Cha Yang, MBA
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Information Systems
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
2008 : 2013
BA
Political Science
Carleton College
1992 : 1996
Political Economy
University of International Business and Economics
1995 : 1995
Political Economy
Centro Mexicano Internacional, Morelia, Mexico
1994 : 1994
Lead a team of analysts, engineers, and architects to design and build a security architecture and engineering practice to mitigate risk and improve the security posture of the organization's digital technology solutions.
Collaborate with senior leadership to assess and understand strategic initiatives and ensure information security support.
Collaborate across IT teams to ensure cybersecurity is foundationally embedded within the various IT solutions and services.
Develop information security architecture, design, and engineering standards to promote a standardized set of requirements aligned with the organization's information security policies and accepted industry compliance and regulatory requirements.
2022 : Present
Oshkosh Corporation
Director of Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering
Responsible for strategy, deployment, and operational support
for ERP administration, middleware, databases, and identity and access management.
Created an Identity and Access Management program from the ground up by assessing the current state and developing a strategy to consolidate and leverage economies of scale to deliver shared identity services.
Designed and deployed three ERP (JDE) systems to eliminate tech debt and enable new capabilities by partnering with application leaders and vendors to understand future business needs and technology options.
Delivered the organization's first Azure cloud platform by leading a cross-functional IT team to learn, design, build, and deploy the platform.
Delivered an enterprise-wide MFA solution bringing the organization into compliance with NIST 800-171 standards, ensuring continued compliance with contractual obligations.
Executed complex identity migration from Azure Commercial to Azure GCCH by creating an innovative process that resulted in zero down-time for end users.
Eliminated 210,000 manual logins per month by deploying a single sign-on solution for 100+ applications.
Eliminated 1,500 password reset calls/month to service desk by deploying a self-service password reset solution.
Secured 7,000 devices from inappropriate access by deploying a modern MFA solution from Microsoft.
Automated creation of 300+ digital identity accounts/month by deploying a custom automation process.
Achieved >95% security vulnerability-free systems by deploying custom patching scripts across affected devices.
2017 : 2022
Oshkosh Corporation
Director of Application Platform Service
Responsible for strategy, deployment, and management of IT services for JDE systems, digital identities, and middleware applications.
Delivered new ERP system to LOB in under four months by leveraging standard build templates and configurations.
Stabilized enterprise warranty application by re-designing and re-deploying application onto new infrastructure and standardizing operational procedures.
Eliminated need for vendor support by on-boarding four new applications into the team's standard operational support model.
Delivered new JDE system with three test environments for enterprise level projects in under three months.
Developed first IAM strategy and technology roadmap for the enterprise and led effort to select cloud based SSO solution.
Ensured company passes annual audit of critical IT systems to certify company’s annual report by implementing standard security model and IT controls.
Maintained a ~5% annual operations budget variance by actively managing monthly forecast/actual.
2015 : 2017
Oshkosh Corporation
Senior Manager of Application Platform Services
Responsible for strategy, deployment, and management of IT services in support of JDE systems across five business segments.
Reduced time to promote code to production from 10 to 3 days by automating code promotion process.
Increased application uptime by proactively monitoring and alerting on potential issues before they occur.
Increased team efficiency and effectiveness by standardizing operational support model across all ERP systems.
Achieved 90% ticket resolution SLA by actively managing ticket queues and assigning tickets as needed.
Strengthened relationship and trust with team members by implementing consistent and standard management practices.
Ensured company passes annual audit of critical IT systems to certify company’s annual report by implementing standard security model and IT controls.
2013 : 2015
Oshkosh Corporation
JDE CNC Manager
Responsible for leading the day to day operational support of the organization’s nine JDE instances ranging from World A73 through E1 9.0.2 as well as providing technical expertise and direction related the these systems.
Designing improvements to the corporation’s JDE systems, managing resources to ensure quality service delivery, and collaborating with IT and business teams to develop solid solutions for the corporation.
Provide strategic recommendations as well as perform related tasks from initial assessment through go-live on JDE related projects. Provide input and recommendations related to hardware sizing and selection as well as back-end infrastructure configuration for JDE. Participate in determining and outlining the most effective path to perform technical upgrades.
2012 : 2013
Oshkosh Corporation
Principal CNC Analyst
Skills
Access Control, Agile Methodologies, Analysis, Business Networking, Business Process Improvement, Career Management, change management, Cloud-Native Architecture, Coaching, Cybersecurity, Data Migration, DevOps, Digital Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, enterprise resource planning (erp), ERP, IBM iSeries, Information Security, Information Security Management, Information Technology, Integration, IT Management, IT Strategic Planning, IT Strategy, JD Edwards, Leadership, Management, Microsoft Azure, Network Security, NIST, NIST 800-53, Organizational Leadership, Performance Improvement, Playwriting, Process Improvement, project management, Requirements Analysis, SDLC, security, Security Management, software development life cycle (sdlc), Software Project Management, Strategic Thinking, Strategy Implementation, Talent Management, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Troubleshooting performance, JDE E1 Business Services, Websphere, Weblogic, AS400, OS/400, DB2/400, SQL, Creative Writer, Visio, Performance Tuning, Systems Analysis, DB2, Databases, Software Documentation, Enterprise Software, disaster recovery, rpg, servers, JDE CNC, Access, Troubleshooting, Business Process
About
A people first oriented IT director with 20+ years of related IT and management experience with proven ability to develop and manage high-performing teams in support of mission critical IT systems. Able to identify needs and opportunities, and provide the management and technical expertise to help IT organizations fill gaps and add value.
A leader with strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with ability to establish and maintain strong alliances, lead and motivate teams, drive projects to successful completion, convey complex technical requirements/data and exceed customer expectations.
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