Greg Thomas

About Greg Thomas

Technology and business visionary with executive and hands-on experience in safeguarding automating multibillion dollar enterprises. Strong record of success in creating robust IT architectures, infrastructures and operations processes. Proven ability to bring the benefits of technology and process innovation to solve business issues while managing costs and risks. Led strategic development, deployment and regulatory enablement of automated technical solutions to improve performance, availability and security of large scale enterprise landscapes. 25 years of On-Premise & Cloud business experience including process and compliance conditions required for large scale enterprise use cases. Providing strategic direction to senior management on technologies, data center, security & certifications audit Technology Architecture & Integration Leading Edge Software Development Global IT Delivery & Project ManagementStaff Management & Team BuildingBudgeting & Cost Control Performance Tools & Automation Strategic Analysis & Internal ConsultingCloud / Cyber & Infrastructure Security Risk AnalysisSoC, ISO, PCI, IRAP Attestation & Certification ConsultingDynamic management career with strong leadership, problem solving, planning, team building and risk mitigation skills. Recruit, motivate and retain diverse staff structuring them in teams that deliver results and savings. Full responsibility for P&L and multi-million dollar budgets. Proven record of professional top performance, profitability in managing large scale regional and global technical and regulatory compliance organizations.

Experience

1. Vice President, Technology, Data Center, Security & Certifications Audits

   SAP

   Jan 2016 — Present · Newtown Square, PA, US

   I am responsible for the audit teams that provide assurance and compliance for best-run SAP products, applications, infrastructure, and security. The IT Investigative Audit team assesses and addresses potential audit IT compliance risks and prepares the business to run efficiently and securely. My team focuses on IT systems, controls and organization, product and innovation, data governance, data security and privacy, cyber security and security standards, integration of acquired companies, and Cloud platform performance and availability.In addition, I lead the Security and Certifications Audit team which is responsible for certifying and Securing SAP Assets. My team ensures SAP compliance with SOC, ISO, industry, and SAP Data Center Security standards. The team consists of the SAP Process Audit team, SAP Cloud Compliance office and Data Center Audit team. Data center audits protect SAP’s infrastructure from threats and vulnerabilities, while securely transitioning customers into SAP cloud data centers that house the full SAP Cloud portfolio.

Education

• University of Delaware

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences

Skills

• Sap Netweaver
• Business Intelligence
• Team Building
• Management
• Virtualization
• Cloud Computing
• Budgets
• IT Strategy
• IT Management
• Pmo
• Leadership
• Information Technology
• Analysis
• Infrastructure Management
• Strategic Leadership
• Voip
• Data Center
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Project Planning
• Saas
• Integration
• Erp
• Project Management
• Infrastructure
• System Deployment
• Sdlc
• Network Security
• Strategic Planning
• Mentoring
• Networking
• Sap
• Program Management
• Wan