Cybersecurity, IT & Service Delivery Executive | Combined CISO/CIO Leadership | Speaker, Author & Advisor Building Scalable, Secure Growth

Servant technology and security executive leader with more than twenty years of experience spanning hands-on engineering to leading IT and security as one combined function. Builds and integrates global, cross-functional teams, internal staff, and outside partners into single, effective organizations, and translates ambiguous, high-stakes environments into structured, scalable operating models across healthcare, cloud infrastructure, supply chain, and financial services organizations. Partners directly with C-level security and technology leaders to convert technology and operational risk into business decisions, balancing innovation, resilience, and long-term growth. 

Professional Experience

OnMed — White Plains, NY — March 2026 to July 2026
Chief Information Security Officer (Combined CISO / Interim CIO)

Healthcare technology company delivering care through CareStation telehealth kiosks in underserved communities. Built the security, compliance, and IT operations function from the ground up in a combined CISO and CIO capacity, reporting directly to the CTO in a highly regulated, PHI-driven environment.

  • Directed the company’s first SOC 2 Type II examination through to completion in June 2026, closing out two documented exceptions with clear remediation ownership.
  • Renegotiated the company’s MSP and MSSP contract, replacing a flat, capped penalty clause with a scaling accountability structure that closed a material vendor governance gap.
  • Modernized the security and infrastructure stack, migrating core monitoring to a managed XDR platform with Elastic SIEM and deploying Palo Alto next-generation firewalls in Azure.
  • Hardened endpoint security across the Windows domain and CareStation field fleet through USB storage lockdown, confirmed BitLocker encryption, and automated offboarding.
  • Completed a vendor risk review of a key data processor and rebuilt the security engineering hiring profile to match the organization’s actual environment.
  • Authored the 2026 security and IT roadmap and built a standing risk register with a weekly executive review cadence.
Presidio — New York, NY — July 2025 to March 2026
CyberSecurity Practice Leader

Technology solutions and managed services provider. Served as a trusted advisor to C-level technology, security, and revenue leaders, guiding cloud transformation, security strategy, and solution delivery across highly regulated industries including healthcare, financial services, entertainment, and utilities.

  • Grew the $18 million regional cybersecurity portfolio by more than 13% over two consecutive quarters, reversing a year of flat revenue during the role’s prior vacancy.
  • Reset the cybersecurity go-to-market motion across the Tri-State territory, shifting from partner-led activity to direct engagement with C-level security and technology decision makers.
  • Built and rolled out Tip of the Spear, a cybersecurity services enablement program covering AI risk assessment, application security, cloud security architecture, and security operations, giving account teams the briefs and talk tracks to qualify opportunities faster.
  • Ran field enablement events with strategic partners including Zscaler and CrowdStrike, capturing seller feedback that sharpened messaging and improved services attach.
  • Built a focused engagement strategy for high-value accounts including Henry Schein, Broadridge, Warner Music, PSEG, Northwell, and Yale New Haven Health, moving conversations beyond product into security strategy and CISO-level advisory work.
  • Advanced strategic partner motions with Cloudflare, Cisco, AWS, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and Zscaler, translating partner capabilities into account plans and training that strengthened services pull-through.
  • Led planning for executive-level cybersecurity and AI security roundtables with AWS and Cisco, building target account lists and focusing the program on peer-led dialogue rather than vendor pitches.
Amazon Web Services — Seattle, WA — April 2020 to July 2025

Global cloud service provider offering more than 200 services, including security, compute, storage, database, and networking. Five years spanning five roles, moving from hands-on migration advisory into global security strategy and partner leadership.

Worldwide Technology Leader, Global Partner Security Initiative — August 2024 to July 2025

  • Led AWS’s Global Partner Security Initiative, driving co-innovation of next-generation security solutions with Global System Integrators, Independent Software Vendors, and Professional Services organizations.
  • Grew the global partner security portfolio from 2 to more than 10 offerings, scaling past $100 million and driving 35% year-over-year growth with partners including Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Kyndryl, PwC, and Wipro.
  • Integrated generative AI, agentic AI, and cloud-native automation into security services addressing risk, compliance, and localization needs across financial services, healthcare, and public sector customers.
  • Built and managed executive-level relationships with strategic AWS Partner Network systems integrators.
  • Drove thought leadership through executive security roundtables, analyst briefings, and go-to-market acceleration campaigns.
Leader, Solutions Architecture and Proactive Security, Commercial Sales — July 2022 to August 2024
  • Led a national team of AWS Solutions Architects, security specialists and generalists, supporting commercial-sector customers across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, technology, and retail.
  • Established the SMB Security Center of Excellence, the first dedicated security coverage for SMB customers, reducing critical security risk by 45% across more than 800 customers.
  • Drove customer success across cloud migration, modernization, and business-scaling initiatives by aligning AWS services to strategic business objectives.
  • Enabled customer adoption of AWS services spanning compute, storage, networking, identity, security, application modernization, and AI/ML.
  • Partnered directly with CxOs and technical leadership teams to accelerate cloud value realization and improve operational resilience.
Cloud Security Advisor, Worldwide Specialist Organization, Security, Risk and Compliance — January 2022 to July 2022
  • Advised Digital Native Business and independent software vendor customers on evaluating and implementing AWS security services aligned to business goals and regulatory requirements.
  • Guided customers on adopting AWS security capabilities including Identity and Access Management, Key Management Service, AWS Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and encryption services.
  • Helped customers meet SOC2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS compliance mandates by building secure-by-design cloud architectures.
  • Partnered with CxOs, CISOs, and security leadership teams on cloud security modernization roadmaps that reduced risk exposure and improved audit readiness.
Migration, Modernization, and Transformation Lead, GSP, AWS/Slalom Launch Center — January 2021 to January 2022
  • Led AWS migration and modernization initiatives supporting commercial-sector customers accelerating their move to the cloud.
  • Exceeded $25 million in new customer booked revenue in 2021, leading the North/Southeast Launch Center to become AWS’s top-performing business globally that year.
  • Partnered with CxOs and senior IT leaders to define cloud transformation strategies and align investments with business growth objectives.
  • Developed and executed large-scale migration programs across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and technology.
Cloud Migration Mentor and Advisor, ProServe — April 2020 to January 2021
  • Partnered with enterprise customers to design, build, and deploy cloud migration teams and solutions, accelerating adoption of AWS cloud services and operating models.
  • Served as a coach and escalation point for AWS delivery teams and customer technical leadership, helping organizations resolve migration challenges faster.
  • Supported enterprise migration programs across healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, improving speed-to-cloud and operational resilience.

Also served as an Amazon Bar Raiser throughout the AWS tenure, completing a multi-month nomination and training process and conducting more than 300 executive and technical leadership interviews to uphold Amazon’s hiring bar.

AdminaHealth — Stamford, CT — February 2020 to April 2020
Interim Senior Director of Security and IT

Healthcare benefits technology company. Short interim engagement bringing IT infrastructure, AWS environments, applications, and endpoints into HITRUST and HIPAA policy alignment.

C&S Wholesale Grocers — Keene, NH — January 2019 to February 2020
Senior Director, Infrastructure & Service Delivery

Largest privately held wholesale grocer in the US. Led enterprise-wide technology operations for a 125-person team and a $75 million portfolio spanning infrastructure, service delivery, and warehouse technology across more than 50 locations.

  • Directed a network and telecommunications overhaul, replacing aging infrastructure with SD-WAN, cutting telecom and infrastructure costs by $3.2 million and improving warehouse wireless performance by 60%.
  • Rebuilt the IT support and escalation model, cutting escalation rates by 40% and raising customer satisfaction scores from roughly 35% to 80%.
  • Built structured asset visibility, network segmentation, and centralized monitoring across production and distribution environments, strengthening the company’s security posture.
  • Modernized roughly 60% of the legacy technology environment and built a cloud-ready infrastructure strategy, positioning the organization for future Azure and Google Cloud adoption.
  • Led technology due diligence for acquisition activity, evaluating system maturity, integration risk, and operational continuity ahead of deal close.
  • Strengthened operational governance and service management practices across the organization, improving reliability and accountability heading into a period of M&A activity.
Cotiviti — Wilton, CT — October 2010 to February 2019
Director of IT, Security & Technology Operations

Healthcare technology and revenue recovery analytics company serving healthcare insurance companies. Led a 50-member global team managing four data centers, 25 remote offices, 2,200 users, and cloud strategy across AWS and Azure, directing IT strategy for IPO readiness on a budget of more than $10 million annually.

  • Built IPO-ready technology and security frameworks aligned with ISO-27002, SOC2, HIPAA, and HITRUST standards, cutting audit findings by 40 percent.
  • Led a hybrid cloud migration to AWS and Azure, cutting operational overhead by 25 percent while managing three acquisition integrations with zero downtime.
  • Improved global service delivery efficiency by 60 percent and cut incident response times by 35 percent through service optimization initiatives.
  • Directed enterprise-wide breach response procedures, building investigation protocols, executive notification pathways, and forensic coordination that cut containment timelines by 35 percent.
  • Built company-wide identity management, encryption enforcement, and privileged access controls to protect sensitive health and financial data.
  • Served on the Architectural Review Board, guiding the company’s shift from paper claims processing to digital and EHR/EMR systems.
Arcadian SmartGrid Networks — Valhalla, NY — September 2006 to October 2010
Manager of Information Technology

Provider of wireless broadband communication systems for the energy, utility, and oil and gas industries. Led an IT department of 10 architects, engineers, field teams, and network operations staff, managing all internal technology and project delivery.

  • Built a mission-critical IoT network operations center for energy sector clients, reducing service outages through advanced monitoring and responsive incident management.
  • Established ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management processes, cutting mean time to resolution by 12%.
  • Built and deployed disaster recovery and business continuity plans, strengthening organizational resilience across the venture group’s investments.
PCNeT Sources — Technology Enablement Consultant — 1998 to 2006

Supported more than 200 customers as an external IT support group, installing, monitoring, and maintaining servers, network equipment, and storage systems. Managed vulnerability and threat response for customer systems, coordinated patches and upgrades, and developed responses to RFPs and RFQs for new customers and vendors.

Publications, Speaking, and Thought Leadership

Core Competencies

Leadership & Strategy — IT Strategy, Technology Leadership, Cloud Computing, Business & Digital Transformation, Enterprise IT Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Agile & ITSM, Vendor & Budget Management, Governance & Risk Management, Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy, Board & Executive Communication

Industries — Healthcare, Manufacturing, Insurance, Finance, Energy & Utilities, State & Local Government

Cloud & Infrastructure — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Hybrid & Multi-Cloud, Cloud Security & Resilience, Cloud Migration Strategy, Application Modernization

GenAI, AI/ML & Emerging Technologies — Generative AI Strategy, AI/ML Security, AI/ML Governance, Responsible AI, AI-Powered Cybersecurity, AI for IT Operations

Security & Compliance — Cybersecurity Strategy, NIST CSF, ISO-27002, SOC2, HIPAA, HITRUST, GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOX, FedRAMP, FERC, NERC-CIP, Zero Trust Architecture, Governance, Risk & Compliance

IT Operations & Support — ITIL, SIEM & Threat Intelligence, Endpoint & Network Security, Incident Response & Security Automation, Security Operations, IT Service Desk & Global Support

Education and Certifications

Bachelor of Science, IT Management, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT Associate of Science, Computer Science, Monroe College, Bronx, NY

Certifications — AWS Certified Security Specialist, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, ITIL v3, ITIL Operational Support and Analysis

Cybersecurity, IT & Service Delivery Executive | Combined CISO/CIO Leadership | Speaker, Author & Advisor Building Scalable, Secure Growth