SiteRx

Head of GRC

Stories in cyber

Stories in Cyber is a podcast dedicated to the members of the NJ Cybersecurity community

Podcast Host

anecdotes

Led the following initiatives in anecdotes:
- Messaging and Positioning: Created value differentiation and assets used in understanding the positioning of the organizations and the product compared to alternatives. Applied this positioning 
- Analyst Relations with Gartner and Forrester: Got mentioned in a Gartner Report 'Market Guide for Continuous Compliance Automation Tools in DevOps'
- Content Stategy for Organic: Blogs, Marketing Assets (Data Sheets, White Papers), worked with agency for SEO that included keywords, positions, and creation of briefs which led to 5x website traffic, 2.5x keywords increased position 
- Product Marketing Campaigns: Respnsible for creation of product updates and respective enablement assets for the GTM teams 
- Competitive Analysis: Responsible for Battlecards, Competitive Sheets, Gaps in Keywords, and assets for the sales team
- Field Marketing: Led several in-person and virtual events that generated leads for sales team. Large events: IIA and ISACA GRC Conference ISC2 Security Congress.

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Reciprocity, Inc

Strategic
-Gathered Market Intelligence on SMB and Midmarket and Product Fit
-Competitive Intelligence and Positioning against Competitors
-Evaluation and Analysis on Component and Content for Compliance
-Research Analyst Engagement and Relationship with organizations like Gartner, Forrester, GRC20/20
-189% increase in sales from Q1 to Q2 2022
-23% Increase in Average ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) Deal Size from Q1 to Q2 2022
-26% Upgrade to Premium from FY 2022
-4x Adoption of Platform Month over Month 2022
-135% increase of User Base Q1 to Q2 2022
-42% Value Gained from Product FY 2022


Product
-Built ZenComply with designers and engineers from idea to market in a 2 quarter timeline. 
-Helped Build ROAR Platform with ZenComply as a flagship application with inputs to ZenRisk
-Orchestrated the first sale of ROAR Platform before GA release

Product Line Manager, Compliance

Product
-Designed initial MVP feature of ZenComply using Miro and Confluence
-Compiled Product Requirement Documentation on Aha and Productboard
-Defined Platform Elements for Roles and Organizational Structure
-Collaborated with Designers and Engineers to Groom Requirement and Acceptance Criteria through Figma and Zeplin
-Defined Roadmap for future enhancements and milestones for ZenComply
-User Testing and Validation of concepts with customers and prospects for ZenComply

ROAR Platform
- Defined Compliance components of ROAR Platform
- Research and Executed on onboarding content for Compliance
- Defined positioning and sales enablement for ROAR and ZenComply
- Roadmap and Customer Engagement for ZenComply and ZenVendor
- Maintained GRC thought leadership workshops
- Created Foundation for Integration Approach for ROAR
- Successfully implemented AWS and CIS Benchmarks on ROAR

Senior Product Manager

Riskonnect, Inc.

Products:
- Internal Audit
- Internal Controls (SOX)
- Regulatory Compliance Assessments
- Issue and Findings Management
- Unified Compliance Framework Integration
- Compliance.ai Regulatory Change Management Integration

Product Manager, GRC

Galvanize

Products 
- Risk and Compliance Assessments
- Incident Management (Case Management)
- Enterprise Risk Management
- RiskLens API Connector
- FISMA
- Risk Register

Product Manager, ITGRC

As a Solutions Consultant, my days are filled talking with Risk and Security Executives or leads that are interested in maturing their eGRC (Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance) programs. I dive into many diverse areas such as Vendor Risk Management, Threat and Vulnerability Management, IT Risk Compliance, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, and Enterprise Risk Management. I am a technical resource that knows how to do everything from installing and troubleshooting a solution to communicating to C-Level Executives what type of hardships similar organizations face today and how to alleviate such burdens. I have seen both the consulting side of the coin and the sales side of the coin and am proud to apply all the experience I had in my former life to the work I do today.

Senior Solutions Consultant

SAI Global

As a Pre-Sales Engineer I have had the pleasure working in the following types of deployments:

IT Security (NIST 800-53, SANS Top 20, Cobit 4.1, ISO 27001:2013)
Regulatory Compliance (OSHA, SOX, GLBA, Dodd Frank, HIPAA, PCI) 
Business Continuity (Disaster Recovery, Incident Management, Business Continuity, BIAs)
Enterprise Risk Management (ISO 31000, COSO) 
Vulnerability Management (Qualys, Nexpose, Nessus, Saint)
3rd Party/Vendor Risk Management (SIG Framework,Cloud Security Alliance, etc)
Physical Access (Asis International, ISO 27002)
Integration with external applications via Talend, API, XML Report Mapping
Automated Collections (Windows Servers, Oracle Database, Browser, Operating Systems)

Pre-Sales Dev work - Proof of Concepts POCs using Talend Integrator and Axure Mockup Tool

