Shawn Davidson
President, CISO, Principle Consultant
Scottsdale,AZ
Summary
Seeking IT Executive, CIO/CTO/CISO or Technology Sales and Consulting Executive role. Over the past 20+ years, I've been in leadership for one of the largest retail banks in the country, a major California healthcare organization and highly successful technology consulting firms. During this time, I've provided technical and business leadership while providing exceptional support to these organizations. I’ve added a great deal of value with my technical skills, leadership and strategic thinking resulting in improved productivity and revenue. I hope you will give me the opportunity to meet with you to discuss positions with your company. I look forward to hearing from you, and sincerely appreciate your consideration.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
President
Trapp Technology & ArmorPoint
Phoenix, AZ
11.2021 - Current
- Providing solutions including technology consulting, managed and Professional Services with a focus on IT outsourcing, cybersecurity, cloud hosting and technical engineering
- Responsible for budgets, staff, leadership and evaluating the success of the company
- Shawn Davidson
- Oversee sales for our MSP and ArmorPoint divisions
- Created Professional Services division bringing 1.5M new business in the first year
- Grown MSP business by 50% in 2022 and assumed ArmorPoint sales leadership starting in 2023
- Oversee and responsible for PMO, Internal MSP Operations, Professional Services and Sales
- Revamped the company’s Marketing, Sales, and Business Development strategy by working with our leadership team on new services and ideas to engage with current and new clients with a mission to double revenues in 3 years.
VP, Enterprise Risk Management
Quest Technology Management
12.2011 - 11.2021
- Experience includes exceptional technical, professional, and managed service consulting as well as oversight of client technical engagements, delivering exceptional service and maintaining excellent relationships with C-level executives
- I've successfully led and completed hundreds of security posture assessments, business continuity plans, and disaster recovery projects and managed service implementations
- Cybersecurity experience includes access controls, physical security, disaster recovery, business continuity, application security, data loss prevention and much more based on the client's configuration and requirements
- Presenting and consulting to potential customers for cybersecurity, business continuity, disaster recovery, IaaS, cloud hosting, virtualization, managed and professional services
- Expert knowledge of technology security and business resumption services, such as business continuity planning, data replication, protection, hardware virtualization, email continuity, and much more
- Providing expert knowledge of regulatory technology compliance (PCI, HIPAA, SOC, DFPI
- NCUA, etc.).
Director of Network Operations
California Hospital Association
12.2008 - 12.2011
- Managed and supported the CHA network and data center, as well as remote office locations
- Provided exceptional leadership to IS staff as well as lead IS projects for all business organizations within CHA
- Managed the network operations and security operations teams as well as led all network and
- IS related projects
- Strategic and tactical leadership for network technology, developing a companywide disaster recovery and business continuity plan
- Provided outstand customer service to our employees, overseeing the Service Desk and
- Service Operations teams.
Sr. Technical Consultant
Quest Technology Management
04.2007 - 12.2008
- Pre-Sales network design and professional services consulting
- Oversee technical engagements at customer sites
- Ensured all project details are tracked, documentation is taken care of including contracts, (SLAs) Service Level Agreements, etc
- Consistent customer follow up and communication
- Communication with internal Quest staff, reporting project status, details, and all related documentation for successful engagement
- Prepares documents that may include detailed Excel spreadsheets, project management documentation, presentations, etc
- Maintain product knowledge on all routing, switching, storage, operating system, vaulting hardware, and software
- Experienced knowledge of technology services and business resumption services, such as Business Continuity Planning, data replication, hardware virtualization and Email implementations
- Present business cases for technology projects to senior level executives
- Oversee the implementation of services
VP, Information Technology
Washington Mutual Bank
El Dorado Hills, CA
11.2001 - 03.2007
- Supporting a large call center in IT infrastructure, networking, and project management
- Oversight for the WMFD IT Solutions
- Infrastructure team, maintain technology budgets, policies including acceptable use, security, change management, followed SDLC, application support and maintain Operational
- Excellence
- I've implemented a company help desk software solution, been project lead for a TA conversion project and facility relocation as well as being the technical project lead for $740-
- Million-dollar company acquisition
- This position reported directly to the president of the mutual fund division.
Education
Technical - Computer Networking
IMIT
Petaluma, CA 01.2000 - 06.2000
Police Officer Standards Training - Police Officer Standards Training
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 01.1997 - 03.1997
PMP Certification Training - Project Management
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 03.2005 - 04.2005
Skills
- Operational Excellence
- Budget Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Account Management
- Executive Performance Management
- Sales and Marketing
- Operations Management
- Risk and Mitigation Analysis
- Strategic Partnership
- Leadership and People Development
- Consultation and Advisement
- Business Continuity Planning
- Technical Implementation
- Continuity Testing
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Risk Management Assessments
- Confidential Data Protection
- Vulnerability Management
- Compliance with Security Requirements
- Data Backups
- Compliance Risk Management
- NIST Security Standards
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Timeline
President
Trapp Technology & ArmorPoint
11.2021 - Current
VP, Enterprise Risk Management
Quest Technology Management
12.2011 - 11.2021
Director of Network Operations
California Hospital Association
12.2008 - 12.2011
Sr. Technical Consultant
Quest Technology Management
04.2007 - 12.2008
PMP Certification Training - Project Management
Boston College
03.2005 - 04.2005
VP, Information Technology
Washington Mutual Bank
11.2001 - 03.2007
Technical - Computer Networking
IMIT
01.2000 - 06.2000
Police Officer Standards Training - Police Officer Standards Training
Sonoma State University
01.1997 - 03.1997
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