Gilles Belard

Cybersecurity Program Manager - Project Manager

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Business DevelopmentCybersecurityProject Management (PMO)

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)German

About me

Intro

Senior Security Executive with 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity, risk management, and program leadership across global enterprises. Currently managing data breach remediation and IAM programs across 29 countries, with proven expertise in ISO 27001, GDPR compliance, and security governance. Offers strategic security leadership combining technical expertise and business acumen, with a track record of successful program delivery and team management.

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Work experience

HOPicker ITFreelance

Aug 2023 - Jul 2025

2 years

Hybrid

Data Breach Remediation Program Manager GDPR & IAM (Bank) - CyberSecurity - 29 countries

Feb 2024 - Jul 2025

1 year 6 months

Hybrid

- Strategic Program - Program Building - Project Buiding - Project Managers Management - Lean Management - Management of 4 projects (Retention, IAM, Segregation of Data/Duties) - Partnership Management (IBM) - Budget 2M€

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (Luminess company)

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

6 months

Hybrid

- Transition Management - Management of 3 cyber security engineers and a Deputy CISO (operational side) - Working on ISO27K1 – HDS renewal and non-compliant points remediations - Optimization of security processes and transversal management with HR, IT (OPS/DEV/SDM) and Business entities - Definition of strategy for the next 3 years - Driving instances to CODIR (Operational Steering Committee & Strategic Steering Committee) - Supporting Sales teams (pre-sales, security surveys, Security Assurance Plan…) - Managing security incidents (GDPR, internal…) - Participation in projects kick-off (internal &external) - Validation and management of ISMS documentation - Organization of the awareness support deck - Managing Audits (organization, scope, planning…) - Managing Phishing campaigns

Global Security Manager (OCD company)

Aug 2023 - Oct 2023

3 months

Hybrid

- Transition Management - SPOC for CyberSOC - Incident investigations - Remediation plans and action plans follow-up with L1 & L2 teams and customer - Security reports (news, threats, vulnerabilities, logs, customer activities…) - Monitoring and analysis alerts and events by risks (business & technical impact) - Management of 3 security engineers (EMEA, AMERICAS, APAC) - Driving instances to CISOs - Continuous improvement of security & cybersecurity Company: Luxury industry

Capgemini

Nov 2017 - Jul 2023

5 years 9 months

Hybrid

Risk Manager

Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

7 months

Hybrid

2022 (Crédit Agricole SA) - Review of all KPI/KRI and dashboard for COMEX IT and other management levels (risk commission...) - Strategy definition according to ISO2K1, ISO2K2, COBIT 2019, NIST, 31000 and CIS 8.0 (Vision Scope & Mathematic Model) using DMAIC approach (Lean Six Sigma) 2023 (Enedis) - Maintaining, adapting and optimizing the processes and the existing governance of Control Plan Cyber for the entire company - Management of the delivery of Control Plan by contributing in the management of audits deliveries, their definitions and expectations as well as the monitoring of Remediation Plans - To animate, follow the revision of the three-year Cyber Audit Plan on the basis of the evolution of the risk; threats, existing enterprise-wide service and product ecosystem - To contribute (capitalization) to the development of the cyber risk treatment plan of the teams in charge of it - Ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of IS security processes of all kinds (Tertiary, Industrial, Business, Technical, Organizational) - To facilitate and coordinate interactions between departments within the Cyber ​​Pole, as well as into the ISD entities and regionally - To bring my knowledge in CyberSecurity in the field of control and expertise on the technical and organizational aspects - To compile and feed the reporting of my activities for CODIR Cyber ​​and CODIR DSI Companies: CREDIT AGRICOLE SA (2022) & ENEDIS (2023)

Security Services Manager & Deputy CISO & IT Cyber Resilience Program Manager

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

7 months

Paris, France

Companies: ANDRA & SOCIETE GENERALE

Security Services Manager & CSO (at Cloud Infrastructure Services - CyberSecurity dept.)

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

Paris, France

Major cybersecurity crisis management on Cloud solution. Company: TOTALENERGIES

Security Services Manager & Cyber Defense Program Manager

Feb 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 11 months

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

- Three-year Strategic Program - Program Management (Technical & Functional Security) - International context - 7 Security Projects (ISO 27K1, CIS, SOC, CyberArk, EDR...) - 7 Project Managers - Audit Issue Solver - Risk Management - Servant Leader #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure #IoT #Cloud #Lean Six Sigma #AWS #Project Management #Program Manager #ISO27001 #ISO27005 Company: AXA

Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Global Project Manager (EMEA, US, LATAM, APAC)

Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

1 year 7 months

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, France - Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France · On-site

- Strategic project - Security Governance - Project Management (Security & Cloud Infrastructure) - International Context - 4 Project Managers (EMEA, US, LATAM, APAC) - Risk Management - Tool development for project management automation using Monte Carlo simulation method - Servant Leader - Trainer (DevOps, Cloud Computing, IoT and Active Directory) #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure #DevOps #IoT #Cloud #Lean Six Sigma #AWS #Project Management Companies: RENAULT DIGITAL, TF1, MICHELIN

Senior Solution Specialist Consultant

Nov 2017 - Jul 2018

9 months

92210 Saint-Cloud, France

- Technical, functional and organizational Audit - Analysis of business needs and processes - Understanding of business and IT issues - Improved Performance of people, processes and functions - Design and Construction of technical, functional and organizational solutions - Governance, Commitments and Project Management (Integration and Deployment) - Management and Development of people - Advice and Support of client - Trainer on Cloud Computing, IoT and DevOps topics for Capgemini 's consultants #DevOps #Infrastructure #IoT #Security #Cloud #Lean Six Sigma

Managed Services Practice Manager - Infrastructure & Security Solutions

AZEO - talents & technology

Mar 2017 - Oct 2017

8 months

92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France

- Bid Manager Activities - Managing People (10p - Direct Management) - Developing Added Value and Service Offerings - Development of Partnerships - Writing technical proposals Have created Managed Services activity from scratch Company: TOTAL

Business Unit Manager - Infrastructure PreSales - Cloud, Facilities Management & Security

Ozitem

May 2012 - Mar 2017

4 years 11 months

Courbevoie Area, France - Levallois Peret Area, France

- Bid Manager Activities - Presales Activities (Infrastructure, private and hybrid clouds, migrations, security,...) - Managing People (Direct Management) - Developing Added Value and Service Offerings - Development of Partnerships (Microsoft, Dell Software, different Software Vendors) - Writing technical proposals Market Segments: CAC40 and Middle Market (Bank, Manufacturing, Services) Fixed Price Projects Annual Sales: + 3M€ Last Biggest Project sold: 1000 man/days + TRANSITION MANAGER and PROJECT DIRECTOR on the projects I sold Have created Fixed Price Project activity with this business unit from scratch + ISO 9001 initialization (Pilot of Pre-Sales process) Companies: ALTAREA COGEDIM, TOYOTA, MGEN TECHNOLOGIES, LABORATOIRES SERVIER, SOCIETE GENERALE, MALAKOFF MEDERIC, LABORATOIRES CHIESI, GEODIS...

Business Unit Manager - Infrastructure & Support

EXAKIS NELITE

Jul 2010 - May 2012

1 year 11 months

Paris Area, France - Biarritz Area, France

- Managing People (20p) - Developing People - Writing technical proposals - Developing Added Value and Service Offerings - Pre-sales Activities - Direct & Remote Management - Crisis Management T+M Fixed Price Projects + FR IT MANAGER (acting during 12 months) Accounts managed: CLUB MED, CASINO, QUIKSILVER, SANOFI, GROUPE SEB, LA POSTE COURRIER, LFB...

