John Rogers, Vice President, Bank of America Corporation
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne was probably the strongest protagonist for Windows 2000 Server at the bank and contributed greatly to the qualification of Windows 2000 Server for use in the DMZ by working with MS and her extensive OS, systems and network knowledge. As a UNIX guy, I was skeptical, but Dianne pulled it off. She a hard worker whose motto well could be “The impossible we do at once; the miraculous takes a little longer,” - said to be the motto of the Army Service Forces.—The New York Times, November 4, 1945.”
Michael Frizzell, VP; CNSLT - SYSTEMS ENG, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“I worked with Dianne to develop and document critical patching solutions within Bank of America for both desktops and servers on Wintel and Midrange Platforms. She has tremendous drive to do the right thing and to get the job done. I highly recommend Dianne and know that she will bring the same work ethic to any position.”
Brian Terrick, Technology Manager, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne is one of those rare individuals that you easily remember for contribution, professionality, contribution, and commitment. Dianne could do her job well, but was also a good corporate citizen in that she would seek and build relationships with individuals and groups that she discovered needed to be a part of the grander picture. In addition, her persuasive yet diplomatic style is quite notable. I clearly recommend her highly in her career pursuits.”
Rick Anderson, SVP, Enterprise Architecture, Bank of America
worked directly with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne is very focused and agressive in implementing new strategies, developing alternative methods for accomplishing a goal and develops creative solutions.You can be assured she will do everything possible to meet deadlines with a quality solution. I would have her on my team.”
Gary Bahadur, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
managed Dianne indirectly at Bank of America
“It was a pleasure working with Dianne at Bank of America. Diane has a very strong work ethic and is intelligent, and brings a strong security skill set to everything she does. She has an exceptional ability to drive and execute change, and to get the job done. Dianne would be an excellent asset to any organization.”
Debbie Horrell, Vice Pesisent, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“I was fortunate enough to work with Dianne when she and I were members of the Information Security group at Bank of America. During this time, I actually gained a better appreciation than what I already had for her in regards to her passion for security. Her vision, energy, and willingness to "do the right thing" no matter what it takes, was often the inspiration we needed to excel in the face of uncertainty/frustration and realize/appreciate the opportunities we had been given. Her candor, honesty, and integrity immediately instilled trust with both her teammates as well as her business partners. Dianne is very detailed-oriented and strongly committed to meeting her deadlines/deliverables and does not hesitate in taking the initiative to get the process moving.”
Mike Patterson, VP, Sr. Database Security Specialist, Bank of America
worked directly with Dianne at Bank of America
“Diane is a skilled Security Professional. She led many Vulnerability Threat Defense efforts with my technology teams (Midrange OS and Distributed Db). She never lost sight of her objectives and kept the technology teams focused while they balanced competing activities. Due to Diane's efforts many technical processes were reviewed and improvements were implemented to prevent intrusion and subsequent compromise of company private technical, financial or personal information.”
Rich Mosher, Technology Executive - SVP, Bank of America
managed Dianne indirectly at Bank of America
“I would highly recommend Dianne. She is an energetic, committed, knowledgeable, driven, team oriented information security player. But Dianne as a person is what sets her apart. She is honorable and of the highest integrity. She always thinks of the team goals first and her individual goals do not exceed the team goals. She is a highly knowledgeable information security professional who understands how the business goals drive information security solutions. Dianne knows how to get thing done.”
Gary Granza, SVP, Sr. Information Security Manager, Bank of America
worked directly with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne possesses and utilizes great skills that are an asset to any company. Her extensive knowledge of the information security discipline, her tenacity, ability to grasp concepts and drive to deliver have made her successful on many significant projects. Dianne’s passion, strong personal integrity, influencing skills and ability to partner with others across organizational and technical boundaries have been key factors to her success and to the success of the projects she has been associated with. She is a pleasure to work with!”
Sam Phillips, SVP, Corporate Information Security, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne is a great associate, both for her exceptional information security skill set and her ability to execute and drive change. Dianne is passionate about information security and influences her teammates and business partners to secure the companies' network and infrastructure. Dianne also exhibits a strong ability to partner across business units in order to positively drive change and the timely execution of enterprise-level initiatives. Dianne would be a tremendous asset to any organization.”
Amy Braswell, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
managed Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne is an outstanding Security Professional!! She is one of the most intelligent people that I have ever met in my life!”
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative
Holli Maestas
hired Dianne as a IT Consultant in 1999
“I worked with Dianne in her capacity of Vulnerability Threat Defense at the bank. I feel that the bank was secure from vulnerability attacks because of Dianne's work. She worked with the relational database adminstration team in notifying us of threats and helping to assign the correct threat rating. Based on this, we were able to apply the necessary patches for those threats that required it.”
Holly Chapman, SVP, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne and I had a challenging professional relationship at B of A. Dianne had designed a secure Microsoft Internet environment from the ground-up, and I came in behind her to begin deploying applications into the environment she, and her team had built. Let me say, Dianne's designs were well thought-out, thoroughly tested, and rock solid. My experience as the MS DMZ manager was that as long as we stayed within the specifications designed by Dianne's team - we would never have to worry about a vulnerability or major issues relating from a penatration. Dianne's designs set the standard by which all internet-facing Windows servers would be securly deployed.”
Jim Harbor, Systems Engineer, Bank of America
worked directly with Dianne at Bank of America
“I had the distinct pleasure of working with Diane while I was on the server engineering team. It was our job to set the technical standards for Windows servers throughout the enterprise. Diane's role, specifically was to ensure that the security standards were properly designed, and to review any exceptions or changes requested to those standards. She was always very professional, keeping the ever conflicting standards of security and operability in balance. She is never afraid to do the right thing. It was a joy working with her.”
