Christopher Poulsen

About Christopher Poulsen

A proven, solution-oriented Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with 25 years of national and international experience among software, financial, healthcare, and government institutions with $50M to $2B revenue.Successful track record building information and product security programs supporting IT, Operations and Product Development with business-oriented security strategies, teams, capabilities and improved security and risk postures for small, medium and large organizations with budgets from $3M to $140M.Developed and led security teams responsible for IT Infrastructure, Business Applications, Cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, DevOps, Product/Software Development, and Information Security, advancing zero trust security architectures, secure software development, identity and access management, certificates and certificate management, threat and vulnerability management, security operations; incident response; governance, risk and compliance (GRC); and vendor risk assessment leading security organizations from 5 to 75 professionals and IT organizations as large as 400 professionals.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Information Security

   Cognex Corporation

   Apr 2019 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   NASDQ;$1B revenue through global operations in Americas, EMEA; and employees;

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Master of Science (M.S.), Management w/ Concentration in Computer Science

  1989 — 1990

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Telecommunications Management

  1994 — 1995

• Bentley University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting

  1979 — 1983

• National Defense University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Government Information Leadership & Cyber Security

  2009 — 2012

Skills

• Program Management
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Data Center
• Pci Dss
• Computer Security
• Threat & Vulnerability Management
• Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Information Security Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Cissp
• Risk Management
• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Strategy
• Software Development
• Project Management
• IT Strategy
• IT Management
• Telecommunications
• Process Improvement
• Project Planning
• Managed Services
• Integration
• Information Technology
• Security Clearance
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Network Security
• Business Development
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Risk Assessment
• Business Strategy
• Information Security
• Start-Ups
• Business Intelligence
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Security
• Enterprise Software