Citadel Information Group: Protecting Critical Information Assets

Citadel Information Group, Inc.

Ms. Kimberly Pease has an extensive background in the applications of technology to the needs of middle-market companies. During her career she has implemented computer systems for a wide-range of organizations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Additionally, she has led installation projects at the Pentagon, the Government Printing Office and many state government offices. Her breadth of technology applications experience extends to business process reengineering, operations and strategic planning.

As a former Chief Information Officer for Pictorial Offset Corporation, a high-end middle-market commercial printing company, Ms. Pease's leadership of the IT Department provided competitive advantage to the company. She was responsible not only for managing day-to-day tactical IT operations but, more importantly, for keeping IT aligned with the strategic focus of the company. A member of the firm's Steering Committee, she led the company's ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 initiatives, ensured Y2K compliance and achieved corporate-wide technology standardization. Additionally during an interim 7-month period, Ms. Pease was Acting Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining Pictorial, Ms. Pease was on the staff of Logic Associates, a software development company providing integrated business management systems for the graphic arts industry. While with Logic, she worked on-site with clients implementing business management systems. In addition to training and supporting users, she led Quality Action Teams on several projects. Later during her tenure at Logic, she was selected to open up a West Coast Sales operation creating an expanded marketing and sales presence for the company.

A practical technology user, Ms. Pease has extensive hands-on experience with a wide variety of information systems, including most flavors of Windows, UNIX, several databases and data transfer protocols, multiple networks, and extensive software, including several accounting applications.

Ms. Pease is the Education Director the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association and a member of Infragard. She serves on the board of The Emeriti Center Advancement Board at the University of Southern California. She speaks frequently on information security to the non-technical community.