Robert Fox - Performance-driven CIO / CTO / CISO, Senior Program Manager and Information Security Evangelist

Bargteheide, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Present

1 year 4 months

Fridolfing, Germany

Interim Group CISO

Rosenberger Group

Rosenberger is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of impedance-controlled and optical connectivity solutions. Providing solutions in high-frequency, high-voltage, and fiber-optic technology for mobile communication networks, data centers, test & measurement applications, automotive electronics, as well as high-voltage contact systems, medical electronics, and aerospace engineering. Acting as Interim Group CISO responsible for building out a global Information Security Team, ISMS, strategy, and processes to deliver industry standards based on TiSAX, NIS2 & ISO27001.

Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

8 months

Hamburg, Germany

Interim Group CIO

amedes-Gruppe

The Amedes Group offers interdisciplinary and medical-diagnostic services for patients, resident doctors, and clinics at more than 90 locations in Germany, Belgium, Austria, and Dubai
Acting as Interim Group CIO
Assisting in a large T&T Process since recently being acquired
Establishing a growth strategy and bringing IT closer to business, with a focus on security and infrastructure
Deployed AI-based security technology
Vendor & Contract Management
Mission-critical Laboratory Information System (LIS)

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

9 months

Karlsruhe, Germany

Interim Manager Information Security

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

Information Security strategic role supporting a large change program (Cloud First Strategy) creating a new Trading platform
Advising executive management and supporting KRITIS / ISO 27001 activities including ISMS, pen-tests, asset inventories, data protection, vendor & 3rd party management, etc.
Focus on Organizational & Operational strategic targets related to Information Security & Regulatory compliance (GRC)

Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

7 months

Hamburg, Germany

Interim Head of Systems Design and Delivery

Vattenfall

Operational Management and Department Development for a team of over 30+ professionals in 3 countries (SE, NL, DE) - maintaining operational SLAs, Solution Designing and Operational Readiness
Management Consulting and Mentoring
Large scale change programs including large Security program
Shaping strategy and restructuring a highly critical department for future mode of operations (FMO) - furthering ITSM & ITIL maturity and efficiency

Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

6 months

Germany

Interim Group CISO

Nordex Group

Acting as Group level CISO, managing the implementation of an ISO 27001 certification and subsequent ISMS deployment world wide.
Building out the existing Security Organization and target operating model, raising awareness and establishing Cyber Security / InfoSec strategy for digitization, IoT & Industry 4.0 initiatives - supporting CIO & Executive Board.

Feb 2018 - Jul 2018

6 months

Essen, Germany

Interim Head of Cyber Security Architecture & Solutions

innogy SE

Facilitating the build out of a newly formed, international Cyber Security Architecture & Solutions focused team - integrated with Corporate IT & Group level security - to help establish a group wide Security Architecture and creating the baseline security controls and policies.

Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

1 year

Essen, Germany

Interim Service Delivery Manager

innogy SE

Energy sector
Large scale, global first generation Data Center outsourcing deal
Acting as Interim Service Delivery Manager executing the handover of a complex Transition / Transformation Program into BAU (Business as Usual) operations
Including ITIL v3, Vendor & Stakeholder Management, Service Catalog, etc.

Jan 2015 - Apr 2016

1 year 4 months

Interim Head of IT

Balfour Beatty Rail

Engineering Company - Answering directly to the MD of Finance, responsible for entire IT Operations, Personnel, Special Projects & IT Budget
Key areas: SAP Environment, Carve-Out activities and multiple TSAs (Technical Services Agreements)
Crisis Management
Industry (4.0) Security / SCADA
T&T activities
CAD Development

Nov 2014 - Jan 2015

3 months

Eschborn, Germany

Lead Cyber Security Manager

Deutsche Bank

Large scale, complex Global Outsourcing Transformation program
Multiple vendors
Working for the CISO organization performing complex contract reviews
Liaising between UK & Germany
Vendor & Stakeholder management
Engagement with other project streams to establish security standards for the Bank

Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

3 months

Interim Manager / NW Tower Lead / Global Transformation Program

Hewlett-Packard

Acting as a stand-in NW Tower Lead on a Global Transformation Program for a German Bank
Crisis Management
Managing a team of 40+ individuals, Organizational & Process re-engineering
2nd generation outsourcing conversion
Greenfield Data Center consolidation and migration
Including reduction of existing CMO Estate
Build out of dual redundant DCs with Private Cloud Architecture

Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

7 months

Glinde, Germany

Senior T&T Project Manager

DeLaval

Deploying Next Generation Firewall technologies globally (106 locations) replacing existing SPI Firewall products - driven by the Security Management to improve security awareness and security profile.
Involved in product & vendor selection process in addition to moving to a MSSP (Managed Security Services Provider) model.
Log Management strategy and also performance issues globally including WAN acceleration.
Additionally providing Management Consultancy to help improve Project Management processes.

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

4 months

Germany

Management Consultant / Senior PM

Getronics

Performed analysis on a Transition & Transformation Program and presented a report to executive management
Involved crisis management and strategic planning
Worked together with various partners like KPN (Holland) & Connectis (Switzerland)
In addition to the end client in Switzerland
Extensive travel to Holland, Hungary, Switzerland, and Germany

Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

4 months

Senior IT Rollout / Project Manager

BMW

IT-Project & Rollout Management for BMW i brand for eMobility, covering 41 global markets
Mobility services and networked car technologies (Connected Drive)

Mar 2012 - Sep 2012

7 months

Senior / Lead Infrastructure Architect / PM

Bombardier Transportation

Working with Executive IS management to establish a comprehensive Capability Framework Maturity model - intended to establish & maintain company wide policies and IS standards - conform with Enterprise Architecture, and to establish documentation management & approval processes & IT Governance. This involved also external outsourcing partner management as well.

May 2011 - Aug 2011

4 months

Paderborn, Germany

Senior PM & Management Consultant

Wincor Nixdorf

Working directly for the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) under the CIO on a PCI-DSS related project implementing a SIEM solution (ArcSight), in addition to establishing company-wide configuration standards and operating manuals
Technologies like VMware, Linux/Unix, FW, IDS, Vuln-scans, NetAPP, Windows Server products, and Datacenter technologies

Mar 2011 - May 2011

3 months

Senior Management Consultant

Engel Karton + Papier GmbH

Working directly with the executive management, performed a needs-analysis regarding a Video Conferencing solution
Performed market research and product selection
Implemented the chosen solution

Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

2 months

Senior Architect & PM

Wincor Nixdorf Portavis

Short assignment working with the Service Development Manager on a due-diligence for Architecture management consulting project

Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

2 months

Senior Systems Manager

Ericsson Mobile Money

Short term assignment to research payment terminal technologies and direct bank protocols using ISO 20022 & 8583 standards for a Mobile Money platform.

May 2010 - Jul 2010

3 months

Lead Solution Architect

Lloyds TSB - Bank of Scotland (HBOS)

Senior Solution Architecture role managing a team of SME architects supporting a large greenfield deployment project to establish a new online bank outside of Europe.
Using Oracle Flexcube banking system - leading the E2E (End to End) design and architecture

Apr 2010 - May 2010

2 months

Senior Analyst

HRE Group

Short term analysis role supporting a complex Liquidity Risk reporting and Transformation project

Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

3 months

Senior Project Manager

Suhrkamp Verlag AG

Senior Project Manager responsible for various IT transition and business continuity projects
Company move project and mail transition from Linux to Exchange.

Dec 2008 - Apr 2009

5 months

Senior Project Manager

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority

Large scale Datawarehouse project for securities regulation reporting Europewide
DB2 / AIX / SQW technologies
MiFID, WpHMV & Meldewesen §9 WPHG EU reporting system
XML data delivery database project for European Union Regulatory authorities (CESR)

Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

7 months

Senior Project Manager / Platform Transition

Zurich Financial Services

Managing a transition / transformation of outsourcing service partners for a 58,000 desktop service delivery project.
Global responsibility.

