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Christopher Rothecker

Christopher Rothecker

Regina,SK

Summary

I am a senior IT professional with over 20 years of experience in technology and IT management. I have a strong business approach to IT management and have been successful in process and service delivery improvement initiatives for several organizations. My last 10 years have been focused on Information Security and I have had the good fortune to have been part of delivering and building some strong security programs for a number of different organizations. A key strength is my ability to understand and adapt corporate objectives and align them with IT security solutions. My experience has involved working at all levels within IT organizations from Service Desk to senior management for an international software development company. I managed server and workstation infrastructures from architecture to security on three continents and have worked as a consultant for two of the largest IT consulting companies in the world.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Enterprise Systems Coordinator

Live Global Bid
04.2006
  • My position with Live Global Bid (LGB) began in April 2006
  • At that time the organization had no formal IT processes, no reporting and a clear capacity problem
  • The first task was to determine the current state of the IT operation
  • This required setting up a framework for system statistics data collection and a mechanism for analysis of this data
  • This required an understanding of the business as well as the technology
  • Once data was being collected and the LGB management team could correlate problems and events it was easier to identify system limitations
  • The initial data analysis showed a capacity limit that was previously unknown
  • After identifying the capacity issue, the development team was able to use the same data analysis to determine a number of issues in the system
  • The result was a 37% increase in customer activity with no need for additional capital investment
  • Further analysis of the system statistics led me to a new architectural concept that was deployed at the end of 2007
  • A 10% infrastructure cost increase resulted in a further 63% customer activity increase due to the ability to provide services to customers while maintaining a low operating cost
  • In addition to the architectural improvements, I was able to introduce processes to help control asset tracking and acquisition
  • Previously, a lack of asset tracking resulted in developers working on extremely outdated hardware, which limited productivity
  • I introduced a PC lifecycle program, which allowed LGB to make the best use of hardware and timed hardware purchases so as to get the most value from volume purchasing
  • This reduced LGB’s hardware costs per employee by 48% while ensuring that employees had the appropriate tools to do their job
  • Another aspect of my role was establishing a strong working relationship with LGB’s service providers
  • LGB’s server hardware was hosted by another company so it was critical that service providers understood the business and needs and that vendors acted as partners
  • In negotiations with LGB’s suppliers, I was able to build an account team dedicated to custom service delivery
  • This involved creating documentation for the LGB systems and providing service providers with appropriate information that would allow them to make decisions which ultimately would help to improve service levels
  • LGB could now leverage the expertise of service providers at no additional cost while keeping internal resource costs at a minimum.

Information Security Architect

ISC
02.2018 - Current
  • My role as Information Security Architect at ISC is an Enterprise wide position spanning five different offices in Canada and Dublin and delivering an Enterprise wide Security Program for the Registry Operations, Technology Solutions and Services business lines
  • In the Registry Operations and Technology Solutions business lines we are responsible for developing software for various government registries around the world and in some cases providing the full service delivery including providing physical facilities and support staff
  • Through the Services line we deliver a variety of services, such as Corporate Profile Reports and Due Diligence Security Searches, to banks and other financial services companies
  • My Responsibilities include: Coordination of PCI-DSS compliance Maintaining and implementing security policies based on ISO 27002:2013 Delivering a comprehensive vulnerability management program Maintaining the IT Risk management program and Risk Register reporting to the Board Audit Committee Developing and delivering the Enterprise Security Awareness Program Leading the development and implementation of strong security architectures to enable our various business lines.

Manager of Information Security

Government of Saskatchewan
08.2017 - 02.2018
  • In my role of Information Security Manager I was responsible for delivering the Information Security Program including: Policy and standards development Implementation of security protection products Management of vendors and partners Directing and implementing Microsoft Azure and Office 365 controls and protections (Azure AD, Azure Information Protection, etc.) Implementation of LAPS Implementation of PAWS Definition and tracking of key performance indicators Overseeing technical and human resources investigations

Senior Security Consultant

SRG
12.2010 - 07.2017
  • In 2011, I joined the security services team onsite at the ITO (ITD – Government of Saskatchewan) and was responsible for security consulting, architecture and risk analysis reporting to the directors and executive directors of the Information Security Branch
  • PM / BA / Technology – Security Analyst My first role with SRG in the 1st quarter of 2011 was as a project manager and business analyst to assist a customer in preparing, writing and evaluating responses for several RFP’s.

