Jonathon Smith

Pentester & Cybersecurity Auditor

Achievements

Founded cybersecurity testing company and built client base from scratch
Supported clients ranging from those with 1 employee up to global multinationals
Provided multi-million privacy equity finance rounds with cybersecurity due diligence
Built award winning technology platform for automotive financial services company
Sold previous business delivering multi-million exit for investors

Audit: Experienced auditor qualified in ISO27001, Cyber Assurance & Cyber Essentials+
Pentesting: Technically skilled web & infrastructure penetration tester
Leadership: Combines technical knowledge with a generalist mindset to deliver insight in all areas
Web Developer: Over 15 years' experience as a .NET developer solving business problems
Data Protection: Qualified former DPO who was responsible for GDPR in a regulated industry

Currently founder & director of Cybersmith, provider of pentesting & cybersecurity auditing.

Previously Chief Information Officer in the automotive finance sector for over a decade.

Volunteer Vice-Chairman of Kettering Mind & Governor of Kettering General Hospital.

Trampoline gymnastics specialist, with 18 years experience coaching all ages & abilities.

Sample of the 20+ qualifications I hold:

Web Penetration Testing: Tested a broad range of web applications across a spectrum of technology stacks from both a white & blackbox perspective.
Finance Due Diligence: Provided assurance on cybersecurity as part of private equity funding deals valued in the millions.
Infrastructure Penetration Testing: Worked onsite on small branch offices & complex multi-site organisations to deliver improved security for clients.
Cyber Essentials & Assurance: Certified companies from 1 man contractors, all the way up to global multi-nationals.
Sales & Business Development: Built a client base from scratch & developed relationships with them to deliver long-term repeat customers.
Security Consultancy: Guided boards by working collaboratively with technical & non-technical staff to deliver improved organisational security posture.

Security: Worked within the regulated financial services sector and was responsible for cybersecurity audits from our FCA regulated customers.
Data Protection: Appointed DPO & responsible for all data protection matters including running an extensive 2018 GDPR program to review circa 1000 contracts.
Web Development: Developed from a greenfield project, code reviewed and project managed the web based "Atlas" system which was the company's primary system.
Infrastructure: Built an on-prem/Azure hybrid Hyper-V based Windows Server environment with a fully redundant network Juniper/Ubiquiti network.
Data Analytics: Designed and built a multi-award winning (Fleet News and Alphabet Awards) data analytics platform to process over £2bn in automotive maintenance data.
People: Line managed 6 direct reports, with a team of 10 in total across the IT, Software Development, Analytics, Data and Admin departments.
Sales: Won multiple contracts as the lead tender writer & technical sales presenter with customers ranging from SMEs to multi-nationals.
M&A: Led sale of the business to private investors, demonstrating the ability to raise capital by finding and managing the relationship with investors.