Biographical Info

Brent is a seasoned executive with a rich background in executive leadership roles, including Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and Chief Security Officer (CSO). His expertise spans a range of areas in INFOSEC, operations, infrastructure architecture, and engineering. Brent is renowned for his customer-focused approach to risk reduction, with skills that encompass systems integration and design, large-scale project management, business development, and process implementation. His leadership qualities and extensive experience have also made him an accomplished public speaker. Brent has spearheaded initiatives that brought significant organizational change, impacting both public and private sector organizations. Multinational corporations: My most recent operational leadership roles include strategic planning and management for a global corporation with annual revenues of $68B. Public sector: I served as Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. House of Representatives where I was able to introduce security incident management systems, emergency response preparedness plans, and disaster recovery programs. Financial institutions: While working with major financial institutions, I have implemented defense-in-depth security architectures, and installed the first intrusion detection system and monitoring/reporting system for a major Wall Street organization. I am a specialist in business transformation: strategic planning, continuous process improvement, organizational change management, leadership, customer-focused business, budget planning, development and control. My information security competencies include IT governance, business continuity/disaster recovery and all aspects of physical, information and strategic security for public and private sector organizations and business. Strong experience in operations and financial management, project and portfolio management, and internal and external communications.