Education:

Central Michigan University

MS in Information Systems

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Grand Valley State University

BBA in Accounting

 

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Skills:

• Agile/Hybrid project management

• AI Technology

• Cybersecurity

• Data analysis

• System/Application hardening

• Vulnerability management

• Problem solving

• Cyber threat analysis

• SAP BTP

• SAP RISE

• MS Excel

• Azure DevOps

• nmap

• Wireshark

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Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)

• CompTIA Pentest+

• CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)

• CompTIA Security+

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• PMI Risk Management Professional (RMP)

• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)

• MS AI 102 - Azure AI Engineer Associate

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

 

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Experience:

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January 2021 to present

Finance IT - Cybersecurity Project Manager and Security Architect | General Motors

 

• Leading the 5-Star security projects to ensure security compliance for Finance IT.

• Evaluate security vulnerability scans from Onapsis and Qualys. Categorize vulnerabilities based on their impact and associated risks. Develop an action plan and respond to identified vulnerabilities.

• Take charge of guiding a team through the remediation process across development, pre-prod, and production environments.

 

Projects:

• Verified trust implementation across 25+ SAP applications.

• Onapsis patching of 138 ABAP systems and 58 Java systems.

• Migration of SAP applications to SAP RISE and BTP.

• Implementation of SAP CALM into the release process.

• Renewal of SSL/TLS certificates and firewall rules across SAP applications. OS, Database, and middleware patching across SAP applications.

• BC switchovers to ensure SAP application resiliency.

 

Security Architect

• Collaborating with business process owners to verify compliance with GM policies, including encryption robustness, external data transfer specifications, third-party mandates, and adherence to information security policies.

• Examining EDTs and security deviations alongside GM directors to secure decisions on risk acceptance or avoidance.

 

Business Continuity Projects

• Execute business continuity fallbacks for GM applications.

• Collaborate with technical teams to transfer the application from the primary site to the secondary site.

• Facilitate a lesson learned session if the BC duration exceeds 60 minutes and collaborate with the team to improve future BCs.

 

September 2019 to May 2020

Manufacturing Flex Team | Amway/Manpower                                                                     

 

• Collaborate closely with warehouse management, security personnel, and cross-functional teams to proactively address security issues within the manufacturing facility.

• Safeguard the integrity, assets, and welfare of the site. Maintain open channels of communication to promptly report security risks or vulnerabilities to relevant stakeholders.

• Contribute to the development of risk assessment strategies and assist in formulating responses to identified risks in coordination with management.

• Audit customer orders enroute to ensure the proper items were placed into the delivery box and customer invoice matches the intended destination.

 

Reason for leaving: Covid 19 shut down the factories. Received an offer from GM to start in January 2021 and opted not to return.