Fri 10/15

• Applied to Technology Risk Management Consultant position with RSM McGladrey on line.
• Sent email to Matt Rasul (recruiter with McGladrey) about TRMC position.
• Sent email to Matt Barner to request status on Infrastructure Director positions with AMX and the City of Garland.
• Sent email to Ganesh to request status on the Governance and Compliance position with Brinks.
• Sent email to Charlie requesting status on the IT Risk Manager position with AHMSI.
• Sent email to Holly Hawk requesting a connection with Garrick Beck, Director of Recruiting with Dell.
• Sent email to Jake Garcia about BOA openings.
• Received email from Charlie. The IT Risk Manager position is filled.
• Received email from Ganesh about the Brinks opening. They're still trying to fill it, and he forwarded my resume to the hiring manager.
  

Mon 10/11

• Received email from Scott that Aegon was making reference calls last week.
• Received email from Shalley Hale with Chase, confirming my interview on Thursday afternoon.
• Sent email to Bridgela Davis with RAC, requesting status of their search for an Development Security Manager.
• Received email from Bridgela Davis with RAC. They're not interviewing for this position for another week or two. I asked her to confirm that they have my application on file.
• Received email from Bridgela with RAC, confirming that they have my application.
• Requested TWC payments for the past two weeks.
• Forwarded S/21 Programmer/Analyst position email to Toby.
• Forwarded Doug's contact information to Ben Pierce.

Thu 10/7 and Fri 10/8

• Received email from Ben Pierce about Flowserve. He's forwarding my cover letter and resume to three of the four VPs of IT in that organization.
• Exchanged emails with Richard Dittmar about S/21 Programmer Analyst position (consultant, initially around six months)
• Spoke to Leslie Goth, recruiter with Digital Realty Trust (214 601 4275). She has forwarded my resume to the hiring manager, and we're looking at setting up a video interview for Wednesday next week.
• Received email from Leslie confirming a video interview on Wednesday afternoon of next week.
• Played phone tag with Shelley Hale from Chase about setting up an interview for next week.

Wed 10/6

• Sent email to Scott Butnick (recruiter with Chase) about IT Controls Analyst position.
• Sent mail to Elyse Morris with BlueLynx about Sr. IT Controls Analyst position.
• Left voicemail for Steve Lechner (recruiter with Securus) about Sox Compliance Analyst position.
• Applied for SOX Business Analyst position with Digital Realty Trust on line.
• Sent email to Lynn Wolf (director with DRT) about SOX Business Analyst position.
• Sent email to Whitney Huang (recruiter with E&Y) about their IT GRC positions.
• Applied to Sr. IT Control Analyst position on Tribune site (had already applied on BlueLynx)
• Received email from Scott Butnick about Chase's IT Controls Analyst position. I forwarded the req number, so he can forward my email to the correct recruiter.
• Sent thank-you note to Alan Bogard for connecting me with Scott Butnick.
• Applied to IT Controls Analyst position with Flowserve on line.
• Sent email to Ben Pierce about Flowserve.
• Got a reply from Ben about Flowserve. "Probably the most dysfunctional IT Department I've ever seen."
• Played phone tag with Shelly, a recruiter with Chase, about their IT Controls Analyst position.
• Sent email to Bob Kimbrell asking about contacts with BOA, Dell, and E&Y.
• Sent cover letter and resume to Ben for him to forward to Flowserve.
• Sent email to Barry and Josh about CA opportunities.
• Checked the "weekly" list of companies.

Jobs in the mix

ACTIVE (13)
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• McGladrey - Technology Risk Management Consultant (Applied on line 10/14. Sent email to Matt Rasul, recruiter, 10/14. He's trying to locate the correct recruiter for me to speak to as of 10/20. Sent follow-up email to Matt on 10/26)
• Kimberly-Clark - Internal Control Audit Analyst (Applied on line 1/19)
  
• Atrium - Sr. IT Internal Auditor (Applied on line 1/19. Sent email to Ben Pierce about the company in general 1/19).
  
• JP Morgan Chase - Sr. IT Auditor (Applied on line 1/19. Sent follow-up email to Shelley Hale 1/19)
  
• CB Robert Ellis - DR Manager (Applied on line 1/18, and sent follow-up email to Scott Belew. Scott is going to forward my resume to the recruiter who's trying to fill this position.)
  
