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Senior information and cyber security executive with over 20 years at a global Fortune-25 high-tech leader, driving major business-focused security and infrastructure initiatives. • Strategic Innovator: Quickly identify new and evolving technologies to increase IT value to the bottom line. Develop strategies for implementing technologies and managing the impact of changes that these invariably bring. • Risk Manager: Balance rapidly changing business models and technological innovation with competing imperatives to preserve security and privacy. • Trusted Advisor: Build an environment of trust through free exchange of ideas and apply collaboration to rapidly develop and strengthen existing organizations. Form, lead, and motivate highly productive cross-disciplinary teams. Communicate fluidly across broad audiences. • Action Catalyst: Facilitate the incubation of pioneering ideas through thought leaders and innovators. Demonstrate ideas through proof-of-concept testing and quickly move to expand value by creating broad awareness of new capabilities and advocating their use. Chart a clear path through complex issues to provide ongoing incremental value while working toward an end goal.