William Freda

William Freda has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. William is currently working as a Front End Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) since June 2021. Before that, they served as a Senior Desktop Engineer at Wickr starting from November 2020.

Prior to their role at Wickr, William worked at BNY Mellon for a significant period. William held the position of Vice President / Senior Information Risk Officer from August 2018 to January 2020. In this role, they ensured the completion of application assessments, code scans, and internal/external audits within specified timelines. William also collaborated closely with Application Managers and Developers to implement necessary remediations. William also worked on the implementation of processes, controls, and tools in the Identity Access Management area to monitor and regulate elevated access to production servers.

From February 2013 to August 2018, William served as Vice President / Principal Architect at BNY Mellon. During this time, they designed and implemented a replacement middleware transport software layer, facilitating communication between Unix servers and legacy VAX/VMS servers. The software successfully eliminated dependencies on outdated hardware and software, and it was subsequently extended to Java and Windows platforms.

Before joining BNY Mellon, William worked at BNY Mellon | Pershing from January 2000 to February 2013. William held the position of Vice President / Senior Manager and managed a team spread across different time zones. Their team was responsible for investigating production incidents, identifying gaps in monitoring and alerting, and suggesting and implementing necessary changes.

Overall, William Freda's work experience highlights their expertise in engineering, information risk management, team management, and software architecture.

William Freda's education history includes attending DeVry University, although the specific dates of enrollment and degree obtained are not provided. In addition to their university education, they have also obtained several certifications from LinkedIn. These certifications include "Learning Docker" obtained in June 2020, "DevOps Foundations" obtained in May 2020, "Processing Text with Python Essential Training" obtained in May 2020, "Ethical Hacking: Cryptography" obtained in April 2020, "Ethical Hacking: Enumeration" obtained in April 2020, and "Learning Python" obtained in April 2020.