John McClure

Experience: Sinclair’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud providing strategic leadership for Sinclair’s enterprise information security & enterprise infrastructure and cloud programs. Responsible for creating and executing enterprise security, infrastructure, and cloud programs for Sinclair, financial and budget management, and collaboration with internal and external partners. Managing all information security risk and building a resilient and robust infrastructure and emerging cloud capabilities, reporting to Sinclair’s Executive Leadership Team and Board.

• First CISO for Sinclair, executive in charge of developing and leading a best-in-class information security program.

• Manage a company-wide information security governance process and lead the development and implementation of policy and governance program to secure Sinclair’s sensitive data, maintaining security and compliance with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.

• Lead and manage the maturation of Sinclair’s enterprise infrastructure and cloud capabilities.

• Driving enterprise wide standardization and alignment with information technology best practices across 150+ locations.

• Executing strategy to upgrade over 10,000+ critical infrastructure components enterprise-wide to increase overall availability of business critical services.

• Leading Sinclair’s enterprise cloud division to support and build new cloud native business services to transform Sinclair’s ability to innovate and deliver at scale.

• Institute an information security awareness program for all employees across all business units.

• Pursue business security initiatives to address unique needs in protecting identity theft, mobile, social media security, and online reputation program.

• Lead and manage the enterprise Security Incident Response capabilities supporting Sinclair operations.

2023 : Present

Sinclair Inc.

CISO & VP, Enteprise Infrastructure & Cloud

Sinclair’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), providing strategic leadership for Sinclair’s enterprise information security program. Responsible for creating and executing the information security vision for Sinclair, financial and budget management, and collaboration with internal and external partners to identify and manage risk across the enterprise. Managing all information security risk reporting to Sinclair’s Executive Leadership Team and Board.

• First CISO for Sinclair, executive in charge of developing and leading a best-in-class information security program.

• Manage a company-wide information security governance process and lead the development and implementation of policy and governance program to secure Sinclair’s sensitive data, maintaining security and compliance with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements.

• Instituting an information security awareness program for all employees across all business units.

• Pursue business security initiatives to address unique needs in protecting identity theft, mobile, social media security, and online reputation program.

• Lead and manage the enterprise Security Incident Response capabilities supporting Sinclair operations.

Sinclair, a Fortune 500 company, is a diversified media company and leading provider of local sports and news. The Company owns and/or operates 21 RSN brands; owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets; is a leading local news provider in the country; owns multiple national networks; and has TV stations affiliated with all the major broadcast networks. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple-platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms.

2021 :

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Providing strategic leadership for Laureate's information security program. Responsible for creating and executing the information security vision for Laureate, financial and budget management, and collaboration with internal and external partners to identify and manage risk across Laureate. Managing all information security risk reporting to Laureate’s Executive Leadership Team and Board.

Laureate is a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company that provides global access to high-quality education and degree programs. Laureate's longstanding commitment to operating with purpose is evidenced by their status as one of the world’s largest Certified B Corporations® and the first Public Benefit Corporation publicly listed on any stock exchange in the world.

2020 : 2021

Laureate International Universities

Chief Information Security Officer (Global CISO)

Responsible for initiating and leading global strategic programs critical to the success of overall risk mitigation and reduction at Laureate. Lead initiatives to ensuring global policies and initiatives are effectively executed and employed for maximum effectiveness.

Lead all global information security, security engineering, security analysis, security operations, policy/standards, and training initiatives and personnel. Responsible for global security incident response, cloud security, vulnerability management, data security and management, availability and continuity monitoring, and network security and resiliency.

Collaborate with key senior stakeholders across Laureate, particularly regional and institutional CIOs, and provide strategy and definition of key processes for operational effectiveness and efficiency.

2019 : 2020

Laureate International Universities

Vice President, Global Information Security

Responsible for initiating and leading global strategic programs critical to the success of overall risk mitigation and reduction at Laureate. Lead initiatives to ensuring global policies and initiatives are effectively executed and employed for maximum effectiveness. Specifically lead all regional global operational security teams to support response to security incidents and initiatives to reduce overall risk exposure. Additionally, responsible for the global support and availability of all security operational platforms.

Laureate’s network of more than 70 campus-based and online universities in 25 countries offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to over one million students worldwide. Laureate's international community spans the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

2018 : 2019

Laureate International Universities

Executive Director, Global Security Operations

Company: Sinclair Inc.

Spoken Language: English, Spanish