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Edwin Katabaro
Dynamic technology leader who combines deep technical expertise, security knowledge, strong leadership skills, and program management to drive enterprise-wide initiatives and transformations.
Palo Alto, CA, United States
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Education:
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Computer and Information Technology
Purdue University
Master of Science (M.S.)
Information Systems
Stevens Institute of Technology
Computer and Information Technology
Purdue University
Master of Science (M.S.)
Information Systems
Stevens Institute of Technology
Experience:
Turing Atlanta, GA
Chief Information Security Office, CISO June 2022 - Present
Oversee all pillars of security for a unicorn late-stage startup with 600 employees, 300+ clients, 5,000+ developer community, and 150+ SaaS applications
Led company through successful initial SOC 2 Type 2 certification, resulting in 40% increase in new client deals"; Currently going through HIPAA compliance assessment
Manage, coach and develop a team of three security engineers and IT admins with a delivery mindset to solve complex security problems through simplification (reduced SaaS application by 37% resulting in $740K in reduced spend) and automation
Report to CFO with monthly presentations to CEO and quarterly presentations to board of directors
Directly responsible for security technology stack, enforcement of security policies, incorporating security into company products & processes, and secure software development life cycle (SDLC)
Successfully led $3MM implementation of key security technologies including web application firewall (WAF) and VPN solutions resulting in improved security stance
Implemented security best practices focused on enterprise workforce such as single sign-on, two-factor authentication, role-based access, auto-(de)provisioning, and company-wide annual security awareness training
Facebook / Meta Menlo Park, CA
Manager, Security May 2021 - June 2022
Owned $30MM budget leading Security Program Management, Security Access Operations, and Security Training and Awareness across the organization impacting Meta’s 3 billion users
Drove security vision and roadmaps across multiple product lines (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger) while enabling best-in-class product and security standards
Led executive level cross-functional discussions to determine strategic objectives, opportunities for innovation, standardization, create best practices, and enhance product opportunities to connect the world
Identified process inefficiencies and ideate on improvements through data-driven research to develop methods to optimize and scale capabilities for rapid innovation and growth
Managed, hired, promoted, trained and mentored a talented team of 6 highly skilled direct reports
Built a rotational program framework attracting 20+ engineering candidates quarterly to enhance recruiting pipeline
Streamlined and simplified vendor management for Security organization (budget of $110MM) resulting in 24% faster onboarding, consistent and high vendor performance, and introduction of diverse vendors
Iron Mountain Atlanta, GA
Director, Product Management Jan 2020 - May 2021
Responsible for product management and strategic direction of all company-wide financial platforms
Spearhead implementation of Oracle Cloud across 63 countries; Support team of 4 product owners, 3 scrum masters, and team of 75 Accenture consultants (consulting contract value: $11 million)
Introduced agile methodology and drove transformation of agile principles across technology teams and business stakeholders
Provided bi-weekly program/product updates directly to company CTO and CFO
Nielsen Tampa, FL
Director, Security and Technology Programs Sep 2017 - Jan 2020
Re-defined Nielsen’s company-wide identity and access management strategy for 60,000 associates
Managed agile identity management team of 19 resources in US and India focused on building industry leading IAM
Defined and executed strategic roadmaps of critical enterprise systems (SailPoint and CyberArk; $500K annualized spend) including automation, further investments and professional services engagement
Vendor relationship building to identify and purchase next-gen identity management solutions. Expected value of purchases in 2019 is $1 Million+
Owned and successfully transitioned to BAU portfolio of enterprise-wide infrastructure and security transformation programs to strengthen security and harden infrastructure across the company
Responsible for $9 Million budget supporting five cross-functional work streams implementing new infrastructure and security tools
Reported weekly updates directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other leaders
Promoted to newly created Director role to oversee business resiliency for global organization of 60,000 employees across 100+ countries and 4,000+ applications
Implemented federated business resiliency framework focused on employee safety, business continuity and data integrity
Leveraged resiliency framework during Hurricane Irma, Maria and Michael resulting in no loss of life or business data
Enhanced resiliency standards, processes and best practices for global consumption
Designated Disaster Recovery (DR) leaders to be accountable for mission critical platforms
Established DR testing cadence to enable more frequent and rigorous testing in order to improve disaster preparedness
Nielsen Tampa, FL
DevOps & Agile Strategy Leader Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Managed DevOps and agile transformation for 1,000+ organization to enable faster and continuous delivery, improve business alignment, flexibility and increased quality
Led Operational Effectiveness for 1,000+ organization including alignment of all processes (project management, development, and release management), governance and onboarding
Created strategic plans and managed programs in support of the Production Assurance organization and its strategy
