Louie Dickens

Louie Dickens has extensive experience in information security and operations management. Louie began their career in 2000 with the US Navy, where they held various roles such as Technician, Network Engineer, Manager of Operations, and Director of Operations. During their time in the Navy, Louie was responsible for maintaining equipment, managing a Windows Active Directory environment, monitoring network operations, and ensuring compliance documentation.

In 2020, Louie joined Crane Currency as an Information Security Analyst, where they utilized Python to review data streams and address security issues across multiple global sites. Louie also ensured SOX compliance within the organization.

Louie then moved to Organogenesis in 2021 and served as an Information Security Analyst. In this role, they implemented risk mitigations for legacy devices and ensured compliance with security tool utilization. Louie also ensured full visibility across all corporate systems.

Louie's most recent role at Organogenesis was as the Director of Information Security. Louie drove the adoption of security stack tools and solutions, protected organizational information through data-loss prevention methodologies, and developed and maintained governance and security policies.

Overall, Louie Dickens has demonstrated a strong track record in information security, network operations, and compliance throughout their career.

Louie Dickens completed a Master's in Cybersecurity from the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management between 2020 and 2022. Prior to this, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity with a Minor in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Global Campus from 2016 to 2019. In terms of certifications, Louie received the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)² in June 2021. Additionally, they obtained the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certification from DRI International (Disaster Recovery Institute) in October 2019, the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification from EC-Council in August 2019, the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) certification from CompTIA in December 2019, the CompTIA Network+ ce certification from CompTIA in November 2016, and the CompTIA Security+ ce certification from CompTIA in December 2016.