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San Francisco, California, Us

- Drive Airtable’s risk program and risk reporting to monitor and lower overall risk to acceptable levels, leveraging NIST CSF and ISO standards.- Responsible for building, growing and management of the Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Program- Responsible for implementing AI Security use policies and oversight of AI vendor intake- Developed and maintan Airtable’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery strategies and goals- Conduct annual business impact analysis (BIA) and establish Airtable’s RTOs/RPOs- Manage and enhance Airtable’s risk appetite framework- Conduct risk assessments and tabletop exercises to assess potential business risks and maintain Airtable’s risk register- Collaborate and coordinate with cross functional stakeholders to develop, communicate, test, and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery plans- Conduct and manage annual disaster recovery and business continuity exercises

Remote First, Us

• Created and maintained business impact assessments, planning, and coordinating drills and tabletop exercises• Implemented BCM framework to assist the business in identifying risks based on industry standards and best practices• Worked cross functionally with leadership and teams across Coinbase global entities to coordinate and lead business continuity and disaster recovery exercises, identify and prioritize remediation, and track completion• Implemented and maintained disaster recovery plans and metrics to ensure the security and integrity of company technology and data, and identify program improvements• Maintained compliance with all standards, regulations, and requirements• Maintained current knowledge of international laws and country-specific nuances that can impact program implementation• Conducted training with business units to test operational resilience of programs• Advised all levels of leadership on risk landscape and mitigation strategies leveraging industry best practices based

Bloomington, Il, Us

- Drove development and leadership of BC/DR core concepts including Business Impact Analysis, DR plan documentation, BC/DR exercises, emergency management communications and cyber threat response- Advised leadership on risk landscape and mitigation strategies leveraging industry best practices based on ISO 22301 requirements.- Reported to senior management on business continuity and disaster recovery activities, potential risks and preparedness.- Advised and participated in development of cloud computing technologies and experience in architecting BC/DR solutions in the cloud.- Established reports, dashboards and scorecards on the operational status and maturity of the program.- Developed and coordinated schedules and budgets for program deliverables.- Served as a primary liaison with internal and external auditors, federal regulators and governmental agencies.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Drove business continuity and disaster recovery plan maintenance for Fortune 10 company, thoroughly reviewing business and application impacts for continuous improvement. Was the project lead for Tools and Automation team in modernizing disaster recovery and service continuity compliance toolsets leveraging latest cloud enabled architectures. Identify disaster recovery gaps and develop and report metrics to senior leadership for areas of improvement. Successfully develop, implement, and manage crisis management processes, including 24/7 support of disaster recovery activities.Key Achievements:• Globally collaborated with project teams and leaders to secure resources and develop time estimates, cost estimates, and project plans in support of disaster recovery organization.• Implemented low cost, open source solution to create automation reducing completion time of disaster recovery compliance activities for end users from 3-4 hours to less than 1.• Guided development and implementation of consolidated database of disaster recovery data, enabling creation of comprehensive metrics reporting source for disaster recovery exercises and compliance.• Responsible for disaster recovery plan implementation, maintenance, and enhancement for globally distributed organization, including review of business and application impacts to organization and communicating potential risks and mitigation strategies with leadership.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Developed 24/7 incident management and crisis framework for globally distributed IT organization within AT&T.• Oversaw Everbridge emergency notification tool and employee accounting tool for organization.• Key role leading and directing crisis response activities for IT organization across the globe that ranged in scope and size.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Responsible for development and support of business continuity lifecycle and impact assessment to support globally distributed organization. • Supported business continuity plan implementation, maintenance, and ongoing enhancement.• Responsible for review of business and application impacts to organization and communicating potential risks and mitigation strategies with leadership.

Skillfully managed testing and metrics for disaster recovery program reciprocal applications, interfacing with business units and application support groups to coordinate tests and provide test direction and requirements. Oversaw backup and recovery tape operations, ensuring clarity on business requirements, project budget, risks, issues, and stakeholder communication requirements. Created and initiated new process within SharePoint environment to track and coordinate testing progress for disaster recovery applications, improving multiple team member collaboration.Key Achievements:• Key auditing team member in reviewing reliability and capacity thresholds, available equipment space, and building architecture for multiple data centers with third party firms, resulting in successful development of strategic roadmap for multiple data centers as defined by project objectives.• Enhanced ability to effectively track testing of failover applications within high availability environments through development of failover testing standards and metrics.• Identified and secured disaster recovery hardware from decommission pool, communicating with support to determine hardware requirements.- Managed testing and metrics for disaster recovery program reciprocal applications. Responsible for interfacing with business units and application support groups to coordinate tests, provide test direction and requirements. - Developed and implemented new process within the SharePoint environment to track and coordinate testing progress for disaster recovery applications. Process resulted in improved ability for multiple team members to coordinate test progress by using SharePoint as a collaboration tool.- Managed multi-million dollar build-out of raised floor space within a data center that was used for backup and recovery tape operations.

New York, Ny, Us

Expertly assisted clients in all phases of project development and implementation including determining feasibility and best approach for achieving project objectives. Closely monitored project performance and reported status and issues to executive management. Improved processes and communication by defining new requirements for crisis management documentation and updating business and communication requirements.Key Achievements:• Significantly contributed to requirements gathering, implementation, and training for third party mass notification tool adopted by multiple business units.• Aided in crisis management activities during hurricanes Dennis and Katrina, facilitating meetings, tracking action items to close, and documenting lessons learned.• Selected as recipient of Silver Beacon Award for outstanding job performance and dedication.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Information Systems