• Matrix - IT Compliance Analyst (sent resume and cover letter to Liz Flores 11/22. Sent follow-up email 12/1)
  
• Sapphire - iSeries Developer (Applied on line 11/15)
  
• Standard Motor Products - Sr. iSeries System Engineer (sent email to "Lew" 11/15 and 1/18)
  
• Capital One (Iconma) - BSA IT Compliance and Governance (Applied on line 11/12. Spoke to Lisa Stanford, recruiter, 11/12. Sent follow-up email 12/1)
• JackHenry - Technical Business Analyst (applied on line 11/8)
• Accudata - Solutions Architect, Assessment & Compliance (Applied on line 10/22. No further word as of 11/23)
  
• GE - Sr. Information Technology Analyst (Applied on line 10/19. Application is being reviewed as of automated notification on 10/21. Position is opened under new req number 11/10 - 1283030 - IT Leader – Senior Information Security Analyst)
• JC Penney - IT Development Manager (Applied on line 10/5. Sent email to Roger Pennington, Recruiter, 10/5. Received linkedin message from Meghan Semmers on 10/27 and email from Diana Martinez, recruiter, on 11/3)
• JC Penney - Sr. Manager, Enterprise Application Architecture (Applied on line 10/5. Received linkedin message from Meghan Semmers on 10/27 and email from Diana Martinez, recruiter, on 11/3).
• Bank Of America - IT Risk Consultant (Applied on line 10/14. Sent job req # to Jake Garcia 10/21)

STALE:
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CA - Presales (no further update since 9/8)
Fishnet - Security/Compliance Consultant (no update since 9/8)
Trustwave - Info Sec Consultant (Requested update again from David Moody on 9/20. Sent email to Brett Cordell and generic "jobs" email addres 10/22)
Apparel Group - IT Manager (no update since original application)

Securus - Sox Compliance position (Applied on line 9/20 and sent email to Steve Lechner, recruiter. Left voicemail for Steve 10/6. Shows expired on Indeed as of 10/6. Sent follow-up email to Steve 11/2)

Tribune/BlueLynx Media - Senior IT Control Analyst (Applied on line 9/17. Requested status from Elyse Morris on 10/6)

AHMSI - IT Project Manager (Sent resume and cover letter to Charlie 9/16. Requested update from Charlie on 9/29. Neither he nor I have an update as of 11/23.)

Town North Bank - IT Project Manager (discussed position with Matt Barner and his co-worker 10/19. Sent follow-up email on 10/27. No further word as of 11/23)

ON HOLD:
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Pepsi - RPG Programmer Analyst (on hold per Pranjal on 9/16. Requested update 11/2)
PFSWeb - IT Account Executive (position no longer open, due to lack of project backlog for international user community as of 9/20. Requested update 11/2)
Jefferson Wells - RASP (Sent resume to Randy Watterworth on 8/27. Susan Andrews is trying to set up an interview with Randy as of 9/29. Hiring manager has been out of the office for an extended period of time due to a family emergency, and they're not looking for anyone as of 10/21)
CapitalOne - Compliance Consultant, through Verizon (Still open, but on hold pending approval to begin the interview process as of 10/21)


NO LONGER IN THE MIX:
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DPSG/MFR - IT Audit Manager (Applied on line 1/19. Sent email to John Cronin 1/19. Spoke to John Cronin 1/20. Position has been filled)
DPSG/RH - Senior IT Auditor (Applied on line 1/20. Position was filled internally)
Sharf, Woodward - IT Sox Analyst (sent resume and cover letter to Rob with SW Jobs 11/25. Sent follow-up email 1/18)
CB Richard Ellis - Sr. iSeries Systems Engineer (Applied on line 11/15. Scott Belew, recruiter, forwarded my resume to the hiring manager 11/16. Sent follow-up email to Scott 12/1 and 1/18. They went with a different candidate).
Brinks - IT Governance and Compliance Manager (Sent resume and cover letter to Ganesh on 9/22. Spoke to Missy Nodine, recruiter, on 10/27. Had interview with her and Miguel Gutierrez for 10/28. Had interview with team and Roger Santone on Tuesday 11/9. As of 11/23 I'm one of the two final candidates, and they're going to make a decision the week of 11/29. They went with the other candidate.)
Dean Foods - Security Architect (Applied on line 10/21. Sent email to Vaughn Scott, recruiter, on 10/21. Position is no longer available)
Brinks - IT Business Analyst (sent email to Missy Nodine, recruiter, 11/3. Discussed position with Missy 11/4 and again 11/23. She's going to send me the job description. Position is no longer available)
CVS/Headstrong - AS400 Technical Architect (sent resume and cover letter to Portia Westbrooks 11/27)
FedEx - IT Manager (Applied on line 11/11. Received notification they were pursuing other candidates 11/18).

