Senior Management Change

General Curriculum Vitae: Danial Beck

Name: Danial Beck Nationality: British & Dutch (dual)

U.S. Green Card Holder

Contact Information: Language Ability: Fluent English Address: 3822 Pearl Pass Lane Fluent Dutch

Sugar Land, Texas 77479 Fluent Arabic

Some German/French

Cell: 346-***-****

LinkedIn Profile: https://linkedin.com/danialbeck Email: ******@**********.*** Personal Statement: Career characterized by seasoned technology, people management and delivery executioner of digital solutions in infrastructure projects/programs that have produced strong and sustainable consultancy revenue gains in the Logistics, Telecoms, Transportation, Utility, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Construction, Manufacturing, Banking, FinTech, Media, Loyalty and Security markets. Experienced through entire lifecycle of business, from pre-sales, business development, technology solution development, to delivery of projects and programs. Technical, commercial and merger/partnerships experience in delivering business and technical transformations for companies at ‘greenfield’ stages or stepping up to the next business level from a technical and operational level. Experienced in working in both start-ups and matrixed multinational technology companies, both technically and commercially, using a combination of leadership and teamwork. Excellent experience with clients for commercial, technical and strategic responsibilities, along with a self-reliant, innovative and persuasive personality. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Improved quality and productivity for clients, reduced error rates and increased customer satisfaction through effective checkpoint stages, staff coaching and enhancing team productivity.

Successful Change Management and Digital Transformation efforts by working closely with customer stakeholders. Ensured consistency with customer performance expectations and organizational goals.

Used process analysis and technology within SAP ECC for a client to guarantee 98.5% of work processed within 48 hours with less than .05% error rate and over $1.5M in monthly invoicing.

Generated over $210K savings annually by revising digital inventory workflow within SAP MM to provide increased accuracy for provisioned technology circuits and invoices from business partners.

Generated $550K in additional revenue for a client by technology upgrades and improving their service delivery commitments, through walk-throughs of process, procedures, and new technology.

Recovered $130K in monthly recurring revenue in a single market by successfully leading and executing technological automation replacement to AWS and GCP cloud environments, to what were previously human touchpoints.

Implementation of AI programs (with partners such as Goggle’s RAI-HCT and Philips Healthcare division) to facilitate automation of remote oncology and AI imaging detection, speeding the booking, evaluation and detection process by 400% and reduce/optimize the reliance and cost of scarce resources such as human radiology staff.

Program/project manager of various projects during the career, as small as $100K over 3 months and

$1.2 billion over 60 months.

CAREER SUMMARY

Senior Director - Cyber Security / Acting CISO September 2022 – Present Akumin www.akumin.com

Responsible for overseeing the company's information security transformation program, a post-merger of two healthcare companies that now form Akumin. The decision was made for the migration of the cybersecurity landscape from on-site servers across the country to a Google (GCP) and AWS cloud services architecture. Included the development, implementation, and management of the company's merged information security platforms, policies, and procedures within a highly regulated environment. Lead and managed a team of security professionals and service vendors/providers within an Agile Scrum methodology to that aim, utilizing Big Data, Chronicle and Redshift as part of cloud implementations that also utilized Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Collaborated with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure that the security posture is maintained “in-flight” during the transition, whilst still being effective and compliant with applicable regulations and standards. The activities for this position included:

Lead the development, implementation and transformation of the information security strategy, policies, and procedures that integrate business priorities and risk against the enterprise.

Ensured compliance with applicable regulations and standards, including SOX 404, NIST CSF, NIST 800- 171, PHI, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, and other applicable security and data privacy laws.

Lead the design and architecture of cyber resiliency including disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, focusing on application design, high availability, disaster recovery, and adaptive resiliency strategies. Collaborated with various departments to design and implement robust incident response plans, ensuring that systems could withstand and recover from cyber threats and other disruptions.

Developed and implemented comprehensive security architectures for AI and Generative AI systems, including secure data handling, access controls, and threat mitigation strategies. For risk assessment and its management, conducted security reviews specific to AI technologies and integration to identify vulnerabilities and develop strategies to address potential threats to AI said systems.

Provided subject matter expertise on frameworks and best practices for implementing trustworthy AI systems. Used knowledge of AI/ML frameworks and platforms with security standards and regulatory requirements related to AI and data protection.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including cybersecurity architects and senior technical leaders, to align security strategies with organizational risk tolerance and innovation goals.

