John Townsend
An IT professional with experience in all aspects of Information Services
- Role
- Manager - Information Protection & Security at DTE Energy
- Location
- Plymouth, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Townsend
An Information Technology executive with experience in all aspects of information services, including Information Protection, enterprise infrastructure design & maintenance, strategic planning, telecommunications, computer room operations & technical support, content management, ERP implementation, & application design & development. Proven record of motivating and managing high performance teams, conceiving innovative cost reduction strategies, initiating process improvements. Managed teams of up to 100 IT professionals with a $34M annual budget.Specialties: Certified Information Systems Security ProfessionalCertified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
Experience
Manager - Information Protection & Security
Jan 2007 — Present
The Information Protection & Security organization is responsible for securing the electronic perimeter of DTE Energy. My responsibilities include network and application security, security risk assessments, and determining the future direction of information security at DTE Energy. This role ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of DTE Energy’s information assets. John\'s organization works closely with the DTE business units that are tasked with securing DTE Energy\'s critical infrastructure. In addition to these responsibilities, John works in close partnership with Corporate Investigations and the Legal organization on electronic discovery (eDiscovery) matters.
Education
Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science, Marketing
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Business Management
Wayne State University
Computer Science
Skills
- Governance
- Business Process Improvement
- Information Technology
- Program Management
- IT Management
- Erp
- Sdlc
- Integration
- Visio
- Requirements Analysis
- Cloud Computing
- IT Strategy
- Information Security Management
- Telecommunications
- Security
- Enterprise Architecture
- Process Improvement
- Cissp
- Disaster Recovery
- Networking
- Information Security
- Management
- Network Security
- Strategy
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