Tim Foley

Past

Vice President - Information Technology at Citigroup
Vice President – Global Information Assurance at Citigroup
Assistant Vice President – Directory & Public Key Infrastructure at Citigroup

Manager – IT Product Assurance at Citicorp
Sr. LAN Engineer at Citicorp
IT Consultant at Trawick & Associates
Network Manager at Universal Foods Corporation
Owner at Roxy-Racing, Inc.

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Education

Washburn University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Tim Foley’s Summary

Across all legs of a Balanced Scorecard I deliver:

CUSTOMER FOCUS
Improved customer satisfaction by consolidating 5 separate transmission systems into single enterprise solution - increased cross-selling revenue by $7M+ over projection & generated $4M annual save

Initiated global focus groups to rationalize technology programs with Citi line-of-business stakeholders

Developed formal technology positions (presentations, whitepapers, web pages) for global socialization to business lines, managers, and engineers

FINANCIAL RETURNS
Devised a $5M solution to a $50M problem–implemented heterogeneous IPSec solution, saved coding-level changes to over 10,000 legacy systems

Delivered $33M cost avoidance – negotiated contract for 50% off tape encryption product & free onsite vendor support during installation phase; engineered solution to dramatically reduce total units required

Generated 35% annual telecommunications net save by integrating voice & data transmissions

BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
Generated $20 million net save by developing a superior migration methodology and an annual $1.5 million net save in operating costs

Delivered $10M one-time & $500K annual savings – process re-engineered aspects of global Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to emphasize low-assurance targets

LEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING
Developed Information Assurance organization from concept to 11 direct reports in 3 years

Senior decision-maker & negotiator for assessing and purchasing security technologies

Directed multi-discipline international team of 250 analysts, programmers, web designers & hardware engineers as Vice President – Global Information Assurance at Citi

Managed three concurrent government contracts for Trawick & Associates:
Engineering Lead & Manager–Dept. of Energy
Development Manager–Dept. of Transportation
Lead IT Auditor–National Library of Medical Records

Tim Foley’s Specialties:

technology integration │ vendor management │ business process improvement & re-engineering │ emerging technology assessment │ business virtualization │ IT governance │ security architectures │ network designs │ project management │ mentoring & life coaching │ techno-speak to business communication translator

Tim Foley’s Experience

Vice President - Information Technology

Citigroup

(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)

March 1996 — December 2008 (12 years 10 months)

During 12 years with one of the world’s largest financial institutions, I’ve progressed from Sr. LAN Engineer (’96-’97) to Manager – IT Product Assurance (’97-’99) to Assistant Vice President – Directory & Cryptography (’99-’04) and then Vice President heading Global Information Assurance for all aspects of data protection enterprise-wide.

I’ve succeeded by quickly spotting relevant patterns and issues, many times finding the connections between seemingly unrelated items to provide creative alternative approaches. I subsequently transform these conceptual ideas into an execution plan, then garner buy-in and generate excitement to move the project forward. I accomplish this by focusing on the strengths of the individual, team, and organization – motivating towards excellence; transforming strengths into world-class achievements.

Foreseeing a need to significantly streamline the Information Assurance portfolio in January ‘08, I began consolidating products and worked with the business lines to postpone strategic initiatives from ’08 start dates to 2010 and beyond, reducing ’08 capital expenditures by $40 million (70%), thus fully aligning my department with the overall corporate direction. With the advent of the global financial crises, I am now seeking my next opportunity.
Vice President – Global Information Assurance

Citigroup

(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)

January 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 11 months)

Starting with my promotion in January 2004, I built a department of 11 direct reports focused on providing cost-effective mechanisms for protecting Citigroup’s data resources throughout their effective life and matrix-managing multi-discipline international project teams (business analysts, web masters, programmers, integration engineers) of up to 250 staff with annual capital expenditure budgets of $50-$70 million. By balancing and integrating the potential reward of cutting-edge technologies against their inherent risks, I have provided cost-effective, competitive-advantage-conferring sustainable business solutions.

