Authsignal - Consumer Identity and Authentication. Powering the world's lead consumer authentication experiences.

I specialize in growing technology businesses from the ground up, scaling them from early-stage ventures to established revenue positive businesses. With over 18 years of experience in the venture and technology space, I have built and led high-performing sales teams, developed strategic partnerships, and driven expansion into new markets.

Throughout my career, I have worked with startups at pivotal moments—whether launching new products, refining go-to-market strategies, or expanding operations internationally. I have successfully opened offices and established market presence for high-growth companies across North America and APAC, navigating the complexities of new regions while building strong teams and customer relationships.

I thrive in fast-moving environments, helping companies break through growth challenges and accelerate success. If you're looking for insight on scaling sales, entering new markets, or strengthening partnerships, feel free to connect.

Paul B.

Citizens

Responsible for the seamless & friction-less integration of acquired entities through the IAM acquisition pipeline.  Striking the right balance between transformation and business continuity is critical in order to accelerate onboarding in a controlled, disciplined and repeatable paradigm while improving the overall security posture.

Director, Head of IAM M&A Services

Investors Bank

IT Governance role managing Identity and Access Management, Data Classification disciplines. Direct Risk Management and Information Security professionals. Audit & Regulatory liaison for Information Security.

 - Built IAM and Data Classification Programs to obtain CMMI / FFIEC level adoption (Managed / Advanced). Orchestrated 3 year roadmaps to achieve desired state.

 - Evaluated IAM technologies (IGA, PAM, SSO/MFA, Password Reset) and leveraged integration partner to implement cloud platform and managed service as part of 3 year roadmap adoption.

- Implemented IDaaS (Saviynt IGA platform) to manage the digital identity lifecycle (request & approval, provisioning, certification, and role analytics) for ~ 200 applications and ~ 2500 users and over 300,000 entitlements.

 - Implemented Azure SSO platform for user authentication and authorization to support on-prem, cloud and mobile platforms via MyApps portal.

- Implemented DAG program leveraging Sphere Board and Varonis to facilitate data access certifications. 

- Built cloud monitoring program (Azure, M365, AWS) and dashboards to detect and respond to anomalous behavior leveraging CASB solution. 

-  Negotiated strategic alliances with integration partners while reducing resource FTE costs and TCO leveraging a managed service model.

 - Liaison with internal audit, bank examiners and regulators for Information Security.

VP, Head of Identity & Access Management

RTTS

QA / Test Manager – Saks 5th Avenue (consultant)

Manage the testing and gating processes for the launch of new Saks stores in Canada. Responsible for test strategy, planning and orchestrating end to end testing and validation of point of sale (POS) applications and downstream systems integration.

•	Manage staff of four QA testers performing manual and automated systems integration, end to end and regression testing activities.

•	Facilitate daily test status review meetings with project stakeholders, triage and escalate issues.

•	Maintain testing repository (ALM) for test progress and defect management purposes.

•	Produce daily dashboards and KPI’s measuring test effectiveness and resource management.

Quality Management Consultant

Brown Brothers Harriman

Directed team of 50 global technology professionals in IT Governance, QA / testing and SDLC disciplines. Chair of technology review boards, Responsible for Management and remediation of internal/external audit findings.  Coordinated with bank examiners for acceptable compliance monitoring of systems processes and technology within the IT infrastructure.

	Integral player of ITIL adoption by defining and implementing a change advisory board (CAB) to assess change readiness and reduce risk exposure.  As a result, post implementation outages decreased for changes tracked by 25%.

	Managed a team to define, institutionalize, and engrain QA / SDLC best practices and controls across Systems staff and augment change management practices and tools for gating purposes. As a result, process maturity has realized CMMI benchmark of 2.5 across development teams.

	Established QA / SDLC Program Charter identifying common controls required for every project, regardless of size, scope or complexity, including Security, Privacy and Business Continuity awareness. 

	Implemented process and procedures to identify, classify, rank, and disclosure of PII data throughout testing landscape. Met with application owners, LOB data stewards to identify masking routines and implement a “fit for use” APM model.

	Project Manager for RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) program, partnered with Internal Audit to manage risk assessment procedures for wide range of IT portfolios leveraging COBIT framework.

	Evaluated, selected, and implemented best of breed data management and software configuration management technologies to provide data privacy protection and secure code mitigation through path to production.

	Coordinated business continuity planning (BCP) testing readiness, infrastructure wellness events and data center migration certification.

	Implemented global TCoE program and matured testing discipline across application landscape.

SVP, Head of Quality Management

PVH Corp.

Developed quality assurance best practices and phase life cycle gating programs. Conducted application audits and assessment reviews for product readiness, trained new staff members on quality control testing and protocols. As a result, additional rigor and discipline was mandated and successful internal / external audits achieved.

Responsible for developing change management procedures for in-house and vendor applications. Conducted tool evaluations and directed the implementation of technology leveraged for version control and test management programs across mid-range platforms

QA Manager

Kmart Corporation

Managed the Quality Assurance department that was responsible for testing and certification of retail point of sale systems, distribution center logistics systems and accounting systems across mainframe and distributed platforms. Individual contributor as manual tester prior to management role.

Managed the Information Center (End User Computing) department responsible for deploying latest desktop technologies across Mac and Intel based desktops.

Quality Assurance Manager

Performed various roles of increasing responsibility including computer operator, scheduling, and application programming on large mainframe and mid range platforms.

Dev/Ops / Programmer

VP Risk Management - Director, Head of IAM M&A Services

Results focused technology manager with quantifiable contributions in financial services and banking. Strategic and tactical leader who has implemented tangible, measurable programs delivering Identity Access Management, Data Governance, Application Privilege Management, Audit and Regulatory Compliance, Quality Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, and Change Management process improvements while reducing costs and mitigating risk. 

Specialties: Identity & Access Management, IT Governance, Release & Change Management, Project Management, Quality Assurance & Testing, Process Maturity, SDLC, Data Management, Talent Development

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