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Project Manager Business Analyst

Location:
Southington, CT
Posted:
November 14, 2023

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Douglas A Jones

Milford, Connecticut *****

ad05jt@r.postjobfree.com • linkedin.com/in/douglasjones49/ • 203-***-**** Project Manager / InfoSec Business Transformation

Multifaceted professional career with a record of innovation and program delivery success Project Manager/Business Analyst with focus on improving organizational performance, InfoSec operations, strategic planning, and business process reengineering. Delivered measurable success in risk mitigation through disciplined coordination and design of continuous improvement processes (CIP) within IT organizations. Proficient in the execution of high visibility, global programs with aggressive delivery schedules. Agile Product Owner able to direct multiple tasks effectively leveraging strategic toolsets. Exceptional interpersonal and executive communication abilities to drive change and implement strategic programs throughout the organization. Core Competencies:

Project Management, Agile/Scrum and Waterfall – Service Management (JIRA) Business Process Reengineering (Lean) - Cyber Risk Mitigation - OPEX / Financial Management Professional Experience

IBM Corporation, Southbury, Connecticut

Business Analyst, CISO GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) Platforms, 2022 – 2023 Business Transformation, CIO/CISO organization, concentration on project delivery, cost management and systems operation and security.

Audit: assessments of evidence, artifacts, testing/remediation to assure secure operations with vendor solutions. Standards integration with UCF (Unified Control Framework). Partnered with the policy management team to document the operating procedures and business process definitions for Governance in ServiceNow.

Aquinas Consulting/subcontract as GIG Research, LLC, Milford, Connecticut Project Manager/IT Consultant, InfoSec initiatives, 2018 -2021 3

rd

Party Risk Review & Identity Access Management Program Global Consumer Services Sector, Hotels/Resorts. Managing risk assessment for a portfolio of HR/Payroll providers from engagement to findings remediation.

Manage project plans with focus on year-end remediation & vendor certification to satisfy Security Accreditation Process.

Establish a continuous IT Risk assessment process model, prioritization driven through 3 rd

Parties.

Verizon Security Program Assessment Industrial Sector, Global Business Equipment & Supplies. Managed quarterly assessments leading to a successful certification in 2Q2021 for client.

Manage vendor relationship, team leadership, risk documentation, and accountability for performance of the program for thirteen core cyber controls. Focus on External Vulnerability Assessment (EVA).

BitSight Cyber Risk Performance; manage the portfolio to a sector leadership score, key dimensions driving the success span remediation targeted to Domain Management & SSL Configuration. Project Manager/Business Process Consultant - Information Security Financial Sector, Retail Banking Led a team of technical business analysts and security engineers for strategic initiative, prioritization by risk-based model developed in partnership with global PMO.

Modernized global Data Loss Prevention (Symantec DLP) program, focus on policy integrity, Cloud enablement and a globally distributed support model, improving alert response time by 50%. Continued...

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Leidos, Foxboro, Massachusetts

Program Manager, Leidos Cyber, 2016 – 2017

Provided cybersecurity program technical leadership for the SalesOps account teams, optimized an InfoSec support model through effective scheduling, and cost controls.

Delivered Cybersecurity assessment (FFIEC) for global banking and card services client with teams located in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pac providing cyber strategy & risk reduction methods leveraging NIST-CSF consultants. IBM Corporation, Southbury, Connecticut, 2004 – 2016 Senior Business Analyst, IBM IT Risk, Chief Information Security Office Directed strategic analysis activities for business level (workflows, process maps) and information level (data models) aspects of programs involved with IBM IT Risk and the CISO mission. Program Manager, IBM BT/CIO, Social Computing & Enterprise Transformation Executed program management responsibilities for Enterprise and Social Computing projects, directed a staff of technical leaders, responsible for annual business commitments and goal setting, HR activities.

Chair; Enterprise Architecture Review Board, standards owner Internal Portfolio (Accessibility, section 508).

Transition manager, IBM BT/CIO portfolio of 100+ enterprise applications for the Lenovo / IBM Personnel Computing divestiture.

Education and Credentials

Master of Business Administration, Executive Program University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Bachelor of Arts, History minor Industrial Design

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut Certifications / Recognition

Lean Six Sigma, Black Belt (MoreSteam), Agile/Scrum Product Owner (IBM Corporation) Member, Project Management Institute (PMI) & Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Recipient US Patent 6,094,655, IBM - Method for Creating and Using Notes Decisions Capsules



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