Kc Krebs

About Kc Krebs

I am dedicated to equipping my team and driving organizational success through a commitment to innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence. In my role as the Senior Vice President and Director of Security & Identity Engineering at PNC, I strategically manage engineering capabilities across the entire enterprise, with a primary emphasis on security. My responsibilities include overseeing the protection and enhancement of internet-facing attack surfaces, network security, API management, security defense, and physical security applications, platforms, and tools.With a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in senior IT leadership roles, I have spearheaded transformative initiatives that not only bolstered security but also increased agility and delivered cost savings. My track record includes successfully leading efforts to fortify security measures, introducing greater flexibility, and optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO).Furthermore, I provide enterprise services focused on digital identity, encompassing capability development and application integration. This involves facilitating critical aspects such as single sign-on (SSO), strong authentication, workforce and customer identity management, customer identity verification, and directory management. I bring a proven ability to navigate complex processes and implement enterprise-wide strategies, elevating the overall security posture and capabilities of the organization.

Experience

1. SVP Director Security & Identity Engineering

   PNC

   Nov 2023 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   Overseeing engineering capabilities throughout the enterprise with a primary focus on security, the role encompasses a diverse range of technologies, including internet-facing attack surfaces, network security, API management, security defense, and physical security applications, platforms, and tools. Additionally, the position involves delivering enterprise services centered on digital identity. This dual responsibility entails both capability development and application integration to enable key aspects such as single sign-on (SSO), strong authentication, workforce and customer identity management, customer identity verification, and directory management.

Education

• Grove City College

  BA, Finance

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Voice Over Ip (Voip)
• Vendor Management
• Avaya
• Voice & Data Convergence
• Voip
• Data Center
• Wireless Networking
• Siemens Hipath
• Networking
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Project Management
• Juniper
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Mpls
• Firewalls
• Wan
• Disaster Recovery
• Network Security
• Troubleshooting
• Lan Switching
• Capital Budgeting
• Operating Budgets
• Network Architecture
• Information Technology
• Network Design
• Cisco Technologies
• Leadership
• Telecommunications
• Virtualization
• Data Architecture