Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Leader, Hands-On Role Potential

REGINE J. LAWTON

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Business and Technology Alignment Growth Strategy and Execution Visionary and hands-on technology executive with 15+ years of experience leading cybersecurity, SaaS transformation, and compliance programs for global enterprises. Proven success building and maturing security organizations aligned with FedRAMP Moderate, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, GDPR, and CCPA standards. Adept at embedding security-by-design into software development lifecycles and modern DevOps workflows to deliver trusted, resilient, and compliant SaaS platforms.

Recognized for guiding organizations through secure AI/ML adoption, implementing data privacy and model governance controls that enable innovation with confidence. Experienced in partnering with product, engineering, legal, HR, and compliance teams to scale cloud-native operations, mitigate third-party risks, and position cybersecurity as a business differentiator that drives customer trust and market growth. CORE STRENGTHS

● SaaS Security Leadership FedRAMP Moderate, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, GDPR, CCPA Compliance

● Cloud & DevOps Security AWS, Azure, GCP, Okta Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

● AI/ML Security & Governance Data Privacy Responsible Innovation Enablement

● Security Architecture Zero-Trust, Identity & Access Management, Application & Cloud Security (Azure, AWS, GCP)

● Incident Response, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Risk & Vendor Management

● Executive Leadership Cross-Functional Collaboration Public Sector & SaaS Transformation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Modern Technologies Consulting, Inc. Fractional CTO/CIO/CISO May 2023 – Present Offering IT, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, and AI advisory services to diverse businesses and leveraging technology effectively to achieve growth.

• Data and Tech Strategy Design and Solutions

• Cybersecurity and Governance Compliance, Data Privacy and Security, Risk Management Strategy and Solutions

• Digital Transformation (Infrastructure, Data, Application Migration Services to SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, DaaS)

• Software Development and Integration, System Architecture, Project Management and Agility Innovation

• AI, Machine Learning, and NLP – value proposition redefinition, productivity, commercialization

• Post Mergers and Acquisitions, Integration and Implementation Zartico Chief Technology Officer July 2024 – July 2025 Leading the SaaS technology platform, using BigData and AI to create strategic planning and optimization solutions for our destination leaders for improved data intelligence and decision-making.

• Digital cloud migration from BigQuery to GoogleCloudPlatform, through virtualization, orchestration and packaging and streamlining data feeds for cost optimization and higher throughput.

• Evaluating cyber security and governance compliance for PII, and Precise GeoLocation, and readiness for moving towards Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) strategy

• Software development Agile restructuring for bi-weekly to weekly releases

• Led the simplification and cost reduction of up to $5M in 6 months from data cleansing, account maintenance and management, and operational workflow improvements to increase automation. REGINE J. LAWTON

805-***-**** ************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/regine-lawton AeroVironment, Inc. Chief Information Security Officer May 2020 – April 2023 Responsible for a $50 million budget, achieving over $5 million in annual cost savings, and spearheaded revenue growth from $350 million to $650 million within three years across thirteen locations. Implemented microservice architecture and leveraged AI-driven automation and machine learning to enhance process efficiency and delivery speed.

• Directed enterprise-wide cybersecurity and compliance strategy, achieving FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-53, SOC 2, and ISO27001/2 certifications, passing the organization’s first DIBCAC audit

• Embedded security-by-design practices into software development and cloud-native workflows, ensuring trusted and scalable SaaS product delivery

• Established Zero-Trust architecture with AI-driven automation and ML-enabled threat detection, reducing incident response times and improving resilience

• Partnered with product, engineering, and compliance teams to ensure SaaS applications met stringent public sector requirements, enabling new federal and defense contracts

• Strengthened business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response programs with regular testing and reporting

• Delivered over $5M annual cost savings while expanding revenue from $350M to $650M by positioning cybersecurity as a competitive differentiator in the public sector market Wash Multi-Family Laundry, Inc. Chief Information Security Officer August 2018 – May 2020 Developed the company's information technology systems strategy, partnering with the private equity partner, EQT. Responsible for merging all legacy systems into the SaaS SAP offerings.

