James P Ferdetta
About James P Ferdetta
James P. Ferdetta is the Lab Systems Network Senior Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville, NJ, with extensive experience in firewall process governance and IT service management.
Title
James P Ferdetta is currently the Lab Systems Network Senior Manager at Bristol Myers Squibb, located in Lawrenceville, NJ.
Company
James P Ferdetta is currently employed at Bristol Myers Squibb, where he holds the position of Lab Systems Network Senior Manager.
Professional Experience
James P Ferdetta's career includes diverse roles across various companies. He worked at Alpha Consulting Corp. as a Laboratory Firewall Engineer from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that, he served at The InTech Group, Inc. as a Firewall and Proxy Risk Assessment Specialist from 2018 to 2021. Between 2014 and 2018, he was a Network Security Audit and Risk Assessment Specialist at Alpha Consulting Corp. Ferdetta also held positions at RCI Technologies Inc. as Configuration Manager and at American Water as a Sr. Business Process Analyst. Earlier roles include Senior Infrastructure Analyst and Technical Consultant IV at Hewlett-Packard, and various managerial and engineering positions at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Education and Certifications
James P Ferdetta studied at Rider University from 1989 to 1990 and attended The College of New Jersey from 1984 to 1988. He earned an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in General Business from Mercer County College, studying there from 1980 to 1982. He holds an ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, illustrating his comprehensive understanding of IT service principles.
Skills and Expertise
James P Ferdetta is skilled in various IT and service management tools such as Skybox, Firemon, BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, ATRIUM CMDB, Documentum, and HP Openview. His technical proficiencies include HTML, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and HPQC. His specialized fields are firewall process governance, configuration management (CMDB), service management, IT asset management, change control management, IT development testing, and data center supervision. Ferdetta is adept at managing projects related to firewall migrations and establishing security monitoring processes.
Firewall and Risk Management
At Bristol Myers Squibb, James P Ferdetta utilizes tools like Skybox and Checkpoint to manage firewall processes and risk evaluations. He reviews compliance reports to evaluate firewall rule compliance and optimization, creates ad-hoc risk evaluation reports, and identifies potential security risks. He works with business owners and IT partners to define access requirements consistent with organizational strategies. Additionally, he ensures compliance with standards across Lab Systems Networks (LSN) and collaborates to find alternatives for access requests that pose unacceptable risks.