Trent Viavattene
Plano, Texas / 469-***-**** / ad20oq@r.postjobfree.com / LinkedIn
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accomplished Security leader, with 25+ years of experience focused on innovation and partnership to protect critical infrastructure for global Financial, Healthcare, and Commercial organizations. A passionate leader with a track record in transformational enterprise security architecture and operational excellence. A thoughtful, inclusive, and effective leader in collaboration with cross- functional and diverse teams to protect what matters to an organization, its people, and customers. Target: Chief Information Security Office/Deputy CISO/Security Director CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
EXPERIENCE
* Deep experience in
strategic,
architectural
leadership for
Security,
Infrastructure, Risk
and Control, Audit,
Identity, and
Organizational
Change.
* Transformed Data
Protection Program
to secure critical
data and address
Federal Reserve
regulatory matters
* Trusted advisor
offering thought
leadership in
conferences,
articles, blogs;
frequent technical
mentor.
* Led separation of
McAfee enterprise
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Jan 2022-June 2023
Head of Security Engineering and Data Protection (Senior Vice President) – Acting Deputy-CISO
Developed organizational structure and built Security Engineering and Data Protection organization to meet LFI requirements.
Lead global Security Engineering organization overseeing all the security infrastructure management and Data Protection programs.
Strategic Roadmap development to meet regulatory and operational security requirements.
Partner with lines of business, Three Lines of Defense, Regulatory Affairs, Chief Controls Office, other Global Security Organization teams to drive the security strategy for SVB becoming a Large Financial Institution (LFI)
Established operational maturity processes for programs internal and external to Security Organization, implemented automation, and drive increased visibility and control across SVB infrastructure.
Partnered with Technology Operations to rationalize overall Change Management processes to align to ITIL best
practices.
Established Board reporting and metrics to provide visibility of security posture and critical risks.
Engage with Federal Regulatory Board to conduct
examinations and present status for ongoing efforts. Resume: Trent Viavattene 2 Page
for all Security and
Infrastructure
services
* Customer-centric,
collaborative, cross-
functional service
mindset.
* Revised Change
Management
program to secure
SVB and implement
standardized
process
Oversee control program for Security Engineering and Data Protection
Actively engaged in customer advocacy and advising Venture Capital, Startup community, and Founders to provide guidance on products and industry trends.
Led Security Control Framework program to implement combination of FFIEC and CIS controls within SVB
Acting Deputy-CISO – Coordinating efforts and leading strategic components of the CISO organization with the CISO.
McAfee 2018 – Jan 2022
Director, Security Engineering, Office of CISO
Responsible for Information Security Engineering organization: Global team of 32 engineers, 60+ security technologies, 80,000+ endpoints, and all operations and projects.
Led global Identity Services, Network Operations, Firewall Operations, endpoint and server security, Internet Security operations and services, and PKI Services
Manage global Security Engineering budget, optimized refresh of capital assets to reduce annual spend by $1.8M.
Partner with Security Operations Center, OCISO teams, global McAfee organization in support of our mission to Secure McAfee; active member of Change Advisory Board, Problem Review Board.
Drove reduction in release errors and functionality of McAfee products by leading the One McAfee program to implement McAfee technologies within the McAfee
enterprise prior to external release
Armor 2017 – 2018
Solution Architect
Designed secure cloud solutions to protect customers’ most critical assets, with focus on PCI, HIPAA, HITRUST-certified workloads, and any data requiring a high level of security oversight. Developed bespoke services to meet individual customer needs.
Engaged with executive owners to define security requirements for their organizations; consulted for Fortune 50 customers on strategies for Cloud infrastructure and Security Operations services.
Dell Services 2015 – 2017
Principal Architect
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Led large and complex IT Services pursuits ($1M- $120M) in Healthcare, Finance, Commercial, Insurance industries for Global Solution Design Center, facilitating designs with Global Technical Architect teams.
Engaged with executive leaders, Sales, Business Units, Delivery Organizations within Dell to develop customer solutions and service offerings.
Provided internal solution designs for multiple organizations and functions.
Insight Enterprises 2014 – 2015
Senior Manager, Core Infrastructure Services
Managed Microsoft Core Infrastructure Practice for complex solution design, delivery oversight, and services offering development, sales alignment and sales pursuit approval: 7 architects, 30 delivery consultants, ~$10M profit/loss financials.
Defined Azure Cloud Services strategy, including go-to- market and internal models.
Developed and championed training methodologies, standardization in the solution design process, consolidation and rationalization of solution delivery methodologies, greater collaboration between teams.
Dell Services Perot Systems 2005 – 2014
Principal Architect
Primary point for Active Directory and Cloud services in conjunction with Dell Services offerings and drove engagements using state of the art technology for
Virtualization, Automation, OpenStack Cloud, Genomics, and others.
Grew Dell Cloud Services from initiation to 5000+ cloud instances.
Global Technical Architect (Dell Services)
Subject matter expert for Active Directory, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Windows Server Administration, Windows, and Virtual Infrastructure as a Service.
Developed complex technical solutions for global large Enterprise, Local and Federal Government, Healthcare customers. Partnered with Product groups on solutions for new and current offerings.
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SKILLS AND CERTIFICATES
Certifications:
CISSP
ITIL Foundation Certified
Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer
AWS Certification
Executive Skillsets
Transformational Security Leader
Security Strategy and Execution
Security Risk Management
Diversity and Inclusion
Regulatory Management
Executive Reporting and Advisory
Continual improvement of Infrastructure Services Delivery practices and vendor engagements for new operational toolsets.
AD Solution Architect
Architectural guidance for Active Directory and related technologies for multiple accounts, developed new pricing models for VMware solutions, led support teams for VMWare and AD, and established best practices for IT business unit. Microsoft Volt 2004 – 2005
Senior Active Directory Engineer
Netessentials 1998 – 2004
Senior Technology Consultant
SCADA/OT Integration Specialist
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) Computer Information Systems, with Business Administration minor, from Midwestern State University, 1999.
Wharton Institute of Executive Education - Leadership and Management Program Certificate – March 2023
McAfee Executive Leadership Program