• Designed and led cybersecurity and governance program, aligning SaaS operations with FedRAMP Moderate, SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA compliance

• Implemented a Zero-Trust security model with a 24x7 SOC, safeguarding PII and payment data

• Migrated legacy systems into SaaS SAP ServiceMax platform, securing data flows for 1,000+ field technicians and improving service delivery by 25%

• Championed AI-powered bots and data mining to enhance customer experience while ensuring model governance and data privacy

• Directed third-party risk management, including vendor evaluations, security reviews, and contract compliance

• Elevated cybersecurity as a business enabler, enabling SaaS transformation and preparing for private equity- backed growth initiatives

4Over, Inc. Chief Technology Officer September 2016 – June 2018

• Implemented the digital transformation of the company's B2C e-commerce platform, migrating to AWS cloud services, using AWS machine learning/AI to optimize business and revenue.

• Migrated all back-office ERP/Financial systems to SaaS Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce suite, obsolescing a large application environment, integrating with Dell Boomi middleware based on API and microservice architecture.

• Developed the cybersecurity program with a zero-trust architecture with Splunk Enterprise as the SIEM, to simplify threat management and manage the Security Operations Center (SOC) to implement incident response and minimize risks (CIRP, ERM, DR).

• Revised the IT best practices using ServiceNow, following ITIL and ITSM frameworks. Increased speed of releases by 30% and uptime from 80% to 99.99% through enhanced AI workflow automations. Innovista Sensors, Inc. Chief Technology Officer June 2014 – September 2016

• Managed the spin-off from Schneider Electrics, then the carve-out to Sentata in less than 2 years.

• Led the various mergers and acquisitions of TSA activities between the newly acquired divisions and remaining divisions in North America and Europe/Asia for all IT and infrastructure systems in less than 12 months. REGINE J. LAWTON

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• Led the Cyber Security strategic initiative and implemented a more robust cyber security compliance program with MSSP and zero-trust policies.

• Evaluated the multiple legacy ERP systems (Infor, JDE, SAP S/4 HANA, Oracle e-business suite) and developed the strategic roadmap to harmonize them into the Oracle JDE platform over 18 months. Technicolor Senior Vice President, Technology May 2010 – June 2014

• Designed and implemented a new on-demand consumer-based video subscription venture, M-GO (MediaNavi on the GO), and scaled to millions of customers within 6-months.

• Created a B2C e-commerce multi-device video platform, scaling with LMM/AI.

• Partnered with major studios to onboard their premium content and TV catalog with secured Digital Rights Management (DRM) for progressive, adaptive streaming and download capabilities.

• Participated in UltraViolet (DECE) ecosystem and evaluated various solutions to implement the various roles as LASP, Retailer, Content Publisher, and Client Implementer, on both HTML5 and Flash.

• Drove the implementation of a search and recommendation engine (machine/deep learning) and SEO targets with Technicolor’s Palo Alto R&D experts to come up with new metadata paradigms. United Online, Inc. June 2004 – June 2009

Senior Vice President, Engineering

Spirent Communications, Inc. May 1999 – Sept 2003

Senior Software Development and Quality Assurance Director Electronics for Imaging, Inc. June 1997 – May 1999 Software Development and Quality Assurance Director Apple Computer, Inc. May 1993 – May 1997

Engineer Project Manager/Technical Lead

Business Link Communications, Inc. May 1991 – April 1993 Imaging and Prepress Manager

EDUCATION

Executive MBA

Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business, Malibu, California Master of Science - Computer Engineering and Management Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science

Pace University, New York City, New York

BOARD AND COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE

• Board Member and CIO/CISO Advisor – PIH Health (January 2025-present)

• Board Member CISO with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP-LA) (October 2023-March 2024)

• Board Member CISO with Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-LA) (July 2023-Dec2023)

• Advisory Independent Director CIO/CTO with Exceptional Women Alliance and EWA Awardee (June 2023- present)

• Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Alumni Career Coaching Committee (Summer 2023-Dec 2023) REGINE J. LAWTON

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• Career Coaching at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

• MetaData and Search Engine Personalization Media Patent (Technicolor, 2014) using Machine Learning/AI

• Pilot - Private and Instrument Rated

• Exceptional Women’s Alliance – Mentor and Member

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