Steve Messick

Sausalito, CA

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-messick-22834712/ ac3et3@r.postjobfree.com CIO / CISO/ IT EXECUTIVE

15+ years in design, implementation, management of IT and Security products. Designed & built 4 redundant data centers housing up to 300 servers, utilizing latest cloud, security, network, and data management architecture + supporting systems. 15+ years gaining patents for new concept prototypes. Named Computer World’s Top 100 IT Executives (2003). Hired & built software / hardware development teams of 100+ engineers. IT Strategy • Security Systems Architecture • R&D Product Prototyping • Software Engineering • Cloud Virtual Systems Architecture •Security Operations • IDS/DLP/DDOS Prevention • Risk Assessment/Mitigation • Corporate Compliance • Agile/Scrum/Waterfall Implementation • Engineering Team Management • US Patent Number 7,069,245 (2006) WORK EXPERIENCE

BUSINESS WIRE, San Francisco, CA February 2003 – May 2017 Global leader in press release distribution & regulatory disclosure for public relations / investor relations professionals. Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway (2010). Chief Information Officer / Chief Information Security Officer Directed IT & IT Security Strategic Planning, Software/Hardware Engineering, Operations, Staffing, and Business Continuity. Formulated strategic plans + product R&D roadmap & led execution. Instituted regulatory compliance governance process. Managed 12 direct reports directing engineering / IT team of 100+. Reported to Berkshire Hathaway.

• Accelerated $60M in revenue growth by spearheading / directing continued development of NX product

o Granted / Received US, Canadian, Europe, and Asian patents

• Acting CISO in charge of security strategy, risk and vulnerability assessment, selection and acquisition of SEM systems, SOC II reporting and compliance.

• Repelled daily penetration attempts globally with design build-out of multi-tiered security system(s)

• Secured SEC approval for mandated XBRL financial reporting using standardized corporate financial reporting format as member of XBRL Development & Standards Committee Vice President of Technology March 2001 - January 2003 Managed all IT functions, security, and software product development helping to grow corporate

• Enabled scaling to > $120M in revenue from $50M (1998-2003)

• Designed and built first secured Internet news distribution and disclosure engine (named NX).

• Gained adoption of news delivery via NX from all major news organizations in U.S., i.e. Dow Jones, Reuters, Bloomberg, NYT when Internet security was in its infancy and in doubt. Steve Messick CIO / CISO Page 2 of 2

Systems Manager January 1995 – March 2001

Transitioned IT to internal organization from outsourced consulting firm.

• Built full service IT infrastructure for systems, application development, and support o Grew team to > 60 engineers / support personnel.

• Enabled full instantaneous redundancy by designing + building systems architecture across up to 2 data centers

• In event of disaster, enabled User on-demand selection from 3 processing centers ALPINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, San Mateo, CA January 1982 - December 1994 President, Founder & Principle Consultant

Founded software engineering / consulting firm to deliver s/w applications for > 50 client startups, corporations & municipalities, e.g.: City of Daly City, Wells Fargo Bank, Marin Municipal Water District, C&H Sugar, Business Wire, City of Los Altos, Central Sanitary District. Built team of 6 consultants.

• Designed, developed, sold & installed 1st-to-market custom preventative maintenance management system to cities, public works, police + fire departments within & outside Bay Area

• Provided software engineering expertise on mini-computer systems

• Partnered with Hewlett Packard, IBM, Texas Instruments, NCR on clients TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, Austin, TX January 1977 - December 1981 Project Manager, Custom Software Engineering Group, Bank Products Division Directed project management and software engineering for development, implementation, and support of 1st automated funds transfer system for banking industry.

• System ran with Zero downtime for 5 years (until replacement) after delivered mini-computer platform for Wells Fargo Bank,

o Enabled 10-30 minute online hot failover capability with 1st redundant mini-computer architecture

• Synchronized all bank fund transfers by engineering 4 mini-computers into custom communications network

EDUCATION

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Computer Science, Technology

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