Chase - Information Risk and Compliance Lead (Applied on line 10/27. Sent linkedin message to David Wallace, hiring manager, on 10/27. Spoke to Jeff Liber on 11/8. Interview with David Wallace is set up for Tuesday, 11/16 They're looking for someone with more developed technical skills)

Digital Realty Trust - SOX Business Analyst (Applied on line 10/6. Spoke to Leslie, recruiter, on 10/8. Had video interview with Carrie Pedraza - hiring manager - on Wed 10/13. They are still in the first round of interviews as of 10/26. They went with another candidate as of 11/15)

JPMorgan Chase - Sr. IT Controls Analyst (Applied on line 10/5. Interview with Erica Rogers - hiring manager - on Thu 10/14. Left voicemail for recruiter Shelley Hale on 10/21. They went with an internal candidate as of 11/15)

Rent-A-Center - Development Security Manager (Applied on line 9/7. Was on hold, may be back on, as of 9/30. As of 10/11 they are not interviewing for another week or so. Received email from Bridgela Davis on 11/11 that they've identified a candidate)

Alliance Data - IT Compliance Analyst (Applied on line 11/3. Sent email to Cheryl Gorforth, recruiter, 11/10. Received automated notification that they're not interested on 11/11)
CapitalOne - Bank IT Sr. Manager (Applied on line 10/26. Sent email to Nikki Stephenson, recruiter, 11/2. Position no longer open as of 11/2)

City of Garland - Infrastructure Director (Submitted by Matt Barner 9/22. No update as of 9/30. Requested status on 10/14. They're going forward with other candidates who have more municipal experience as of 10/19)

GoTechNow (?) - IT Security Risk Analyst (Applied on line 10/21. Sent resume and cover letter to Jim Bright, recruiter, 10/26. Spoke to Jim on phone 10/26. They're looking for experience in a much larger enterprise than I have been in)

Aegon - IT Security Engineer (Sent resume and cover letter to Aegon on 8/30. Last interview 9/15. No update as of 9/30. Received email from Scott on 10/10 that they called for references the previous week. They're looking for someone more technical as of 10/25)

AMX - Infrastructure Director (Submitted by Matt Barner 9/30. Requested status on 10/14. They're going forward with other candidates with more hands-on experience as of 10/19) AHMSI - IT Risk Manager (Sent resume and cover letter to Charlie 9/16. Requested update from Charlie on 9/29 and 10/14. Shows expired on Indeed as of 10/6.)
Flowserve - IT Controls Analyst (Applied on line 10/6. Ben Pierce forwarded my cover letter and resume to three of their four VPs of IT on 10/7. Received notification they're going with other candidates on 10/11)
ViewPoint Bank - IT Risk and Data Security Manager (they made an offer to another candidate as of 10/1)

Freeman - IT Compliance Lead (they're going with a different candidate)
Freeman - Director of Infrastructure (they're going with different candidates)
Freeman - Application Development Manager (they're reposting position as a Lead instead of Manager)
Bell - Compliance Analyst (they're going with a different candidate as of 9/20)
MovieTavern - IT Manager (they're working with candidates with more management experience, as per Garry Gay on 9/17)
GrantThornton - Senior IT Audit (They've made an offer to another candidate, per Chelie Marton as of 9/17)
Company Unknown - IT Audit Consultant (they're going with other candidates, per Chris Tryon)

Rent-A-Center - Sr. IT Auditor (they've made an offer to another candidate)
Sally Beauty - Sr. App Dev Manager, iSeries RPG (no longer on their web site)
Sally Beauty - Global Security Manager (according to Jeff Camiel, they're going with more experienced security professionals)

Tue 10/5

• Applied for IT Development Manager position with JC Penney on line.
• Sent email to Roger Pennington, recruiter with JC Penney, to follow up on application.
• Applied for Senior Manager - Enterprise Application Architecture position with JC Penney on line.
• Applied for Senior IT Controls Analyst position with JPMorgan Chase

Fri 10/1

• Received email from Melissa Matthews with ViewPoint Bank. They have made an offer to a candidate for the IT Risk and Data Security Manager position.
• Sent Linkedin message to Nikki Stephenson about Sr. Manager - Information Risk Security position with CapitalOne.
• Got a reply from Nikki that the CapitalOne position is in Virginia. Asked whether this type of positions are sometimes located in Plano as well.
• Attended N TX Career Focus group meeting.