Biographical Info

Business focused executive passionate about enabling and accelerating business strategies while ensuring the assets of the company are secure and the reputation of the company is upheld. Face of cybersecurity to the Board of Directors. Collaborative advisor and trusted partner who enjoys adapting to strategic business and technology changes, using data to inform decisions. Empowers teams to do their best work using agile methodology, risk based and threat informed prioritization and to achieve desired business outcomes. And to have some fun while learning and developing. Leadership of the information security program including governance, risk & compliance; identity and access management; cyber defense operations; vulnerability management; data protection; security consulting and engineering; and retention & discovery. Brings together cross company expertise for cyber security risk management and strategic roadmap plans and execution. Board, management, and multiple external speaking engagements. Currently on the FS-ISAC Board of Directors; co-executive sponsor for Women in IT at Principal, and involved and engaged in industry and peer collaboration including to increase diverse cyber security talent most recently with Cyversity and as a mentor for the NYU Tandon School of Engineering CISO program. Member of the Technology Association of Iowa CISO Roundtable and Advisor at YL Ventures and various technology vendor councils. Specialties: information security, security education, identity management, security consulting, IT, authentication, access control, security policy, security metrics, data security, emerging security solutions, cloud protection, mentor, board member, advisor Open to board opportunities, early career mentoring and sharing knowledge/experience.