Andy Furnas
Senior Director, Global IT Security @Four Seasons
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director, Global IT Security @Four Seasons
Toronto, ON, CA
Executive Leadership & Scope: Lead the global cybersecurity strategy for 130+ Properties and Residences, protecting employees and endpoints. Manage a multi-million dollar operating budget and a high-performing team of 20 FTEs.* Strategic Risk Management: Aligned global security programs with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, utilizing external third-party validation to baseline maturity and secure multi-year strategic investment.* Identity & Access Modernization: Championed and secured funding for a multi-year Identity and Access Management (IAM) overhaul, replacing legacy systems to secure privileged access across the global estate.* Commercial Business Enablement: Established a dedicated \"Business Information Security\" function to partner directly with Commercial and Digital teams, ensuring secure application development and revenue generation.* Financial Optimization: Negotiated a complex Managed Security Services renewal, achieving a 17% reduction in annual operational expenses for properties while upgrading to modern tech stacks.* AppSec & DevSecOps: Operationalized a unified application security framework across a diverse estate of internally developed applications. Integrated capabilities including Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and SBOM generation directly into CI/CD pipelines to enforce software supply chain security.* Team Culture: Achieved \"Best-in-Class\" leadership scores in 2024/2025, with 98% Manager Effectiveness and 92% Employee Engagement, successfully retaining 100% of top talent during aggressive market cycles.
EDUCATION
Centennial College
Network Professional, Computer Networks
SKILLS
ABOUT ANDY FURNAS
I am a business-aligned Security Executive with over 15 years of experience, currently leading Global Information Security for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. My career is defined by a shift from reactive security operations to proactive business enablement, ensuring that cybersecurity strategy accelerates transformation rather than slowing it down.Overseeing a multi-million dollar budget and a global team of 20, I protect the brand reputation, guest data, and intellectual property of a premier luxury hospitality organization spanning 130+ properties and employees. My leadership philosophy is built on the conviction that cybersecurity leaders must be business partners first and technologists second.CORE VALUE PROPOSITION:• Strategic Governance: Aligned global security programs with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, utilizing external third-party validation to baseline maturity and secure multi-year strategic investment.• High-Performance Leadership: Consistently maintained employee engagement scores in the 90th percentile, proving that strong security cultures are built on trust and retention.• Risk & Crisis Management: Led the organization’s security response through global crises, including the rapid secure enablement of remote work during the 2020 pandemic and complex geopolitical exits.• Commercial Partnership: Bridging the gap between IT and revenue-generating units (Commercial/Digital) to bake security into the customer journey.
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