Bristol-Myers Squibb's Cindy Cullen Named Chief Technology Officer, SAFE-BioPharma Association.FORT LEE, N.J. -- Cindy Cullen, Associate Director of Digital Certificate Services, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, has been named Chief Technology Officer, SAFE-BioPharma Association, it was announced today. Ms. Cullen will serve as SAFE-BioPharma's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. while continuing her Bristol-Myers Squibb responsibilities. SAFE-BioPharma Association is the non-profit association of large pharmaceutical companies that developed and manages the SAFE[TM] digital identity and signature standard. Ms. Cullen is internationally recognized for her experience in Information Technology, Security & Privacy, Business and Technical Risk Management, Application Security, Audit and Regulatory Compliance. As SAFE-BioPharma CTO, Ms. Cullen will oversee and administer all aspects of technology for SAFE-BioPharma and will be the Chief Systems Architect for SAFE. She assumes the position from George Rathbun, who returned to Pfizer after a year of secondment. "Cindy Cullen's exceptional knowledge of information security, authentication, risk management and public key infrastructure are ideal for her role as SAFE's Chief Technology Officer, especially during this time of rapid implementation of the SAFE standard in the pharmaceutical industry," said Mollie Shields-Uehling, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , SAFE-BioPharma Association. Since joining Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2003, Cindy Cullen has held positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to Bristol-Myers Squibb, she spent 12 years at Telcordia Technologies (Bellcore) where, among other positions, she was Director of Security and Fraud Solutions, providing security consulting to Fortune 500 companies, government entities, and the Regional Bell Operating Companies. As Director of Operations Support Systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such Application Architecture, she helped define the infrastructure at Telcordia for applications design & development. She is an advisor to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee which is working with the Federal government. She is a frequent speaker at industry meetings. Ms. Cullen holds an MS in Computer Science from City College of New York “City College” redirects here. For other uses, see City College (disambiguation). CCNY was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States[3] and a Bachelor degree from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minn. She is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) The award for successful completion of an examination in computer security administered by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. (Certified Information Systems Security Professional Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is a vendor-neutral certification governed by the non-profit International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (commonly known as (ISC)²). ), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) The award for successful completion of an examination in information security management from the Information Security Audit and Control Association. See ISACA. (Certified Information Security Manager Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) is a designation awarded by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association to individuals who pass a written examination and have at least five years of information security experience with a minimum three years of ) and SSBB SSBB Super Smash Brothers Brawl (video game) SSBB Six Sigma Black Belt (quality terminology) SSBB Star Spangled Big Band (Washington, DC) (Six Sigma Black Belt). About SAFE-BioPharma Association SAFE-BioPharma Association is the non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE[TM] digital identity and digital signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Through the SAFE standard, the association promotes interoperability and integration among researchers, vendors, regulators, clinicians and other pharmaceutical and healthcare stakeholders. The SAFE standard provides a secure, enforceable, and regulatory compliant way to verify the identities of parties involved in business-to-business and business-to-regulator electronic transactions. SAFE stands for "Signatures and Authentication For Everyone Signatures and Authentication For Everyone (SAFE), is a set of enforced standards that create a trusted community for legally enforceable Business to Business and Business to Government digitally signed transactions within the global biopharmaceutical industry. ." The Association's founder-members include AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, and Sanofi-Aventis. For more information, visit www.safe-biopharma.org. SAFE[TM] is a trademark of SAFE-BioPharma Association. Any use of this trademark requires approval from SAFE-BioPharma Association. |
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