Academic and professional Achievements

2025-ongoing

Lead on the objective to improve enterprise integration security by leveraging CrowdStrike Adaptive Shield to monitor, assess and enhance the organisation's security posture reporting to the Director of Cyber Engineering Technology Risk & Compliance as well as the Head of Information Security. Successfully maintaining integration posture score exceeding 60% through continuous monitoring, proactive risk management and collaboration with multiple business units. On going Identification of critical security gaps, prioritising remediation activities based on business impact and risk and providing simplified technical guidance that supports teams to efficiently resolve vulnerabilities whilst improving compliance with SOC2 & ISO27001:2022.

2025-ongoing

Expanded assessment scope from 7 controls to 47 controls across GDPR, disaster recovery, IT resilience, compliance, awareness/training, security engineering and business continuity. Built and maintained a centralised evidence repository for audit-ready documentation (e.g., ISO certifications, disaster recovery plans), strengthening vendor assurance and governance..

May 2025

UK/EU recognised information security certification providing a broad understanding of cybersecurity governance, risk management, security frameworks and organisational information security management.

August 2024

Spearheaded the coordination of PCI DSS audit evidence across business and technical stakeholders, driving the end-to-end collection, validation, and submission of critical compliance artifacts under challenging operational deadlines. Overcame resource constraints during peak business periods by proactively managing stakeholder engagement and escalating outstanding actions, ensuring all audit evidence was delivered within the required timeframe. This contributed directly to successfully achieving PCI DSS Attestation of Compliance, praised by senior leadership & external auditor.

January 2024

Professional certification demonstrating expertise in implementing and managing PCI DSS compliance programmes including payment card data security, risk assessment, security controls, compliance management and preparation for PCI DSS assessments.

June 2022

Graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University, my degree focused on digital forensics, cybersecurity, network security, ethical hacking, incident response and information security management. Completed an industrial placement year at VMware, gaining hands-on experience in enterprise project management. Final-year dissertation specialised in digital forensics and social media platforms, examining the forensic acquisition, analysis and evidential challenges associated with social media investigations. The programme combined theoretical knowledge with practical application through industry-focused projects and an optional placement year.