Richard Cocchiara

** ********* **, ***************, ** 10992 • 845-***-**** • ad31b0@r.postjobfree.com An innovative and goal-oriented IT risk & cyber-resilience executive with a proven track record of accomplishments in planning, developing, integrating and implementing cybersecurity programs, technology and processes designed to manage and protect sensitive data and systems for companies and governments. Hand-on skills in IT risk management, budgeting, risk mitigation, cybersecurity, cross functional organizations, executive leadership, project & resource management, cost management, multi-site implementations, product support and training. Full knowledge and adherence to strict budget control processes addressing company needs and promotion of growth. An executive who is very adept at inter-departmental relationship building, contract negotiations, media relations, crisis management, services management and problem solving. Possesses significant experience advancing a positive company image through public presentations, industry briefings, press interviews and client interaction. Offers a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems and direct job experience with skills in the following areas:

- Executive Leadership - Contract Negotiations - IT Risk Consulting

- IT Strategy & Budgeting - Vendor Management - Public Relations

- Program & Project

Management

- IT Development &

Management

- Cyber Security & Business

Continuity

Selected Achievements

• Led creation of a comprehensive Cyber Security Roadmap and Security Operations Center for largest school system in the country resulting in significant reduction of cyber security incidents and data breaches

• Led development & implementation of new corporate-wide cybersecurity strategy plan designed to reduce risk

• Created new Project Management Office (PMO) designed to set clear IT objectives and minimize risk

• Successfully led the development of an enterprise-wide Master Data Management strategy with including a new data warehouse providing first-of-a-kind analytics capability and enhanced cybersecurity

• Cut IT operating costs while managing to improve customer satisfaction and reduce cyber risk

• Led creation and expansion of new global IT risk help desk including selection of tools and training of staff

• Successfully led and managed a worldwide, diverse risk services development and consulting team with 125 direct and in-direct employees generating over $120M in billable revenue

• Personally, led risk assessments of technology, security, recovery, compliance and governance at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies around the world resulting in significant reductions in IT risk

• Created the IBM Business Resilience Framework and awarded patent for “Service Level Agreement Risk Analysis with Exogenous Architecture”

• Improved the IBM resiliency business in the market with a new framework, methodology & technology resulting in increase of over $35 million in revenue in 5 years

• Named an IBM Distinguished Engineer, given numerous corporate awards including Presidents Club & Golden Circle and elected to the very selective IBM Academy of Technology for work in IT risk

• Published in the prestigious IBM Systems Journal, trade publications and key note speaker at numerous conferences on the topic of IT risk management

Management Work Experience

CxO Expertise, LLC, PO Box 844, Washingtonville, NY 10992 Chief Innovation & Security Officer

Managing partner responsible for developing new risk management products, marketing, vendor partnerships, budgeting and finance. Comprised of former executives from multiple companies and government agencies, this consulting company specializes in helping C-level executives tackle their most difficult business & IT risk problems. Cognitient Corp, 8893 Spring Valley Drive, Broadview Heights, OH Chief Information Security Officer

Responsible for creating new, innovative IT risk consulting models used by partners to assess and report on business, IT, project, marketing and organizational risk of client companies. Successfully created new web-based enterprise and application architecture using comparative risk analytics and artificial intelligence. Orange County Government, 255 Main St, Goshen, NY

Deputy Commissioner, Chief Information & Security Officer Retained by County Executive to quickly assess and rebuild IT department for the County by restructuring how technology service and support are delivered to county employees while minimizing risk. Successfully created new Project Management Office & Cybersecurity Policies. Implemented COVID 19 remote work-from-home capability. NYC Department of Education, 2 Metro Tech, Brooklyn, NY Chief Information Security Officer

Responsible for all aspects of data and cyber security for the largest school system in the country with 1,800 schools, 1.3 million students and 150,000 employees. Developed new cybersecurity roadmap for restructuring how data and systems are protected, including new identity and access management system, awareness program, 3rd party risk management, email filtering capabilities, virtual private network and continuous security monitoring. Created new data center strategy that included a new Tier 3+ datacenter to better protect systems against outage and maximize cost effectiveness. Created new Master Data Management strategy, including usage of data analytics, to better utilize the vast amount of data stored by the Department of Education in an effort to improve education and graduation rates for students. NYC Technology Development Corp, 15 Metro Tech, Brooklyn, NY Executive Vice-President for Risk Technology Consulting Working directly for the CIO’s & CISO’s of New York City government agencies, able to utilize multiple years of IT knowledge and experience to rescue troubled IT projects and reduce IT risk at multiple NYC agencies. Was responsible for all aspects of multiple critical IT projects including solution design, architecture, development, vendor management, testing, support and services for software and hardware. Smarter Risk Corporation, 154 Development Dr, Limestone, ME Chief Information, Technology & Security Officer

Capitalized on engineering and leadership background to create innovative solutions for integrated risk management. Responsible for the solution conceptualization, requirements gathering, systems analysis & design, product selection, development, testing and services of a new cloud IT risk product. IBM Corporation, 299-300 Long Meadow Road, Sterling Forest, NY 10979 Chief Technology Officer & IBM Distinguished Engineer for IT Risk Executive responsible for staffing, budget, development, design, integration and support of technology for datacenters across 55 countries. Led process, technology and people assessments to enhance operations, cut costs and reduce IT risk. Developed new technology solutions, including training programs, for over 5,000 employees. Worked with business teams to develop requirements and technical specifications to ensure development & support of new services/systems were developed in the most cost effective and efficient manner possible to end users. Education

Masters of Computer Science (MIS) - MARIST COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, NY Bachelors in Business Administration (MIS) - PACE UNIVERSITY, Pleasantville, NY

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