Gregory Plog

About Gregory Plog

Accomplished IT executive with significant experience successfully transforming technology organizations into dependable, secure, compliant, and efficient teams. Proven track record of creating innovative IT security, governance, and ITSM programs which enhance visibility of IT risk and enable informed decision-making. Significant background in financial processes, as well as domestic and international financial regulations, and a demonstrated ability to translate this knowledge into compliant IT organizations.

Experience

1. CTO CISO

   Argent Institutional Trust Company Formerly Tmi Trust

   Jun 2017 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Oversee management and strategic planning for financial services IT environment including servers, workstations, customer and company data, cloud environments, applications, and networks to ensure that disparate business lines function efficiently. Serve as Information Security Officer, including creation of information securities policies, risk assessments, business impact analysis, business continuity plans, training, and coordination with financial regulators and internal auditors.• Leveraged Salesforce to create business process automation around financial payments. Module has sucessfully processed thousands of transactions valued in the billions of dollars in transactions, while improving customer experiences, reducing risk, ensuring process standardization, and providing management visibility • Utilized Azure Data Factory to automate API connectivity with banking services, Salesforce integration, and aggregation of data in Azure SQL managed instance • Improved and maintained rating with multiple state financial regulatory agencies• Successfully led company through pandemic-related IT issues transitioning from 50% employee remote capabilities to 100%, with no downtime, including rapid deployment of laptops, secure remote access, Microsoft Teams, security awareness training, and facilitating numerous business processes • Managed all IT aspects of multiple business acquisitions which increased revenues by over 50%, including data & Office365 instance migrations, employee onboarding, custom business application deployments, and creation of new business capabilities & processes• Deployed numerous efficiency & security enhancements including Bitlocker, Intune (Laptops and Mobile), MFA for remote VPN and all cloud services, Azure Key Vault, Power Automate, SharePoint, Nintex Docgen, Advanced Threat Protection, and Know-Be-4• Modernized network infrastructre with Meraki devices at 3 locations in13 months to provide single pane of glass visibility

Education

• University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

  MBA, Information Technology

  2004 — 2005

• University of Virginia

  BA, Economics

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Risk Management
• Security
• IT Audit
• Risk Assessment
• Information Security
• Project Management
• Information Technology
• Internal Controls
• Leadership
• Start-Ups
• Financial Risk
• Analysis
• Change Management
• Management
• Software Documentation
• Financial Reporting
• Strategic Planning
• Program Management
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Auditing
• Governance
• Finance
• Internal Audit
• Business Continuity
• Disaster Recovery
• Financial Services
• Vendor Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Executive Management
• Consulting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Securities
• Banking
• Business Analysis
• IT Operations