Samuel Takachicha
Sr Director, Product Security | MSc | CISSP
- Role
- Sr Director, Product Security at BD
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Samuel Takachicha
Senior Product Security Leader with a deep technical foundation and a keen understanding of the medical device landscape. My expertise spans architecting and operationalizing security by design programs, mastering medical device cybersecurity regulations (e.g, IEC 81•••51, FDA guidance), and establishing resilient incident response and vulnerability management processes for connected health products. I translate complex security challenges into strategic business solutions, mitigating risk while accelerating product innovation and market delivery.
Experience
Sr Director, Product Security
Jul 2025 — Present · Irvine, CA, US
Education
Western Governors University
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Educare College, Zimbabwe
A Level, Mathematics and Management of Business
2004
Skills
- Cisco Networking
- Project Management
- Powershell
- Hospitality
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Management
- Tourism
- Adfs
- Vmware Vcenter
- Networking
- Vmware Esx
- Microsoft Excel
- Hotels
- Cisco Ucs
- Okta
- Operating System Development
- Microsoft Office
- Vmware Vsphere
- Systems and Network Administration
- Active Directory
- System Center Configuration Manager (Sccm)
- Windows Server
- Vmware Infrastructure
- Hotel Management
- Tour Guiding
- Microsoft Servers
- Resorts
- Domain Name System (Dns)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp)
- Hospitality Industry
- Leadership
- Social Media
- Solarwinds
- Wsus
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