Sonia Valerio

Current

Information Security Manager & TSO Deputy Manager at AR Enterprise S.r.l.

Past

IT Services Delivery Manager at Barclays Bank PLC (GRCB Italy)
Sr. Manager (Information Security) at Uniautomation S.p.A.
System Engineering Manager at Uniautomation S.p.A.

Security System Engineer at Uniautomation S.p.A.
Network Designer at Lombardia informatica S.p.A
Technical Reviewer at Mc-Graw Hill Libri Italia S.r.l. & Apogeo S.r.l.
Technical Analyst at 3M Italy S.p.A.

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Education

MIP-Politecnico Di Milano
Politecnico di Milano

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Computer & Network Security

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Sonia Valerio’s Summary

ICT security industry and IT governance expert - More than ten years experience of working in the ICT - and particularly the Information Security arena - facing challenging projects for many relevant Italian and international companies helped me in developing an effective combination of technical and project/people management background.
Huge expertise in ICT security tecnologies; strong knowledge of info-security market and technology trends; clear understanding of the IT and security from the business perspective.
Currently responsible - being the Security Manager - to drive the information security strategy and the technical related initiatives within AR Enterprise.

Sonia Valerio’s Specialties:

IT governance & security; project and people management; ptrategy & planning; presales; technical consulting

CISA (exam only), CISSP, ITIL Foundation, OPSA, SANS/GCFW

Sonia Valerio’s Experience

Information Security Manager & TSO Deputy Manager

AR Enterprise S.r.l.

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
IT Services Delivery Manager

Barclays Bank PLC (GRCB Italy)

(Public Company; BARC; Banking industry)

June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

Responsible to ensure that quality IT Services are provided to the agreed service levels to support the company business.
Main activities and responsibilities:
• organize and manage projects and processes according to ITIL best practices;
• define IT services delivery procedures;
• design and implement new IT services;
• evaluate technologies and identify related business advantages for the company;
• evaluate competences and define training plans for team members;
• manage third party supplier relationships;
• assist and coach team leaders.
Sr. Manager (Information Security)

Uniautomation S.p.A.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Suporting business development, and definition of the IT Security market company's strategies both through the analysis of the Italian security market trends and the evaluation/selection of security technologies to include in the company portfolio.
Primary contact for top customers and complex/challenging security projects.
Advisor to top account's management with regards to security solutions and technologies, market trends, and security compliance issues.
Company spokesperson for security solutions and technologies in public events (seminars, conferences, and training to customers and partners) and primary contact for security vendors.
System Engineering Manager

Uniautomation S.p.A.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 9 months)

Presales team organization and management (coordinating technical activities regarding presales & project support, training, and marketing/tech presentations in the areas of networking and security).
Security System Engineer

Uniautomation S.p.A.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2000 — June 2003 (3 years )

Pre-sales technical support and consulting on network planning and design, with special focus on security solutions (firewalling, intrusion detection/prevention systems, AAA systems, content inspection solutions).
Network Designer

Lombardia informatica S.p.A

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 3 months)

Analysis & Design of the Regione Lombardia's Extranet (a hybrid-VPN TCP/IP-based network) - regional coverage to connect all Local Government agencies; activity performed in cooperation with the University R&D Institute CEFRIEL (Milan Polytechnic) and the Italian Government Authority for Information Technology (CNIPA formerly known as AIPA).
Technical Reviewer

Mc-Graw Hill Libri Italia S.r.l. & Apogeo S.r.l.

(Publishing industry)

October 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 7 months)

Translation and review of ICT and telecommunicatons books.
Technical Analyst

3M Italy S.p.A.

(Public Company; MMM; Consumer Goods industry)

May 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 11 months)

Global design of company client/server systems architecture (Microsoft and Lotus Domino/Notes systems). Empowering company client/server messaging & workgroup systems to achieve high availability (24X7).

Main activities and responsibilities:
- system administration (messaging and collaboration systems);
- IT contingency procedure preparation;
- external consultants management;
- ICT suppliers relationships management.

Sonia Valerio’s Education

MIP-Politecnico Di Milano

Master's Degree , Information Security Management (IQNet certification - 200 hrs.) , 2005 — 2006

Information Security through the technological, managerial (business process, project management) and legal perspective (Italian Privacy Law; international security standards and best practises)

Stage in AR-Enterprise (finance): “PRO.FI.T.A.B.LE. - PROtecting FInancial Transactions At Better LEvels: effective risk analysis and countermeasures to improve security of the ICT infrastructure”. Development and application of a proprietary risk analisys technique. Sponsored by Computer Associates, Cisco Systems, Symantec, Microsoft, HP, Clusit, VPTech.
Politecnico di Milano

Degree of Electonic engineering , Telecommunications & Data Networks , 1989 — 1996