Dedicated Technical Account Manager - Service Delivery Manager

Microsoft

Feb 2002 - Jul 2010

8 years 6 months

Les Ulis Area, France - Issy-les-Moulineaux Area, France

I was responsible for the strategy and the business development of my account(s). I needed to have an excellent knowledge of systems infrastructure, and to perfectly know how customer IS works and is organized, because that enables customer's trust. So that, you have the ability to inform and advice him regarding recommended changes (methodologies and/or organization and/or technologies), in order to better sell the right service which meets customer's needs. Accounts managed : RENAULT, ESSILOR, CREDIT MUTUEL (Euro Information)

Account Support Engineer

HP

Mar 1999 - Jan 2002

2 years 11 months

Les Ulis, France

- Primary support contact for Proactive 24 and Critical Services customers - Managing the delivery of technical and proactive services for improving availability - Managing capacity - Planning for change - Addressing security - Reviewing Mission Critical Service purchased by customer - Developing/maintain an account support plan which defines the computing environment - Supporting services and delivery Schedule + TEAM LEADER (10p) (developing a portfolio of ~100 accounts)

IT Technical Support for Network, Deployment and Architecture

France Telecom - Orange

Dec 1997 - Mar 1999

1 year 4 months

Créteil Area, France

Technical Representative

IB2 TECHNOLOGIES (ETDE-IBM)

Jan 1995 - Mar 1995

3 months

Cergy, France


Education

CESI École de Formation des Managers

Manager of Information Systems (Master 2 - Level 7)

2021 - 2022

1 year 1 month

CAPGEMINI INSTITUT - Train the Trainer

2018 - 2018

1 month

University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Law degree - Year 1

2015 - 2016

1 year 1 month

CAPGEMINI INSTITUT - Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information

2015 - 2015

1 month

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

Informatique Option Systèmes d'information

2008 - 2010

2 years 1 month

CESI Ecole d'Ingénieurs

People

2001 - 2002

1 year 1 month

CNED - Centre National D'enseignement à Distance

BAC+2

1994 - 1996

2 years 1 month

Pass the COBIT 5 Foundation certification (SI governance) (ISACA) - Validated by CERTyou and ISACA

2019 - 1900

Lean Six Sigma (IASSC) - Validated by PeopleCert and CERTyou

2018 - 1900

Prince 2 - Validated by PeopleCert and CERTyou

Foundation & Practitioner

2018 - 1900

ISO/IEC 27005 Risk Manager - Validated by PECB and Sekoia

2018 - 1900

ISO/IEC 27032 Lead CyberSecurity Manager - Validated by PECB and Global Knowledge

2018 - 1900

Pass the CISSP security certification (ISC²) - Validated by CERTyou

2018 - 1900

Pass the PMP certification (PMI) - Validated by CERTyou

2018 - 1900

AWS : Architecture sur Amazon Web Services (Validated by Global Knowledge)

2018 - 1900

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor - Validated by PECB and Global Knowledge

2016 - 1900


Licenses & certifications

ISO/IEC27001 Senior Lead Auditor

Issued: Jul 2022

Certified by PECB

ISO/IEC 27032 Senior Lead Cybersecurity Manager

Issued: Apr 2022

Certified by PECB

ISO/IEC 27005 Risk Manager

Issued: Aug 2021

Certified by PECB

ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager

Issued: Jun 2020

Certified by PECB

COBIT 5 Foundation

Issued: Jan 2019

Certified by PeopleCert

ISO/IEC 27032 Provisional Cybersecurity Manager

Issued: Jul 2018

Certified by PECB

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor

Issued: Jul 2018

Certified by PECB

ISO/IEC 27005 Provisional Risk Manager

Issued: Jun 2018

Certified by PECB

IASSC Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate (English version)

Issued: Apr 2018

Certified by PeopleCert

IASSC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate (English version)

Issued: Mar 2018

Certified by PeopleCert

PRINCE 2 Practitioner

Issued: Feb 2018

Certified by PeopleCert

PRINCE 2 Foundation

Issued: Feb 2018

Certified by PeopleCert

IASSC Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate (English version)

Issued: Jan 2018

Certified by PeopleCert

ISO/IEC 27001 Auditor

Issued: May 2016

Certified by PECB

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