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Matthew Arndt

@matthewarndt

I lead cybersecurity governance, regulatory assurance, and GRC modernization across federal and commercial environments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead cybersecurity governance, GRC modernization, regulatory assurance, and executive risk management across complex commercial, federal, DoD, or intelligence environments.

At Bluescape, I lead the security function in an interim CISO capacity, setting enterprise priorities across cybersecurity governance, cloud security, incident oversight, and regulatory assurance.

I own assurance programs for ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP Moderate, and DoD IL4. As ISSM and chair of the Information Security Management Committee, I oversee risk acceptance, incident response, vulnerability governance, audit readiness, and executive risk communication.

Previously, I built Bluescape's sales engineering practice and held global sales engineering leadership roles at Qumu Corporation. Earlier, I spent nearly 10 years at Northwestern Mutual delivering infrastructure engineering and application support in financial services.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Vice President, ATO & Security Compliance Programs

Current

Bluescape

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Lead security function in interim CISO capacity, overseeing governance, risk, and compliance across ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and DoD IL4. Chair ISMC and AI Use Review Board, manage POA&M and vulnerability governance, and drive GRC modernization.

CISO GRC ISO 27001 SOC2 FedRAMP DoD IL4 Requirements POA&M Vulnerability Management AI Governance Drata RegScale NIST CISA BOD 26 04 SAST DAST Penetration Testing

Vice President, Sales Development & Operations

Bluescape

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Supported security governance and customer engagements across JWICS/TopSecret, DoD IL5, and SECRET/IL6 pilot environments, aligning with NIST SP 800-171, DFARS, and CMMC Level 2.

NIST SP 800 171 DFARS CMMC DoD IL5 JWICS Security Governance

Director, Sales Engineering

Bluescape

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 11 months)

Built sales engineering practice from ground up to seven engineers, advising leadership on staffing and technical strategy. Served as lead technical resource for FedRAMP/DISA IL4 sponsorship and security certification efforts.

Sales Engineering Solutions Architect FedRAMP DISA IL4 DoD Intelligence Community Cybersecurity

Global Head of Sales Engineering

Qumu Corporation

Jan 2011 - Dec 2019 (8 years 11 months)

Managed North American and European sales engineering teams, providing coaching, technical positioning, and solution architecture. Served on CEO leadership team and led architecture for largest deal in company history.

Sales Engineering Team Leadership Solutions Architect Video Content Management Global Deployment Support

Infrastructure Engineer

Northwestern Mutual

Jan 2001 - Dec 2011 (10 years 11 months)

Served as subject matter expert for media delivery across disparate network systems and field/home-office environments. Delivered infrastructure engineering, application support, and project management in a large financial-services environment.

Infrastructure Engineering Media Delivery Network Systems Application Support Project Management