Christopher L. Meibers

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Senior Technology / Information Security Manager

Experienced professional in managing Information Security, GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) and Technology

concepts & practices. Possesses an excellent track record in managing teams and efforts resulting in successful project

completion or adherence to corporate security policies. Consistent track record in providing positive results contributing

to increased revenues & profits, reduced expenses and overall departmental coordination, teamwork & success.

Senior manager with a career highlighted by providing consistent value in achieving success in challenging

environments, building teams that work together as cohesive units and providing executives with a dependent resource

in its goal setting and expectations. Recognized for drive, determination, willingness to challenge the status quo, and for

outstanding leadership talents. Acknowledged for creating proactive business environments where team members can

be successful, and where synergies can be achieved in support of business objectives. Dedicated to goal attainment

and to giving unselfishly to others.

Highlights

• Enhanced corporate security health by Instituting, managing and administering the initial information security

program.

• Standardized software development by designing the division’s initial Software Development Life Cycle

(SDLC) program.

• Managed multiple development groups responsible for over 85% of Technology’s project deliverables.

Achieved a Customer Satisfaction Rating of 4.47 (out of 5), an On-Time Delivery exceeding 80% while

delivering projects within projected budgets over 77% of the time.

• Championed and spearheaded the effort to identify, classify and initiate all billing efforts for work completed by

Technology outside the scope of client contractual obligations. During the first 12 months over $850k in

potential revenue was recognized.

• Directed hand-selected development team to design, code, test, implement and support efforts associated with

company’s initial Database Marketing application. Opportunities created through this new service equated to

increased revenue, expanded client base and new relationships with global data brokers.

Key Qualifications

Leadership, Strategic Vision, Information Security, Project Management, Customer Service,

Budget Delivery, Auditing, Process Improvement, Vendor Negotiations, Risk Management,

Capital Expenditures, Resource Planning

Technology

Microsoft Office Suite, SQL, SAS, MS Project, Visio Technical, Quest/TOAD, PL/SQL Developer, Nessus, Nexpose,

Foundstone, Qualys, Rapid7, Tripwire, RSA enVision, RSA Security Analytics, Guardium, Hyperion, Citrix, IBM

WebSphere, JAVA, .NET, C+, COBOL

Databases

DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Career Experience

FIS, St.Petersburg, FL 2007 - Present

Director - Policy Office (InfoSEC & GRC)

Responsibilities - Oversee and administer all Information Security & GRC activities associated within the FIS Retail

division. Using the corporate Security Program policies & standards as the guideline, actions taken were to ensure

conformance to objectives set by the corporate Security, Privacy and Risk Management offices. Activities included GRC

efforts & oversight, Identity & Access Management, quarterly user access audits, technical controls oversight,

vulnerability scanning & patch management, “at rest” and “in transit” encryption, metrics gathering & reporting, Software

Development Life Cycle (SDLC), regulatory compliance, and architecture/infrastructure design oversight, change

management File Integrity Management (FIM) approval, privileged user logging & monitoring, operational continuity &

disaster recovery, incident response and asset management.

• Championed the vulnerability scanning and patch management processes and practices used by the FNIS

Retail division pertaining primarily Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements resulting in no failed PCI audits

since its inception.

• Instituted a program whereby all data repositories hosting sensitive data were identified, assessed, classified

and assigned a security tier level. This venture included over 300+ separate database environments, shared

drives and SharePoint sites thereby enhancing the overall FIS data security.

• Spearheaded the FIS integration with IBM Guardium where processes were created to identify unauthorized or

suspicious activity relating to data and objects within its database environments. This went a long way in

helping to better secure the storage, handling and access of our sensitive “at rest” data.

• Presided over internal and external security audits since 2004 dealing with IT Controls, PCI, SSAE16,

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), FFIEC (banking industry), NACHA, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), etc.

Fidelity National Information Services, St.Petersburg, FL 2001 - 2007

Director - Application Development & Customer Implementations

Responsibilities - Accountable for the management of application development teams so that assigned projects were

projected to be completed on-time, within budget and met all design and functionality commitments. Also responsible for

Implementations Team whose sole purpose was to engineer new communication channels into the FIS network where

check transaction traffic could be transmitted, processed and returned. These circuits required load balancing, failover

and backup options to be built into the design to ensure merchant communications were not interrupted.

• Partnered with several character recognition technology companies to design and build an automated Claims

Data Entry system that resulted in average claims (bounced checks) processed per hour from 45 to over 100.

These improvements resulted in fewer manual errors, reduced staffing and overall expense savings of over

$700k annually.

• Accounted for the design, development, testing and implementation of the company’s first ACH Settlement

service. Since its inception, ACH-based relationships and services have resulted in $2BB annually in overall

settlement and added profits of over $5MM annually.

Certegy Check Services, St. Petersburg, FL 1997 - 2001

Director Customer Implementations

Responsibilities - Responsible for Implementations Team whose sole purpose was to engineer new communication

channels into the FIS network where check transaction traffic could be transmitted, processed and returned. These

circuits required load balancing, failover and backup options to be built into the design to ensure merchant

communications were not interrupted if one center experienced a problem.

GEAC Computers, Tampa FL 1984 - 1997

Senior Project Director

Responsibilities - Managed various cross-functional development teams on technology projects for a variety of

industries. Researched existing IT strategies to determine requirements and identified opportunities for improvement.

Created logical database design, wrote programs, created test plans, and executed test scripts. Conducted code

reviews of junior developers and administered source code control for development teams. Organized documentation

for client review and obtained client sign-off deliverables. Trained end users on new applications, managed junior

programmers and trained them in programming as well as client relations techniques.

• Supervised the development effort that allowed all existing corporate financial applications to support multi-

language and multi-currency capabilities. As a result, merchant target base was expanded to include global

organizations resulting in improved sales, higher revenues and increased application flexibility.

• Researched and scheduled the effort to migrate from a mainframe/COBOL based financial infrastructure to a

client-server environment centering on UNIX and SQL Server. Led the effort to rewrite installation and

migration procedures for both legacy and new merchants. Effort resulted in expanded market share, improved

overall sales, reduced maintenance costs for customer base and the introduction of newer technology into the

corporate environment.

Update Corporation, Cincinnati, OH 1980 - 1984

Word Processing Technician

Responsibilities - Installed and serviced CPT word processing equipment throughout the greater Cincinnati and

northern Kentucky area. Maintained a 6-month revolving maintenance schedule in addition to performing new installs

and emergency support.

U.S. Army, Giessen Germany 1976 - 1980

HAWK Missile Fire Control Specialist

Responsibilities - Maintained and supported the Electronic Control Central (ECC) Battery Control Center (BCC) and

electronic battery central used by the HAWK Missile low to medium targeting weapon system.

General Electric, Cincinnati, OH 1974 - 1975

Thorium Production Line Technician

Responsibilities - Served as a member of the GE Thorium production line that processed hi-grade thorium reactor

material.

Education & Professional Development

CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional

CISM - Certified Information Security Manager

PMP - Project Management Professional

MSCD - Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer

AA Computer Science (1984) - University of Cincinnati (Summa Cum Laude)

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