Philippe Bourdon
Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
United States (Remote / Hybrid)[email protected]LinkedIn
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Executive summary

Executive leader with equal depth across CIO and CISO mandates, open to CIO, CISO, or combined responsibilities based on business needs.

Enterprise technology executive with 25+ years leading infrastructure, cloud, engineering delivery, and cybersecurity organizations.

Trusted partner to CEOs, CFOs, and boards for modernization, operating-model design, and audit-ready governance.

Operate at business scale across $500M-$30B environments, translating strategy into reliable delivery, scalability, resilience, and cost discipline.

Selected outcomes
  • Define and execute technology strategy tied to business priorities through multi-quarter roadmaps, architecture choices, and measurable delivery outcomes.
  • Translate customer and regulatory expectations into practical controls and ways of working that fit the company's maturity and risk profile.
  • Design and stand up ISMS programs and audit readiness for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 with clear control ownership and evidence.
  • Modernize infrastructure and cloud platforms with reliability, scalability, and cost discipline built into day-to-day execution.
  • Improve engineering delivery with practical SDLC, DevOps/SRE, release quality, and developer enablement practices.
  • Strengthen resilience and security with incident response playbooks/tabletops, IAM hardening, monitoring/logging, and vulnerability management.
CIO / CISO focus
CIO
Enterprise Technology Strategy + Delivery
  • Portfolio and roadmap planning tied to business outcomes, budget, and capacity
  • Architecture and platform standards that improve reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency
  • Execution cadence across product, engineering, and IT operations with clear ownership and metrics
CISO
Technology + Security Strategy + Executive Alignment
  • Translate business strategy and customer commitments into integrated technology and security roadmaps
  • Board/auditor/customer communication in plain language (posture, risk narratives, tradeoffs)
  • Cross-functional decision framework across engineering, IT operations, security, and compliance with clear ownership
  • ISO 27001-aligned ISMS design and implementation; SOC 2 readiness
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Open to CIO, CISO, and combined CIO/CISO roles (Remote/Hybrid).
Experience

Roles and delivery

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Mastech Digital — Chief Information Officer / Chief Information Security Officer
2023 – Present · Pittsburgh, PA

Own enterprise technology and security outcomes across infrastructure, engineering delivery, risk, and compliance in a multi-client service model.

  • Directed enterprise operating-model redesign across IT, engineering, and security to improve execution cadence and accountability.
  • Established board and audit reporting cadence with decision-ready technology investment, risk, and control maturity metrics.
  • Achieved ISO 27001/27701, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR alignment within 12 months through enterprise control redesign and evidence discipline.
C&S Wholesale Grocers — Vice President, IT Infrastructure
2018 – 2023 · Keene, NH

Led enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and core platform operations for a $30B national grocery distribution business.

  • Negotiated a $68M Google enterprise agreement and migrated 400+ applications (~90% of workloads) to GCP in 18 months.
  • Managed a $70M annual IT operating budget while improving resilience and service continuity across 52 distribution centers.
  • Modernized enterprise network and security architecture with a 60-firewall refresh and SD-WAN rollout delivered with zero downtime.
Survey Sampling International — VP, IT Infrastructure & Global Support
2013 – 2018 · Shelton, CT

Directed global infrastructure, support, and security operations in a shared-services model spanning 30 international offices.

  • Led global infrastructure and support operations across 30 international offices with standardized service governance.
  • Executed secure data center migrations to compliant colocation facilities with controlled regional cutovers.
  • Reduced vulnerability exposure by 30% through unified IAM and endpoint security standards.
Webster Financial Corp — VP, Enterprise Systems
2004 – 2013 · Waterbury, CT

Led enterprise systems and infrastructure modernization in a regulated financial-services environment.

  • Led enterprise systems modernization to reduce legacy complexity and improve platform stability in a regulated environment.
  • Completed two data center migrations to compliant colocation facilities while preserving business continuity.
  • Maintained regulatory alignment through multi-year infrastructure and platform transformation governance.
IKON Office Solutions — Sr. AIX Administrator / Project Manager
1999 – 2004

Built foundational leadership from hands-on UNIX/AIX operations into cross-functional project delivery.

  • Owned mission-critical UNIX/AIX production platforms and service reliability.
  • Progressed into project leadership, coordinating cross-functional teams and vendor delivery.
  • Built systems engineering and incident-response discipline that informs executive decision-making today.