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Manager Quality Assurance

Location:
Bethpage, NY, 11714
Salary:
130,000 p/year, negotiable depending on benefits
Posted:
February 05, 2013

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Resume:

Experienced professional with more than ** years of proven success on:

information security, computer and network security, leading team, project

management, product development, software development, software quality

assurance (SQA), and organizational startup. A strong leader with a passion

for strategic planning, process management, and driving results.

Responsible for implementing the Brazilian Navy's InfoSEC department, being

its CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) for more than 6 years, and

military extensive experience as Navy's Commander rank (O-5). As Product

Manager, collaborate to transform "Modulo Risk ManagerTM " into the global

leader GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) system. Organized the SQA area

at TQTVD, improving the test automation and software quality to be embedded

in TV sets and set-top-boxes, resulting the best middleware developed for

the ISDB-Tb standard (digital TV).

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Strategic Vision Startup Product & Technology

Implementation - R & D

Risk Management & Corporate Culture Change Quality Assurance

Compliance

Business Continuity P & L Responsibility Information security

Plan

Project Management Information Security Planning and

Implementation

Security Officer Leadership Engineering

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

. Leadership: extensive experience as: Navy Officer (O-5 rank), Project

Manager, Product Manager, and QA Manager. Group management for teams over

15 engineers, and over 70 enlisted military. History of on time and under

budget delivery. Responsible for 3 major restructuring and consolidation

efforts. Effective change agent in troubled sub-performance

organizations.

. Information Security: Implementing the InfoSEC process and respective

organizational structure for the Brazilian Navy. Extensive experience in

security tools and cyber warfare.

. Innovator: military antenna development, and also new process development

for information security audits, and product management

. Strategic Planning and Technical Marketing: Developed 4 year product road

maps and competitive strategies for Modulo Security, and TQTVD Software.

. Dealing with Business Units and Promoting IT with the Business: extensive

experience as Product Manager at Modulo Security (interacting with

business units for pre and post sales), and the Digital TV area,

supporting the business units related to middleware sales.

. Application Architecture, Development, and Quality Assurance:

implementing the Control Systems (Nuclear power plant and Guidance

System) development for the Brazilian Nuclear Submarine (Project

Manager), the "Modulo Risk ManagerTM" product development, and the

Digital TV middleware development including its testing environment and

software quality assurance.

. Academics: Electrical Engineer's Degree, and two Master's Degree

(Electrical Engineering). Experienced Graduate professor (10 years),

providing both technical and managerial disciplines.

CAREER HISTORY

cablevision, Woodbury NY - mar/2011 to dec/2012

Senior Consultant - Project Manager at Cablevision's Advanced

Engineering Systems dept.

> Provided project management and technical solutions for

Cablevision (Cable TV and Communications company) in specific

projects related to Software Quality Assurance, Process

Organization, QA Lab Normalization, use and test case writings,

test scripts development, test plans, quality reports, System

Security, Systems Integration, and Systems Engineering.

> Experienced: MS-Project, JIRA, HP-Quality Center, MS-Office,

Stormtest, VOD, Tibco, Seachange.

tqtvd Software (www.tqtvd.com), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, apr/2009 to

feb/2011

QA Senior Manager

> Implemented, and managed the Software Assurance area regarding the

development of AstroTV (middleware to be embedded in TV sets and

Set-top-boxes). AstroTV middleware is responsible for TV

interactivity. It is the best solution for ISDB-Tb Digital TV

Standard, being adopted by the greatest TV manufacturers (SONY,

Panasonic, Philips, LG, Toshiba).

> Managed the development and implementation of the AstroATE, which

is the automated testing environment for ISDB-Tb Digital TV

Standard. This system automated more than 10,000 test cases.

AstroATE is also adopted by the greatest TV manufacturers (SONY,

Panasonic, Philips, LG, Toshiba), in order to obtain ISDB-Tb

standard compliance certification, performance and quality

improvements.

> Managed a team of 20 professionals in charge of software testing,

use and test case writings, test scripts development, test plans,

quality reports, and software quality assurance activities.

> Also as part of the achievements were to integrate software

development and testing activities, to support actions related to

commercial TQTVD products/vendors, project management (including

development and budget control), presentations to customers,

board, and international conferences.

> Experienced: MS-Project, MS-Office, JIRA, IBM-Rational, Java, JDE,

Java-TDK, NCL-Lua, AstroTV, AstroATE, Agile and Waterfall

Methodolgies.

