John Nabours

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Spring Valley, CA *1977

951-***-**** abh531@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Hands-on Information Technology Manager specializing in information

security and related standards, processes, and policies. Broad background

including conceptual understanding of hardware, operating systems,

applications and data flow. Expertise in generating effective network

architecture and security policies as well as communicating the importance

of both. Regarded as an analytical individual who is able to creatively

identify project issues and potential resolutions.

Certifications

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Technical Skills

Productive in Windows, Linux, and most flavors of Unix

Network technologies from architecture and security to bandwidth management

Project Management Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle

Databases including DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server

Programming languages, Perl, C, Java

ISO27001, 2 SOX 404, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GLBA

Intrusion Detection

Vulnerability Scanning

Professional Experience

Smart & Final Stores, Los Angeles, CA 2004 - 2010

$2B retail grocer

Manager, IT Security and Compliance

Reported to CIO. Guided the company into original SOX compliance, defining

and documenting controls and introducing centralized change control and

security controls along with more formalized SDLC practices. Consulted

with developers on Security and Compliance considerations.

Developed Disaster Recovery Plan for IT functions and architected a roadmap

of server and storage changes that reduced recovery times by 30%.

As CISO, achieved and maintained Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance

with Data Security Standard. Owned policy maintenance for information

security.

Managed Network Architecture to ensure information security. Changed

network architecture to segment out credit card data from rest of

organization for security and to limit scope of annual PCI audit.

Implemented Wireless Intrusion Detection across corporate, warehouses, and

260 stores.

Developed server hardening policies, Incident Response, and Security

Awareness program.

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K-Force Staffing, Irvine, CA 2004

Leased to Jefferson Wells as a Contractor to Boeing

Analyzed compliance to Sarbanes Oxley. Identified and documented controls

for all IT processes for client.

Achieved SOX compliance for Boeing with zero citations.

Reviewed controls at separate location; reworked controls description to

support existing method, as an advocate for the client.

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Charlotte Russe Inc, San Diego, CA 2001 - 2004

$500M retail fashion

5 Director, IT Operations

Managed two teams providing support for 24x7 DataCenter operations, POS

support, Help Desk services, and Systems Administration of Novell, Unix and

Windows 2000 servers. Established and maintained IT technology roadmap and

strategy. Revised Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance plans.

Managed a network of 300 stores, 2 Distribution centers, a remote office,

and field personnel.

Established standards for PC work stations and servers, sourcing, and

vendors, resulting in increased efficiency.

Developed processes, procedures, and documentation to comply with Sarbanes-

Oxley requirements.

Served as highest escalation point for technical issues from O/S,

applications, and peripherals.

Established and maintained enterprise backup / restore and SAN systems.

Maintained secure infrastructure to protect credit card, payroll, and other

confidential data.

Tricon Global Restaurants, Irvine, CA 1987 - 2001

Taco Bell - a $6B fast-food business

Manager, Network Architecture

Managed a team of 6 people supporting restaurant system configuration,

asset control, and communications. Global Liaison for dial-up mobile

access to sister restaurants KFC and Pizza Hut. Designed and managed the

polling environment for 4,300 stores.

Managed $2M project to roll out global mobile access capability valued.

Highly visible project involved customization of purchased project,

development of an administrative infrastructure application, managing a

global project team of 20 people, and all aspects of a product development

project from funding approval to documentation and training.

Managed a project to replace dial-up polling environment with networking

protocols. Project involved coordination of development and support teams

across 3 cities, and 3 brands with targeted distribution to 11,000 systems.

Architected and managed the operating environment, software distribution

process, access security, and remote access capabilities of the Unix-based

Taco Bell restaurant back-of-house systems.

Designed security framework for remotely accessed systems that provided

safe remote support.

Managed the supply chain of manufacturers, integrators, distributors,

installers, and maintainers to ensure on schedule delivery of new back-of-

house computer systems where they were needed.

Education

BS, Electrical Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

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