Ian Macdonald
Ian has extensive experience as a leader in Information Technology and Cyber Security. He has developed a strong track record of building and managing successful IT, Cyber Security, and Operations programs for organizations of various sizes and global workforces.
He has led security initiatives, driving operational excellence, and advising executive teams on cyber risk management.
His past roles include Cyber Security Practice Director at Banneker Partners, where he advised 16 portfolio companies on strengthening their cyber security frameworks. Guiding Banneker portfolio companies on the changing Security landscape, including the proposed HIPAA Security Rule, California’s new reproductive privacy and health information sharing laws, new U.S. state privacy laws, and the recent U.S. Treasury cyber-attack.
He stays ahead of industry trends by continually researching vulnerabilities, legislative changes, and best practices in cyber security.
Ian also served as Chief Information Security Officer at SuccessKPI, where he focused on developing robust cyber security strategies to protect company assets and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. He led initiatives to achieve certifications including PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001. He worked with external auditors to ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, and HIPAA, and played a key role in creating a FedRAMP-compliant version of the product. In addition to compliance, he managed critical security functions such as Risk Registers, GDPR SAR procedures, Incident Response, Business Continuity Planning, Pentesting, and tabletop exercises to ensure operational resilience.
On the IT operations side, He has successfully led projects that included an Office 365 migration, global device deployment (MDM), Malware protection, IT provisioning, and hardware procurement to support a globally distributed workforce and has overseen deploying network monitoring infrastructure across global data centers, managed third-party vendor relationships, and implemented company-wide security awareness training program.
He also has Data Center operations experience, Where he built and led teams that automated production deployments using Terraform and AWS services such as IAM, Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, GuardDuty, and more. Using Agile and Kanban methodologies to streamline DevOps and SecDevOps processes, ensuring automation and repeatability in all our operations.
He has also held security roles at Strategy.com, AOL, The World Bank, Constellation Energy, Angel.com, Salesforce.com.