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David J Bohannan

Dedicated cyber-security professional with over 20 years of experience in leading worldwide matrixed and local teams that protect complex enterprise systems from security threats. A proven leader; knowledgeable and empathetic to the needs of profitability, business continuity, regulatory compliance and data protection.

Professional Experience:

November 2022Current

Senior Managing Consultant

Point B

Led the formation of a Cybersecurity Project Management Office for a fortune 500 client overseeing 71 initiatives and a $70 million budget.

April 2020November 2022

Delivery Project Executive – IBM Security

International Business Machines

Owner and single point of contact for a $6.6M contract to the CISO of a Fortune 500 company.

Responsible for the function, regulatory oversight (GDPR, LGPD), solutioning, governance, budget, billing, staffing, maturity and profitability of a QRadar SIEM Program for IBM’s largest external client.

Increased total contract value $500K  year over year 2020 - 2021 indicating both high satisfaction and solid client retention. 

Signed $1.1M in expansion contracts in 3 months- representing 180 degree turnaround of former high risk account.

Manage team of 70+ matrixed professionals for 36 unique business areas across the globe.

October 2014March 2020

Security Services Manager - IBM Security

International Business Machines

$500k in a single quarter saved in CIO capital costs through innovative strategies.

Account manager (billing, policy influence and agreement, internal service management and maintenance) for the “Cyber Security – Secure Network Infrastructure – Intrusion Prevention” service

Managed internal matrixed global deployment of Intrusion Prevention devices- duties to include forecasting, asset management, hardware selection, and coordination of installation / change / end of life replacement.

March 2014September 2014

North America’s Service Line Owner IBM - Security

International Business Machines

Authored IT Security policy within IBM for IBM and its customers as related to System Currency and Infrastructure Protection- focus on endpoint security and vulnerability scanning.

Built and maintained a portfolio of security services offered to IBM Global Strategic Outsourcing customers as well as Business Continuity Recovery Services customers.

February 2011March 2014

Endpoint Security Transition / Transformation Architect - IBM Security

International Business Machines

End to end transformation of endpoint security solutions from customer managed to IBM Endpoint Security Team management. Project forecasting, managing, and tracking to budget.

July 2009February 2011

Information Security Advisor - IBM Security

International Business Machines

Provided IBM commercial customers security advisory, crisis management leadership and executive advisory which resulted in minimized losses during major worldwide security incidents affecting multiple platforms. Business operations continued with minor affects and no data loss.

October 2006July 2009

People Manager / Delivery Project Executive - IBM Security

International Business Machines

Endpoint Security Team / Vulnerability Scanning Team contract owner - $6M yearly internal cost recovery contract value.

Delivery and HR Manager for 30+ direct reports. Responsible for all aspects of delivery for both services.

Endpoint Security Services management for 50+ unique IBM commercial customers.

February 2001October 2006

Endpoint Security Services Management / Worldwide Crisis Manager - IBM Security

International Business Machines

Crisis manager for worldwide internal and commercial cyber security incidents.

Developed process and procedure for worldwide malware incident handling. Co-authored the IBM company’s original worldwide malware crisis management plan.

Advisor to the IBM CIO’s office for all intelligence as related to Cyber Security support.

Evaluated, developed, and rolled out best of breed solutions for the first managed endpoint security customers of the industry’s largest managed security services provider.