Jon Mark Allen
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Aventiv Technologies
Director, Cybersecurity Architecture
2020 : 2021
Aventiv Technologies
Director, Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations
Directly responsible for managing daily IT security operations, strategic planning, staff training and development, conducting monthly executive reporting on security status and initiatives, financial forecasting, designing and developing security controls, security awareness training, vulnerability management, security policy and configuration of endpoint devices, contract review, incident response and management, working with infrastructure teams to coordinate patch management, and handling a wide variety of special projects.
Selected Accomplishments and Initiatives :
▪ Developed an 18-month strategic plan for Security Engineering and Operations teams based on identifying gaps and risk analysis, and aligned with other IT and business initiatives.
▪ Personally responsible for a rolling, 90-day financial forecast, which is delivered monthly.
▪ Works with Compliance, Development, Marketing, and Sales units to achieve GDPR compliance.
▪ Supervised design and development of security controls for migration to AWS from a traditional, on premise data center environment.
2017 : 2020
SANS Institute
Director of Information Security
Responsible for managing IT security operations, staff training and supervision, budget administration, coordinating security engineering efforts for corporate-driven projects, overseeing key migrations, system upgrade coordination, escalation and incident management, and other management-level functions. Began with a team of three security engineers, and grew team to 5-6 security engineers tasked with managing day to day operations for endpoint and network-based security controls and new security initiatives.
Selected Accomplishments and Initiatives :
▪ Oversaw large-scale IT security operation, which had a $500,000 operational budget.
▪ Managed IBM QRadar SIEM implementation, store web filtering solution migration, and enterprise password vault infrastructure upgrade.
▪ Also managed McAfee ePO and Cylance migration (for endpoint security), as well as IDS migration from SourceFire to Security Onion.
▪ Created an environment focused on team collaboration and knowledge sharing, instead of silos of expertise, resulting in a productive, team-oriented environment.
2013 : 2016
GameStop
Manager, Infrastructure Security Engineering and Operations
Responsible for managing IS Security and Monitoring activities, information systems security strategy design and implementation, cross-functional team supervision, security budget planning and administration, conducting security reviews of proposed technologies and configurations, policy and procedural development, conducting forensic investigations, and other security-related functions.
2009 : 2013
Scott & White Hospital
Manager, IS Security and Monitoring
About
An experienced, driven, and accomplished IT executive and leader, with a wealth of experience while working for leading, high-profile companies.
More than twenty years of strong experience, holding positions of increasing scope and responsibility. Strong background in many areas including IT security program management, strategic planning, team leading, architecture, staff training and development, project management, new program and process deployment, vendor management, incident management, and regulatory compliance. Hard-working and driven, while highly-experienced in all aspects of IT security work, and is thoroughly familiar with IT security practices, standards, and protocols. Adept in managing large-scale IT security organizations, and is proven in seeing organizations to their peak potential in ever-challenging environments.
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