Gideon Hall

Technology and cybersecurity executive with 20+ years leading enterprise transformation, cyber resilience, cloud security, SaaS risk management and operational governance across global financial services and U.S. government organizations. Trusted advisor who converts strategy into measurable outcomes through investment prioritization, operating-model design, executive governance and cross-functional execution. Experienced leading large technology portfolios, multi-million-dollar budgets and organizations of up to 169 personnel.

SaaS Intelligence Program Lead | Principal Manager - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

(2024-06)

• Lead enterprise SaaS Security Intelligence portfolio governance, aligning cybersecurity, product, architecture, risk, audit and engineering stakeholders to Operating Committee objectives and regulatory commitments.
• Direct strategy and execution for the SaaS Security Integration Fabric, Citadel Vault and Data Exchange Service, moving authentication, secrets management, telemetry brokering and audit control into JPMorganChase-managed services.
• Built onboarding strategy and investment roadmap capable of scaling security monitoring across 100+ SaaS applications, balancing risk reduction, regulatory scope, customer adoption and engineering capacity.
• Reduced onboarding processing from 72 hours to a 6-hour SLA and cut pre-engagement engineering effort from 2–3 hours to 30 minutes through operating-model redesign and self-service enablement.
• Sponsored AI-assisted threat modeling for critical platform services, identifying 22 design-level scenarios across identity validation, access control, token handling, data storage and cross-tenant isolation.
• Directed executive analysis of 7,334 authentication events across 15,331 users, focusing investigation resources and accelerating enterprise identity-risk response.
• Led AWS regional resiliency validation, confirming seven-day failover operations and recovery within a documented 24-hour RTO for critical security-monitoring services.
• Designed the firm’s SaaS Security Governance Framework and first SaaS-to-SaaS Integration Threat Model, establishing minimum controls for third-party integrations and secure SaaS adoption.
• Directed two AWS-based SSPM pilots that improved control visibility and informed selection and adoption of the firm’s strategic SaaS security posture solution.
• Partnered with product executives to remove deployment blockers and advance security onboarding for Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle HCM, GitHub, Zoom, ServiceNow, Cloudflare, Akamai, Wiz and Obsidian ecosystems.

Technology Resiliency Program Lead/ Principal Manager - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

(2021-06 - 2024-06)

• Directed Firmwide Technology Resiliency initiatives across Investment Banking, Markets, Wealth Management and corporate functions, strengthening continuity for mission-critical business services.
• Modernized enterprise systems of record supporting 5,000 applications and delivered the program 60 days ahead of schedule, increasing agility, transparency and executive risk visibility.
• Established portfolio governance, exception management, compensating controls, resource planning and executive reporting to strengthen audit readiness and enterprise risk management.

Managing Director / Senior Executive Leader - United States Air Force

• Led a 169-member cyberspace organization and managed operating plans and lifecycle sustainment for $5.4B in complex technology programs, including a $130M architecture supporting 22 specialized aircraft.
• Directed an 89-member technology organization and $19.9M infrastructure portfolio; led a first-to-market voice transformation that generated $1.4M in savings and reduced cyber threats 85%.
• Directed 12 program managers delivering international affairs programs across 18 countries and advised senior leaders on strategy, policy, resource alignment and mission risk.

MS - Telecommunications Management - University of Maryland University College

BS - Information Systems Management - University of Maryland University College