Aaron Pait
Rocky Mount,NC
Summary
Decorated United States Marine Corps wartime veteran and accomplished Business & Technology Executive with extensive board-level experience and strategic oversight capabilities. Exceptional leadership in partnering with stakeholders to foster synergy, define organizational needs, and implement unified strategies to achieve technology goals. Innovative problem-solver adept at identifying gaps and developing solutions to overcome complex operational and security challenges. Adept at building and optimizing cross-functional teams that consistently exceed client and organizational expectations.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Board of Directors, Member & CFO
USMC Scout Sniper Association
01.2024 - Current
- Financial Oversight: As CFO, managed the organization's financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring fiscal responsibility and transparency.
- Strategic Leadership: On the Board of Directors, I contribute to high-level decision-making, helping shape the strategic direction of the organization to better serve our members and stakeholders.
- Fundraising and Resource Allocation: Lead fundraising efforts and oversee the effective allocation of resources to support the Association’s programs and initiatives.
- Governance and Compliance: Ensure adherence to financial regulations and governance standards, maintaining the integrity and reputation of the Association.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with members, donors, and other stakeholders to foster strong relationships and promote the Association’s mission and goals.
Veterans Advisory Committee
North Carolina Wesleyan University
11.2023 - Current
- Veteran Advocacy: Advocate for the needs and interests of veteran students, ensuring their unique perspectives are represented in college policies.
- Program Development: Assist in developing and evaluating programs and services that facilitate veteran student integration and success.
- Community Engagement: Strengthen relationships between the college and various veteran organizations, fostering a supportive network for our students.
- Advisory Leadership: Provide informed guidance to college leadership on matters impacting veteran students, drawing from personal experience and current best practices in veteran affairs.
- Collaborative Efforts: Collaborate with faculty and staff to promote an inclusive and understanding campus environment for veterans.
Principal Security Engineer (BISO)
Salesforce
10.2022 - 07.2024
- Risk Prioritization and Management: Collaborated with security tooling teams, business engineering teams, and security domain experts to identify and prioritize security risks within the Salesforce GovCloud environment.
- Trusted Security Partnership: Built and maintained relationships as a trusted security partner with product engineering, operations teams, partner BISOs, and supporting unit executives in the US public sector and other Salesforce business units
- Metrics Development: Developed comprehensive metrics and guidelines to assess the impact of vulnerabilities, facilitating data-driven decision-making for remediation efforts.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensured FedRAMP and CMMC compliance with Salesforce US public sector obligations by collaborating with relevant teams on the Government Cloud platform.
- Compliance Tracking and Reporting: Tracked, reported, and escalated compliance status; partnered closely with the US Public Sector Government Accreditation and Compliance team for successful reporting and certification renewals.
- Security Posture Assessment: Continuously assessed security posture with a security-by-default mindset, providing risk reduction recommendations through threat modeling, design reviews, code reviews, and mitigation documentation.
- Architectural Guidance: Engaged in deep architectural discussions to ensure successful deployment or migration of cloud infrastructures, applications, software, and services.
- Threat Evaluation and Control Implementation: Evaluated emerging threats and attacks, developing and implementing appropriate security controls.
Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
AMI EXPEDITIONARY HEALTHCARE
04.2021 - 09.2022
- Key member of the Executive team answering directly to the CEO
- Directed all IT operations, with a focus on continuing to deliver a best-in-class IT infrastructure and Technology operations
- Socialized, planned, solicited buy-in, and managed the $800,000 roll-out of the Salesforce platform for the HR and Finance functions, consolidating what was previously five disparate software applications into one, all while ensuring interoperability with the existing Finance applications
- Created a comprehensive new security program for the business from the ground up, including introducing the latest security technologies and drafting formal, enterprise-wide information security policies
- Slashed click-rates for phishing emails by 67% and increased reporting of suspected phishing emails by 50%
- Streamlined HRIS operations by 15% via cross-team and cross-platform communication with key vendors, saving $100K+ in labor costs each year
- Collaborate with all levels of leadership to develop and implement strategic technology goals in an ongoing effort to increase IT infrastructure capabilities and corporate performance.
Cybersecurity Architect - Manager
COGNIZANT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Acted as the guiding force behind a matrixed, 15-member team of specialists covering areas such as Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, Security Strategy, Security Tools Administration (Qualys, SAST/DAST Scanner, etc.), among others
- Led the team to provide cutting-edge cybersecurity services protecting the first portfolio of financial products offered to clients by a leading investment firm.
