Vice President, Security (North America) at Deluxe Entertainment Services
Austin, Texas Area
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- Vice President, Security (North America) at Deluxe Entertainment Services
- CTO/CSO at Club E Network
- Police Officer (Reserve) at Lago Vista Police Department
- Past
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- Information Security Manager at Electronic Arts
- Manager, Network Engineering at Choice Hotels International
- Regional Network Engineer at CompUSA
- Education
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- AIU
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- Orange Systems
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Francisco Artes’s Summary
Francisco Artes is a leading regional and national security expert and recognized InfoSec top executive. Mr. Artes currently is serving as Vice President, Security (North America) for Deluxe Entertainment Services. As the CTO/CSO of Club E Network, Francisco developed much of the web 2.0 technology for the world's largest Entrepreneur Social Network. He has a distinguished 15-year background; implementing and securing some of the largest and most widely known networks in the world. As Information Security Manager for Electronic Arts, Francisco was responsible for all information security solutions and policies to protect the intellectual property, e-commerce and on-line gaming networks of the then $3.400 Billion, Fortune 100 organization.
Mr. Artes is an expert on penetration testing, incident response, computer forensics, security architecture and design and encryption. Mr. Artes has written several white papers and is an instructor on hacking and forensic security reviews for the FBI, locally and at the FBI training facilities in Quantico, VA. Mr. Artes has been the special guest of the Texas State Attorney General symposiums on Cybercrime, a speaker and subject matter expert on Anti Piracy for the United States Attorney General and he has been a panel member for the Critical Information Security Conference held by the Texas State Attorney General and the United States Attorney General.
Francisco is a Trusted Adviser for The Security Consortium.
Mr. Artes is a CISSP and a CNE. In his spare time he enjoys outdoor activities and computer games. Mr. Artes lives in Central Texas.
Francisco Artes’s Specialties:
policy development, auditing, intrusion detection, forensics, computer crimes investigation, standards compliance
Francisco Artes’s Experience
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Vice President, Security (North America)
Deluxe Entertainment Services
(Entertainment industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
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CTO/CSO
Club E Network
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
CTO and CSO of a startup company that is developing a social network focused on entrepreneurship with both on the ground and online elements including streaming TV and web 2.0 technologies.
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Police Officer (Reserve)
Lago Vista Police Department
(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Perform the duties of a Peace Officer in the State of Texas.
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Information Security Manager
Electronic Arts
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; erts; Entertainment industry)
March 1999 — March 2008 (9 years 1 month)
As the Information Security Officer I am responsible for the overall management of World Wide Information Security initiatives, auditing and all internal investigations. This includes providing strong leadership in developing information security solutions, which are practical, cost-effective and ensure the proper protection of Electronic Arts’ intellectual property and network security for both the corporate, E*Commerce, and online-gaming networks. I manage a team of security professionals that handle all internal and external security situations.
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Manager, Network Engineering
Choice Hotels International
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CHI; Hospitality industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Responsible for management network engineers and overall responsibility of global corporate network.
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Regional Network Engineer
CompUSA
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CPU; Computer Networking industry)
1993 — 1998 (5 years )
Francisco Artes’s Education
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AIU
BS , Information Technologies , May 2003 — June 2004
Graduated with Honors: Suma Cum Laude
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CISSP , Information Security , January 1993 — January 2000
CISSP Certification number: 30163
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Orange Systems
CNA / CNE / CNE4 / CNE5 , Novell Networking , January 1993 — November 1993
CNE certification number: 6435436
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Francisco Artes’s Honors:
Executive Alliance’s “Information Security Executive of the Year (West) 2007” Finalist
Executive Alliance’s “Information Security Executive of the Year (National) 2007” Nominee
