Independent Consultant specializing in Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Operational Risk Management and Program ManagementCurrent Engagement - Antares Capital Business Resilience LeadResponsible for enhancing enterprise wide business continuity capabilities within Cybersecurity including managing the Noggin and Alert Media platforms, maturing capabilities to mitigate risk internally through the BIA and Risk Assessment process and managing the Business Resilience Third Party Risk Management program.

Responsibilities include management and oversight of all facets of the Alliant Business Resilience program. This includes managing teams that executed all aspects of Business Resilience including Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management and Communications and Physical Security and Life Safety.Led the Alliant Senior Leadership team during the response and management of any incident impacting Alliant's ability to conduct normal business operations. Led the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the build out of a hybrid office model and change management strategy as part of the post pandemic return to the office.Managed all aspects of Facility Operations including day to day building operations, the Mailroom, Alliant's In Office Workplace Experience program and all onsite food and beverage programs.Managed the Alliant Real Estate portfolio and led numerous large scale office redesign projects.

Responsibilities include working across the United States jurisdiction to manage BMO's Event Management, Incident Response and Emergency Notification capabilities. This includes working with C Level Executives and key partners from Security, Human Resources and Corporate Communications to respond to incidents impacting normal business operations and ensure business resiliency. Additionally, I managed all facets of the Life Safety program. My team developed and implemented policies and procedures for all U.S. facilities, provided Emergency Team Training, and scheduled and executed regular Evacuation and Shelter in Place Drills. I was responsible for originating BMO's Workplace Violence program which includes Active Shooter Preparedness. This included the development, roll out and management of the program in addition to in person and digital delivery of this Awareness offering. Led post-merger Business Continuity integration efforts for bank acquisitions which included managing integration and change management projects related to Incident Response, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management.I represented BMO in the Business Continuity Community regionally and nationally. I led a ChicagoFirst financial services organization Business Continuity working group, served as the Business Resumption Planners Association Treasurer and am a Continuity Insights Faculty Speaker at conferences across the country.I have deep skills in all facets of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management and worked across all spectrums of BMO's Business Continuity Program to utilize my expertise on Strategic and Transformational Change projects.

Responsibilities included working across the entire enterprise to ensure that the BCM program meets the requirements of all US regulatory bodies and that the components of the program are implemented consistently throughout the organization in all jurisdictions.As a Specialist on the EBCM team, I served as the lead Corporate Support Area Operational Risk Management specialist providing risk management guidance to 1st line business units pertaining to the implementation of new initiatives and products and the completion of operating group risk control assessments and enterprise wide scenarios to test the organization’s risk mitigation capabilities. Additionally, I was the US lead for enterprise supplier governance as it pertains to Business Continuity which included conducting Due Diligence assessments of all suppliers providing services to the bank. This included participating in discussions and meetings with internal supplier managers, legal and external supplier relationship managers and business continuity representatives.In a relationship management capacity, I represent BMO at external Business Continuity Management organization meetings, including ChicagoFirst where I led as financial services organization Business Continuity working group to discuss emerging topics and regulations pertaining to Business Continuity Management.

As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. Comprised of four exchanges - CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX - CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, helping businesses everywhere mitigate the myriad of risks they face in today's uncertain global economy. As a manager on the CME Group Business Continuity Management Team, I was responsible for coordinating the activities of over 200 Business Continuity Coordinators across 5 domestic and international locations and managing numerous projects to implement all aspects of CME Group’s comprehensive Business Continuity Program including Crisis Management, Business Impact Analysis and Recovery Plan Building, Disaster Recovery, Vendor Risk Management and Training and Awareness.

Allstate Financial is the life insurance arm of Allstate Corporation, which is one of the largest insurers in the world. Allstate is a widely recognized brand and practically a household name in the United States. Allstate Financial represents roughly 40 percent of Allstate Corporation's premiums and deposits and accounts for 70 percent of Allstate's assets under management. Allstate Financial is a major provider of investment and insurance products and serves both the consumer and institutional markets.As the relationship manager for the AF locations in Northbrook, Vernon Hills and Lincoln, Nebraska, I led the effort to roll out a comprehensive Business Continuity solution that included both a Business Impact Analysis and Business Recovery Plan for each critical business operation.Additional highlights included the development and implementation of a company-wide employee communication strategy related to Disaster Recovery and Emergency Communications and the development of a comprehensive Business Continuity training program including training design and delivery.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.As an experienced project manager, I provided financial systems implementation and change management consulting services to large financial services organizations across a global platform. The clients I worked with included ING Group, Aon Corporation, Hewitt Associates and the Royal Bank of Canada. Project highlights include:- Leading a project team of 4 technology and financial resources that was responsible for implementing PeopleSoft Financials at 15 Aon subsidiaries across the United States and Canada- Supervising 3 resources during the development of a proprietary tool kit dedicated to improving financial management processes at local offices; presented the tool kit to 30 business leaders at 3 national conferences