Rob Kenig. C-CISO
Details
Information Technology
University of Arkansas Grantham
2010
Bachelor of Science
Information Systems
Grantham University
Xtiva Financial Systems
Vice President Infrastructure & Chief Information Security Officer
2011 : 2014
Xtiva Financial Systems
Vice President Technology Operations Engineering & Support
I built and led highly qualified North and Latin American IT team of 85 members in managing all phases of global IT systems and operations ranging from servers management to helpdesk support. I streamlined IT departmental procedures within $60M budgetary constraints. I improved business process designs and automated corporate information systems. I formulated IT strategic plans and designed Cisco load balancing and DHCP/DNS appliance architecture for network scalability, standardization, and high availability as well as business continuity, and disaster recovery. I successfully assimilated JDE ERP into Oracle ERP for seamless execution of financial, supply chain, and manufacturing operations.
• Designed high availability architecture of hardware/software to attain 99.99% uptime for infrastructure and systems.
• Reduced physical servers by 60%+ by implementing VMware ESX solution, with a 16-month project payback time.
• Devised global data center consolidation plan to minimize 60+ data centers into six highly available data centers.
• Optimized process efficiency and costs by combining multiple helpdesks into one shared service helpdesk.
• Saved $20M+ costs annually by implementing improvement strategies and eliminating redundancies.
• Revamped core network infrastructure with data center-class switches and load balancers.
• Integrated storage solution with EMC and implemented SRDF/snap-clone technology to save $100K costs annually.
• Achieved $15K savings per month and lessened recovery time from six to two hours by rationalizing backup process with EMC technology and enforcing virtual tape library.
Additional experience as Director, Technology Operations | Director & Manager, Network & User Services, at Thomson Reuters, Operations Manager, Information Systems & Telecommunications at Episcopal Hospital, Managing Director at Philly Steak & Salad Express, and Network Specialist at US Marine Corps, and Marine Veteran.
2007 : 2010
TEVA Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director IT Operations & IT Security
1998 : 2007
Thomson Reuters
Director Of Information Technology
1996 : 1998
Temple University Health System
Operations Manager IT
Skills
Analytical Skills, Business Analysis, Business Continuity Planning, Business Intelligence, business process improvement, Business Strategy, business transformation, Change Management, Chief Information Security Officer, Cloud Computing, Communication, Consulting, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management, Information Security, Information Security Governance, Information Security Management, Information Technology, Integration, ISO 27001, IT Executive Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Management, IT Operations, IT Security Policies & Procedures, IT Strategy, Leadership, Management, NIST 800-53, Process Improvement, Program Management, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, SaaS, SDLC, Security, service-level agreements (sla), Strategic Planning, Strategy, Team Building, Team Leadership, Team Management, Technical Leadership, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Vendor Management, Vendor Relationships, Cross-functional Team
About
I am a technically sophisticated and accomplished executive offering 20+ years of robust experience developing IT infrastructure and implementing strategic security protocols. I have history of success leading global IT systems and operations for offices across 26 countries. I have proven expertise in driving IT security governance and initiatives across enterprise with an emphasis on framework compliance consistent with information security strategies. Among my peers, I am a strategic planner with innate ability in protecting business's data and information from deliberate attack and unauthorized access, ensuing compliance with GDPR and HIPAA. I am a respected leader, inspiring and motivating team to achieve operational efficiencies and predefined targets.
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