Sean McNamara, Vice President / Systems Architect, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne is recommended in the strongest terms from both a personal integrity-work ethic perspective and that of her ability to integrate and manage sophisticated enterprise technology infrastructures and technologists. She has direct and integral experience with world spanning technology deployments and the myriad of processes that are required to build and operate same. She has my strongest recommendation and endorsement.”
Prentice Dees, IT - Senior Vice President, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“It was a strategic technology breakthrough blast to work with Dianne Beattie. She has a unique talent of envisioning the new unforeseen opportunities of putting the business need at the bleeding edge of the latest and greatest, and even non-existent technology to provide the client with the best of breed most technically efficient and economically cost effective end-to end complete solution, based on the creation of the mature IT professionals team, engaging the team into fun collective work on the solution from putting together the patent for the "Telescopic Security Matrix" to the creation of the multi layer, multi tier highly secure hardware infrastructure topped by the sophisticated software implementation of the Security Matrix capable of withstanding the most dangerous attacks aimed by both the Bank of America and third party intrusion detection teams. It was a pleasure and an honor to be part of the Dianne's team working on the security matrix patent and robust C# security code implementation. I highly recommend Dianne as a talented peoples and skills manager and an optimistic catalyst of the new and successful business and technology solutions in the arena of the global corporation information security. Rustam Abzaletdinov, CISSP, MCP, MCSD.”
“Dianne is a dynamic manager with a terrific ability to create a shared vision with her team and others and drives results. I've had the opportunity over the years to work with Dianne and her team on many technical projects. She is always professional, respectful, and results oriented. I've always enjoyed the times when I've worked with Dianne and her teams and would gladly do so again.”
Jim Davis, Architect, Microsoft
was with another company when working with Dianne at Bank of America
“I worked with Dianne when she was in the Internet Engineering group responsible for design and implementation of a secure Microsoft Internet environment. Dianne was very focused on results, consistently drove for results from her own team members and the other support organizations on which she depended, and was strongly committed to meeting her deadlines while delivering a high quality result. Her extensive information security knowledge and strong work ethic would make her a valuable addition to any organization.”
Janet Kerns, VP, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“Working with Dianne is a great experience. I've had the pleasure of working with her and working for her during the past 12+ years. She says what she means, and means what she says. She has an extremely solid reputation as a highly effective leader and manager. I worked with Dianne for almost 2 years on the same project and her tireless dedication and passion were a huge contributing factor in making that project a success. She blends unsurpassed technical talent and insight with highly refined soft skills. Dianne has an extraordinary talent for strategic thinking and assimilating the small bits into one coherent whole. She has consistently outperformed against key organizational objectives and delivered. Dianne is one of those rare individuals that can truly be called a business technologist. I really enjoy working with Dianne.”
Johnny Campbell, VP, Bank of america
reported to Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne was really great to work with. I worked with Dianne's team on several projects to implement new technologies and Dianne was always available for discussions to help eliminate roadblocks and drive consensus. Dianne has a good grasp of technical issues and how to lead teams to provide excellent service. Dianne has a great professional rapport and I look forward to working with her at some time in the near future.”
Harold Reed, Vice President, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“I worked with Dianne for years at Bank of America when she was in a couple of different roles and I always found her to be an outstanding colleague. She is diligent, thorough and has excellent knowlege of networking and especially Information Security. In addition, Dianne is very personable and is an excellent person to work with.”
Gil Ramsey, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
worked with Dianne at Bank of America
“I’ve had the pleasure of working for Dianne Beattie at Bank of America Global Technology and Operations Network Internet Engineering Group from October 1999 through August 2003. Dianne was able to engage and leverage a wide verity of bank / vendor technical engineers to provide the bank’s first, workable, three-tier “Wintel” presents in the DMZ (before .NET). As a report to Dianne, I was able to convey issues and concerns in a very technical manner and she was able to identify and offer useful solutions and directions. Her open door policy was always a refreshing welcome and her approachable personality is always appreciated from an associate perspective. Personally, she’s a wonderful person with, “over and beyond” work ethic.”
John Schwartz, VP, Bank of America
reported to Dianne at Bank of America
“Dianne was hired to create Bank of America's intranet shared and dedicated Windows NT environments. Her tenacity, persistence, creativity and ability to establish relationships, with clients as well as other service providers, served her well. Where internal processes were missing or ineffective, she involved the necessary parties and developed effective processes for the new needs. Within a year, she had customized over 20 dedicated hosting solutions, while managing 35 servers and building a shared hosting environment. Her drive for success is connected with action to not just meet a customers expectation but to exceed those expectations and "wow" them. Since this was a new environment, Dianne was instumental in creating the security policies and practices while creating the bank standards for our internal NT hosting environment. It was a pleasure knowing Dianne, she was an excellent addition to my team and the catalyst for great accomplishments in a short time.”
Larry Allin, Sr. Technology Manager, Bank of America
managed Dianne at ANALYST INTERNATIONAL contracting for BANK OF AMERICA
“Dianne was an excellent consultant for Analysts International. She performed her job so well that the client hired her directly (Bank of America). She consistently received high marks on her performance reviews from the client. Dianne provided leadership to her work groups and exceptional expertise. Dianne was one of those consultants you could recommend to a client and be certain she would do an outstanding job for the company.”
Libby Gilmore-Trammell, Recruiting Manager/Recruiter, Analysts International
worked with Dianne at ANALYST INTERNATIONAL contracting for BANK OF AMERICA