Curriculum Vitae - Lennert Van Alboom

Personal Data

Blansko, Brno Metropolitan Area, Czech Republic
📧 lennert@csguard.eu
✆ +32 497 891211 ✆ +420 605 050 395
Born April 18th, 1981
Belgian nationality

Education

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2001-2007:

University of Ghent: Master of Computer Science
Thesis: "Management of OSGi Service Platforms"

Trainings & Certifications

→	ISC² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) [2019]
→	ISC² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) [2018]
→	HP CloudStart Implementation & Integration (4 days) [2012]
→	HP CloudStart Delivery (4 days) [2011]
→	ITIL v3 Foundation Certification [2010]
→	HP Accelerated SAN Essentials (5 days) [2010]
→	HP ROI/TCO Training (3 days) [2010]
→	Microsoft MCSE FastTrack (5 days) [2009]
→	Leading Yourself: MBTI Personality Insight and Communication Skill Training (6 days) [2009]
→	IBM Certified zSeries (Mainframe) Technical Professional [2007]
→	Novell Certified Linux Professional [2007]

Lectures & Publications

→	"SEMAF®: Secure Enterprise Migration Architecture Framework" - Publication (ISBN: 978-9464070484) [2019]
→	"Dilemmas in IT innovation" - Workshop for IMGent seminar [2016]
→	"Datacentre Migrations" - Article for Politeia Information Management handbook [2014]
→	"Private & Hybrid Cloud: Ask what your Cloud can do for you" - Lecture at Politeia Information Management Seminar [2013]

Working Experience

Chief Technology Officer & Freelance Consultant [01/2020 - current]

CSGuard s.r.o., Brno Metropolitan Area

Helping customers achieve their goals in Security, Infrastructure and Risk Management through freelance expertise.

Project as Senior Cyber Risk & Architecture Specialist [04/2024 - current]

Customer: STIB-MIVB, Brussels

→	Analysis and safeguarding of project security
→	Risk Management: Risk analysis of corporate initiatives - risk assessment, mitigation investigation & planning, risk follow-up
→	Security architecture & oversight of SAP RISE migration project
→	Collaboration on defining, updating and applying security standards

Keywords: Cybersecurity, Architecture, Risk Management, Cloud, Azure, SAP RISE

Project as Senior Cybersecurity Architect [11/2021 - 03/2024]

Customer: BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels

→	Analysis and safeguarding of project security
→	Risk Management: Risk analysis of corporate initiatives - risk assessment, mitigation investigation & planning, risk follow-up
→	Security architecture & oversight of Cloud migration projects
→	Collaboration on defining, updating and applying security standards

Keywords: Cybersecurity, Architecture, Risk Management, Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Containers, ZeroTrust, API Security

Project as Security & Risk Management Specialist [02/2020 - 11/2021]

Customer: Proximus Group, Brussels

→	Analysis and safeguarding of project security
→	Risk Management: Risk analysis of corporate initiatives - risk assessment, mitigation investigation & planning, risk follow-up

Keywords: Security, Data Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security, Cloud, Architecture, API, IAM

Owner & Freelance Consultant [01/2014 - 08/2023]

Init6 Consulting, Gent

Assisting customers in achieving their IT goals through freelance IT Architecture expertise.

Project as Security & Risk Management Specialist [08/2019 - 02/2020]

Customer: Proximus Group, Brussels

→	Analysis and safeguarding of project security
→	Risk Management: Risk analysis of corporate initiatives - risk assessment, mitigation investigation & planning, risk follow-up

Keywords: Security, Data Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security, Cloud, Architecture, API, IAM

Project as Architect - Infrastructure & Security [04/2018 - 08/2019]

Customer: Bank Degroof Petercam, Brussels

→	Responsible for infrastructure architecture
→	Analysis and safeguarding of infrastructure security in collaboration with Group CISO and Security Officers
→	Creation, guidance and follow-up of architectural principles in infrastructure and security

Keywords: Infrastructure, Security, Networking, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Virtualization

Project as Solution Architect - Datacentre Migration & Security [11/2017 - 04/2018]

Customer: ING Bank, Brussels

→	Guarding and enforcing bank standards for IT architecture and security
→	Secure migration of Unisys Mainframe ecosystem to virtualized environment in strategic datacentre
→	Analysis and design of Virtual Tape Libraries, high availability, disaster recovery and data security architecture for the Mainframe ecosystem

