Dennis Pickett, CISSP
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English
Rutgers University
1994 : 1996
● Oversaw the security and privacy business generating $500MM revenue by managing profit and loss, supervising hours for risk assessments, technical architecture, compliance, and security strategy development.
● Managed complete IT integration of 2 Merger and Acquisition (M&A) companies, resulting in 45% reduction in IT costs while supervising and supporting team of 15 information security staff.
● Operated all corporate information security and privacy as well as oversight of system architecture design and implementation to ensure effective security controls for the 9,000+ employees.
● Served as cloud architecture and security subject matter expert, helping design and implement 2 enterprise cloud migrations and 8 individual system implementations in AWS.
● Redesigned Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities resulting in 20% user satisfaction increase, and improving security across all systems and cloud locations.
Chief Information Security Officer (2012 – 2021)
● Created enterprise security strategic plan measuring success for 4 security organizational units and 47 key performance indicators, resulting in 80% improvement in company security within first three years.
● Designed and led effort to modernize security tools and processes resulting in 80% increase in efficiency for all security documentation, and 40% increase in efficiency for security audit and assessment process.
● Owned systems compliance and oversight program for over 100 projects and 23 Federal Authorizations to Operate (ATO), while implementing Risk Mitigation program.
● Established operation of SIEM tools to analyze risk, identify appropriate security control needs resulting in a 55% faster response time and closure of security issues.
● Conducted annual penetration test continuing to improve success by showing a measurable reduction in risk profile with overall vulnerabilities reduced by 86%.
2012 : Present
Westat
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Mr. Pickett is an Adjunct Professor at Montgomery College's Information Technology Institute (ITI) where he teaches classes on cyber security, cloud computing, networking, and other information technology related subjects.
● Taught over 500 students classes on AWS cloud computing focusing on the Solutions Architect Associate certification, as well as Azure, Network+, Security+, and other information technology related subjects.
2016 : 2023
Montgomery College
Adjunct Professor
Senior Associate (2009 – 2012) & Lead Associate (2005 – 2009)
● Co-created National Cancer Institute (NCI) Enterprise Security Program, achieving 100% compliance with federal security requirements for the first time, while managing team of 25 staff working across 5 federal agencies.
● Controlled annual budget of $7MM as infrastructure and security architect for national research projects, deploying secure IT environment in 45 diverse locations across the country to collect research data on over 5,000 children.
● Published as a co-author in 1 peer reviewed security publication ISACA Journal for the article, “Considerations for Ensuring Security of Research Data in a Federally Regulated Environment.”
Associate (2003 – 2005) & Senior Consultant (2000 – 2003)
2000 : 2012
Booz Allen Hamilton
Senior Associate (2009 – 2012) & Lead Associate (2005 – 2009)
Travelling, onsite installer for PC Payroll enterprise product performing design and solution integration in a variety of Windows and Novell network environment.
Help desk support for remote PC Payroll for Windows product installations.
1998 : 2000
ADP
Help Desk Technician
Full time instructor, teaching many classes on the majority of desktop business applications available.
Responsible for all aspects of the company computer network including design and installation of new network segments and classrooms, migration of data between Novell and NT components and all general IT administration.
1997 : 1998
PC Ed, Inc.
Network Engineer, Instructor
Skills
Architecture, business analysis, business continuity, business development, business process improvement, Change Management, cissp, cloud computing, computer security, disaster recovery, enterprise architecture, enterprise software, governance, government compliance, healthcare information technology, Identity & Access Management (IAM), information assurance, Information Security, information security management, information technology, Infrastructure, integration, iso 27001, it audit, it management, it strategy, leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Management Consulting, networking, Network Security, pmo, pmp, program management, project management, proposal writing, requirements analysis, risk assessment, risk management, sdlc, Security, security engineering, strategic planning, Strategy, Teaching, Technical Leadership, U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Vulnerability Assessment, Healthcare Information
About
I am a highly motivated and versatile senior security professional offering expertise in security leadership, project management, and operations. I have a proven track record of successfully developing and executing cyber security operations aligned to organizational objectives with a focus on penetration testing, risk management, and assessment of potential cyber threat vectors. I am deeply dedicated to self-reflection and personal improvement and exceeding key performance metrics.
RESULTS: I recently oversaw the security and privacy business generating $500MM revenue, by managing profit and loss, supervising hours of, risk assessments, technical architecture, compliance, and security strategy development on contracts.
RESULTS-DRIVEN, CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATOR: I am a collaborative professional focused on building relationships to support highly effective teams, increasing productivity, and improving outcomes.
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