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Jen S.

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Senior Director, Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance at PayPal
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Jen is the Senior Director of Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance at PayPal, leveraging an extensive background in national security. Her career includes serving as the Director for Cybersecurity Policy for the National Security Council at The White House and as a senior advisor at the Department of Energy and U. S. Cyber Command. She holds an M. A. from The George Washington University.

While at the White House, she conceived and implemented a major initiative to address presidential concerns about the electricity grids cyber posture, successfully gaining government and industry support.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Cybersecurity Policy
Served as Director for Cybersecurity Policy for the National Security Council at The White House, where she directed policy development for critical infrastructure protection.
Building Teams
Her recent activity focuses heavily on recruitment, consistently highlighting the opportunity for new hires to join a "fabulous" and "high-performing" team under a "great leader".
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Career

Work history

3-2019
Senior Director, Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
PayPal
5-2015 - 3-2019
Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
9-2012 - 5-2015
Deputy Chief, Partnerships Development, U.S. Cyber Command
United States Department of Defense
4-2011 - 9-2012
Director for Cybersecurity Policy, National Security Council
The White House
8-2010 - 4-2011
Advisor to Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Cyber Command
United States Department of Defense
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Jen S., Senior Director, Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance at PayPal – Speaker at Purdue Business Executive Forum. Featured in Purdue Business
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Education
M.A.
The George Washington University
B.A.
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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