Nick Mullen

Co-Founder

Bloomington, Illinois, United States19 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in IT governance and information security.
Proven track record in risk management for financial services.
Dynamic speaker at multiple cybersecurity conferences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned cybersecurity and IT governance expert in the financial services sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

It GovernanceIt Risk ManagementInformation SecurityProject ManagementSecurity ConsultingSmall Business ManagementBusiness ContinuityVendor ManagementData ManagementTeam LeadershipBusiness Planning

Other Skills

Program ManagementIT ManagementCOBITPolicy DevelopmentPersonnel ManagementLeadershipAgile MethodologiesPodcastingSpeakingPanelistFacilitationExperienced SpeakerConference SpeakingProfessional CommunicationEvent Production

About

Technology leader dedicated to facilitating success. Expertise in information security, IT governance, and compliance in the financial services sector. Devoted to learning or improving something new every day.

Experience

19 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Mutual of omaha

3 roles

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager

Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Remote

Leading Mutual of Omaha’s IT Governance and Information Security GRC programs.

IT Governance Manager

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Remote

Design, implementation, and management of Mutual of Omaha's IT governance program.
Support and enablement of ancillary governance focus areas for cybersecurity, data, cloud, technology operations, software development, asset management, AI, solution delivery, and enterprise architecture.

Program ManagementIT Risk ManagementIT GovernanceIT ManagementCOBITPolicy Development+1

Senior Project Manager - Information Security

Mar 2021 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Program Management for Information Security division. Scrum Master / Project Manager supporting Identity Management, GRC, AppSec, DataSec, VM/CM, Incident Response, and Security Operations.

Program ManagementProject ManagementLeadershipInformation SecurityAgile Methodologies

Entoo security

Partner & Chief Advisor

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Helping small businesses get a better understanding of their technology risks and designing solutions to improve their cybersecurity and technical resilience.

Self-employed

2 roles

Speaker

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

2025 Central Illinois Cyber
2025 BSidesMKE
2024 ISACA/IIA GRC Conference
2024 SecureWorld Chicago
2024 Cyphercon
2024 Walsh University Cybersecurity Summit
2023 BSidesSTL

Experienced SpeakerConference SpeakingProfessional CommunicationEvent ProductionInformation Technology Training

Podcast Guest

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

PodcastingSpeakingPanelistFacilitation

Sanguine security solutions

Founder & Principal Consultant

Jul 2022 – Jul 2025 · 3 yrs · Bloomington, Illinois, United States · Remote

Own and operate a boutique security firm specializing in security program design and implementation, management and support, and advisory.

Small Business ManagementConsultingStrategic PartnershipsSecurity ConsultingFounder

Country financial®

2 roles

Project Manager

Promoted

Feb 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Project Manager leading software upgrades and technology implementations, regulatory & compliance projects, vendor and product onboarding, business continuity and disaster recovery, and strategic business initiatives for Investment Services division.

Project ManagementBusiness ContinuityFinancial ServicesVendor ManagementRegulatory Compliance

Senior Analyst

Apr 2018 – Feb 2019 · 10 mos

Release management, testing, application support, business continuity / disaster recovery, and vendor management.

Regression TestingUser Acceptance TestingVendor ManagementTechnical SupportBusiness Continuity PlanningBusiness Continuity

Teksystems

Information Technology Consultant

Jul 2012 – Mar 2018 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Project Management and OCM/Communications supporting Information Security, Cloud Platform Engineering, and Data Management at a Fortune 50 Insurance carrier.

Information SecurityData ManagementProject CoordinationPlatform as a Service (PAAS)Organizational Change Management