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Penny
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🔍🛠️ CISO preparing for the AI Singularity | Trust Architect for Boards & Builders

I work with boards, executives, investors across private & public sectors to de-risk innovation, strengthen cyber resilience & execute complex transformation, with discretion, precision & impact.

20+ years across Emerging Tech, CyberSecurity, AI, PAYMENTS, TELCO ICT/TMT, Data, GRC by 1st principles. I operate where trust meets execution, brought in when reputations, mandates & millions are on the line, delivering recovery & results.

⚒️Fluent in Web2 & Web3, I translate across corporate & protocol native ecosystems. I speak enterprise, but I think systemically, and I know where the traps are.

🎯 Turnaround Delivery | Strategic Execution Wins50+ projects brought back from the brink, stabilised, realigned & delivered. I help exec sponsors win through first principles & divergent thinking, threat modeling, 🚩CTF-level strategy & hands-on execution when needed.

💼 CISO | Scaling Secure InnovationI help leadership teams align security investments with enterprise value, deliver GRC maturity uplift, ISMS frameworks & 3rd party risk governance - foundations for trust, scale & sustainable growth. I’ve also redesigned security channel partner programs, aligning incentives, compliance & delivery.

🔐 Fraud, Identity & Endpoint SecurityOrigins as product mgr specialty in identity, verification, access control & endpoint security. I’ve architect complex solutions, commercialised & delivered high-volume fraud risk management systems that balance prediction, UX & operational integrity, at scale.

🤖 AI Transformation | Capability UpliftAI isn’t just tech- it’s a cultural shift. I lead adoption that’s ethical, measurable & human-aligned. I also upskill hybrid & outsourced teams to meet the moment, so AI doesn’t break what you’ve built.

📈 Board-Level Outcomes Delivered1. Revenue Assurance: Find leakage, unlock growth2. Cost Efficiency: Cut waste, not capability, automate3. Customer Experience: Systems that serve, not stall4. Compliance: Meet jurisdictions obligations e.g., ISO27001, GDPR, ISO20022, CPS234

🌐 Global Network | Relationship DrivenActivating trusted global networks across tech, capital & policy- fast, secure & outcome focused.

🌍🕊️ Personal Lifetime MissionTo move humans up the value chain, eventually for agedcare & health via systems that preserve dignity & deliver trust at scale.

🤝 Reach out if you need a strategic operator who sees the whole board, leverages the whole field & delivers outcomes that count - across tech, talent & timezones.

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