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Nick Zehner

Western Springs,IL

Summary

Experienced administration professional with a focus on team coordination and security awareness training. Thrives in cross team collaboration and connecting with people throughout an organization to help everyone achieve greater security maturity. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Security Program Manager

NextRoll
12.2018 - 02.2023
  • Managed administrative needs of Information Security team, including running team meetings, completing license renewals, and coordinating external meetings with vendors and customers, resulting in a more productive and cohesive team
  • Coordinated with Engineering, Legal and IT on developing new security policies to improve company's compliance with governmental regulations
  • Performed security reviews on contracts with vendors and customers
  • Supported sales by answering security assessments from potential customers
  • Facilitated successful completion of three SOC 2 (Type 2) security audits by managing collection and submission of audit evidence
  • Produced new security training materials for onboarding employees and security training events throughout the year such as Privacy Day and Cyber Security Awareness Month, resulting in higher employee satisfaction and engagement.

Inventory Management Technician

Milestone Technologies (@ Facebook)
11.2017 - 12.2018
  • Conduct weekly cycle counts of inventory warehouse, reconcile count variances and deliver analysis
  • Coordinate with inventory team leads to maintain at least 98% inventory accuracy, per SLA with Facebook
  • Partnered with Warehouse Supervisor to reduce amount of non-deployable assets by 50% this year.

Hardware Asset Administrator

Pixar Animation Studios
08.2010 - 05.2017
  • Curated accurate and up to date database on hardware assets
  • Responsible for on-boarding assets into tracking systems and retiring equipment for consignment or recycling
  • Researched and developed new vendor for Asset Disposition, resulting in increased value recovery for consigned and recycled assets, as well as higher disposition accuracy
  • Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for leadership and other stakeholders
  • Conducted analysis and forecasting for future equipment needs
  • Coordinated with sys admins, and project leads to keep an efficient flow of inventory through the studio.

Education

Certificate in Advanced Animation Studies -

Animation Mentor
Emeryville, CA
01.2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Media Arts and Animation -

Illinois Institute of Art
Chicago, IL
01.2002

Skills

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Communication and Writing
  • Presentation Creation and Delivery
  • Customer Service
  • Apple Hardware and Software
  • Google Suite, Microsoft Office
  • Work/Task Request systems

Certification

  • Google CyberSecurity Certificate, 2023
  • CHAMP (Certified Hardware Asset Management Professional), IATAM, 2013

Timeline

Security Program Manager

NextRoll
12.2018 - 02.2023

Inventory Management Technician

Milestone Technologies (@ Facebook)
11.2017 - 12.2018

Hardware Asset Administrator

Pixar Animation Studios
08.2010 - 05.2017

Certificate in Advanced Animation Studies -

Animation Mentor

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Media Arts and Animation -

Illinois Institute of Art
Nick Zehner