Snapshot of my career...

1. Synopsis
Girish H A Email: hagirish@gmail.com
LinkedIn: in.linkedin.com/in/GirishHA Phone: +91-98457 07334
Summary:
Information Technology and Security professional with over 17 years of experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500
corporations. Techno-Commercial professional with proven ability to oversee transitions, technology operations, plan and
lead enterprise-level development and deployment initiatives. Persuasive verbal and written communication skills
compliment a proven ability to multi-task, maintain an organized approach, and ensure success - even when faced with high-
pressure or high-risk situations.
Competencies:
 Managing multi-million dollar Identity and Access
Management programs
 Executing multi-million dollar Identity and Access
Management programs
 Team Building and Talent Acquisition
 Stakeholder Management
 Bridge between Business and IT
 Technology:
Identity &
Access
Management
IBM: TIM, TAMeB, TAM-eSSO, TAMOS
Oracle: OIM, OAM
Microsoft: ILM 2007, FIM 2010 and R2
CyberArk: PIM suite
Directory IBM TDS, MS AD, Oracle OID
Apps and DB IBM WAS, MS IIS, IBM DB2, MS-SQL
Governance,
Risk &
Compliance
Archer and CyberArk
Regulatory
Compliance
SOX, ISO270001 and BS7799
Security Tools
ArcSight, Fortify, ESM, ITA, UPM, URM,
SafeGuard and Detect-IT
Quality Six Sigma (Yellow Belt) and LEAN
Operating
System
Windows, Unix, AS400 and Tandem
Key Achievements:
 Managed Privileged Access CIGLS (Compliance
Initiative at Group Level Significance) worth £150m
for a leading financial institution.
 Executed IT Security Strategic program leading to a
savings of £80m for a leading insurance company.
 Managed consolidation/transition security
operations and user administration program from
12 geographies leading to a savings of £70m.
 Managed and executed Security Authentication as
a utility program deriving benefits worth £100m.
 Executed assessment of over 700+ applications for
onboarding to an Identity and Access Management
solution deriving benefits worth $68m for a leading
financial institution.
 Executed development of PowerShell based scripts
to generate security posture across 4000+
infrastructure servers to derive efficiency worth
$50m for a leading financial institution.
 Played key role in managing audit remediation
programs to ensure audit satisfactory.
 Managed a team size of over 200, spread across
India, UK and Singapore
 Played key role in Transformation, Workforce
Management and In-Sourcing for a leading
Financial Institution
 Contributed in setting up Identity and Access
Management practice from 1 to 27
Professional History:
 Gavin Technologies: 2012 - Till Date
o Director - Technology and Security
Management
 Barclays Technology Center India: 2010 - 2012
o IT Infrastructure Manager (Global Head of
Authentication Services and India
Executive for Middleware Technologies)
 Gavin Technologies: 2009 - 2010
o VP - Technology and Security Management
 Wipro Technologies: 2007 - 2009
o Engagement Manager
 From Nov 1997 till May 2007 (Reverse
Chronological Order):
o VP – IAM Practice – Indusface
Consulting
o GM – Security Business Unit – Ilantus
Technologies
o Manager – IT Security – IT-365 (Standard
Chartered Bank)
o Security Consultant – Global Software
o Technical Support Executive – IBM Global
Services
Education and Certifications:
 Bachelors of Commerce: Bangalore University
2000
 Diploma in Electronics and
Telecommunications: Karnataka Technical
Education Board 1997
 Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli
Access Manager for eBusiness v6.0 by IBM
 ITIL Foundation Certified Professional by HP
Quantum
 BS7799 Lead Auditor by BSI India