John A. C.

About John A. C.

Building Technology Organizations that Improve Security while Providing a Competitive Advantage. As a Senior IT Executive, I’m committed to enhancing productivity and improving security of today’s IT function by harnessing the benefits of technology. Throughout the course of my career, I’ve achieved this by building and leading high-performance technology organizations in startups and companies challenged by reorganizations and periods of dramatic change. Management, peers, and reports will tell you that I’m an expert in developing and providing Information Security that protects IT Infrastructure, and data comprising the company’s information assets and intellectual property. Improving Information Security: Created Standards and procedures for security department of a leading, multi-line insurance company. Processed over 300 security events with less than 1 error rate. Effective Leadership when Managing Crisis, Transformed an IT environment with a failing infrastructure, total lack of documentation and numerous manual applications in need of automation into a high-performance IT function. Developing IT to Meet Evolving Business Needs: Developed a Resort and Casino’s IT Department from the ground up. Recruited, hired, trained and developed a staff of 70 professionals while providing leadership and direction to the organization for more than 13 years. Designed the infrastructure for both hotel/casino and remote offices. Created and maintained an IT budget that was never over budget. Architected and launched the hotel and casino’s first formal security department. Specialties: Information Security | PCI | DCSS 3.2, Infrastructure Analysis, Risk Management, Governance & Compliance, Organizational Development, Training, Mentoring & Coaching, Team Leadership, Performance Management, Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Systems Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Budgeting, Business Analytics, Vendor Management, Risk Assessments

Experience

1. Sr Grc Security Analyst

   Northwestern Medicine

   Mar 2017 — Present · US

Education

• University of Phoenix

  BSIT, Information Technology

  2008 — 2012

• Nova Southeastern University

  Master of Science, Information Science/Studies

  2016 — 2019

• University of Phoenix

  Bachelor of Science, Analysis and Functional Analysis

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Business Administration (MBA) , MBA

  2014 — 2015