David Quibech

CISO Management Transition for 2 international groups : SPIE and Limagrain •Risk-to-Value Translation: I go beyond traditional compliance checklists by conducting comprehensive security audits and diagnostics. My focus is on identifying and prioritizing risks that pose the greatest threat to business operations, data, and revenue. I then translate these technical findings into a clear, compelling business case for investment, demonstrating the ROI of security initiatives to senior leadership • Cybersecurity Auditing & Diagnostics: Expertise in assessing and identifying security vulnerabilities. • Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development: Ability to create and manage security action plans. • SOC Operations: Experience in establishing and leading security functions and teams. • Technical Controls Implementation: MFA/IAM, SIEM, vulnerability management, and DR/BCP. • Compliance & Governance: ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, and other relevant frameworks. • Team Leadership: Experience supervising teams (like a SOC) and coordinating with partners. • Risk & Vulnerability Management: Skills in monitoring, analyzing, and mitigating risks. • Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, executives, and international staff.

Pioneered and established a new 30-person Product team focused on developing connected services for the entire Renault Group, directly scaling the company's innovation capabilities. Spearheaded the integration of AI disruptive technology, launching new features that enhanced the overall in-car user experience. Led the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from initial strategy to seamless service integration, ensuring key product milestones and business objectives were met. Pioneered the development of new AppSec solutions, leading the creation of a proprietary framework that significantly reduced application vulnerabilities and mitigated cyber risk.

Orchestrated a large-scale EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) rollout, establishing a new security capability to protect endpoints across the organization. Led a complex SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) migration, ensuring a seamless transition to a modern platform and enhancing the company's threat detection and response capabilities.

Established a new cyber profitability center, leading a €15M program to achieve profitability goals through strategic P&L management. Built and launched new security operations capabilities for key clients, successfully executing a large-scale SIEM/Cyber SOC rollout for a major French account. Oversaw the end-to-end setup and deployment of two new SOCs, creating a critical, high-revenue service line for the company.

Spearheaded a worldwide digital workplace initiative, successfully deploying the new platform across 120 affiliates and transforming the company's global IT infrastructure. Led the end-to-end transformation of critical WAN, LAN, and IPT programs, unifying a fragmented IT landscape into a seamless, high-performing network. Built and led high-performing, cross-functional teams to identify and resolve performance gaps, ensuring the success of a complex, global-scale digital transformation.

Built and led a 25-member team to oversee program governance and ensure strategic objectives were met for a new multi-million dollar initiative. Spearheaded the development of new teams and processes for Data Center and Cloud deployment, creating a core new capability for the organization. Orchestrated the successful implementation of new Cloud and IT infrastructures, managing a $20M budget and delivering a critical technological foundation for future growth.

Spearheaded a critical telecom transformation program for Orange in EMEA, leading a 40-member team to meet and exceed key program objectives. Orchestrated the successful end-to-end modernization of Orange's 4G Mobile Network, managing a complex, $100M project to completion. Drove new strategic initiatives by overseeing the multi-phase deployment, ensuring seamless network performance and delivery on a large scale.

Classified Security Projects

Pioneered and launched a new IP Telephony SW/HW product line for Broadcasters leading its end-to-end development from market research and concept validation to successful commercial release. Defined the product vision and go-to-market strategy for a new business line Built and led a high-performing product team of 5 people from the ground up