - ICS Systems at Honeywell AS
    Jul 2011 - Jul 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Leading £15m Industrials Controls project for a new Oil & Gas Platform from contract award to site installation, delivering Safety and Automation Systems (SAS), Information Management Systems (IMS), Operator Training Simulator (OTS), Network Infrastructure, IIOT, perimeter security and access management.

  • Systems Integration Manager - OT Security Systems at Siemens
    Oct 2010 - Jul 2011 · 10 mos

    Providing interim project management and systems integration consultancy into a programme of OT security projects delivering the network infrastructure and secure integration of multi-vendor Access Control, CCTV and Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems at remote operational facilities into centralised Alarm Response Centres.