Steve Payne

IT Leadership and Cyber Security Professional

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Senior Manager of Learning Technology Services at Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Owner at Steve Payne IT Consulting Services
    Apr 2005 - Present · 21 yrs 3 mos

    Implementation and Project management consulting for IT objectives. Specializing in Wireless LANs, WAN, Messaging, System Security, Active Directory. Large Event Consulting.

  • Chief Information Officer at Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario
    Aug 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • ECNO - IT (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Provincial Information Security Officer
      Sep 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs

      Provide strategic data and information technology security support and leadership to all 72 ECNO member K-12 school boards across the province of Ontario. Manager of the the Regional Information Security Analyst (RISA) shared service.

    • Regional Information Security Analyst
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Regional Information Security Analyst (RISA) provides IT security support and services for member school boards in the Eastern Ontario Region. Specific focus on: Internal Security Reviews Training and Cyber Security Awareness Internal Vulnerability Assessment Communication Systems and SaaS Platform Security Configuration Audits Data Breach Protocol Support

  • HPEDSB - Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (15 yrs 10 mos)
    • Information Technology Analyst
      Mar 2007 - Apr 2019 · 12 yrs 2 mos

      Main responsibilities are infrastructure technologies and Security (LAN, WLAN, WAN, SDWAN), communications services (Email, Video Conferencing, SharePoint, Mobile Devices, Office 365 and Google Apps for Education), security services (Firewall, IPS, IDS, Web Filtering and Reporting). Supporting the use of Educational Technology.

    • Network Technologist
      Jul 2003 - Mar 2007 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      School Computer Support and repair. Liaison with Teachers and Administrative staff on a daily basis to assist with integration of School technology needs. Support of 7 buildings and over 300 desktop and laptop computers and Local Area Network.