Geraldine Powderly CISSP

Geraldine Powderly CISSP has extensive experience in the field of information security. Geraldine is currently serving as the VP of Information Security at SkySpecs since June 2022. Prior to that, they held the position of Chief Information Security Officer at Channel Mechanics from December 2020 to June 2022. In this role, they were responsible for leading and managing the development of a formal information security management program. Geraldine was also involved in risk management, security operations, application security, physical security, and identity access management.

Before their role at Channel Mechanics, Geraldine served as the Director of Global Security Operations at Synchronoss Technologies from December 2012 to December 2020. Geraldine led multiple geographically located security operations teams consisting of 20 employees.

Their previous work experience includes roles such as Quality Assurance Manager at Avaya from October 2010 to December 2012, Senior Software Quality Engineer at Boston Scientific from March 2009 to October 2010, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Nortel Networks from January 2008 to February 2009, Senior Validation Engineer at Boston Scientific from December 2006 to December 2007, and Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Ericsson from July 1998 to October 2006.

Throughout their career, Geraldine has showcased their leadership skills and ability to motivate cross-functional teams. Geraldine has experience in cyber security across various domains and is skilled in contract and vendor negotiations and management. Additionally, they have expertise in agile software development, DevSecOps, shift left security, and data protection matters related to cloud computing, AWS, and Azure. Geraldine is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Geraldine Powderly CISSP holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronic from the University of Greenwich. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation from (ISC)² in June 2021. Geraldine also holds a certification in ITIL IT Service Management from ACQUIROS, Inc., which they obtained in October 2015. Additionally, Geraldine holds a certification in ISTQB Software Testing, but the specific institution and date of obtaining this certification are not provided.