Klarissa Marenitch

Additional Info

Job title of nominated professional (or team name)Chief Information Technology Officer
Company (where nominated professional or team is working)Leaf Home
Websitehttp://www.leafhome.com
Company size (employees)1,000 to 4,999
CountryUnited States
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

For more than 20 years, Klarissa Marenitch, Chief Information and Technology Officer at Leaf Home, has been a transformational technology leader with a vast experience in cybersecurity. Starting all the way back with Sun Micorsystems in the heart of Silicon Valley, she progressed to the leadership roles at Macys, Verizon streaming services, and Kohl’s Department stores leading digital and retail services with strong emphasis on secure software development practices, consumer data and privacy, and PCI.

Her cybersecurity journey continued as a CIO at Anaplan, where she successfully established comprehensive security practice for a financial SAAS platform, adhering to NIST and SOX. As CIO of Hippo insurtech, Klarissa navigated the complexities of transforming a startup into a public company, and managing data in the highly regulated insurance sector.

In her current role at Leaf Home, Klarissa is focused on leveraging best in class new tools for change management, IAM, audit. She is working to expand security practice within IT as well as company wide.

Klarissa Marenitch’s journey underscores her as a seasoned cybersecurity professional, fortifying organizations against digital threats, driving operational efficiency, and ensuring compliance in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Accomplishments

As the Chief Information Technology Officer at Leaf Home, Klarissa Marenitch has been instrumental in orchestrating the company's digital transformation journey while ensuring cybersecurity measures are integrated at every stage. Under her guidance, the organization has witnessed advancements in identity governance implementation, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) growth, and other cybersecurity-related areas. One of Klarissa's key achievements lies in her handling of identity governance integration. She led the development and implementation of an Identity and Access Management (IAM) framework, working with HRIS and IT teams to institute a centralized worker management system for the organization. Through her initiatives, she successfully helped streamline access controls, bolster authentication mechanisms, and institute holistic identity federation, thereby fortifying the organization's defenses against insider threats and unauthorized access while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.


In addition, Klarissa has played a role in driving GRC growth by establishing a governance framework that aligns with the company's digital transformation objectives. With her expertise in risk management and regulatory compliance, she has worked to implement solutions for risk assessment, audit management, and regulatory reporting, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements across diverse jurisdictions.


Furthermore, Klarissa's contributions to cybersecurity extend beyond traditional realms. She has been at the forefront of adopting emerging technologies to mitigate evolving threats, from implementing threat detection systems powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning to spearheading initiatives in cloud security and incident response. Klarissa has a relentless commitment to staying ahead of cyber adversaries in an increasingly digitized landscape.


Klarissa Marenitch's leadership, vision, and dedication to cybersecurity excellence have not only safeguarded Leaf Home's organizational assets and reputation but have also set new benchmarks for industry best practices. Her approaches to digital transformation as a catalyst for cybersecurity resilience continue to inspire and shape the future


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