Stephen Podobinski
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William Mitchell College of Law
2007 : 2010
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2004
• Clean IT asset transfer of a fully-functional manufacturing facility
• Secure delivery of new warehouse inventory management solution
• Increased network and identity security controls around distribution center automated systems
• Modified contract language to limit liability in various business agreements with 3rd party vendors
• Facilitated appropriate assumption of risk for business-justified actions (e.g. use of production data in non-prod environments, geo-fencing exceptions, credential rotation delay/disablement, etc.)
• Suggested, advocated, and saw material shift in PCI compliance program strategy resulting in defensible compliance adherence
• Successfully changed leadership culture across infrastructure and application teams to view information security maintenance as part of doing business
• Develop and institutionalize threat modeling as a practice toward delivering recommendations to decision makers on how to best prioritize controls investments to materially improve the enterprise's information security posture
2022 : Present
Albertsons Companies
Portfolio Information Security Officer
Business Information Security Office (BISO) analyst, solutions architect, and information security consultant. Support, consult, and advise on risk, educate and enable business partners, and promote a secure culture through targeted engagement.
• Deliver repeatable, compliant patterns for modern technologies
• Manage demands of 10+ security teams across 12 technology products
• Streamline interaction model across technology, business, and security teams
• Lead cross-functional teams toward delivery of enterprise key initiatives
• Manage prioritization of portfolio teams' security improvements
• Influence leadership to focus on high-priority, high-impact security initiatives
2016 : 2022
Target
Lead Cybersecurity Analyst
• Lead teams through creation and adoption of agile practices
• Deliver EMV security across payment architecture
• Threat modeling across payment architecture
• P2PE key management and documentation
• Analyze and manage cipher suites ensuring credit and debit cryptographic functionality
• Drive continuous PCI DSS compliance approach
• Develop documentation showing due diligence
• Draft contract language to ensure PCI DSS compliance
2014 : 2016
Target
Sr. Security Scrum Master - Payments
• Capture, standardize, and institutionalize processes leveraged in the entire software life-cycle
• Assist in creation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) approach
• Drive resolution of risks and issues associated with numerous software packages
• Present and drive adoption of internal IT streamlining methodologies
• Create and manage execution of various reports for executive leadership
• Screen potential employee candidates
• Execute onboarding activities to efficiently ramp-up new hires
• Draft clauses for various software contracts
2011 : 2014
Target
Process Analyst
• Drafted answers, requests for production, interrogatories, court motions, settlement agreements, client letters, letters to opposing counsel, motion responses, and internal memoranda in litigating complex patent cases
• Researched legal standards and performed factual investigations to support legal contentions in various complex patent litigation cases
• Managed client relationships through communication of current status of legal issues
• Leveraged and enforced patent rights to advance our clients' business interests
• Obtained favorable settlement for client against a multinational corporation
• Led team of pre-production document reviewers to project completion ahead of schedule
2010 : 2011
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney
Skills
appeals, billing systems, business process analysis, business process improvement, change management, cissp, civil litigation, contractual agreements, courts, cross-functional team leadership, Cybersecurity, editing, emv, Intellectual Property, Issue Identification, legal issues, legal research, Management, microsoft office, patents, persuasive presentations, persuasive writing, Problem Solving, Process Improvement, process management, project management, public speaking, regulatory affairs, Research, Solution Architecture, Strategic Planning, team motivation, Technology Change Management, Thought Leadership, trademarks, westlaw, legal writing, Business Process, Cross-functional Team
About
Business-minded security professional adept at leading delivery of secure solutions to a wide range of complex business problems. Accomplished leader across numerous technical and business functions dedicated to repeatable solutions that maximize benefit to the entire enterprise. Diverse experiences across all aspects of information security—from encryption-solution implementation to compliant technology-pattern design and development—fuel my passion to set strategic goals and help teams realize success. Experience leading the Portfolio Information Security Officer team supporting Albertsons' retail and supply chain requires accurate effort prioritization, mandates driving cross-functional focus, and demands challenges are met with long-term solutions.
Specialties: Solutions architect, change leader, systems optimization, relationship management, risk assessment and minimization, consultation, and complex problem solving
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