Alex Dougherty Senior Security Leader | AI enabled security transformation |

Director, Infrastructure and Security

Workleap

Jul 2026 - Current (4 months)

I lead the Infrastructure and Platform, Security, Compliance, and IT teams at Workleap, responsible for the technology foundation that supports our SaaS products including Workleap and Sharegate. My focus areas include cloud infrastructure and platform reliability, application and product security, SOC 2 compliance and audit readiness, and IT operations across the business

Senior Director, Global Product Security

Generac

Nov 2024 - Jun 2026 (1 year 8 months)

I lead global product security strategy across Generac’s connected product, cloud, IoT, embedded device, mobile and platform environments. My role has expanded beyond traditional product security to include broader leadership across vulnerability management, incident response, security tooling, AI enabled security automation and executive risk visibility. The focus of my work is building scalable security practices that help engineering teams move faster with clearer guardrails, while giving senior leaders practical visibility into product and platform risk.

Since moving from ecobee into the broader Generac organization, I have helped scale product security from a business unit focused function into a global capability supporting

Senior Director, Security and IT Operations - Energy Technology

Generac

Jul 2024 - Nov 2024 (5 months)

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Director of Security

ecobee Acquired by Generac

Nov 2022 - Jul 2024 (1 year 9 months)

I built and led product security within ecobee’s engineering organization, supporting connected hardware, consumer IoT, mobile applications, cloud platforms and SaaS services. The role required close partnership with product, engineering, platform, infrastructure and executive stakeholders to make security practical, scalable and embedded into delivery rather than treated as a late stage review.

During my time at ecobee, I helped mature product security across 12 connected product and SaaS offerings, supporting more than 200 engineers. This included creating product security assessment practices, improving secure development expectations, strengthening architecture review, coordinating penetration testing, managing remediation ac

Senior Director, Cyber Security

Prodigy Education

Jul 2022 - Sep 2022 (3 months)

I provided the vision and leadership necessary to manage risks to the organization and ensure business alignment, effective governance, system and product availability, integrity and confidentiality. My responsibilities include developing, implementing and monitoring a strategic, comprehensive enterprise cybersecurity and IT risk management program based on ISO 27001.

Director, Cyber Security

Prodigy Education

Apr 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Senior Manager, Information Security, ACSO

DL

Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 (8 months)

Being accountable for information security, I worked with business leaders across our global enterprise to develop strategies to manage risk. My focus was not only to mitigate present risks, but work to understand emerging threats, and leverage as a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Direct reports include program management, application and cloud infrastructure security, compliance, risk and internal audit.

Key Achievements:
• Transformed D2L’s ISO 27001 compliance program, achieving “the largest improvement to an ISMS” that BSI International auditors had ever witnessed, allowing D2L to maintain their contractual obligations with clients
• Key contributor to Canadian Federal Protected A/B clearance, opening the

Manager, Information Security

DL

Jun 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 4 months)

IT Manager

Bluesun Inc

Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for IT operations including infrastructure, data center, networks, Azure and VMware based servers, PCI compliance, incident and vulnerability management for a leading Canadian fintech SaaS provider. Bluesun’s subject matter expert on data sovereignty and privacy legislation, data security, encryption and system architecture.

Key Achievements:
• Implemented an enterprise-wide PCI compliance program. This allowed Bluesun to have market leading security offerings to attract new clients, including a large Canadian retailer and charter banking contract
• Designed and conducted quarterly cyber incident tabletop exercises to simulate an active attack against assets. There were 17 security and policy enhancements de

Co-Chair, Innovation Committee

Technical Standards Safety Authority TSSA

Dec 2013 - Sep 2015 (1 year 10 months)

A committee, reporting directly to the CIO, charged with developing new ways to tackle business challenges and seize business opportunities.

In 2014, the committee pursued research into integrating drones (UAVs) into the inspection process to:

1. Reduce safety impacts to TSSA's inspection force
2. Decrease time to complete an inspection
3. Increase the quality of an inspection.

TSSA is now the first Canadian government safety regulator to obtain federal Special Flight Operations Certificates to leverage the power of UAVs in an inspection. After a successful completion of our pilot program, the committee will look to operationalize this technology in our amusement ride inspection segment in 2015

Team Leader, Infrastructure and Security

Technical Standards Safety Authority TSSA

Jan 2013 - Jan 2017 (4 years 1 month)

Provided IT expertise, for a provincial government agency, pertaining to the functions of incident and vulnerability management, infrastructure, data center operations, networks, data security and enterprise applications. Alex was the core architect on a multi-year digital transformation project that resulted in improved safety outcomes for the citizens of Ontario.

Key Achievements:
• Introduced an Information Security Management System based on NIST 800-53, leading to improved
data security controls, enhanced mobile inspection services and increased system availability
• Upgraded network backbone, storage and compute and physically migrated the primary and
secondary data centers with no dow

Team Lead, Technical Services

Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario CPA Ontario

Jan 2010 - Jan 2013 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for IT functions including incident management, data security, vendor management and audio-visual equipment for a 20,000 sq. ft event space. Provided IT expertise for a multi-year business transformation project.

Senior Technical Manager

Future Shop is now operated by Best Buy

Jan 2001 - Jan 2010 (9 years 1 month)

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