On-Site Training - Provided Basic and Advanced Training for Admin Users

Pre-Sales Engineer

Modulo Security Solutions

Automating risk assessment and audit processes are my primary responsibility. I create the necessary front-end interface that clients see when they use the Modulo GRC tool. My most recent client for Modulo required the automation of their Risk Assessment Process for Internal Projects. 
I have created the knowledge bases and related surveys for the following:
Cloud Based Applications
Scoping of Risk Assessment Process
Automation of the SANS top 20 Critical Controls
PCI Compliance Automation
Knowledge Transfer and Documentation of Risk Projects within the Modulo Framework

I am responsible for automating this process and mapping these controls to specific frameworks such as the following:
COBIT 4.1 and 5.1
NIST 800-53 Guidelines
OWASP Guidelines
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2003
PCI Compliance
FISAP
Cloud Computing Risk Assessments
SIG (Standard Information Gathering)
and Internal Policies of an organization

I am an expert at integrating vulnerability scanners (Nessus, Qualys, Nexpose) with the API integration of Risk Manager. I have had experience with intergrating GRC systems with LDAP authentication, XML mapping, and integrating with databases using XML integration and API calls. 

I have had plenty of experience using the continuity and ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) solution for Risk Manager. I have used risk manager for managing the approvals, testing, and activation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Implementation of Business Impact Analysis for process owners and defining strategies for an organization 

I finally have a very deep understanding of the risk assessment process due to my experience in IT Auditing. I am able to understand the current risk assessment process and know how to integrate these processes to Risk Manager. I have had extensive experience mapping policies and standards to a multitude of frameworks.

IT GRC Consultant

Sunera LLC

Some of the programs I have had the pleasure of auditing: Microsoft Active Directory, Oracle Enterprise Management System, Markview, ADP, Traffic systems (Specific to Radio/TV/Film/Media), Backup systems, Databases (Oracle and SQL), Firewalls, and Business Intelligence Systems. 

Within each of the following systems I have tested several controls when it comes to IT Audit here are some of them:

•	Logical Access Controls
•	Change Management
•	Entity Level Controls (Policy and Procedure)
•	Disaster Recovery
•	Backups and Data Retention
•	System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
•	Physical and Environmental Controls
•	Computer Operations 
•	Incident Management 
•	Segregation of Duties
•	Security Configurations

Within the duties of my current position I am responsible of the following in regard to the GRC tool

•	Development of controls to be imported to GRC tool
•	Alignment of controls to specific standards (COBIT, SOX, PCI)
•	Management of projects that contain controls for each area being tested
•	Importation of policies, standards, guidelines, baselines, and procedures of organization to GRC tool
•	Project Management automation via development of surveys through GRC tool
•	Implementation of automated collector of network servers (domain controllers)
•	Development of monthly metrics for remediation
•	Development of Findings Summary for Management Self-Assessment of General Computer Controls
•	Development of quarterly automated projects for remediation of prior year findings

IT SOX Compliance Lead

Robert Half International

In my previous life as a financial auditor, I was exposed to various types of business, and types of assurance engagements. Ranging from the small mom and pop shop write-up for tax purposes to the full blown audit engagement that uses a strict budget and constant communication with the client, I have seen it all. Here is a small comprised list of what my former responsibilities were:

•	Perform risk assessments based on prior year information and benchmarked across industries
•	Prepare audit work papers electronically and send out requests for information in regard to audit
•	Develop sampling methodology based on type of business, residual risk, in line with compliance/standards of the industry
•	Perform necessary walkthroughs with personnel of interests to document the process and to illustrate the structure of the organization through written narratives 
•	Perform the necessary test steps that relate to controls in line with compliance standards 
•	Review the findings related to the controls in-scope of the engagement with follow-up in regard to the findings
•	Prepare the Financial Statements and notes to the financial statement for various aspects of the business

With being responsible with the above tasks, it has been my pleasure to been exposed to many types of engagements. The following list is the type of engagements I was a part of:

•	Assurance Engagements (Write-ups, Compilations, Reviews, Audits)
•	Inventory Engagements
•	Internal Auditing Engagements
•	401k Engagements

I have worked in a lot of industries under various types of clients here is a short list of the type of clients I have worked for: Real Estate and Pharmaceutical.

Financial Specialist

With over 10 years of experience in security, sales, and product management, I am a certified information security manager (CISM) and a GRC strategist. I help organizations manage their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) challenges with innovative and scalable solutions.

Currently, I am the Head of GRC at SiteRx. I lead the efforts for Vendor Risk Management, Security Compliance, Security Awareness, Data Governance, Findings Management, Privacy Management, and Product Security. Additionally, I host Stories in Cyber, a podcast that showcases the stories and insights of the NJ cybersecurity community. My mission is to empower and inspire security professionals and enthusiasts with valuable content and best practices.

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