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Aabren Group, Jeffco Board of Education
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ProBuild Holdings, Newmont Mining, Accenture
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University of Colorado Denver
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John Newkirk
President at Colorado Computer
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Summary
Julie Williams
kwitt@aabren.com 720.383.4536
Office Support Manager
Driven, entrepreneurial leader, delivering technology development, business development and
information risk management for national and global companies.
Lesley Dahlkemper
Vice President of Strategic
Engagement and Communications at
The Colorado Education Initiative
Led Information Security (ISO), IT Compliance and Enterprise Architecture for nation's largest supplier of
building materials to pro builders, having developed and built information security strategy and program
from the ground up.
As global lead for Security and Compliance for Newmont Mining, developed and executed Sarbanes-­
Oxley compliance program on five continents and led information security strategy and operations.
As VP, Engineering and officer of public communications electronics company, directed the
development of a remote business communications (data and telephony) product line. As VP, Marketing
for public communications electronics company (Data Race/IPAxxess), set go-­to-­market strategy for
new remote access product line, and aggressively drove business development. As entrepreneur,
designed and developed industry's first simultaneous voice and data modem.
Chris Melkus
IT Director, Enterprise Infrastructure at
ProBuild Holdings
Jill Fellman
Board Member at Arvada Community
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Don Bulmer
Entered information security industry as Pres/CEO of information security software company, Turillion.
Vice President -­ Information
Technology at Vistar Corporation
As technology and information security consultant, helped Fortune 500 companies evaluate their
compliance and security postures, and developed and implemented security programs.
Sue Lapierre
Specialties: Development of technologies, strategies and business development, including information
security and legislative and industry compliance. Entrepreneurial development of communications and
analytics technology.
Joe Faletra
Vice President, Information Security
Officer at Prologis
Director IT at ProBuild Holdings
Dominick Maddalone
Vice President of IT Infrastructure &
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at
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Jeffco Board of Education
November 2013 – Present (1 year 5 months) | Jefferson County, CO
Took some time away from the office to campaign in early 2013 and then serve on Jeffco Board of
Education. Serve on board for 85,000 student district, with an annual total budget of ~$1B.
Megan Brown
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Jeff Francois
VP, IT Governance;; Information Security Officer (ISO)
ProBuild Holdings
Kyle Marquand PMP
February 2008 – June 2013 (5 years 5 months) | Greater Denver Area
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VP, Information Security and Network for ProBuild, nation's largest supplier of building materials to pro
builders. Consulted with ProBuild for 6 months prior to employment.
Information Security Officer.
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former Pres/CEO, Turillion Software (intrusion detection software);;
former Sarbanes Oxley and PCI compliance consulting Pres, Aabren Group, former VP, Engineering for Data Race, a public communications electronics company
Kenneth Witt
Dir, Global IT Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance
Newmont Mining
August 2005 – January 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Designed and oversaw operation of international data and voice communications network. Developed
and executed IT Sarbanes-­Oxley global compliance program. Developed global information security
strategy.
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2 recommendations
Alex Young, MA, EMDR, CSAT-­C
Sean McGrath
Psychotherapist, Nationally Certified Co…
Principal Process Architect at OtterBox
Kenneth ran both the Sarbanes-­Oxley program for
IT at Newmont as well as heading up the global IT
security program. Both... View
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I have had the pleasure of working with Kenneth
Witt for quite some time. I have been consistently
impressed with his broad... View
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Accenture
April 2004 – January 2006 (1 year 10 months)
Information Security Consulting
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Kenneth Witt Partner at
Burleson LLP
President / CEO
Turillion Software
January 2004 – December 2004 (1 year)
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Host based intrusion detection software.
VP, Engineering and VP, Marketing
Data Race
April 1992 – July 2000 (8 years 4 months) | San Antonio, Texas
Led the design and development of communications electronics systems and related software for this
publicly traded company. Also headed marketing of these products for a year and a half. Designed and
developed industry's first simultaneous voice and data modem.
3 recommendations, including:
Matt Bair
President at Sky-­T ec
Partner at Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson…
I worked with Kenneth at least five years. He is very
smart. He's one of the rare individuals who has
both strong... View
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Languages
Spanish
Skills
Top Skills
61
Security
39
Enterprise Architecture
37
Information Security
23
Information Technology
16
Program Management
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Leadership
12
Network Security
11
Consulting
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Governance
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Business Process
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Risk Management
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IT Management
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Business Continuity
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Business Intelligence
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Process Improvement
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Vendor Management
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Patents
Extending office telephony and network data services to a remote client
through the internet
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Education
University of Colorado Denver
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B. S., Math (working toward Ph. D.)
2007 – 2009
Church on the Rock Bible Institute
B.A., Christian Studies, Theology
2004 – 2007
New Mexico State University
1983 – 1988
Rose-­Hulman Institute of Technology
Chemical Engineering
1981 – 1982
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CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
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Dir, Global IT Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance
Newmont Mining
Alex Young, MA, EMDR, CSAT-­C
Psychotherapist, Nationally Certified Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist Candidate
“
Kenneth ran both the Sarbanes-­Oxley program for IT at Newmont as well as heading up
the global IT security program. Both programs were run very professionally and with the
highest integrity. Kenneth's attention to detail is outstanding, his knowledge of the SOx and
security domains very strong, and he is an exceptional colleague to work with. I recommend
him highly.
August 23, 2007, Alex worked directly with Kenneth at Newmont Mining
Sean McGrath
Principal Process Architect at OtterBox
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I have had the pleasure of working with Kenneth Witt for quite some time. I have been
consistently impressed with his broad umbrella of knowledge around business process,
network security, and compliance issues facing corporations today. Kenneth's knowledge
extends from the global picture surrounding these issues, down to the minute detail of
implementing processes... more
June 7, 2007, Sean reported to Kenneth at Newmont Mining
VP, Engineering and VP, Marketing
Data Race
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Les Staples
President at Sky-­T ec
“
Kenneth is an exceptional developer with a congenial but goal-­oriented management
style.
June 11, 2013, Les managed Kenneth at Data Race
Matt Bair
Partner at Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson LLP
“
I worked with Kenneth at least five years. He is very smart. He's one of the rare
individuals who has both strong engineering and hard science skills, while being a pragmatic
business leader.
June 6, 2013, Matt was a consultant or contractor to Kenneth at Data Race
Mack Lane
Technical Advisor / Senior Software Engineer at Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies, Inc.
“
I have worked for Kenneth at a number of places over the last 25 years and can
recommend him without reservation. He has consistently demonstrated a strong technical
understanding without losing sight of the business imperative driving the projects. He excels
at balancing resources with priorities and keeping a tight focus on the path that best meets
the goals of the ... more
June 6, 2013, Mack reported to Kenneth at Data Race
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