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Senior Vice President, Information Protection and IT Security @ Marriott International As Marriott’s Chief Information Security Officer, I set the strategy, establish and maintain Marriott’s enterprise-wide, global security and privacy program for the purpose of protecting client information and technical assets spanning 4,300 properties, 81 countries. I advocate and inform Marriott’s Board and leaders on evolving risks...

Senior Vice President, Information Protection and IT Security @ Marriott International As Marriott’s Chief Information Security Officer, I set the strategy, establish and maintain Marriott’s enterprise-wide, global security and privacy program for the purpose of protecting client information and technical assets spanning 4,300 properties, 81 countries. I advocate and inform Marriott’s Board and leaders on evolving risks and mitigation strategies and work to balance business risk and cost. I built/maintain a strong Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance program and developed Marriott’s tokenization program, the first in the industry, which secures billions of dollars in revenue annually. I work to protected Marriott’s consumer information and loyalty program by enhancing authentication for the Rewards platform, another lodging first. Located near Washington DC, I possesses a strong network of government and industry contacts to protect against emerging threats. I build systems and processes to ensure MI complies with regulations and standards such as SOX/SSAE16, HIPPA, ISO2700x, NIST, and GLBA. I direct incident response, including global counter measures, by harnessing technical, business and government resources. I govern 750+ 3rd party service providers. I enjoy a highly collaborative working environment and have built a team of highly skilled subject matter specialists who annually exceed industry best practices ratings on the annual Associate Opinion Survey including 100% teamwork satisfaction scores. From July 2013 to June 2016 (3 years) Senior Director, Enterprise Security and Technology Planning @ Marriott International Accountable for devising and executing strategies and systems to protect Marriott’s information.. Manageed a cross-functional team of associates in enterprise-wide planning, design, and implementation for security roadmap. creative leadership including the application of two patents for innovations in addressing network and data security challenges. Marriott has been honored by Computerworld and InformationWeek for its security-related efforts and applications. Responsible for leading Marriott’s global efforts to achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) requirements. She also leads Marriott’s Information Resources Shared Services (IRSS) Security Project Management Office and oversees in excess of 80 projects annually. From 2000 to 2003 (3 years) Gaithersburg, MarylandSenior Director, Technology Planning and Systems Engineering @ Marriott International Lead Marriott's Infrastructure Account Management and Field Solutions team, which acted as a liaison between Marriott’s technology organization and Marriott’s hotels, above-property locations and Reservations Centers globally. Until recently, Ms. Memenza co-chaired Marriott’s Technology Steering Committee, which drove technology decision-making and product selections that helped shape and enable Marriott’s business. She also managed Marriott’s Enterprise Architecture group, responsible for overseeing the infrastructure architecture and planning. Led open systems and network engineering teams that built Marriott’s extranet infrastructure and single sign-on environments. Accountable for Marriott’s technical architecture function, and led the enterprise-wide planning, design, and implementation efforts for Marriott’s global architecture. From April 1999 to October 2000 (1 year 7 months) VP, Cyber Security @ Fannie Mae Vice President, Information Security @ Hilton Worldwide From June 2016 to March 2020 (3 years 10 months) Mclean, VirginiaVP, Enterprise Security @ Marriott International Responsible for establishing and managing Marriott’s global security, privacy, risk management and engineering programs. Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer including all the responsibilities noted above. Directed 250+ person team, leading the technology strategy for all open systems including 12k servers, 100k+ end user devices, storage, databases, middleware and reporting.• Increased asset utilization, availability and recovery speed through server virtualization which consolidated applications as much as 20 to 1 and reduced server costs by 50% through commodity hardware.• Held budgets flat for 12 years while driving 80% server/storage virtualization.• Championed IT service management transformation (based on ITIL framework), to drive organizational efficiencies. Transformed budget processes and drove financial transparency by linking customer, service and project cost to consumption. From 2003 to 2008 (5 years)