Promoted an "automation-first" digital mindset culture within the team, to drive automation initiatives to streamline provisioning, deployment, management, and monitoring processes.

Exemplified a business outcome culture while working across local and remote teams to develop and/or ensure maintenance of end-to-end roadmaps for digital capabilities and ensure delivery of those solutions conform to standard delivery processes (Waterfall, Agile).

Influenced the enterprise technology roadmap for infrastructure management, be the gatekeeper for the definition of implementable strategies for cloud infrastructure, drive the implementation of these strategies and deliver the initiatives on target, on budget, and on time.

Developed and deployed strategic and tactical modernization approaches that enable and prepare Digital Application Management teams to cost effectively shift legacy applications to cloud platforms and Infrastructure-As-Code.

Maintained control over the P&L for Cloud Transformation and migration, assuring that costs are aligned to business requirements and expenses were continuously evaluated, measured and optimized.

Accountable for tracking cloud consumption (FINOPS), technology budget and forecast along with the Finance team and working with department teams to manage cloud consumption costs.

Drove productivity, ushered in new infrastructure technologies, and systematically eliminated legacy infrastructure technology debt.

Collaborated and supported the leadership team with designs for process excellence, digitization recommendations and to partner with other teams to deliver actionable and innovative technical and functional guidelines.

Partnered with leadership in the preparation of the department’s budget. Demonstrated strong financial acumen and portfolio management skills to manage and optimize technology investments.

Managed relationships with third-party vendors and contractors to ensure that their operational and security practices align with company technology standards.

Assisted in defining data reporting requirements that measure key internal metrics using tools such as Microsoft Power BI. Reported timely information; communicated context for business decisions; recognized accomplishments; fostered teamwork and built a collaborative environment.

Lead the implementation of technologies that innovate the process and experience, increases accuracy and value of results and provide strategic maximum dollar investment returns.

Involved in strategic identification and implementation of major initiatives that have significant cross- organizational impact.

Director (Americas) – Digital Applications & Operations November 2019 – September 2022 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics www.hellmann.com

The role focused on the commercial and technical solutions skills for utilizing competitive analysis, business strategy, planning and product/technology management skills to lead the definition and delivery of solutions that allow Contract Logistics customers to eventually manage their resolution of issues and technological needs they encounter. This included working closely with business stakeholders as well as development teams to deliver an industry leading digital technology experience. Responsibilities included:

Responsible for defining the technology architecture, standards, and governance processes technology vision, strategy, and its execution at HWL Technology Global USA.

Experience in managing and supporting infrastructure components - Server, Storage, Network, security, end points, collaboration, Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS).

Provided expertise for the Supply Chain Planning products that include SAP, Rapid response, Analytics, etc., and help mature capabilities, while coordinating with key SAP technology teams (ABAP, Basis, Security, Database, etc.).

Assessed and aligned key process linkages between SAP ECC, APO, BI, Rapid Response, and Analytic Platforms.

Internally, worked with the IT Department and System Engineering to guide them on key technology decisions, engineering excellence areas, and articulating the technology vision for them. This is done using Agile techniques and migration strategies to a cloud environment where possible.

External-facing role included client and partner interactions, showing them the vision of technical roadmaps, futuristic thinking, and participating in industry organizations and talks.

Worked closely with other executive leaders to ensure that the company's technology roadmap is aligned with its business strategy.

Measured and governed the software scalability and performance of our platform and ideate on how the platform elements can be scaled up at reduced cost, to get better performance from systems.

Provided strategic direction on the application of technology and worked with functional leaders to deliver technology solutions that enable the organization to meet growth objectives.

Drove the analysis and re-engineering of existing business processes, identified and developed the capability to use new tools, and reshaping the system infrastructure and security to ensure functionality, efficiency, and compliance; ensured all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards.

Executed technology initiatives by fostering innovation, prioritizing strategic goals, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of technology systems across the organization.

Oversaw and provided a high-uptime technology infrastructure supporting essential business applications (both back-office and customer-facing) and its functions, while maintaining best in class operational standards.

Reviewed or created foundational documentation and industrialized processes to support all major technology components - software and hardware - to accelerate future initiatives.

Established a metrics package (to be refined over time) to monitor team performance and progress, with key milestones to measure performance to goals.

Lead execution of technology strategy and in coordination with the executive leadership team.

Continuously re-evaluated the technology roadmap to meet or exceed industry best practices and embrace new innovations or emerging technology.