Business Strategy - Senior Consultant
COGNIZANT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Executed dual role as a Senior Consultant executing client Digital Strategy and Transformation engagements
- Areas of leadership for each engagement included Change Management, Business Case Development, Solution Design & Development, Deployment Planning, Project Delivery, and much more
- Designed a future-state, IT Infrastructure Operating Model for an international consumer packaged goods client and utilized Agile principles to maximize service delivery, while saving the client $3MM+vs
- Projected costs
- Completed a detailed Application Portfolio Rationalization for a top utilities provider to define best business and technical fits of applications to be migrated to a public cloud provider
- Additionally, recommended the strategic roadmap to produce the optimal outcome for the company.
Proactive Security - Senior Consultant
AON CYBER SOLUTIONS
07.2019 - 12.2019
- Sought after by clients from industries such as Financial Services, Ultra Wealthy Family Funds, Manufacturing, and Professional Services, among others, to consult on the cyber security solutions to meet clients' current and future needs
- Partnered with key stakeholders to establish engagement scope, deliverables, and optimal outcomes.
Technical Event Monitoring Analyst
XEROX / VIRGINIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
01.2019 - 07.2019
- Worked hand-in-hand with clients and other project stakeholders to develop/execute project scope, effectively manage changes, modify/update policies, and maximize delivery across full project lifecycles.
Technical Event Monitoring Analyst
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
07.2018 - 12.2018
- Transitioned into the private sector, joining U-Haul International, Inc
- To play a key role in creating/launching the Technical Operations Center (TOC) for the Fortune 500 company, while acting as a strategic partner to the TOC's Director
- Crafted the TOC's processes, procedures, and standards, which were integral in helping the group hit the ground running and achieving operational excellence out of the gate
- Utilized latest tool's such as QRadar, ExtraHop, and Solarwinds to quickly detect, respond to, manage, and contain/eliminate cyberthreats to the Center's IT infrastructure and network
- Continually remained in step with latest and emerging technologies to advise the Director on best solutions to maximize cybersecurity detection and event response/management capabilities.
Strategic Counterintelligence Case Officer
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
01.2010 - 01.2018
- Led 9 Assessment Teams in the formal assessment of security compliance, security program organization, policies, and procedures, general risks and vulnerabilities of organizations >2,000 members
- Honored by being selected out of 32 top candidates to be an Information Security Specialist for the only multi-discipline, Special Operations Capable Direct Action Unit throughout the APAC region.
- Led a series of mission-critical initiatives after being promoted in 2010, including leading a cross-functional, 35-member team to complete the largest project in the history of the organization, resulting in threat intelligence collection and analysis capabilities more than tripling
- Leveraged the expertise of 16 Business Unit owners from a variety of global organizations to design and rollout a world class, enterprise-wide Security Upgrade program
- Led an eight-member team comprised of military and Department of Defense (DoD), civilian, threat intelligence professionals in a specialized threat intelligence collection project in a first-of-its-kind US-based collection mission
- Conducted an intensive Adversary Capability Gap Analysis and prioritized best intelligence collection resources in relation to assessed gaps
Marine Scout / Sniper
United States Marine Corps
02.2007 - 02.2010
- Suffered patiently, and patiently suffered. Please feel free to inquire about whatever you would like to know. www.scoutsniper.org
- Distinguished Graduate (#3 of 14 graduates, out of 39 total students) and High Shooter of Marine Scout/Sniper Basic Course Class 3-08 at Stone Bay, North Carolina.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Rocky Mount, NC12-2025
Websites
Certification
- NACD Directorship Certification
- GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Timeline
Board of Directors, Member & CFO
USMC Scout Sniper Association
01.2024 - Current
Veterans Advisory Committee
North Carolina Wesleyan University
11.2023 - Current
Principal Security Engineer (BISO)
Salesforce
10.2022 - 07.2024
Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
AMI EXPEDITIONARY HEALTHCARE
04.2021 - 09.2022
Cybersecurity Architect - Manager
COGNIZANT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
01.2021 - 04.2021
Business Strategy - Senior Consultant
COGNIZANT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
01.2020 - 01.2021
Proactive Security - Senior Consultant
AON CYBER SOLUTIONS
07.2019 - 12.2019
Technical Event Monitoring Analyst
XEROX / VIRGINIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
01.2019 - 07.2019
Technical Event Monitoring Analyst
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
07.2018 - 12.2018
Strategic Counterintelligence Case Officer
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
01.2010 - 01.2018
Marine Scout / Sniper
United States Marine Corps
02.2007 - 02.2010
- NACD Directorship Certification
- GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
North Carolina Wesleyan University
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