Apr 2008 - Jun 2008

3 months

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

comdirect bank AG

Senior Project Manager utilizing CMMI standards for datacenter relocation, disaster recovery, and business continuity RZ/SAN projects.

May 2007 - Nov 2007

7 months

Senior Strategy Consultant

RWE Trading

RWE Trading was the Energy trading arm of RWE Group.
I performed several high profile projects including an assurance review for a multi-million pound ECM, WorkFlow and DMS project (for the back office) and presented a strategic report to upper management.
I was also leading a Best In Class initiative to improve the infrastructure and service delivery streams, and performed a strategic study on “deal capture” systems & technologies used across the Front Office.

May 2006 - Dec 2006

8 months

Senior Solution Architect / PM

IBM

Starting as a Senior Network & Security Architect, I was responsible for design, strategy and project management for several consolidation projects moving over 1500 bank specific applications in over 12 data centers being consolidated into two “super” data centers.
Then I moved on to a Senior Project Manager role responsible for deploying a large scale, pan-Scandinavian Proxy solution (using Bluecoat products) for the banks 45000 users.
Budget responsibility of €12M.

Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

3 years

Director IT

etvice GmbH

Working for a Financial Services company specializing in software and consulting services, I acquired several large scale projects on a pan-European basis generating a large portion of the companies’ revenue.
Key accounts were IBM, Nordea Bank, Dionex, Lycos Europe, Berelsmann, Marquard und Bahls and Bankhaus Wölbern.
Please see the Contracting Experience document for more details. (www.etvice.com German website)

Jan 1999 - Dec 2000

1 year

Interim CTO

First-e Bancorp PLC

Established the entire IT organisation structure, TDA and Security Policy standards - including the data center strategy and consolidation.

Jan 1991 - Present

34 years 2 months

Germany

Sole Proprietor

Fox Consulting Services

Principal Independent Consultant
Interim Senior / Executive Manager (CIO / CTO / CISO)
Multi industry and Global Experience with expertise in Cyber & Information Security, Infrastructure, Architecture & Networking
Large scale Transition / Transformations

Summary

- 25+ Jahre Erfahrung in der Technologie - Mehrfache Industrie - Senior & Executive Interims Management bis zu CTO / CIO / CISO Ebenen - Linienführungs- und Projektleitungserfahrung bis 150 Mitarbeiter - Direkt Budget Verantwortung (OPEX & CAPEX) bis zu €100+ Mio - Prägung und Weiterentwicklung von Teamarbeit - Nachweisliche Erfolgsbilanz mit aggressiven Startups bis zu Globalen Organisationen - Senior IT-Projekt & Programm-Management (PMI / Prince II / ITIL / ITSM) - Durchsetzungsvermögen, Entscheidungskompetenz, Projektleitungsfähigkeit - Carve-Out, M&A, Krisen Mgmt. & Organisation Restrukturieren Erfahrung - Großes Transition- und Transformations-, Rollout- und Change- Programme - Höhe Fach IT/EDV-Kernkompetenz (mit Schwerpunkt Infrastruktur, Netzwerke, Architektur und Sicherheit) Personale Kompetenz - Starke zwischenmenschliche-, Kommunikations-, Präsentation und Vortrags-sicher - Außergewöhnliche Beziehungen und "Stakeholder"Mgmt. Fähigkeiten (extern/intern) - Starke Kundenorientierung – Ausgeprägte Ergebnis u. Lösungs- u. Zielorientierung - Analytische, strategische, konzeptionelle und strukturierendes Denkweise - Multikulturelle Erfahrung (weltweit) & Interkulturelle Sensibilität - Zuverlässig, Konsequent, Belastbar und sehr Verantwortungsbewusst - Ausgezeichnete HR / Teambuilding / Personen u. Führungsqualitäten - Englisch (Muttersprache) und kompetente Deutschkenntnisse - Humor als intelligente "Über"-Lebensstrategie