George T. Mathews

1318 Plantation Drive

Bethel Park, Pennsylvania15102

H (412) 851-1107

C (412) 552-9696

SUMMARY

A driven and dedicated information technology professional with broad experience in various industries. Builds and delivers quality IT and business continuity training. Coordinates diverse teams to align goals and achieve key company objectives. Develops new processes to improve accuracy while boosting efficiency. Champions company initiatives and delivers top results as a dependable contributor with a solid commitment to success.

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  • Recovery Planning
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Project Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Computer Operations
  • Policy Development
  • Facilities Design/Preparation
  • Audit Coordination
  • Infrastructure Planning
  • Computer Security
  • Mergers/Acquisitions
  • Training
  • Hardware/Software
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Risk Management

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EDUCATION / TRAINING EXPERIENCE

University of Pittsburgh (Katz Graduate School of Business), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Guest Lecturer

Duquesne University (John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Guest Lecturer

LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Adjunct Faculty (Part-time)

Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Adjunct Faculty (Part-time)

  • Taught credit courses in Systems Analysis & Design, Intro to Computers, Intro to Windows, and COBOL.
  • Guest speaker at various conferences and professional groups, including the Center for National Preparedness at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Regional Business Coalition for Homeland Security.
  • Built and delivered training in distributed systems software (DCE) and S/390 architecture (TSO/ISPF, JCL, MVS Utilities).
  • Designed and presented enterprise-wide awareness programs in information security and business continuity.
  • Designed and taught 'Auditing in the ACF2 Environment' (4-day commercial security seminar).

EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - B.S., Accounting, Business Information Systems

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Business Continuity Planner

ITIL Foundations Certificate

AFFILIATIONS

Three Rivers Contingency Planning Association, Chairperson, Advisory Board Member

Information Systems Security Association, Pittsburgh Chapter, President, Treasurer, Secretary, Program Chair

Pittsburgh LargeUser Group, President, Vice President, Program Chair, Information Security Group Chair

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education Management Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Security (Business Continuity) Architect, 2009-Present

  • Increasedmaturityof Business Continuity Planning program, building processes that scale across the enterprise.
  • Automatedthe data gathering processes for Business Continuity Planning, shortening development times by 22%.
  • Led enterprise-wide planning efforts for the G-20 Summit, held in Pittsburgh in September 2009, minimizing disruptions and building organizational resilience.
  • Partnered with public sector officials to establish a pre-event credentialing program, facilitating access for critical business employees to restricted areas following a disaster or serious emergency.
  • Directed IT recovery exercise activities, including planning, execution, documentation, and plans for improvement.
  • Served as departmental coordinator for ITIL implementation, with particular focus on availability management and incident / problem management.
  • Evaluated design and infrastructure options for enterprise-wide data center, bringingsolutionsthatprovide increased resiliency and functionality at optimum cost.

Equitable Resources (now EQT Corporation), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Recovery Planning, IT Governance Manager, 2002-2008

  • Served as division coordinator for Sarbanes-Oxley program, including control documentation, testing, and remediation – resulting in no significant control deficiencies for four years.
  • Developed an ITIL-based change management process and served as Change Manager for division.
  • Created corporate policies governing acquisition and use of IT resources, reducing hardware and support costs.
  • Spearheaded effort to strengthen network infrastructure, building redundancies into internal network and redeploying external telecommunications resources to provide maximum protection.
  • Coordinated multi-disciplinary emergency management function, bringing leadership and coordination to many disparate efforts.
  • Developed strategies and solutions for full range of recovery solutions, including high availability, hotsite, e-mail recovery, and internal business-recovery facilities.
  • Assisted project manager with application portfolio-management project, focusing on application-to-business-process relationship, and leveraging the results for subsequent use in an enterprise-wide business impact analysis.
  • Consulted with application development teams to ensure that backup/recovery/storage strategies were consistent with business requirements and organizational risk and potential impact.

Federated Investors, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Senior Manager, Business Continuity Planning, 2000-2002

  • Designed, built, tested, and maintained dedicated business recovery facility, providing timely support for mission-critical business processes.
  • Served as a key member of infrastructure design team, building redundancy in storage and processor solutions-based on risk and impact analysis for business processes and applications.
  • Designed and conducted enterprise-wide business impact analysis, acting as liaison between business units and IT management in developing cost-effective and appropriate solutions.
  • Led organizational recovery efforts from several disruptive events, ranging from small-scale floods and fires to network interruptions to the events of September 11, 2001.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

St. Francis Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Director, Information Security and Recovery Services, 1999-2000. Revitalized enterprise-wide business continuity plan, reworking outdated recovery services contract, improving testing plans and scenarios, and increasing user participation in recovery activities. Identified process improvements for administration of access controls, eliminating redundancy and reducing backlogs. Served as information security and privacy officer, conducting organizational risk analysis, developing strategies, and implementing solutions to comply with regulations (HIPAA) and industry guidelines.

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Information Security Officer, 1997-1999. Simplified administration of computer security for mainframe, local area network, and mid-range systems, improving productivity of over 50,000 system users. Formed and led inter-disciplinary group to act as incident response team, protecting integrity of university network with rapid response capability for Internet incidents. Designed and implemented enterprise-wide security infrastructure, with special emphasis on Web-based application security. Designed and presented organization-wide data security and business continuity training and awareness programs, increasing general understanding and reducing business risk.

IBM (Transarc Lab), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Technical Representative, 1996-1997. Developed and delivered training in distributed systems software to customers. Provided assistance to consulting staff. Wrote instructor notes for DCE system administration course. Mentored less-experienced employees.

Integra Bank (now PNC Bank), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Data Security Manager, 1989-1996. Directed and coordinated enterprise-wide information security and business continuity planning activities. Formulated and managed capital and operating budgets for corporate information security and business continuity functions. Managed efforts of staff on continuing projects, work assignments, and general education and training. Assisted systems and technical personnel in the evaluation, installation, and use of computer based security systems. Negotiated lease and purchase agreements with hardware and software vendors, saving Integra $1,500,000 in less than two years. Updated disaster-recovery services contract, saving $100,000 over five years.

Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Manager of Computer Security, 1988-1989. Designed and conducted computer security reviews of client data-processing installations. Prepared professional services proposals, delivered management presentations, and conducted consulting engagements in the areas of computer security and business continuity planning. Designed and taught Auditing in the ACF2 Environment.

Consolidation Coal (now Consol Energy), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Data Security Analyst, Programming Analyst, Computer Operations Coordinator, Special Projects Accountant, Data-Processing Coordinator, Accounts Payable Clerk, 1977-1988.