D Ritter — Chief Security Officer · Smartleaf Asset Management

D Ritter — Chief Security Officer · Smartleaf Asset Management · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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About

I manage technical people - especially systems administrators, network engineers, and IT folks. DevOps is not a job description, it's a philosophy of working together.

I explain technical topics to non-technical people, and vice-versa.

I make plans, and get them executed.

If you are making contact to try to sell me software development services or outsourced IT, don't bother. I do occasionally hire sysadmins, network engineers, toolsmiths and other devopsnetsecqwerty people; other people in my company hire software developers.

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I am a 1000X executive with the power of life and death over millions of bots. If you have not developed a sense of humor, you will likely not want to hire me.

If you send mail about a company I work for to my personal address without a specific invitation, I will not be pleased.

In general, what I write about on LinkedIn is related to security or ethics, and is not necessarily the policy of the companies that employ me.

Experience

Chief Security OfficerCurrent
Smartleaf Asset Management · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2015 – Present
Director IT / Operations
Smartleaf · Boston, MA
Dec 2003 – Present
I lead operations and IT infrastructure for Smartleaf. I wrote the BCP and DR policies, ran real tests, and when COVID-19 came along, the company knew what to do. We had a successful emergency transition to all-remote work, at minimal cost, because we were prepared. Managed a graceful changeover to new automated systems infrastructure. Improved production reliability and monitoring. Took responsibility for release engineering. Designed and built remote disaster recovery site. Negotiated with vendors. Provided technical assurance to customers. Assisted Marketing with client communications. Since 2015: Also Chief Security Officer for Smartleaf, Inc. and Smartleaf Asset Management, LLC. Information Security planning and compliance; technical contract details.