Alex Washburn

About Alex Washburn

I\'ve spent 12+ years turning ambiguous security problems into structured, executable…

Experience

1. Sr Technical Program Manager, Enterprise Information Security

   American Financial Group

   Apr 2016 — Present · Cincinnati, KY, US

   Acted as the Vulnerability Manager for 12 IT teams, establishing process improvements to increase security baseline standards across the organization and served as the lead advisor for IT remediation and mitigation planning. Facilitated code changes between 30 development teams to implement a secure single sign on platform managing access to over 300 applications for a user base of 250k, leading to a 15% reduction in potential risk. Led teams of up to 10 staff to manage a portfolio of 30 IT projects, leveraging an agile based toolset to increase KPIs by 15% and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure the product roadmap aligned with organizational objectives. Automated the user provisioning process across 3 synchronized LDAP platforms, creating a 60% reduction in manual provisioning, and deployed a new Multi-Factor Authentication platform, increasing the user base from 15k to 250k. Managed a portfolio of 4 projects and teams of up to 8 staff, implementing process improvements to increase KPIs in underperforming teams by up to 15% and leading risk management processes. Spearheaded program to improve password management, implementing a new password management solution and password reset process, increasing account security by 20% and reducing password-related help desk requests by 22%. Administered 6 projects to improve IT security for the organization, including migrating a physical directory access system to a virtual platform and deploying a SHA-1 replacement program, increasing IT assessment scores by 10%. Acquired an under-performing project, developing a delegated work model and instituting cross-training for the team of 10 staff, improving performance and increasing the on-time delivery of project milestones by 50%.

Education

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  Business Administration

Skills

• Java
• Ms Project
• Visual Studio
• Business Process Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Database Design
• Agile Methodologies
• Centricity
• Erwin
• Sql
• Visio
• Business Intelligence
• Software Documentation
• Consulting
• Business Analysis
• Unix
• Data Modeling
• Visual C#
• Microsoft Office
• Bpmn
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Use Case Diagrams
• Microsoft Excel
• Access
• Project Management
• Training
• Sharepoint