Daniel Gindin

Jul 2021 - Now

Cloud Security Solutions Architect

Wiz - Tel Aviv, Israel

• Wiz is a new approach to cloud security that finds the most critical risks and infiltration vectors with complete coverage across the full stack of multi-cloud environments.

Apr 2015 - Jul 2021

Sr. Security Engineer

CloudPassage - San Francisco, CA

• Solution design, onboarding and training to enable security and compliance for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud accounts and services, linux and Windows workloads, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/AKS/GKE, and CI/CD build pipelines
• Enterprise customers include AT&T, Netflix, Sony, Adobe, IBM, Capital One, Intel, NCR, Rackspace, Citrix, Marriott, CSC and Xero
• Cloud Security, Container Security, Software Vulnerability Assessment, Configuration Security Monitoring, Server Account Monitoring, File Integrity Monitoring, Log-based Intrusion Detection
• Experienced with implementing security and compliance frameworks including PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC2, and SOX, CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs
• Pre-sales engineering support including demos and proof-of-concepts
• Part-time member of Product Management team – collaborate on new functionality, create epics and user stories in Jira
• Assist customers with integrating Halo REST API to SIEM platforms including Splunk, Sumo Logic and ArcSight
• Mass deployment of Halo server agents utilizing Chef, Puppet and Ansible
• Developed Metabase data analytics with dashboards for benchmarking product adoption and identifying at-risk customers to reduce churn and increase expansion opportunities
• Developed synthetic testing in Runscope to monitor application availability, functionality and performance
• Deployed Statuspage to proactively communicate platform status, maintenance activities and incidents to customers
• Educate user communities by producing security blog postings, how-to-videos and frequently asked questions
• Provide technical mentoring to Customer Success team

Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

IT Architect & Project Manager

AJO - Philadelphia, PA - Consultant

• Providing IT consulting and project management to a financial services client with $25B in managed assets.
• Projects include Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Redesign, WAN/LAN Upgrade, Exchange 2010 Upgrade, VMware, Desktop Virtualization, Windows 7 and Office 2013 Upgrade, Cisco Firewall/VPN, Microsoft Active Directory, Shavlik Patch Management, Kanban for Project Tracking, Accounting System Upgrade, Symantec Endpoint Protection AntiVirus, Spiceworks Help Desk and Change Management.

Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

SAP QM Project Manager

McNeil Consumer Healthcare (J&J) - Ft. Washington, PA - Consultant

• Lead team of 50+ SAP mentors, developers, QA testers, CSV and Quantic compliance consultants to document, test, implement and deploy SAP Quality Management safety enhancements to support FDA Consent Decree remediation project
• Project phases completed on-schedule and on-budget using a hybrid waterfall/agile methodology.
• PMO core team member, facilitated daily scrums, managed issue escalation and resolution.
• Developed standardized dashboards and daily metrics reporting out of HP Quality Center for senior management.

Jan 2013 - Mar 2013
Nov 2011 - Jun 2012

PMP and ITIL Certification Instructor

SimpliLearn - Nationally - Consultant

• Prepare project managers and IT professionals to achieve PMP and ITIL certification via classroom training.
• Clients: Merck, Sprint, Towers Watson, SunGard, DAMCO, Siemens Energy, National Grid, EnerSys, Grammer.
• PMP Knowledge Areas covered include Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resource, Communications, Risk and Procurement Management. Other topics include Earned Value Management, Agile Methodology, Memory Map, the PMP application process and the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
• ITIL Core publications covered include Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation, Continual Service Improvement

May 2011 - Mar 2012

Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

The ACE Group - Philadelphia, PA - Consultant

• Responsible for providing architecture design for global Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Infrastructure, Web Application Development and Integration projects.
• Technologies included Microsoft Windows Server, Hyper-V Server, VMware ESXi, SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Active Directory, BizTalk, IBM AIX, PowerVM, IBM BCU, XIV SAN, Cognos, IBM Netezza, F5 Load Balancers, and Centrify Security Suite.
• Designed and deployed Netezza Data Warehouse platform including TCO, competitor analysis, hosting and DR.
• Improved the performance and availability of the ACE Web Underwriting System using Six Sigma tools including Failure Mode & Effects Analysis, Business Process Mapping and Root Cause Analysis.