Nielsen Tampa, FL
Senior Program Manager – Client Delivery Aug 2013 - Apr 2016
Drove highly visible and organizationally complex Business Intelligence (BI) program redefining how the client, Unilever (revenue in 2015: $59.5 billion), conducts business globally
Responsible for budget of $3.6 MM and completed the year under budget
Successfully completed the largest Nielsen implementation to date across 23 European countries with 4,500 users two weeks ahead of schedule in 2015. Largest Nielsen BI implementation to-date with the lowest defect reopening rate (1%) among all client programs
Led end-to-end development lifecycle through management of a geographically diverse and high performing team of 100 contractors including project managers, architects, developers and testers with full accountability for timelines, milestones, risk assessment and budget
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Global Program Manager, VP Oct 2012 - Aug 2013
Managed global operations to optimize Citi Consumer’s server inventory and enable productivity saves. Global saves from January 2013 - June 2013 totaled $3.4 MM
Supervised three employees. Duties as manager included leading activities for the team, ensuring projects were on track, conflict resolution, motivator, providing guidance and developing/mentoring each employee to maximize performance
Collaborated with international clients in North America, Europe, Asia, and LATAM to influence and drive effective remediation and optimization efforts
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Program Manager, VP Sep 2008 - Oct 2012
Established and managed innovative expense management program to right-size employee consumables (PC’s, mobile, voice, conferencing, etc.) usage across eight Citi businesses spanning North America, EMEA, Asia and LATAM. Efficiency gains totaled $3.1 MM
Developed and implemented an expense reporting and tracking application across Citi’s 260K employee base
Oversaw five team members including development lead, two developers and two testers. Replaced existing manual process with 160 hours saved per month
Led monthly financial reviews with Consumer lines of businesses (Citibank, Citi Cards, CitiFinancial and CitiMortgage) CIOs to discuss expense trending patterns and identify areas of opportunity
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Technology Leadership Program – Management Associate Jun 2006 - Sep 2008
Technology Leadership Program (TLP) is a two-year program consisting of four six-month long rotations designed to harness and develop leadership potential of its participants.
Program is designed to attract high potential individuals to Citi and provide them with unparalleled professional development and intensive training in project management, technical and leadership skills
Chief Information Security Office, CISO June 2022 - Present
Oversee all pillars of security for a unicorn late-stage startup with 600 employees, 300+ clients, 5,000+ developer community, and 150+ SaaS applications
Led company through successful initial SOC 2 Type 2 certification, resulting in 40% increase in new client deals"; Currently going through HIPAA compliance assessment
Manage, coach and develop a team of three security engineers and IT admins with a delivery mindset to solve complex security problems through simplification (reduced SaaS application by 37% resulting in $740K in reduced spend) and automation
Report to CFO with monthly presentations to CEO and quarterly presentations to board of directors
Directly responsible for security technology stack, enforcement of security policies, incorporating security into company products & processes, and secure software development life cycle (SDLC)
Successfully led $3MM implementation of key security technologies including web application firewall (WAF) and VPN solutions resulting in improved security stance
Implemented security best practices focused on enterprise workforce such as single sign-on, two-factor authentication, role-based access, auto-(de)provisioning, and company-wide annual security awareness training
Facebook / Meta Menlo Park, CA
Manager, Security May 2021 - June 2022
Owned $30MM budget leading Security Program Management, Security Access Operations, and Security Training and Awareness across the organization impacting Meta’s 3 billion users
Drove security vision and roadmaps across multiple product lines (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger) while enabling best-in-class product and security standards
Led executive level cross-functional discussions to determine strategic objectives, opportunities for innovation, standardization, create best practices, and enhance product opportunities to connect the world
Identified process inefficiencies and ideate on improvements through data-driven research to develop methods to optimize and scale capabilities for rapid innovation and growth
Managed, hired, promoted, trained and mentored a talented team of 6 highly skilled direct reports
Built a rotational program framework attracting 20+ engineering candidates quarterly to enhance recruiting pipeline
Streamlined and simplified vendor management for Security organization (budget of $110MM) resulting in 24% faster onboarding, consistent and high vendor performance, and introduction of diverse vendors
Iron Mountain Atlanta, GA
Director, Product Management Jan 2020 - May 2021
Responsible for product management and strategic direction of all company-wide financial platforms
Spearhead implementation of Oracle Cloud across 63 countries; Support team of 4 product owners, 3 scrum masters, and team of 75 Accenture consultants (consulting contract value: $11 million)
Introduced agile methodology and drove transformation of agile principles across technology teams and business stakeholders
Provided bi-weekly program/product updates directly to company CTO and CFO
Nielsen Tampa, FL
Director, Security and Technology Programs Sep 2017 - Jan 2020