Keywords: Security, Networking, Mainframe, MCP, Unisys, VTL, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Virtualization, Migrations, Datacentre

Project as Infrastructure Solution Architect - Specialist Datacentre Transformations [01/2014 - 11/2017]

Customer: BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels

→	Guarding and enforcing bank standards for IT architecture and security
→	Architectural analysis and follow-up of the Datacentre Move project, definition of the Technical Datacentre Move Strategy
→	Architecture SPOC for the eIntelligence program: behavioural targeting, visual analytics, ...
→	Enterprise Architecture tracks, creating heatmaps, dashboards, blueprints, gap analysis

Keywords: Datacentre Migration, Security, Governance, eIntelligence, Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, Security, NAC, Access Control

Consultant - Solution Architect Datacentre Transformations [01/2010 - 01/2014]

Long-term assignment at Hewlett-Packard, Brussels - limited selection of highlighted projects below

Project as Solution Architect EMEA - Specialist Infrastructure, Linux & High Availability [07/2012 - 01/2014]

Customer: Large private bank, Luxembourg

→	Analysis of the existing Mainframe environment and the different workloads running on it
→	Interviewing key customer employees to capture company requirements and wishes
→	Analysis, design and implementation of a dual-datacentre mission critical Mainframe Alternative infrastructure
→	Analysis and design of a security framework for the infrastructure to comply with customer and regulation demands: hardening, logging, auditing, alerting
→	Design and development of custom software components for security, high availability and disaster recovery

Keywords: Security, Monitoring, Auditing, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Mainframe, CICS, Linux, ServiceGuard, Clustering, MetroCluster, EMC, SRDF, Oracle, KVM, Virtualization, MicroFocus, COBOL, DB2, Ansible

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist Infrastructure & Mainframe [04/2013]

Customer: Securex, Ghent

→	Analysis of, and recommendations for improvement for, Securex critical application stack and infrastructure

Keywords: Mainframe, z/VSE, z/VM, CICS, Linux, SuSE, DB2, Clustering, High Availability, Disaster Recovery

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist Linux [09/2012 - 01/2013]

Customer: Ghent University, Ghent

→	Optimisation of the UGent supercomputer software stack and monitoring

Keywords: High Performance Computing, Supercomputer, Linux, Clustering, Infiniband, Nagios, Scripting

Project as Cloud Architect [05/2011]

Customer: United Nations International Computing Centre, Geneva

→	Analysis of, and recommendations for improvement for, the operational private cloud environment

Keywords: HP CloudSystem Matrix, PAAS, IAAS, SAAS, Analysis, Templates, Workflows

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist UNIX & Linux [01/2010 - 12/2010]

Customer: Mazda Logistics Europe, Willebroek

→	Datacentre architecture overview, migration planning and migration execution
→	Design, integration and implementation of HPUX virtualization and cluster technology

Keywords: Datacentre Migration, HPUX, Integrity Virtual Machines, Oracle, ServiceGuard, Cluster, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Ignite-UX, ITIL

Infrastructure Architect [10/2008 - 01/2010]

Eandis CVBA, Merelbeke

→	Design and validation of IT infrastructure for projects

Keywords: ITIL, Monitoring, Change Management, Capacity Management, Identity & Access Management, SAP

Systems Engineer Linux, UNIX & Novell - Consultant [10/2006 - 10/2008]

Dolmen Computer Applications, Huizingen

→	Design, implementation and troubleshooting of environments based on Linux, HPUX and Novell

Keywords: Linux, Novell, Netware, OpenEnterprise Server, HPUX, Virtualization, Scripting, Networking

Hands-on Technical Skills

Ratings:

★☆☆

Beginner,

★★☆

Advanced,

★★★

Expert

→	Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Debian, Ubuntu, ...) ★★★
→	Novell (Netware, OpenEnterprise Server, eDirectory, iPrint, Zenworks, Cluster, ...) ★★☆
→	HP-UX ★★★
→	Virtualization (Xen, KVM, SIMH, HP Integrity VM) ★★★
→	HP ServiceGuard clustering ★★★
→	Scripting (shell, perl, ...) ★★★
→	OpenVMS ★★☆

Languages

→	Dutch/Nederlands: native
→	English: fluent
→	French/Français: fluent
→	Czech/Čeština: basic

Personal Characteristics

→	Capable of working independently as well as in team
→	Quick and eager to learn; adapts very quickly to new situations
→	Target and quality minded

Motto

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."