Richard Thayer has been in IT for over 35 years. From his early beginnings of working on IBM's 8086XT system(s), to designing robust security architectures for Fortune 50 companies; Mr. Thayer has consulted for vertical markets within Finance, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance, and DoD & Civilian Government. Mr. Thayer has garnered a wealth of knowledge over his career, and multiple years of experience with the following: 25 years of experience with Identity and Access Management 25 years of experience with Server Operating Systems (Windows/Linux/Unix) 22 years of experience with IT / IS Security 22 years of experience with Technical Requirements, Design, Testing & Implementation of Technologies & Infrastructure 18 years of experience with Server Virtualization technologies such as VMware / Citrix / KMS / On-Prem / Hybrid / Public Cloud(s) 15 years of experience with Creating / Customizing Information Security Policy (ISO, NIST, CIS) 12 years of experience with Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) Management