Program Management Technology Leader
Resume:
Gassan Hussein Maali
857-***-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/gassanh
Technology Leader
Managed Services Cybersecurity Cloud Technologies Accomplished innovaFve technology leader with deep experience delivering cuIng-edge soluFons for Fortune 500 enterprises. ExperFse managing teams, overseeing projects, and guiding strategic iniFaFves, directly contribuFng to posiFve outcomes. Strong technical background with networking, infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Skilled in the public cloud, connecFvity, remote management, and AI technologies. Key Skills
Informa(on Security and Governance Program Management
• Led over 10 internal and external informaFon security audits (SOC2, ISO27K, and HIPPA).
• Developed, supported, and reviewed over 10 policies, procedures, and standards.
• Led over five vulnerability management programs and conducted 25 security assessments and tesFng for products and applicaFons.
• Communicate technical concepts in cybersecurity to non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop, use, and keep more than four global managed service operaFons, including Security OperaFons. Management Consultant Effec(ve Leader
• Demonstrated strong wri[en and verbal communicaFon skills. Facilitated presentaFons to execuFve leadership. Global Mul(-industry
• Consult to customers in the North American and EMEA regions across mulFple industries, including technology, financial services, telecommunicaFon, airlines, and government sectors. So@ware and Technical Tools
• SIEM SOAR, Splunk, power BI, automaFon
(GitLab), Palo Alto Prisma, Cisco, and Microso_
Defender
• Cyber security Risk Management, Vulnerability
Management
• PenetraFon TesFng (Pentest), API Security
• ApplicaFon Security
• Security Incident Response & Management
• Threat Modeling
• Security Policy Enforcement, and IT Governance
& Compliance (Security Policy, GDPR, CCPA, PCI-
DSS)
• Data Privacy & ProtecFon
• Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
• Network Security & Architecture
• Secure So_ware Development (DevSecOps)
Professional Experience
Dell Technologies Boston, MA 2020 - Present
Architect and Security Resilience Lead – Cybersecurity Led a technology team to evaluate, execute, and work on secure cloud soluFons, resulFng in improving security and efficiency and yielded cost savings. Coordinated and communicated reports to senior execuFves. Managed expectaFons while balancing project constraints (Budget, Time, Scope). Security Program Management
• FuncFon as the single Point of Contact for the cloud-managed service organizaFon
• Provide technical guidance and trained to cross-funcFonal teams.
• Monitor and idenFfy risks and develop miFgaFon strategies to ensure successful project outcomes. Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate between cross-funcFonal teams both internally and with the clients.
• ITSM using ServiceNow, Jira, and SharePoint
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McKinsey & Company Boston, MA 2017 - 2020
SOC Manager
Built and managed a security operaFon center (SOC) with new capabiliFes to idenFfy, detect, and protect the company from internal and external cybersecurity threats and reduced informaFon security risks by 50%.
• Performed data analysis from XDR, EDR, Forensics, Splunk Enterprise.
• Constructed email security, and DLP controls for detecFon with prevenFon, and operaFon opFmizaFon
• Responded to security incident response improved operaFonal efficiency and response Fme to 15% IBM Cambridge MA 2014 - 2018
Senior Architect
Established cybersecurity operaFons for global clientele spanning financial, transportaFon, technology, and other industries. Planned, designed, built, perfected tuning and security operaFons, infrastructure, and processed security maturity assessments, including strategy, people, and technologies.
• Completed an SIEM maturity assessment of an InternaFonal Bank based on compliance such as PCI DSS 3.1.
• Guided the opFmizaFon of an internaFonal bank's SOC operaFon based on the NIST industry framework.
• Designed automaFon scripts for an incident response using Python programming language. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Boston, MA 2011 - 2014 Manager
Delivered cloud migraFon project for retail clients. Completed a successful security assessment program for a financial gateway and extended the project for 12 months, contribuFng to meeFng the financial goals for the year. Cisco Systems Amman, Jordan 2008 - 2011
Security Team Manager
Managed the successful delivery of cloud migraFon project for retail clients. Increased revenue by tripling the team size from 12 to 40. Maintained 95% customer saFsfacFon raFng for meeFng and exceeding goals.
• Completed a successful security assessment program for a financial gateway and extended the project for 12 months, contribuFng to meeFng annual financial goals. Addi:onal Experience
Cisco System Pre-sales manager (3 years) for technology global partners in the EMEA region. Big 4 Consul(ng Experience (5 years) for four global firms in the US and EMEA. Led deployments and consulted for external Fortune 100 companies. Led migraFons such as AWS, and VMware soluFons. Defense contractor experience Northrop Grumman (7 years), Hawthorn, CA. Managed concurrent and mulF-departmental infrastructure projects for the global network as the company integrated mulFple acquisiFons and expanded from 40,000 to over 125,000 employees.
Professional Development
• Dell Leadership Program Graduate (2024)
• GeneraFve AI FoundaFon CerFficate (2024)
• NIST Cyber Security FoundaFon 2.0 (2024)
• Agile FoundaFon Training (2023)
• AWS Training (2023)
• CISSP Bootcamp (2024)
• Threat HunFng Training Workshop (2019)
• Splunk Training (2018)
• Excite Security & Forensic InvesFgaFon Training
(2019)
• HIPPA Training (2023)
Educa:on
Execu(ve MBA - Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston, MA 2019 Master of Science (MS), Informa(on Systems - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 2005 Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science - University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan Gassan Hussein Maali +1-857-***-**** Page 2
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