Nicholas Kriska

Owned enterprise and product information security strategy, cloud/application risk, identity, incident response, vulnerability management, compliance, vendor risk, business continuity, AI governance, and customer assurance for a regulated SaaS company serving nearly 400 public-safety agency customers.

Built and scaled the IT and Security function from one to six employees while the company grew from 80 to 530 employees, expanded into retail, and opened a one-million-square-foot logistics facility.

Provided fractional vCISO and embedded technology leadership for Bay Area biotechnology and e-commerce companies, translating security, audit, privacy, identity, infrastructure, and operational gaps into practical multi-quarter roadmaps for C-suite stakeholders.

Led and mentored ten technicians and engineers supporting 140+ client organizations, serving as senior escalation resource for infrastructure, identity, networking, endpoint, backup/recovery, and security issues.

Provided Tier 3 support for approximately 1,500 endpoints and contributed to BCDR maturity in a public-sector environment.

Provided onsite Windows support and assisted with large-scale Windows migration.

Earned the CCNA certification from Cisco in 2021.

Earned the PCNSE certification from Palo Alto Networks in 2021.

Coursework toward a Bachelor of Science in Biology.