Chris Merkel

Greater Milwaukee Area United States

Senior, industry-recognized information security leader

Proven track record of building and sustaining data-centric information security programs within a global, distributed enterprise. Specialties: Business Enablement: Strategic planning, business case development and program management Program Development: IT Governance, team building, recruiting, culture development and performance management, reporting, metrics and KPIs, program capability and gap assessment Governance, Risk and Compliance: Development of comprehensive policies, standards and processes. Risk Assessment gap Analysis (NIST, ISO 17799/27002, COBIT, SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA HITECH, GDPR), e-discovery, law enforcement engagement Program Management: Program Management: SOC Ope...