Re-defined Nielsen’s company-wide identity and access management strategy for 60,000 associates
Managed agile identity management team of 19 resources in US and India focused on building industry leading IAM
Defined and executed strategic roadmaps of critical enterprise systems (SailPoint and CyberArk; $500K annualized spend) including automation, further investments and professional services engagement
Vendor relationship building to identify and purchase next-gen identity management solutions. Expected value of purchases in 2019 is $1 Million+
Owned and successfully transitioned to BAU portfolio of enterprise-wide infrastructure and security transformation programs to strengthen security and harden infrastructure across the company
Responsible for $9 Million budget supporting five cross-functional work streams implementing new infrastructure and security tools
Reported weekly updates directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other leaders
Promoted to newly created Director role to oversee business resiliency for global organization of 60,000 employees across 100+ countries and 4,000+ applications
Implemented federated business resiliency framework focused on employee safety, business continuity and data integrity
Leveraged resiliency framework during Hurricane Irma, Maria and Michael resulting in no loss of life or business data
Enhanced resiliency standards, processes and best practices for global consumption
Designated Disaster Recovery (DR) leaders to be accountable for mission critical platforms
Established DR testing cadence to enable more frequent and rigorous testing in order to improve disaster preparedness
Nielsen Tampa, FL
DevOps & Agile Strategy Leader Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Managed DevOps and agile transformation for 1,000+ organization to enable faster and continuous delivery, improve business alignment, flexibility and increased quality
Led Operational Effectiveness for 1,000+ organization including alignment of all processes (project management, development, and release management), governance and onboarding
Created strategic plans and managed programs in support of the Production Assurance organization and its strategy
Nielsen Tampa, FL
Senior Program Manager – Client Delivery Aug 2013 - Apr 2016
Drove highly visible and organizationally complex Business Intelligence (BI) program redefining how the client, Unilever (revenue in 2015: $59.5 billion), conducts business globally
Responsible for budget of $3.6 MM and completed the year under budget
Successfully completed the largest Nielsen implementation to date across 23 European countries with 4,500 users two weeks ahead of schedule in 2015. Largest Nielsen BI implementation to-date with the lowest defect reopening rate (1%) among all client programs
Led end-to-end development lifecycle through management of a geographically diverse and high performing team of 100 contractors including project managers, architects, developers and testers with full accountability for timelines, milestones, risk assessment and budget
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Global Program Manager, VP Oct 2012 - Aug 2013
Managed global operations to optimize Citi Consumer’s server inventory and enable productivity saves. Global saves from January 2013 - June 2013 totaled $3.4 MM
Supervised three employees. Duties as manager included leading activities for the team, ensuring projects were on track, conflict resolution, motivator, providing guidance and developing/mentoring each employee to maximize performance
Collaborated with international clients in North America, Europe, Asia, and LATAM to influence and drive effective remediation and optimization efforts
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Program Manager, VP Sep 2008 - Oct 2012
Established and managed innovative expense management program to right-size employee consumables (PC’s, mobile, voice, conferencing, etc.) usage across eight Citi businesses spanning North America, EMEA, Asia and LATAM. Efficiency gains totaled $3.1 MM
Developed and implemented an expense reporting and tracking application across Citi’s 260K employee base
Oversaw five team members including development lead, two developers and two testers. Replaced existing manual process with 160 hours saved per month
Led monthly financial reviews with Consumer lines of businesses (Citibank, Citi Cards, CitiFinancial and CitiMortgage) CIOs to discuss expense trending patterns and identify areas of opportunity
Citi Jacksonville, FL
Technology Leadership Program – Management Associate Jun 2006 - Sep 2008
Technology Leadership Program (TLP) is a two-year program consisting of four six-month long rotations designed to harness and develop leadership potential of its participants.
Program is designed to attract high potential individuals to Citi and provide them with unparalleled professional development and intensive training in project management, technical and leadership skills
Company:
Turing
Years of Experience:
18
Spoken Language:
English, French, German, Swahili
Skills
Analytical Skills, banking, business analysis, business process improvement, change management, crm, enterprise architecture, Enterprise Risk Management, expense management, financial services, Internal Audits, itil, it management, it strategy, leadership, Management, optimization, pmo, Process Improvement, program management, Project Management, Project Management Office (PMO), project portfolio management, quality assurance, requirements analysis, sdlc, sharepoint, Software Development, software development life cycle (sdlc), software project management, Strategy, vendor management
About
Dynamic technology leader who combines deep technical expertise, strong leadership skills, and program management to drive enterprise-wide initiatives and transformations. I am a force multiplier who anticipates and proactively addresses business needs to prioritize organizational impact with a sense of both independence and urgency.
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