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William Young

Vice President, Advisory Threat

Optiv Security

$350

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William's Summary

Seasoned technical leader with more than fifteen years of experience tackling complex security challenges from a business-driven point of view. I go beyond innovation, turning ideas into breakthrough products, services, and process improvements. Through my diverse technical and leadership background, I bridge the gap between technical subject matter experts and the needs of the business to solve complex problems. Led a $50M consulting line of business, delivering more than 200,000 hours of billable security consulting services annually for more than 2000 unique customers in more than 40 countries. The monetized effect of this is double-digit growth and gross profits greater than 50%. Created internal education and training programs to grow talent, solving for industry-wide penetration tester staffing shortages by growing, empowering, and motivating new talent to become exemplary producers. This optimized approach has enabled the team to face industry challenges as threat actors and adversarial attack techniques continue to evolve. Specialized in identifying and assessing market opportunities, then developing and delivering targeted, profitable and scalable offerings with an optimized balance of internal and outsourced resources. I am a problem-solver that creates solutions for clients that align with their risk tolerance, their budget, and their needs. SPECIALTIES: Technical Leadership * Executive Leadership * Information Security * Team Building * Budget Ownership * Penetration Testing * PCI DSS * Client Services * Organizational Development * Business Development * Security Assessments * Networking * VoIP

About William

  • Span of Control

    The number of people reporting to them

    lt 10

  • Industry

    Computer Software

  • Size of Company

    In terms of revenue

    gt $1 Billion

  • Employees of Company

    The number of people working for this company

    1,001-5,000

  • Business Function

    Information Technology/Engineering

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