Jul 2010 - May 2011

Infrastructure Project Manager

SunGard Availability Services - Philadelphia, PA - Consultant

• Project Manager of global Verizon MPLS network and router upgrade program for 700+ SunGard Financial Services customers including Chicago Stock Exchange, Commerce Bank, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Insurance, USAA, Wachovia and Wells Fargo.
• Managed Design, Deployment, Configuration, Testing, Transition and Retirement of Circuits, Cisco and Juniper Routers/Firewalls, NetScreen VPNs, Disaster Recovery.
• Developed standardized processes, templates, checklists and project plans to insure successful and efficient upgrades with repeatable results across mutiple teams.

Mar 2005 - May 2010

IT Project Manager

J&J Global Program Management - Raritan, NJ - Employee

• Clients included J&J Corporate, J&J Consumer Products, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Neutrogena, J&J/Merck, J&J Wellness & Prevention, and Information Technology Services (ITS).
• Managed the design, development, testing and deployment of J&J’s first SAP system (BW & APO) deployed on commodity hardware and open source software – HP ProLiant Blade servers, SUSE Linux and SAP MaxDB.
• Deployed COTS and high-availability GxP infrastructures for critical business systems including RED Linux Refresh (Pharma R&D), SmartLab (Quality Control Laboratories), Agilent OpenLAB ECM Upgrade (Pharma R&D), Consumer Response System (Consumer Affairs), Electronic Drawing Management System (Engineering), US and Canada Building Automation Systems (Engineering), McNeil Auditorium Renovation (Engineering), Chromatography/Empower (QC/R&D), Laboratory Benchtop Systems (QC/R&D), Shop Floor NT4/Citrix Remediation (Manufacturing), and STATISTICA (QC/R&D), LIMS Business Continuity (QC/R&D).
• Managed on-shore and off-shore technology teams – Oracle, MS SQL Server, HPUX, Windows, SAP, VMware.

Feb 2002 - Feb 2005

Infrastructure Architect & Technical Project Manager

Johnson & Johnson NCS - Philadelphia, PA - Consultant

• Responsible for providing key clients with Microsoft technology consulting and design and project management.
• Designed, built and deployed high-availability business systems for McNeil Consumer Healthcare projects including Statistica Data Mining (R&D), Core Dossier FDA Submission (Clinical), Chemical Weighing (Manufacturing), Nortel Symposium Call Center (Telecom), Capacity Planning (R&D) and Performance Data Management (HR).
• Facilitated the on-schedule launch of McNeil's new product, Flexeril 5, by managing an accelerated technology rollout including deployment of mobile computing and voicemail services to a 300+ user sales force and establishing a B2B VPN for secure email, file transfer and data access.
• Reduced infrastructure costs by implementing VMware virtual machine technologies to consolidate servers and perform physical-to-virtual migrations for legacy systems.
• Increased infrastructure and application availability by deploying leading system management and monitoring tools including HP Systems Insight Manager and Intellipool Network Monitor with integration to HP OpenView.
• Reduced time for authoring GxP validation documentation by developing reusable IQOQ templates and automated testing scripts.
• Technologies utilized included Microsoft Windows Server 2000, VMware, SAP, Nortel VPN, Citrix MetaFrame XPa & NFuse, Lotus Domino, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Access, enList LDAP Reporting Server, ATG Dynamo, BEA WebLogic, VMS DCL script, VBscript.

Sep 2001 - Nov 2001

Technical Project Manager

GivingCapital - Philadelphia, PA - Consultant

• Managed the design, build-out and migration of a mission-critical UNIX and Oracle-based financial assets management platform. Responsible for managing software engineers, project schedules, network and infrastructure design, internet security and disaster recovery.
• Successfully deployed a geographically-distributed high-availability application platform comprised of Solaris, Oracle with Advanced Replication, AOLwebserver, Tcl, Apache Proxy Server, CVS, SunGard, SUN Enterprise Servers, Nokia Check Point Firewalls, Alteon Load Balancers, Cisco Catalyst Switches, NetScreen VPN’s and an EMC Storage Array.

Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

Software Program Manager

BT Conferencing (formerly V-SPAN), King of Prussia, PA - Employee

• Responsible for managing cross-functional software engineering teams, project budgets, schedules, functional specifications, RFP’s, vendor relationships, senior management communications and issue resolution.
• Directed the analysis, purchase and integration of CRM, Billing and Network Monitoring solutions.
• Managed integration/planning of the TeleKnowledge Total-e billing system and Micromuse Network Monitoring system into V-SPAN’s business central Oracle database and Internet Broadband Application Platform.
• Provided Windows 2000 network infrastructure design for V-SPAN’s self-service videoconferencing product. Technologies utilized: Oracle, SUN/Solaris, IIS, ASP, COM+, C++, Visual Basic, VBscript, HTML, JavaScript, XML, IPsec and Erwin.

Jan 2000 - Jul 2000

Technical Project Manager

US Interactive - King of Prussia, PA - Employee

• Promoted to managing large teams of geographically-distributed software architects, engineers, database administrators and creative staff to design, develop, test and deliver interactive web sites on time and on budget.
• Grew major client accounts by critically analyzing business requirements, presenting compelling solution proposals and exceeding commitments.
• Provided focused client consulting and technical team leadership to complete YouthNOISE.com, a Vignette portal for Save the Children©.
• Managed the design and development of eHealthcareWorld.com, a content and feature-rich web portal that provides the Healthcare industry with relevant information and interactive tools.
• Managed strategic partner relationships with vendors including Digex, Exodus, IBM, Vignette and Intel.

Feb 1997 - Jan 2000

Web Developer & Windows Engineer

US Interactive - King of Prussia, PA - Employee
at McNeil Consumer Healthcare (J&J)

• Provided web technology solutions for critical new business initiatives. Responsible for designing, building, testing and managing company internet, intranet and extranet sites.
• Designed and developed the Benecol Sales Extranet, Johnson and Johnson’s first extranet and IMAGE innovation award winner.
• Saved $3 million+ in hardware and support costs by deploying extranet technologies versus company-owned laptops to 700+ external salespeople.
• Developed several successful internet marketing campaigns including the 1997 World Series Website sponsored by MotrinIB and the Tylenol Fight Illiteracy Promotion with the Dallas Cowboys.
• Content management and development for Tylenol.com, MotrinIB.com, PepcidAC.com and Lactaid.com.
• Provided system administration for a large farm of HP ProLiant / Microsoft IIS Web Servers.
• Deployed security tools to protect web, application and email servers running Windows and Solaris.
• Charter member of the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Content Management workgroup.

Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

Software Architect

I.D.I.S. - Philadelphia, PA - Co-Founder

• International Digital Imaging Solutions (now primeSolve, a subsidiary of foodconnex worldwide) provides web-based collaboration technologies to the food industry. Lead a distributed programming team to develop new image compression, transmission and archiving software. Successfully managed a pilot software program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The U.S.D.A. is now a major software licensee, using the software nationwide to provide fresh produce inspection and certification services.

The Art Institute, Fort Lauderdale

Audio and Video Production

Audio recording, live sound reproduction, audio for video, broadcast production, video editing, motion graphics

Certifications

PMI Project Management Professional 2007, Certified Scrum Master 2015, ITIL v3 Practitioner 2008, Microsoft Certified Professional since 1997, GxP Awareness, 21 CFR Part 11, Information Asset Protection

PMP Training and Academic Experience

Speaking Engagements

• International Association of Business Communicators @ PECO: Corporate Multimedia Applications (Philadelphia, PA)
• Cutting Edge Music Business Conference: Multimedia Digital Technology and the Future of the Music Business (New Orleans, LA)

Enrichment Training

• INDIE FILM ACTING INTENSIVE, Christopher Kadish, The Philadelphia Acting Studio (TPAS)
• FILM ACTING SCENE STUDY, Brian Anthony Wilson, TPAS
• FOUNDATION OF ACTING, Frank Licato, TPAS
• IMPROV COMEDY, Jill Whelan, TPAS
• SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP, Nanci Gaglio, Philadelphia Sound Stages (PSS)
• CRAFT OF SCREENWRITING, Marc Lapadula, PSS
• THE PRIMITIVE VOICE, Jean-Rene Toussaint, Pig Iron Theatre Company
• SOLO PERFORMANCE, Anthony Lawton, The Wilma Theater