Colleen McMahon, CISSP, CISM
Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Global Security at Viatris
Viatris•Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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Highly-qualified professional with more than 30 years of progressive leadership experience in Information Security within a multi-national pharmaceutical companies. Recognized Pharma Industry expert on the creation of standards for digital identity and information security with over 20 years of cyber security experience. Established multiple years of the corporate-wide information security strategy and roadmap which has served as the basis for the multi-year multi-million-dollar program which has delivered significant risk reduction over the last 5 years of its execution. 12 years of proven experience leading various cyber security operational teams including cyber incident response, application security testing and information leakage prevention. Over 15 years of experience authoring the board updates on the state of information security, proving the information security updates for external and internal executive reporting including the annual report. Provided testimony in federal and local courts related security incidents and intellectual property defense. Defined and delivered the multi-year security strategies for various security domains including mobility, insider threat, secure collaboration, secure hosting and application security.
Career Timeline
- ViatrisCurrentNov 2020–Present· 5 yrs 11 mos
- Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President, Global SecurityCurrentMay 2021–Present
- Chief Information Security OfficerNov 2020–May 2021
- Nov 2019–Nov 2020· 1 yr
- Managing Board MemberNov 2019–Nov 2020
- Mar 2019–Nov 2020· 1 yr 8 mos
- Chief Information Security OfficerMar 2019–Nov 2020
- 2012–2018· 6 yrs
- Member, Board of Directors2012–2018
- 1999–Nov 2019· 20 yrs 10 mos
- Deputy CISO, Head Information Security Strategy, Architecture and EngineeringMar 2018–Nov 2019
- Deputy CISO, Head of Information Security Strategy, Architecture and Incident ResponseFeb 2013–Mar 2019
- Deputy Compliance Officer, IT/HR Global Support Functions Risk and ComplianceJun 2011–Feb 2013
- Head, Risk ManagementNov 2008–Jun 2011
- Senior Director, IT SecuritySep 2006–Nov 2008
- Team Lead, Technology & Business Effectiveness2004–Sep 2006
- IT Program Manager, Alliances2002–2004
- Developer, Small Projects and Rapid Application Development2001–2002
- Team Lead, Clinical Trial Remote Data Management Support1999–2001
- 1999–2000· 1 yr
- Consultant, Professional Services1999–2000
- 1992–1998· 6 yrs
- Web Development and Security1992–1998