Yury Furman

Vice President IT - Engineering and Security at Warner Pacific

Yury Furman has a diverse work experience spanning over 25 years. Yury most recently served as the Vice President of IT - Engineering and Security at Warner Pacific Insurance Services. Prior to that, they held the position of Vice President of Information Security at JH Capital Group, where they developed a risk-based security roadmap and implemented a Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) process.

Yury also worked at Amgen as a Senior Manager of the Network Operations Center (NOC). In this role, they managed global network operations and achieved significant cost savings through vendor negotiations and the implementation of open-source solutions. Yury also served as the Director of Information Technology at DestinationRX, leading the company's network, datacenter, and security functions.

Earlier in their career, Yury held the positions of Director of Information Technology at Nonfat Media / Breakdown Services, Senior Information Technology Manager at Caesarstone, and Information Technology Manager at DR Horton. Their responsibilities included infrastructure management, security, and staff training.

Yury started their career as a Network Engineer at The California Endowment, where they provided technical leadership and managed relationships with technical vendors. Yury also worked as a Senior Telecom Technician at Verizon and as a Network Engineer at KB Home.

Throughout their career, Yury has demonstrated expertise in areas such as network operations, security, vendor management, infrastructure architecture, and project management.

Yury Furman's education history includes earning an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School from 2005 to 2010. Prior to that, they received a BA in Political Science from California State University, Northridge, spanning from 1990 to 1995.

In addition to their academic degrees, Yury Furman has obtained certifications such as the CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional from (ISC)² in February 2016. Yury also holds the certification of a Certified Scrum Master from scrumalliance.org, although the exact month and year of obtaining this certification are not specified.

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  • Vice President IT - Engineering and Security

    December, 2018 - present