MODULO SECURITY SOLUTIONS (www.modulo.com), New York-NY & Rio de Janeiro-

Brazil, mar/2007 to apr/2009

Product Manager

> Developed, implemented, and managed the Product Management area

for the "M dulo Risk Manager" suite. This suite is the global

leader GRC (Governance, Risk, and compliance) system as defined by

Gartner Institute. "M dulo Risk Manager" suite evolves assets

inventory, analysis (by 4,000 automated collectors, and 19,000

controls), evaluation (by knowledge bases applied to: information

security, IT security, privacy, financial regulations, bank

industry regulations, international regulations, etc), and

workflow management for risk treatment.

> Integrated the "M dulo Risk Manager" development, support and

maintenance, as well as, providing technical and managerial

guidance.

> Also as part of the achievements were coordinating a team of 12

professionals, software architecture definitions, SaaS infra-

structure planning, Citrix virtualization, budget planning, P&L,

project management, product marketing, internal interfaces,

product training, pre-sales & post-sales support, poof-of-

concepts, customer support, helpdesk, operational procedures,

presentations to customers, board, and international conferences.

> Experienced: MS-Project, MS-Office, Modulo Risk Manager, Citrix,

Kayako, .NET framework, Agile Methodology.

brazilian navy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, oct/2000 to feb/2007

CISO - Chief Information Security Officer

> Developed, implemented, and managed the InfoSEC Department for the

global Brazilian Navy Communication Network, as well as, providing

technical and managerial guidance. The Brazilian Navy

Communication Network includes more than 80,000 devices

(computers, servers, radio links, routers, satellite links)

installed on ships, bases, embassies, and marines vehicles.

> Also as part of the achievements were budget planning/control,

project management, security team leading, implementing

information security proceedings, security architecture, technical

network security projects, IP networking, security auditing, data

warehouse security auditing, wireless security, computer

forensics, policies (including Security Policy for Minister of

Defense Command and Control Military System), standards

compliance, security specialized consultant, cryptology resources

management, incident response team coordination, anti-virus

management, continuity plan, and risk analysis.

> Received SECMASTER-2003 Award from ISSA (Information Systems

Security Association) for the best Government Project in the

Information Security area, consisting of "Implementation of

Brazilian Navy Information Security Auditing Proceedings and

Standards". Other Brazilian Government departments also adopted

the standards.

> Performed more than 30 computer forensics successful studies.

> Performed more than 40 information security audits in the

Brazilian Navy and Brazilian Government departments.

> Cyber warfare specialization, developing the first proposal and

plan for implementing the Cyberwar Center at the Brazilian

Minister of Defense.

> Implemented the Cyber Intelligence Center at the Brazilian Navy.

> Experienced graduate professor in the following InfoSEC

disciplines: Information Security Auditing, Wireless Network

Security, Internet Security, and Firewall Systems

> Experienced: MS-Project, MS-Office, Envision, IPS, Nessus, Encase

Forensics, Kismet, Snort, Talisker Radar, McAfee solutions, SANS

Auditor, Linux, Cisco Routers, VoIP, Military Systems.

brazilian navy, S o Paulo, Brazil, feb/1992 to feb/1998

Project Manager - Telecommunication Board and Technological Center

> Responsible for Brazilian Navy radiofrequency management, as well

as all regulations and government interfaces concerning this

technical regulatory area.

> Coordinated engineering projects regarding control systems

(hardware and software) for the nuclear submarine projects. The

projects had a budget of U$15M referring to developments for

nuclear plant control and instrumentation systems, submarine

guidance systems, and respective simulation systems.

> Experienced: MS-Project, HPM, MS-Office, C, C++, ADA,

Microprocessors, Military Systems, Ruggedized Systems, Nuclear

Systems, Nuclear Standards and Safety.

brazilian navy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dec/1986 to mar/1988

Electricity & Telephony Dept. Associate - Aircraft Carrier

Coordinated operational and maintenance team, leading a group of 72

militaries inside the Aircraft Carrier.

> Experienced: On board electrical military equipments, and

telephony networks.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND & CERTIFICATIONS

> MSEE (telecom), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA - With

Distinction & Honors - oct/2000

> MSEE (computer) University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil -

mar/1996

> BSEE (computer) University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil -

dec/1991

> BS Naval Academy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - dec/1985

> CERTIFICATIONS:

- Wireless security specialization with GIAC certification (by

SANS Institute).

- BS-7799 Auditor Leader certification (by DNV Veritas)

- Security Officer certification (by Modulo Education Center)

- Business Continuity Plan certification (by Modulo Education

Center)

- Risk Management and Compliance (by Modulo Education Center)

LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY

> Portuguese (fluent - native language)

> English (fluent)

> Spanish (reading and speaking)



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