Mentored, lead and scaled a leading-class engineering team, with a focus on building a strong team structure and dynamic across all levels.

Cultivated a data-driven, decision culture that sought continuous improvement and drove business outcomes.

Managed the software development and release cycles across all lines of business to maintain the appropriate balance of innovative velocity, quality assurance, and cost controls.

Implemented KPIs and Technology budgets to assess technological performance.

Responsible for designing and developing a technology stack, leveraging on a combination of existing platforms and building new strategic platforms, and migrate existing business functions from legacy systems.

Increased productivity of the technology teams’ build and delivery cycles, and design system solutions to maximize operational efficiency of the business processes/workflows.

Lead and managed international cross-functional remote and on-site consulting team mixes, to establish best-of-class expertise for a particular program.

Rationalized and restructured teams to maximize skills-sets, competency, capacity and to optimize delivery throughput. Provided mentoring and development paths whilst accommodating a multicultural team environment, drawing out value and efficiency of each contributor to the team.

Designed systems which are scalable in size and can be rapidly deployed across multiple centers and generic enough to cater to multiple use cases.

Managing Consultant – Program Management & Cyber Security Oct 2018 – Nov 2019 Practice Head – Change Management & Digital Transformation Apr 2016 – Oct 2018 Wipro Technologies www.wipro.com

Practice Partner for a global company that provides productized solutions and services to serve various verticals globally. Wipro’s productized solutions and consulting services enable customers to optimize cost structures, create increased productivity and efficiency and accelerate revenue growth. As a senior leader for an international region, the role is responsible for consulting and Project/Program Management for Change Management/Digital Transformations and later for Cybersecurity Management with global teams. This included the development and implementation of digital, transformational and cybersecurity strategies through the leading of business development, commercial management, and technology delivery management. The role directive was taking an active part in the delivery of next- generation digital services capability for clients that provided services for the alignment of security and risk management and transformational changes that helped customers in various sectors reinvent consumer experiences for growth. This was done with a multidisciplinary consulting skill set and a flexible approach to engage the customer through a journey experience to influence positive transactional behavior. The role partnered with product lines to leverage technologies in the development of both short and long term growth plans, strategies, and capture initiatives for clients and for the region. The role required a proactive and innovative leader with experience growing advanced technology business in various domains, understanding the client’s organizational culture while managing pursuits and increasing market share. Possessed the ability to represent and provided lead marketing presence, mission area perspectives and solutions to business and marketing goals. The role was to affect the alignment of business resources to maximize both short and long term profitable business outcomes. Responsibilities included but are not limited to:

Engaged with clients in strategic discussions to provide best in class Digital Transformation and Change Management implementations as well as Cybersecurity/IT Strategy and industry guidance to maximize client’s long-term business objectives.

Collaborated with marketing team to develop and maintain go-to-market strategies around Information Security, Data Privacy, IT Compliance, IT Risk and Data Governance.

Utilized frameworks such as Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, VSTS and SDLC, along with methodologies such as Six-Sigma, ISO 9001, and CMM standards.

Utilized standards such as ISO 27001, SOX, PCI DSS, SOC II, HIPAA, GDPR and NIST.

Lead a team from a global pool of expertise (on-site, off-site and remotely) to work collaboratively and cohesively towards the desired outcomes.

Lead client-facing discussions for Strategy and Planning sessions and formal proposal presentations.

Demonstrated internally and externally, expertise in technology & architecture with experience of digital technologies and ability to drive innovation, change and client-partnerships.

Engaged and helped experience deep architect-level understanding of digital technologies such as API, Data/Analytics, UX technologies as well as extensive large-scale end to end S/4HANA programs experience.

Helped develop frameworks on SAP S4 and other products like SAP GRC, SAP HANA, ABAP/R3, Business Objects, Cloud SAS solutions and SAP ETL tools,

Developed IoT Frameworks and case implementations for clients seeking IoT enterprise solutions as part of a large-scale digital transformation initiative.

Advised clients and partners on digital initiatives (e.g. roadmap development, architecture etc.).

Developed partnerships, strong communication, collaboration and networking skills.

Drove innovation, new ideas and concepts in the client’s ecosystem to disrupt and encourage change.

Engaged the latest trends and directions in fields such as SaaS, ERP and leading-edge technology projects and operations with key deliverables to ensure quality and predictability.

Managed operations with varied engagement, pricing and execution models across various technologies, utilizing SaaS, Data Analytics and Agile transformation initiatives. Enhanced customer experience on all engagements.

