James W lockhart
Summary
Accomplished IT Security & Compliance Leader and Project Management Professional with experience working in the Financial Services, Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications industries. Key competencies include performing and managing IT assessments and reviews. Primary point of contact with key supplier's resources overseeing Risk Management, Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Identity Access Management. Hands on experience involving numerous acquisitions and integration. Results oriented team leader and strategic planner that consistently contributes to the stated vision. Comfortable and skilled at direct interaction with IT leadership teams (C-suite level) at numerous Fortune 100 companies pertaining to their overall infrastructure, current security and cyber posture, cloud migration activities, and global logical and physical security. Talented professional with excellent employee development skills, customer service and analytics skills coupled with more than 25 years of experience. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives and innovations.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
AVP, External Cyber Assurance Manager
Barclays
Whippany, NJ
05.2017 - Current
- Primarily responsible for providing assurance on selected key supplier's adequacy pertaining to established information and cyber security controls set forth by Barclays.
- Controls examined include but are not limited to cyber security, cryptography, logical access management, DLP, data privacy, physical security, cloud computing, resiliency, record management, PCI DSS, and others as defined by the Global Information Security group
- Regularly perform onsite visits or desktop reviews for key suppliers identified by senior management.
- Key outcome is to determine and communicate to senior leaders and stakeholders the supplier's state of health relating to Information and Cyber Security, Resiliency, Cryptography, and Cloud.
- Detailed reporting and assessment determination communicated to various levels of management and key stakeholders along with recommended action plans to remediate controls gaps and findings.
- As the SME for IT Security and Cyber findings, conduct meetings with internal Supplier Managers and Third Party IT representatives so as to determine if adequate and proper solutions have been implemented for gaps and findings recorded by team members, or appropriate mitigating controls are in place. Activity includes requesting and reviewing relevant evidence required for closure of security findings.
- Actively involved in the review, refresh and issuing of control standards and requirements as needed.
- JOC (Joint Operations Center) team liaison
- Co-lead and participate in affinity groups companywide (such as DEI, Veterans, and Women)
- Employ and demonstrate people leadership skills as the SME for various topics and varied audiences.
IT Program Manager / Vice President
Synchrony
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Oversight of daily incidents causing adverse conditions for customers and systems for retail banking platform and customers.
- Worked closely with senior management to streamline banking processes where practical.
- Defined and approved changes for applications and systems so as to improve customer's online banking experiences.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows.
IT Manager
Metlife Bank
01.2005 - 01.2013
- Key IT team member during the startup phase of the bank
- Responsibilities varied but key roles included policy and standards development, regulatory responsibilities including regular interactions with the OCC Bank Auditors, team members development, DR and BC plan development.
- Identity Access Management, vendor management, and security findings management.
- Also involved with acquisitions and integration efforts in post startup phase.
- Managed a team of 5 individuals which included DR/BC and IT Issues Management.
IT Consultant
Analysts International
01.2004 - 01.2005
- IT Consultant for specialty projects as assigned (SOX, SDLC, DR/BC, IAM, etc.)
Business Consultant
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Assisted and consulted with small business owners for various needs such as moving from paperdependency to full office automation.
Lead IT Project Manager
IBM
Pine Brook, NJ
01.1997 - 01.2002
- As part of the IBM Global Services team, I worked on various outsourced assignments and projects as needed, which included top firms such as Prudential, Avaya, Lucent Technologies, and A&P.
- Managed large scale project plans for key outsourcing arrangements and regularly reported status to senior stakeholders.
Application Development Manager, - Business Analyst, - Systems Analyst, - Pricing Specialist
Prudential
Florham Park, NJ
01.1988 - 01.1996
- Application Development Manager that lead a team of 4 developers responsible for systems upgrades and ongoing maintenance.
- Responsible for ad-hoc reports and regulatory requests pertaining to the Life portfolio.
- Worked closely with systems owners to develop frontend users screens for clients and customers.
- Worked closely with actuarial leads for pricing of pension plans and other monetary instruments.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA - Business Administration andManagement, General
North Carolina Central University
Masters Certificate in Project Management -
The George Washington University School of Business
Skills
- IT Security Operations Cybersecurity Information Security Enterprise Risk Management IT Audit IT Risk Management IT Security Assessments IT Security Policies IT Compliance Project Management Stakeholder Management Policy Development
Certification
- PMP - Project Management Institute
- CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
- CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
Timeline
AVP, External Cyber Assurance Manager
Barclays
05.2017 - Current
IT Program Manager / Vice President
Synchrony
01.2013 - 01.2017
IT Manager
Metlife Bank
01.2005 - 01.2013
IT Consultant
Analysts International
01.2004 - 01.2005
Business Consultant
01.2002 - 01.2004
Lead IT Project Manager
IBM
01.1997 - 01.2002
Application Development Manager, - Business Analyst, - Systems Analyst, - Pricing Specialist
Prudential
01.1988 - 01.1996
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA - Business Administration andManagement, General
North Carolina Central University
Masters Certificate in Project Management -
The George Washington University School of Business
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