Departmental responsibilities extended from development of Information Security standards aligned with COBIT framework, to technology assessment & integration, to global deployment, and then Operations process development/improvement. I functioned as the senior security & operational strategic planner, managing a portfolio of over 50 security products. I was a member of the Information Security Leadership Council responsible for corporate IS governance and reported to the EVP of Information Security.
Assistant Vice President – Directory & Public Key Infrastructure

Citigroup

(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)

July 1999 — January 2004 (4 years 7 months)

Progressing to Assistant Vice President, I assumed ownership of the enterprise Public Key Infrastructure and associated global directory group. Through a team of 5 engineers and with a budget of $4 million, I provided the architectural direction and managed the program, growing enrollment 10 fold while decreasing direct Operations costs by 50%.
Manager – IT Product Assurance

Citicorp

(Public Company; C; Banking industry)

January 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 7 months)

Taking over responsibility for the IT Product Assurance team, I managed a team of 6 Product assurance engineers responsible for developing configuration guidelines, implementation plans & instructions, and Operations process control manuals (PCM). I administered a $5 million annual capital expenditure budget for the engineering and global deployment of LAN projects.
Sr. LAN Engineer

Citicorp

(Public Company; C; Banking industry)

March 1996 — January 1997 (11 months)

Joining Citicorp as a Sr. LAN Engineer on the Product Assurance team, I was assigned as the senior technical liaison to Digital Equipment Corporation, the main outsourcing partner for operational management of our 80,000+ node global network.
IT Consultant

Trawick & Associates

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1994 — March 1996 (1 year 8 months)

While working for a small (8A) government contractor, I managed three initiatives for three separate agencies concurrently. The scope of my responsibilities stretched from software development to network systems engineering, to technology auditing.
Network Manager

Universal Foods Corporation

(Food Production industry)

March 1991 — August 1994 (3 years 6 months)

Joining UFC in their Frozen Foods division, I had responsibility for a 9 member multi-state operations team with a $3.5 million technology budget. In addition to my operational responsibilities, I was the chief architect and engineer for infrastructure, participating in the design and implementation of a full Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) system (now ERP) incorporating Just-In-Time concept for both upstream and downstream supply chain.
Owner

Roxy-Racing, Inc.

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 1957 — January 1957 (1 month)

════════════ Roxy Racing moves fast! ════════════►

We are a boutique advertising firm that targets performance driving enthusiasts in the mid-Atlantic region.

░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ And we get results!

With over 7 trophies, including "Best of Show" for appearance and good representation on the track, Roxy-Racing has performed!

As an entrepreneur of Roxy-Racing, Inc. I have developed the business & marketing plans, actively managed prospects and existing accounts, increased revenue from start-up to now operating in the black.

Additionally, I have been personally responsible for the graphic design of the RX-8 showcar "RoXy" as well as the engineering of her performance upgrades.

My engineering and design efforts carried over to web designs and Web 2.0 integrations for both Roxy-Racing and her clients, including construction of eCommerce sites.

If you are a car enthuiast, or web architect looking to share experiences, then send me a LinkedIn invitation.

Tim Foley’s Education

Washburn University

BA , Computer Information Systems , 1981 — 1984

Activities and Societies:

Washburn Debate Team member competing in parliamentary and Lincoln Douglas debate. The team travels across the United States to compete against teams from other colleges and universities.

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Tim Foley’s Interests:

organizational development, strategic planning, IT market research, Cisco network designs, Security designs – Checkpoint firewalls; IDS / IPS; VPN; IPSec; SSL / TLS; NAS ~ SAN ~ Tape encryption, mentoring & life coaching, photography, sound engineering, new thought, auto-cross racing, show cars, international travel, outdoors - hiking; biking; camping, gourmet cooking, professional networking, computer graphics, application software and web site design & development