Marly Alcide

Cybersecurity governance and transformation leader with 10+ years of experience directing enterprise security programs, M&A cyber risk, global integrations, divestiture separations, and technology-enabled operating model improvements. Trusted partner to senior leaders and cross-functional teams, translating complex security requirements into business decisions, accountable execution, and measurable risk reduction. Builds scalable governance frameworks, executive reporting, and repeatable processes across cloud, identity, application security, data protection, monitoring, vulnerability management, and compliance environments.

Cybersecurity Governance Lead - Cox Automotive

(2025-07)

Lead enterprise cybersecurity governance across acquisitions and divestitures, aligning Corporate Development, M&A program teams, security control owners, architecture, risk, compliance, IAM, AppSec, cloud, and operations around risk-based execution and business continuity.

• Created executive-level M&A security reporting that gives senior leadership a consolidated view of integration progress, control maturity, ownership, dependencies, and risks across a portfolio of active acquisitions and divestitures.
• Reduced transaction and separation risk by identifying and governing dependencies across AWS and Azure environments, identity and access, domains, applications, data, endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, WAF, logging, monitoring, and third-party services.
• Established repeatable acquisition and divestiture governance through standardized intake frameworks, control trackers, runbooks, evidence requirements, risk escalation practices, and closure criteria, improving accountability, consistency, and audit readiness.
• Directed cybersecurity separation governance for Brazil and FleetMaster divestitures, coordinating secure access deprovisioning, cloud and domain transfer dependencies, security-tool removal, monitoring transitions, data protection, TSA obligations, and post-close ownership.
• Advanced acquisition security integration across AIM, Manheim Spain, FleetNet, Corcoran, and BLL by driving control validation, risk decisions, SSO/MFA exception paths, compensating controls, logging visibility, and remediation accountability.
• Facilitated cross-functional risk decisions where standard controls were not immediately achievable, clarifying business ownership, interim safeguards, acceptance paths, and long-term remediation so integration could progress without obscuring residual risk.
• Strengthened organizational capability by converting lessons from current and historical transactions into reusable guidance, decision frameworks, executive dashboards, and knowledge assets for future M&A activity.

Global Cybersecurity Program Manager - Genuine Parts Company

(2019-10 - 2025-07)

• Established and led the security M&A function, creating governance frameworks and repeatable practices that scaled cybersecurity due diligence and integration across global acquisitions.
• Directed cyber due diligence and translated security findings into business-focused risk insights for executive leadership, supporting informed decisions for multimillion-dollar transactions.
• Led post-acquisition integration of security tools, processes, and teams, strengthening operational resilience, service continuity, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Managed a portfolio of global cybersecurity initiatives, aligning business priorities, security architecture, delivery roadmaps, risks, budgets, and executive stakeholders across matrixed teams.
• Built and led security awareness and phishing programs, establishing roadmaps, campaigns, simulations, and stakeholder communications to strengthen workforce security practices.
• Developed team capability through mentoring, governance discipline, and clear performance expectations while coordinating delivery across business units, vendors, and technical functions.

IT Project Manager - Serta Simmons Bedding Inc.

(2017-05 - 2019-10)

Led enterprise technology and security programs spanning Workday, ServiceNow, identity governance, infrastructure protection, and operational transformation.

• Automated user provisioning, deprovisioning, user-access reviews, and segregation-of-duties controls for 600+ users, improving access governance and reducing manual processing and error risk.
• Partnered with the Vice President of Human Resources to implement an HR ServiceNow solution, closing process gaps and improving service delivery efficiency.
• Mitigated ransomware and malware exposure across 700+ servers by governing monthly Microsoft patch deployment through SCCM and tracking remediation execution.
• Directed a Symantec upgrade across 1,700+ endpoints, strengthening protection for enterprise servers and workstations while coordinating technical and business stakeholders.

Project Manager - Carter's Inc.

(2014-01 - 2017-05)

• Led a portfolio of enterprise initiatives through executive governance, complex roadmaps, vendor coordination, and cross-functional delivery involving 30+ stakeholders and schedules exceeding 1,000 tasks.
• Strengthened the PMO operating model by standardizing governance, planning, reporting, and delivery practices, improving organizational consistency and execution visibility.
• Directed Tier 1 security initiatives spanning encryption, database monitoring, log forwarding, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and privileged service-account governance.
• Influenced business and technology leaders on priorities, risks, and delivery decisions while mentoring project teams and sustaining alignment with strategic objectives.

Master of Science - Cybersecurity - University of Phoenix (2027)

Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership, IT Management Concentration - Atlanta Metropolitan State College (2019)

Associate of Science - Computer Information Systems - Atlanta Metropolitan State College (2017)