Robert Contant

Cybersecurity Professional

West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

About

Robert is a cybersecurity professional and former U.S. Marine with a passion for building, securing, and improving systems that actually work. Over the past decade, Robert has led information security and compliance programs for global SaaS companies (from startups to multi national corporations), driving ISO 27001, SOC 2, ISAE 3402, and GDPR initiatives that strengthened both trust and technical resilience. Robert's focus has always extended beyond “check-the-box” compliance and he thrives at the intersection of security engineering, automation, and innovation. Robert enjoys transforming fragmented security & compliance processes into cohesive, data-driven systems - from designing vendor risk programs and access controls to developing internal tools that automate GRC workflows. Robert's background in signals intelligence and hands-on experience with technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Defender, various GRC tools, and Python give him the technical foundation to bridge strategy with execution. His primariy focus now is on cybersecurity operations and engineering - the hands-on work of protecting systems, understanding threats, and building secure-by-design environments.

Experience

  • Director of Cybersecurity & Compliance at XTEL
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Senior Manager - Risk & Compliance at HCLSoftware
    Dec 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Information Security, Cyber-security and +28 skills

  • IT Security & Compliance Manager at Documo Inc.
    Aug 2022 - Oct 2022 · 3 mos

    Information Security, Cyber-security and +34 skills

  • Information Security and Compliance Lead at Zoovu
    Nov 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Information Security, Cyber-security and +36 skills

  • Pera (3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Information Security Lead & Data Protection Officer (DPO)
      Feb 2017 - Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • Commercial Team Leader
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Key Account Manager
      Feb 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos