Davida Grant

Advised enterprise customers on OT security posture, risk, and implementation-readiness planning. Facilitated workshops aligning security priorities, risk, and compliance requirements.

Led a 24-month OT asset-governance and security program across five manufacturing facilities and more than 5,000 assets. Built backlog visibility and risk-based prioritization for a large security remediation program.

Led OT security architecture and technology modernization across approximately 32 global manufacturing plants. Led competitive evaluation of Claroty and Microsoft Defender for IoT for enterprise OT security platform selection.

Led structured cybersecurity and technology assessments across manufacturing, energy, chemical, and critical-infrastructure environments. Used Jira and Confluence to support audit issue tracking and documentation.

Directed IT/OT cybersecurity responsibilities supporting 28 manufacturing sites in at least eight countries. Reduced identified at-risk systems from 153 to 26 within four months through structured assessment and remediation coordination.

Managed site technology operations across three manufacturing facilities, coordinating infrastructure, hardware, vendors, and incident response. Reduced annual site technology operating costs by approximately 30% through vendor consolidation and technology optimization.

Network engineer on a Social Security Administration contract.

Provided customer service and technical support, including government technical support.

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Carolina, completed in May 2005.

Completed ICS Cybersecurity 301v and 401v training at Idaho National Laboratory.

Earned the Google Project Management Professional Certificate.