UNIX/Midrange Systems Consultant

Eagle Professional Resources
02.2010 - 01.2011
  • Through Eagle Professional Resources I was contracted to SaskPower Corporation in Regina Saskatchewan to assist with the Business Intelligence and CRM planning and implementation components of the Horizon/SDR project
  • My primary responsibilities included: SAP Basis support on UNIX systems, AIX Virtualization on P570 and P770 hardware, Storage management and allocation via a 3 tier SAN infrastructure, scheduling and deployment of AIX 6.1 LPARs and support of SAP component deployment in various environments.

Process and Methods Manager (Reporting to KAR Auction Services)

LiveBlock Auctions International
04.2006 - 01.2010
  • My management duties at LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI) included responsibility for analysis of the current processes within IT operations and application development
  • Considerable effort was spent to document the process flows in several IT areas, identify gaps or weak points in the existing process and provide a process model to address these weaknesses
  • As LAI is a software development company, I was responsible for defining requirements for internal and external facing development and integration projects
  • Requirements were documented clearly and communicated to project teams comprised of both operational and development resources
  • As new processes and methods were introduced to the organization, I coordinated and delivered training as required
  • Quality Assurance was within the scope of this role as well as the development of detailed test plans
  • Coordination of both black box and white box tests fell within the scope of my duties as well as the architecture of the test infrastructure including toolsets
  • Development of change management, problem/incident/event management and release management processes and methods was also a large part of this role.

Infrastructure Manager (Reporting to LAI VP of Operations)

LiveBlock Auctions International
08.2007 - 03.2009
  • My senior management role at LiveBlock Auctions International included budgetary responsibilities of approximately $800,000.00 in data centre services and capital expenditure contracts
  • I was able to deliver internal service improvements through acquisition of tools and hardware for LAI’s development teams, providing hardware and office equipment for an additional 10 employees, and building a new data processing facility in LAI’s Regina office while coming in 10% under the capital expenditure budget for Q1 of 2009 and meeting budget expectations for the last 2 quarters of 2008
  • My data centre costs remained on target for Q1 of 2009 and with further architecture improvements resulted in a 10% reduction in data centre costs by Q3 of 2009
  • While maintaining LAI’s data centre costs for 2009, I was able to achieve a 27% increase in customer activity (user load) over 2008 in Q1 of 2009 alone
  • I led the team to streamline the deployment of new development environments for new projects
  • Prior to this streamlining initiative, deployment of new development environments was typically completed in 2 weeks
  • This included hardware set up, OS installation and configuration of the development environment
  • Using blade server hardware, virtualization and process improvement, I was able to reduce the provisioning and deployment time to 3 days.

Education

A CISO’s View Certification -

University of Washington

Computer Science -

University of Regina

Solaris System Administration Level I and II Certification

Sun Microsystems Competency - Certification

AIX Level I System Administrator - Certification

AIX Problem Determination - Certification

Skillpath Management

ITIL V3 Foundations Certified

University of Washington – A CISO’s View - Certification

Skills

System administration

People management

Program development

Project management

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Information Security Architect

ISC
02.2018 - Current

Manager of Information Security

Government of Saskatchewan
08.2017 - 02.2018

Senior Security Consultant

SRG
12.2010 - 07.2017

UNIX/Midrange Systems Consultant

Eagle Professional Resources
02.2010 - 01.2011

Infrastructure Manager (Reporting to LAI VP of Operations)

LiveBlock Auctions International
08.2007 - 03.2009

Enterprise Systems Coordinator

Live Global Bid
04.2006

Process and Methods Manager (Reporting to KAR Auction Services)

LiveBlock Auctions International
04.2006 - 01.2010

A CISO’s View Certification -

University of Washington

Computer Science -

University of Regina

Solaris System Administration Level I and II Certification

Sun Microsystems Competency - Certification

AIX Level I System Administrator - Certification

AIX Problem Determination - Certification

Skillpath Management

ITIL V3 Foundations Certified

University of Washington – A CISO’s View - Certification

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