Simon Abou-antoun

Highly experienced and certified IT professional with over 20 years in computer science, including systems, applications, data management, and product development. Proven success in project management, security, compliance, and infrastructure across diverse industries. Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, adept at bridging technical and business needs.

IBM/LGS – Consultant/Project Manager Montreal, Jun2022 – Current

• Led a team of 7 security consultants in the successful delivery of multiple cybersecurity projects
• Directed the ForgeRock upgrade, a $3M security and development initiative for Alberta Health, enhancing identity and access management and improving overall security posture 
• Oversaw a $1.2M CMMC (NIST SP 800-171) certification project for Bombardier, leading the assessment and remediation efforts to ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards.
• Provided expert guidance to LGS on Quebec Loi 25 compliance, ensuring adherence to data privacy regulations and mitigating potential legal risks
• Contributed to multi-million-dollar tender response for Revenu Quebec
• Collaborated on a Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness and CV Management project. Technologies included: Microsoft Autogen and Autogen Studio. LM Studio and Ollama. Vector DB. Visual Studio code, copilot, Python. Chainlit and Streamlit.

• Led a team of developers working on building a mobile application for IOS and Android as well as web-based Specialist and Admin Panel a 1M$ project 
• Designed and managed a secure AWS infrastructure, applying security by design by leveraging services like WAF, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail to ensure high availability, scalability, and robust security for a mobile application and web-based platform, achieving compliance with healthcare standards (HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA)."

• Program Managed a portfolio of IT projects for diverse clients (networking, Exchange, VMware, storage, security).
• Provided project leadership and ensured on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Collaborated with architecture, finance, and operational teams

• Led the implementation and customization of D3 security application across a portfolio of projects valued over $3M for clients such as Amazon, Scotiabank, UKAD, Fiat Chrysler, and Disney, enhancing their security incident and event management (SIEM) capabilities and SOAR. 
• Mentored a team of junior technical project managers. 

• Led the service department and managed a team of 7 professionals, providing managed services and technical support to various enterprises.
• Improved revenue collection by 65% 
• Managed diverse portfolio of IT projects for various industries
• Collaborated with the sales executives on SOW creation and agreements preparation.

• Provided service management to over 15 companies.

• Helped SMEs integrate IT solutions and improve performance

• Managed the IT support team for 13 mining companies at once by providing a high level of Managed Services.
• Improved the infrastructure uptime by 75% and improved the security standard. 
• Implemented newer technologies and processes to improve response time by 65%.

• Oversaw systems administration for a card processing provider.

• Master’s in business administration | IE University, Madrid, Spain 2012
  • ISC2, Building AI Strategy Certificate – In Progress
    • Certified Scrum Master - CSM 2025
    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate 2023
    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2023
    • Certificate in Information Security - CISSP 2022
    • PMP Certification #3198016 2021
    • VCP (VMware Certified Professional) | VMware 2015
    • VTSP (VMware Technical Sales Professional) 2014
    • ITIL Foundation V3 Certification | ITIL 2010
    • MCSE (Microsoft Computer Systems Engineer) | Microsoft 2000
    • Bachelor’s in engineering, Electronic & Electrical | Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon