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Christophe Bichaut

Christophe Bichaut

Dublin

Summary

Dynamic leader with extensive experience at JP Morgan Chase, specializing in cloud security management and risk assessment. Proven ability to enhance security postures by 20% through innovative automation solutions and effective project leadership within global teams. Proficient in Azure and AWS services, with a strong focus on fostering team growth and driving information security excellence. Career goals include further advancing cloud security strategies to mitigate risks in an evolving digital landscape.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

CLOUD TECHNICAL OPERATION RISK MANAGEMENT LEAD

JP Morgan Chase
Dublin
11.2022 - Current
  • Provide deep inspection of public cloud & SaaS platforms, delivering assessments
  • Advising on security gaps in firm strategic products
  • Independently assess technology risks, prepare clear & concise reports for internal teams and senior management
  • Partner and guide internal teams of compliance/governance deficiencies in the Firm's strategic Cloud products

VICE PRESIDENT SECURITY CLOUD PRODUCT MANAGER

Chase UK
07.2021 - 10.2022
  • Oversaw security and compliance programs, overseeing sprint planning and tracking progress for Chase UK's client-facing digital retail bank channels
  • Led container scanning (AquaSec), managed product backlogs, and delivered consistent Kubernetes operations across 1100+ clusters while focusing on security and compliance
  • Program managed remediation efforts, supported compliance assessments, and provided security solutions

DIRECTOR OF SECURITY/IAM OPERATIONS

Salesforce
Dublin
06.2018 - 06.2021
  • Managed a global security team of 28 people across multiple regions, enhancing the security posture of the organization
  • Developed security standards and policies for operations across 7,000 hosts/services, ensuring alignment with security frameworks
  • Quarterly reviewed, revised and signed off 70+ identity access management policies with the legal/GRC teams
  • Provided risk management practices to C-Level leaders across global regions
  • Increased velocity by 20%, automating manual repetitive tasks

DIRECTOR OF SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

03.2016 - 05.2018
  • Managed cross-functional relationships with stakeholders across security, compliance and development team
  • Led Agile sprint planning and facilitated project team meetings
  • Managed the buildout of 12 data centers
  • It included $6 million BOM provisioning, all systems building activities & installations

SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

09.2011 - 02.2016
  • Managed EMEA support operations with 180 support agents across outsourcer sites in Eastern Europe, India and the Philippines ensuring metrics/KPIs were met
  • Led a team of eleven technical subject matter experts
  • Analyzed trends, reviewed SOWs and forecasted growth across 550,000 global tickets/year

TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

VMware
Cork
05.2010 - 08.2011
  • Collaborated with VMware's field, sales/service organizations as well as key customers, reporting to executives on critical escalations and successfully resolving high-priority issues
  • Managed a technical support team of twenty multi-lingual engineers
  • Ensured team readiness (training, schedules, certifications) to handle 55,000 service requests per year managed by the Cork service center

TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIRECTOR

Systancia
Mulhouse
04.2009 - 04.2010
  • Closely partnered with the R&D team following iterative development technology to resolve clients/partners' issues in a timely manner
  • Project managed the Microsoft CRM 4.0 roll out and the telephony system upgrade to Cisco VOIP

TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

Citrix Systems
Dublin
05.2006 - 02.2009
  • Served as an escalation point and mentor for technical support teams, addressing high-level issues
  • Managed a complex IT $21 million roll-out Siebel CRM project improving business processes, enhancing support & operations
  • Provided support to 2,400 EMEA customers, effectively communicating with technical & non-technical end users, as well as channel partners with advanced support requirements
  • Revamped technical support function by transitioning frontline teams from a language-based structure to a more efficient 'subject matter expert' model

TECHNICAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

05.2003 - 04.2006

TECHNICAL SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

02.2001 - 04.2003

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AGENT

Gateway 2000
Dublin
10.1999 - 01.2001
  • Remotely resolved technical hardware/software Microsoft Windows B2C issues through diligent research & troubleshooting

ENGLISH TEACHER

French Air Force
Avord
10.1998 - 08.1999
  • My role involved teaching English to the trainee officers at the French Air Force during my mandatory military service

Education

MBA - Executive Masters of Business Administration

Dublin Business School
Ireland
01.2006

Diploma in International Commerce - Applied Marketing

Sligo Regional Technical College
Ireland
01.1998

Diploma in Management Accounting - Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations

Clermont Ferrand Regional Technical College
France
01.1997

Degree in English Literature - Deug d'Anglais

Tours University
France
01.1996

Skills

  • Risk Assessment
  • Information Security Management
  • Project Leadership
  • Cloud security management
  • Virtualization technologies
  • Azure services
  • AWS services

References

Available upon request

Languages

  • English, fluent written & oral
  • French, native speaker

Personal Information

Hobbies: Running: completed the Dublin marathon in 2016, Volunteering: 'dog walker' at Clean Coasts, Dublin SPCA & 'DIY' home/garden-improvement at Barretstown, Playing music: keyboard

Timeline

CLOUD TECHNICAL OPERATION RISK MANAGEMENT LEAD

JP Morgan Chase
11.2022 - Current

VICE PRESIDENT SECURITY CLOUD PRODUCT MANAGER

Chase UK
07.2021 - 10.2022

DIRECTOR OF SECURITY/IAM OPERATIONS

Salesforce
06.2018 - 06.2021

DIRECTOR OF SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

03.2016 - 05.2018

SENIOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

09.2011 - 02.2016

TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

VMware
05.2010 - 08.2011

TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIRECTOR

Systancia
04.2009 - 04.2010

TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER

Citrix Systems
05.2006 - 02.2009

TECHNICAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

05.2003 - 04.2006

TECHNICAL SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

02.2001 - 04.2003

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AGENT

Gateway 2000
10.1999 - 01.2001

ENGLISH TEACHER

French Air Force
10.1998 - 08.1999

MBA - Executive Masters of Business Administration

Dublin Business School

Diploma in International Commerce - Applied Marketing

Sligo Regional Technical College

Diploma in Management Accounting - Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations

Clermont Ferrand Regional Technical College

Degree in English Literature - Deug d'Anglais

Tours University
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