John Woods
BISO at RJ O'Brien & Associates LLC
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Woods is a senior information security leader based in the Greater Chicago Area with 13 years of focused leadership in cybersecurity and IT. As Senior Director of Information Security - CISO at R.J. O'Brien, a StoneX company, he built the cybersecurity function from the ground up, established a risk-based framework, and formed a Cloud Platform team to secure scalable cloud infrastructure for growth. He translates security into measurable business value, developing cyber risk metrics that boost governance and executive engagement at the board level. His career spans hands-on roles in penetration testing and security management, including stints at Accuvant, Novacoast, and US Cellular, giving him practical threat insight and regulatory compliance experience. He holds a B.S. in Telecommunications Management from DeVry University and is passionate about weaving security into operational excellence rather than treating it as a silo. Outside of security, he loves making IT better and driving security-aware culture across organizations.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Telecommunications Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Telecommunications Management at DeVry University
Github Skills (3)
kali-linux8
bash5
linux4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
secjohn/obfy
Aug 2013 - Nov 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 1 year 3 months
secjohn/kali-scripts
Mar 2013 - May 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years 2 months
kalilinuxkali-linuxbash
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