Acted as a Change Agent in formulating project strategy and ensuring consistency across the program.

Seen by development and business teams as an expert and regularly called on to defend the benefits of technical aspects in front of key stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to enable organizational growth and deliver ‘white glove’ service to clients and partners.

Ensured Wipro consulting and delivery services achieve business objectives for the region. Managed and maintained highly motivated technical delivery and consulting teams in order to initiate, plan, execute and deliver large/complex programs to customers. Ensured business and delivery of complex, multi-vendor/partner programs (sometimes within multiple Geos) are underway and are sustained to extend to new business initiatives for various verticals. Mentored/coached a team of architects/SMEs. Regional Manager – Business Development/Project Operations February 2013 – April 2016 Oberthur Technologies www.oberthur.com

Responsible for the company digital transformation, mobile and mobility vision, driving technical and commercial execution, being the conduit to all aspects of technology and commercial developments, with growth objectives for Telecoms, Healthcare, Banking, Media, Loyalty/Rewards and Security/Identity markets. The role included:

Ensured digital project and technology lines achieve the business development objectives for the region.

Ensured projects and programs that are underway are sustained and extend to new business initiatives.

Performed Project Director, Project Principal, Technical Lead/Reviewer role on key projects from a technical, commercial and risk management aspect with key clients in the region.

Lead and/or implemented the deal governance process in strategy development, price-to-win, bid execution, and delivery excellence. Gathered, lead and drove approvals for the deal governance board.

Analyzed digital market data to identify trends/opportunities, developed strategic direction from market information and created compelling market analysis presentations for generating new clients and markets that drove growth into core and adjacent markets.

Represented the business to clients at senior and C-level meetings and conferences. Worked closely with local senior executives to increase level of engagement with company senior executives overseas.

Provided timely information and reporting on all business captures and competition, including realistic assessment of projects, opportunities, status updates, and partnerships.

Expanded and developed business with existing/new client base to achieve 114% of regional targets.

Reduced outstanding client collections for the region by 80%. Director – Client/Program Management February 2011 – February 2013 Convergys Corporation www.convergys.com

Managed all aspects of a complex delivery of telecom and fraud management program solutions

(mainly OSS/BSS based). Project size was USD 4 million with a two-year delivery schedule.

Was primary client interface for day-to-day meetings, communications and commitments relating to the contractual, financial, operational and solution delivery (including software and services).

Managed a technical team of up to 25+ engineers/consultants in a complex environment of running multiple projects simultaneously with an on-site/off-site matrix and physical/virtual team combination.

Managed effective resource management and accurate forecasting of overall program profit and loss.

Reduced outstanding client collections for the region by 100%. Regional Consulting Manager February 2010 – February 2011 Oracle Communication Corp. www.oracle.com

Supported in the submission and execution of proposals and providing consulting support to help close deals with clients, utilizing a broad knowledge of Oracle's services. Management of the full sales cycle, usually in complex deals, selling the entire portfolio of products and services into a defined set major or global accounts, (mainly Tier 1 or Tier 2 accounts).

Organized and managed Bid and Delivery teams to develop and execute solution proposals encompassing all aspects of the Oracle domain. Developed, presented and helped sales of a value proposition.

Negotiated pricing and contractual agreement to close consulting sales. Establish and maintain contractual agreements, as well as building and maintaining effective relationships with clients and other Oracle LOB’s.

Principle Service Solution Consultant November 2005 – February 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks www.nsn.com

Established the initial technical consulting processes and procedures for NSN MEA (Nokia) to define initial processes and guidelines in building a business strategy and framework for MEA telecommunication Consultancy and Services, with an alignment to the NSN (Nokia) global organization.

Principle Service Solution Consultant for mobile telecommunication Greenfield bids in the MEA region, developing and integrating OSS/BSS systems. Bids varied from $11 million to $54 million.

Lead service and consulting solutions, from both commercial and technical aspects. P& L and Sales accountable for multiple telecom operator accounts in the areas of Telco Added Services, BSS, OSS and Converged Core. Specialized in Subscriber Data Management and Modelling & Authentication.

Lead and contributed to the project delivery of leading-edge projects with a view to integrate enterprise infrastructure management products.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Manchester Business School, Manchester, England

Executive Masters of Business Administration (EDBA) Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England BSc. Hons. Degree in Computer Science and Graphics Systems Technology

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