Experience

Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago

• United States
• Banking
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Information Security Architect

  • Apr 2013 - Present



Chicago Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, IT Governance

  • Nov 2010 - Jan 2012

  Managed the merger of four separate IT functions (Information Security, Change Management, Quality Assurance, and Performance Management) into a new ITG department. Developed unified departmental standards and procedural framework for Change Management, QA, and Information Security to unify application development and IT operations. Developed new metrics and reporting systems to provide accountability and reduce operational risk in the department. Developed new social media policies, procedures, and guidelines for the district. Show less

• Manager, Information Security

  • Aug 2008 - Oct 2010

  Provided management and project coordination for information security staff and worked with senior management to provide guidance on information security topics, provide recommendations, and publish guidelines and policy. Restructured CPS Information Security program and developed strategic plan for the district. Developed a comprehensive security standards library for the district based primarily on ISO27001 standards. Developed risk assessment process for the district IT process and applications. Developed security metrics and managed reporting process. Implemented an automated risk assessment survey system (Archer RA application) to provide automated risk assessment evaluation and reporting for the department. Developed Information Security Awareness program for the district. Developed Information Security Data Classification and Handling Standards for the district. Show less

• Information Security Architect

  • Nov 2006 - Sep 2008

  Provide management and project coordination for information security staff. Work with senior management to provide guidance on information security topics, provide recommendations, and develop guidelines and standards as required. Wrote and executed RFP for district wide ISO27001 program. Designed new district perimeter (Cisco ASA) and internal (Checkpoint) firewall architecture. Provided architect oversight and assisted in the development of new application systems. Evaluated technical designs and worked with personal and venders to coordinate upgrades and maintenance of the Board’s IT infrastructure. Developed security process work required for department’s ITIL based HP ITSM service desk implementation. Worked with district administration and law department in performing incident response, investigations and forensic analysis. Show less



Chicago Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Information Security Engineer

  • Apr 2003 - Sep 2006

  Information Security resource for the department. Managed network security managed services account engineers managing firewall and VPN systems. Managed firewall-provisioning process. Wrote security requirements and participated in the evaluation for all major application RFP’s and application development for the District during this period. This included a new district wide Student Information System suite of applications. Performed all security audits of applications and server systems for department and school web and email servers. Worked with system administrators and application developers to secure, monitor and validate their environment’s security. Wrote district Information Security Policy. Wrote department security standards and guidelines. Evaluated technical designs and worked with personal and venders to coordinate upgrades and maintenance of the Board’s IT infrastructure. Operated incident response procedures. Show less



Illinois Century Network

• Supervisor, Regional Technology Center I

  • Aug 2001 - Jan 2003

  Supervisor for six network specialists. Defined, wrote and implemented local policies and procedures regarding technical issues. Primary point person on all maintenance work conducted at Chicago POP sites. Responsible for locally initiated maintenance and working with ICN NOC on backbone work relating to the Chicago POP sites.Coordinated long term projects. POP site design. Provided WAN design and network consultation to constituents.

• Network Specialist, Regional Technology Center I

  • Jul 2000 - Aug 2001

  Technical lead for Chicago office. Provided support for local clients and high-level support for other regional offices. Trained new ICN staff members. Worked with ICN NOC to provide operational support for two POP sites serving over 60% of the state, including almost 1000 T1 customers and over 30 high-bandwidth (T3 and faster) customers. Primary network security contact for RTCs 1-4. This included responsibility for internal security policy and advice to clients requiring assistance with network security issues (ranging from diagnosing compromised machines to firewall assistance.) DNS administrator for RTC1-4. In addition to server maintenance, functioned as DNS support staff for all clients in RTC1-4. This involved hosting DNS records and troubleshooting all matters associated with DNS issues. Administrator for all support services utilized by RTCs 1-4. Built, configured and maintained TACACS, DNS, SYSLOG, TFTP, and monitoring servers and services. Show less