IBM

Vice President and IBM Distinguished Engineer, Chief Information Security Officer, IBM Hybrid Cloud

Heather is a well respected technical leader with a proven track record of innovation and thought leadership. She is able to match business requirements to technical solutions, articulating the business and technical risks and implications in a clear and concise manner. She has the ability to distill large problems into individual parts, clearly identifying issues and concerns, matching them with pragmatic and practical solutions. She brings teams to consensus through collaboration and passion for the business. As the CTO for the Security and Compliance Specialty Services Area in IBM GTS, Heather built a worldwide team of security and compliance architects and experts focused on client needs across Strategic Outsourcing, Managed Services and Cloud Security. Heather grew this team from 0 to 18 direct team members within 12 months and provided leadership to the worldwide community of security professionals. Specialties: Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Enterprise Architecture, Security Architecture & Integration, Evaluation & Integration of Technologies, including acquired technologies, legacy products/systems and emerging tech solutions, Open Source Software (Planning, Implementation, Implications), R&D Architect/Team Lead

Austin

Texas

Information Technology and Services