Dinil Venugopal
Pune
Summary
Motivated to continuously develop skills and achieve professional growth. Competent professional with over 16 years of experience in IT Infrastructure Support, IAM, Project Management, ITIL framework, IT Incident and Problem Management, Customer Servicing, and Risk Management. Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to build strong relationships. Skilled in effective team management and leadership.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
AVP, Cyber Security
Northern Trust Operation Service
07.2022 - Current
- Managing a team of 10 IT experts including developers.
- Lead the end-to-end management of user identities, ensuring streamlined provisioning, de-provisioning, and periodic access reviews in line with business needs and compliance.
- Conducted comprehensive security assessments , identifying risks, vulnerabilities, and security gaps using industry-standard methodologies.
- Provided risk advisory services, clearly communicating technical and business risks to stakeholders and recommending effective mitigation strategies..
- Supported incident management and response activities, providing technical expertise during security incidents and assisting with post-incident improvements.
- Successfully managed change within the organization, ensuring smooth transitions during periods of restructuring or process improvements.
- Oversaw talent acquisition efforts, selecting top candidates who contributed significantly to organizational success.
- Promoted and led performance enhancement culture by actively coaching and mentoring direct reports.
AVP Cyber Security
Northern Trust
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Managing a team of 12+ IT experts including developers and network security team from multiple locations.4
- Proficient in providing complete technical support and vulnerability scanning and identifying the root cause of the vulnerability case scenario using Nessus tool
- Monitoring and executing numerous product support, process optimization, troubleshooting, budgeting, scheduling, and communicating project information.
- Developed and presented risk analysis reports with clear, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Hands–on experience in handling project life cycles and project management processes.
- Direct reporting to CISO, keeping CISO informed of project schedules, status, issues, and metrics
Information Security Analyst
BNY Mellon Technology Ltd
10.2018 - 06.2021
- Managed a team of 5-8 people, we were responsible for identifying, analyzing, monitoring, and minimizing areas of risk that pertain to information technology
- Worked with the project teams on implementing the defining policies within the Access and Identity Management (AIM) Governance system in SailPoint
- Supported the development and maintenance of corporate Information Security related policies and procedures
- Provided automation and onboarding of new Banking domain application and managed their application portfolio
Access control Manager (IAM)
BNY Mellon International Operations
05.2014 - 09.2018
- Assisted the team with IT process reviews, internal audits, special project reviews, agreed upon procedures, and developed standard operating procedures etc
- For all internal and external bank employees
- Provided support for the testing and QA of new and existing items under development process
- Managed problems to ensure that these were diagnosed, logged, and escalated to the appropriate team and met the consistent quality standards
Department Security Admin (IAM)
BNY Mellon International Operations
11.2010 - 04.2014
- Proficient knowledge of the database and ability to write SQL queries quickly to extract data for trouble shooting and reporting
- Managed the internal bank user ids and accounts of multiple external APAC bank users
Specialist Technical Support Associate
Mphasis an HP Company
11.2007 - 11.2010
- Crafted, compared and consolidate the data with action plan and created track progress reports
- Crafted requirements and connected with users when needed, requesting actions
Education
MBA - IT Project Management
Welingkar Institute of Managment
Mumbai 04.2001 -
B.Com - Accounting
Pune University
Pune 04.2001 -
Skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to influence leadership
Ability to work under pressure
Management skills
Coaching skills
Team player
Knowledge of security systems
Knowledge of applications
Foundation in cyber security
Knowledge of information security best practices
Ability to follow instructions
Deliver quality results
ITIL
IAM
Partnership development
Certification
CISM
Accomplishments
- Successfully delivered multiple projects focused on Privileged Access Risk, enhancing security controls across critical systems and reducing unauthorized access risks.
- Led end-to-end assessments of privileged accounts, identifying misconfigurations, ownership gaps, and access violations, and implemented remediation measures aligned with compliance standards.
Timeline
AVP, Cyber Security
Northern Trust Operation Service
07.2022 - Current
AVP Cyber Security
Northern Trust
07.2021 - 07.2022
Information Security Analyst
BNY Mellon Technology Ltd
10.2018 - 06.2021
Access control Manager (IAM)
BNY Mellon International Operations
05.2014 - 09.2018
Department Security Admin (IAM)
BNY Mellon International Operations
11.2010 - 04.2014
Specialist Technical Support Associate
Mphasis an HP Company
11.2007 - 11.2010
MBA - IT Project Management
Welingkar Institute of Managment
04.2001 -
B.Com - Accounting
Pune University
04.2001 -