Keith Walters

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Professional Profile

+ Modern-day explorer of high technology and disruptive innovations countered with constructive integration.

+ Over 25 years in corporate IT systems integration, solutions architecture and project management as director, team leader and systems engineer in banking, consulting, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and government agencies focused on infrastructure, security, operations and innovation.

+ Eager to contribute agile, dynamic, creative, analytical and troubleshooting talents toward actively supporting a progressive organization's business processes to advance goals and profitability.

+ Passionate, knowledgeable, analytical, logical, reliable, innovative, resourceful, problem solver, practical, economical, dependable, loyal, organizational, efficient, self- motivated, conceptual, competent, self-starter. Core Competencies

Strategic Planning * Project Management * Agile * Needs Analysis * ITIL Framework * Business Consulting * Staff Utilization * Cloud Computing Integration * Virtualization * Digital Marketing * Mobile * Interactive Telepresence * Cyber Security Controls * Compliance * Risk Management * Problem Solving * Disaster Recovery Solutions * Consultative Solutions Architect * Vendor Management * Risk Assessments * Integration and Optimization Experience

Director IT Infrastructure Security at Carolina Premier Bank November 2010 - Present (6 years 5 months)

- IT Operations: Overall day to day IT operations covering infrastructure, security, application systems support. Team leader and Project manager. Banking application administration including core processing retail and commercial, financial analysis, credit risk management, digital lending, document management and CRM. Manage third-party vendors. Helpdesk management and support. Manage VMware server and desktop environment, private cloud, data center, SaaS, VoIP, SD-WAN, security environment, digital signage, video, mobile and branch facilities.

- IT Security: IT Risk Assessment, IT General Controls, Physical and logical security, Access Control Assessment, Regulatory Compliance (FFIEC, GLBA, SOX, FDIC), Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Plan, Incident Response Plan, Cloud Security, Security Audits, Business Impact Analysis, IT Steering Committee and Enterprise Risk Management department leader, Evaluation and implementation of IT Security solutions, Cyber Security, Policy creation and administration, Vendor Management, Strategic Network Security SOP, Data confidentiality, integrity and availability, Data Encryption Standards, Security violation prevention, End user security training.

- IT Infrastructure: Designed, built and deployed new infrastructure focused on performance, security, business continuity and disaster recovery. Project management included data center, secure data and Wi-Fi networks, global VoIP phone system, virtualization of servers and desktops all completed on schedule and within budget. Implemented highly available and redundant firewalls, network backbone, software defined wide area network, IDS\IPS, content filtering, endpoint security to protect independent networks and provided 24x7 availability. Built highly available Internet access with backup and redundancy. Completed remote data center initiative to address business continuity, data replication and disaster recovery.

Keith Walters

6222 Pumpernickel Ln, Monroe, NC 28110

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Experience Cont’d

- IT Enterprise: Strategic planning and management, Global Cloud Security including hybrid environment of hosted and in-house systems, IT policy structure and governance, Business systems planning, improvement, management in line with corporate goals and objectives, Global Infrastructure planning & management, Cloud and hosted solutions strategy, deployment, project management. Executive and senior management participation and communication for Board understanding and support.

SVP IT Solutions Architect at BankSys Management Incorporated 2000 - 2011 (11 years)

Provide pre-sales architecture and post-sales implementation for customers across the southeast US focused on financial services, manufacturing and government agencies. Responsible for leading business relevant engagements by translating customer key business requirements into specific solutions and offerings. Work to complete RFP, SOW, Level of Efforts, and other customer facing pricing & contracts followed up by implementing the solution. Providing senior level consulting, design, and implementation of professional services for customers in support of meeting their current and future IT needs. Used as a senior organizational resource for developing pre-sales opportunities into fully implemented customer solutions through a consultative process as a trusted adviser and SME to the customer's IT management and executive team. Responsible for helping to drive growth and foster success in newly opened territories, and add value through identifying and implementing solutions that meet or exceed customer needs and expectations.

Senior Technical Systems Analyst at Clariant

1999 - 2000 (1 year)

Responsible for design, implementation, and reclaiming the wide area network for 60+ North American locations bringing WAN in-house and providing substantial cost savings. Provided management and monitoring of WAN for North America and its connection to company’s global private network including Switzerland, Germany and China. VP Senior Systems Engineer at BMI Systems Integrators 1996 - 1999 (3 years)

Provide LAN and WAN concept designs, project management, product specifications and recommendations, procurement, configuration, installation and training, and post-installation support for financial institutions. Manager Technical Services Healthcare at First American Health Care 1993 - 1996 (3 years)

Responsibilities include the design, configuration, installation and support of a 500+ node LAN/WAN (including servers, AS/400s, network equipment). Led a team of 12 employees to provide all LAN, WAN, PC, and AS/400 support services for 450+ locations with 15,000 employees in 23 states. Provide direction, leadership, opportunity, and growth for IT engineers and support specialists.

Keith Walters

6222 Pumpernickel Ln, Monroe, NC 28110

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Volunteer Experience

Assistant Leader at Boy Scouts of America

2005 – 2012

Certifications

Certified Banking Information Security Officer

Education

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business Bachelor of Business Administration, 1987 – 1991

Projects

Premara Bank, Washington, DC

July 2014 - Flagship branch located downtown Washington, DC. The most innovative bank branch including high tech and high touch elements for enhanced customer experience. Responsible for the design, integration and deployment of digital signage, video wall, touchscreen windows, interactive conference rooms, virtual reality focal points and remote presence.

Bank of the Urban League Central Carolinas, Charlotte, NC December 2012 - ULCCB Branch located uptown Charlotte, NC. Division of Carolina Premier Bank, an innovative bank branch located within the Urban League building, including high tech and high touch elements for enhanced customer experience. Responsible for the integration and deployment of digital signage, video wall, touchscreens, interactive table and remote presence.

Cybersecurity Assessment - FFIEC

September 2015 - Annually performed Cybersecurity Assessment in accordance with FFIEC CAT guidelines. Identified Inherit risk and maturity levels compared to the desired maturity level. Devised action plan to resolve outstanding issues to reach desired level, presented to board, and developed risk appetite statement for Cybersecurity. Video Conferencing / Digital Signage - Headquarters and Remote Offices January 2014 - Designed and integrated low cost video conferencing mobile units utilizing Apple, Logitech, Ergotron products. Saved travel expense and improved productivity for team, project, board level meetings and ad hoc meetings. Since equipment is mobile, it can easily be moved from conference rooms to other available rooms or offices allowing flexibility in using video conference solution. When equipment is idle from video conference use, it doubles as a digital signage player for display of bank marketing materials. Server and Desktop Virtualization

October 2014 - Design and implement virtualization environment including redundant host to load balance servers and desktops, flash enabled data storage devices and stacked networking equipment in a private cloud configuration within third-party data center. Primary data center environment replicated to a backup data center for business continuity and disaster recovery. Results included improved performance, data security, common data repository, secure desktop access, lower time to recover and centralized network administration. Organizations

InfoComm International

Charlotte VMUG - VMware User Group

Honors and Awards

Most Innovative Employee Award - 2012

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