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We are seeking a head of Information Security and Cloud Operations for a multibillion dollar company division in the B2C Online Payment space.

The primary responsibility is to ensure this new revolutionary service of relating the digital address to the physical address.

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as the leader in the implementation, administration and monitoring of operations and security
  • Primary liaison to information security & cloud operations vendors
  • Recommends, prepares and drives the implementation of necessary security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines
  • Understand each unique Partner SLA and security requirements and ensure they are met
  • Design and drive the implementation of systems monitoring, automation, and management processes and tools
  • Recommend and anchor Security Certification and Compliance

Key Experience:

  • Leadership & Functional Experience:
    • Leadership experience in a managed hosting, managed service, cloud or ISP
    • Experience negotiating with vendors and with key partners SLAs and other requirements
    • Excellence in communications skills to senior management & customers/partners
    • Technical Experience
      • Understanding of technologies at an architectural level and ability to oversee and drive the evolution of the security and virtualization/cloud architectures
      • Experience with very large databases, distributed applications; Network security, including firewalls and intrusion detection systems
      • CISSP, CISA, or CISM certifications required.  PMP desirable.
    • Location: Headquarters is in Stamford, CT area. Reasonable commuting from tri-state area or relocation is a must.

For more information, please contact Dal Coger, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 781-395-2981.

Last modified on Thursday, 01 September 2011 11:59
Dora Vell

Dora Vell

Dora Vell is the Managing Partner of Vell Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm in Boston focused on recruiting technology executives and board members. Vell has successfully completed numerous board member and C-level executive searches, including CEOs, COOs, CIOs, and Vice Presidents - at both public and private companies.

Prior to founding the firm in 2005, Vell was a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles' Technology practice for seven years.  Before her career in executive search, she worked at IBM for 11 years, managing software engineering organizations of 100 people and software sales organizations with revenues of $150 million. She has also served as an executive assistant to the CEO of IBM Canada for one year.

Vell holds seven worldwide software patents. She has published several Business of Leadership reports on governance and leadership and has been quoted in numerous articles including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week, Fortune, Agenda Week, MSNBC, Mass High Tech, the OPUS for the World Economic Forum, Boston Business Journal, The Globe & Mail, CIO Magazine, and IEEE. She also has been a featured speaker on leadership at numerous conferences and at Columbia University's MBA program.

Vell is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the Boston CEO Roundtable. She has served on the boards of Framingham State, Entrepreneur's Organization, Goodwill, Mary Centre for developmentally handicapped adults, garage.ca, and RBC Capital Partners.

She has received an MBA from the University of Toronto, a Master in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor in Computer Science from Carleton. She has also completed the MIT Entrepreneurial Master’s program.

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