Alex Ramjuttun
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Business and Finance
University of Westminster
1990 : 1993
GCSE and 'A' Levels
St Davids and St Katherines
1985 : 1990
Associate's degree
French Language and Literature
University of Oxford
1987 : 1988
Experience:
A Global Security Executive with the ability to view activities from the lens of both a business perspective and a technical security scope. Responsible for the operations and enhancement of enterprise information security program. That will involve identifying, evaluating, and reporting on Aspen's Cyber Security Program, and address any risk to information assets, while supporting and advancing of Aspen's objectives.
2021 : Present
Aspen Insurance Group
Group Chief Information Security Officer
An innovative IT Executive with a proven leadership track record for driving business change and IT Transformation and Security. A strong leader who can add significant incremental value to any organization.
• Migrated services and applications to Cloud based alternatives (AWS, Azure, Office 365) improving security as well savings
• Led IT integrations and transitions seamlessly of several acquired Media Agencies into our business
• Prioritized and control projects and the project portfolio as they relate to the selection, acquisition, development, and installation of major information systems.
• Defined and communicated corporate plans, policies, and standards for the organization for acquiring, implementing, and operating IT systems.
• Establish appropriate IT governance structure involving leadership team to ensure IT priorities are properly aligned with business needs, in particular GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2
• Developed and implemented strategic plans for real estate needs and construction
• Implemented and improved security protocols from new firewalls to Cisco Umbrella, Dark Trace A.I. Unit and MFA
• Project managed office moves across the US as well as new office setups
• Developed, tracked, and controlled the IT annual operating and capital budgets of approx. $5m+
• Developed business case justifications and cost/benefit analysis for IT spending and initiatives.
• Directed development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
• Defined and communicated corporate plans, policies, and standards for the organization for acquiring, implementing, and operating IT systems.
• Led IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT capabilities across the organization.
• Establish appropriate IT governance structure involving leadership team
2016 : 2021
MDC Media Partners
Global Head of Information Security and Media Business Technology Partner
Argus Information and Advisory Services is the leading provider of analytic, information and solutions to a variety of consumers
An innovative information technology executive with a proven track record for driving business change. A strong leader who can add significant incremental value to any organization.
Strategy & Planning
• LEADING CHANGE : To bring about strategic and tactical change both within and outside the organization to meeting organizational goals. Ability to establish and organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
• LEADING PEOPLE : To lead people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission and goals. Ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation, teamwork and supports constructive resolution of conflict.
• RESULTS DRIVEN : To meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Ability to make decisions that produce high quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems and calculating risks.
• BUSINESS ACUMEN : To manage human, financial and information resources strategically.
• BUILDING COALITIONS : To build coalitions internally and with other departments, global locations and organizations to achieve common goals.
• INNOVATION : To identify, assess, and sell business opportunities leveraging technology, emerging technology, or process improvement methodologies to the business.
• Manage 500+ server environment with 100+ SQL servers,1000+ databases and dealing with over 100PB worth of data
• Data Warehousing, ETL environment, launched new ticketing system
• Project managing Data Center move and coordinating with the business as well as vendors
• Develop, track, and control the information technology annual operating and capital budgets of approx. $10m+
• Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance.
2014 : 2016
Argus Information and Advisory Services
Vice President of Information Technology
An innovative information technology executive with a proven track record for driving business change. A strong leader who can add significant incremental value to any organization.
Strategy & Planning
• Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT capabilities across the organization.
• Establish appropriate IT governance structure involving leadership team to ensure IT priorities are properly aligned with business needs
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT systems and resources, including staffing, sourcing, purchasing, and in-house development.
• Develop, track, and control the information technology annual operating and capital budgets.
• Develop business case justifications and cost/benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
• Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.
Operational Management
• Develop appropriate procedure to process and properly execute new IT initiatives.
• Prioritize and control projects and the project portfolio as they relate to the selection, acquisition, development, and installation of major information systems.
• Review hardware and software acquisition and maintenance contracts and pursue master agreements to capitalize on economies of scale.
• Define and communicate corporate plans, policies, and standards for the organization for acquiring, implementing, and operating IT systems.
• Ensure continuous delivery of IT services through oversight of service level agreements with end users and monitoring of IT systems performance.
• Promote and oversee strategic relationships between internal IT resources and external entities, including government, vendors, and partner organizations.
2013 : 2014
High 5 Games
Vice President of Information Technology & Operations
Developing for the land-based, online, and social markets, H5G has created hundreds of games that are played on six continents and in nearly 50 countries. H5G’s games are known for their unique artistic style and engaging gameplay, and they regularly lead the industry in both performance and popularity.
Head of IT for rapidly growing gaming company. A key member of the Executive team, responsible for overseeing and executing all IT functions, with expertise, passion, pride and speed, we actively use the latest innovative solutions and align technologies to deliver IT Services that exceeds the expectations of our customers.
2012 : 2013
High 5 Games
Director of IT
Company: Aspen Insurance Group
Years of Experience: 36
Spoken Language: French, Greek, Mauritian
Substantial financial benefits have been delivered through applied expertise in portfolio and program management, leadership, technology, and usability across all functional, organizational, and management boundaries.
Professional accomplishments have produced business and technology innovation, increased productivity, improved speed to market, and expanded operational excellence.
Respected leader with expertise in training and mentoring project managers and staff.
Skills Highlights:
∙ Business Partner
∙ IT Security
∙ IT Infrastructure Management
∙ Staff Management
∙ Program/Project Management
∙ Budget Management
∙ Change Management
∙ Excellent Customer Service
∙ Cross Cultural Communications
∙ Systems Integration