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Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

Templar Shield is a consulting company offering eGRC professional services to companies seeking to implement, or who have already implemented GRC technology in their organization. In addition, we are a reseller of the Lockpath "Keylight" eGRC platform.As GRC Director, I worked with customers to:- evaluate and compare eGRC tool performance and functionality to enable the client to achieve optimal alignment of the platform with the organization's GRC budget, goals and objectives- build a strategic roadmap/plan to support and prioritize their eGRC technology implementation- provide senior level GRC technology project oversight- provide hands-on use case identification; requirements gathering; solution design, build, testing, and deployment; user training and project management for the RSA Archer and Lockpath Keylight platforms

Greater San Diego Area

GRC Technology Program Manager and RSA Archer System Administrator for Hewlett-Packard Global Cyber Security.

Greater San Diego Area

GRC technology project manager and RSA Archer System Administrator for Sony Network Entertainment.

Greater San Diego Area

Governance, Risk and Compliance consulting; GRC Program Assessments and Strategic Planning; eGRC Technology Specialist; Archer Certified Professional; Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) Capability Model GRC Professional Certification (GRCP).

Greater San Diego Area

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) program team member responsible for all Compliance Audit, Enterprise Risk Assessment and Enterprise GRC system platform oversight and implementation activities.- Development, maintenance and implementation of a three-year Compliance Audit Plan that includes annual regulatory, policy, contract, information security and management requested audits- Oversight and/or management of three (3) Compliance Audit managers covering our domestic and off-shoring operations- Regulatory audits of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair and Accurate Transactions Act (FACTA), Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, Real Estate Procedures Settlement Act (RESPA), Freddie Mac Exclusionary List (ELAC), Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), CAN-SPAM, GLBA and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)- Information Security audits of ISO 27001 based control standards and the Payment Card Industry Digital Security Standard (PCI DSS)- Annual Enterprise Risk Assessment (ERA) program coordinator, project manager, risk survey creator and data analyst. Responsible to provide the initial enterprise risk scoring/ranking and subsequent development of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee and Audit Committee formal reports and presentations.- Responsible for all oversight and implementation of the Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (eGRC) data repository and reporting platform (RSA / Archer) includes Enterprise Management, Policy Management, Risk Management, Audit Management, Threat Management, Incident Management, Vendor Management and Compliance Management solutions- Additional eGRC platform duties include Archer system administrator, out-of-the-box core application custom configuration, On-Demand Application (ODA) development, data feed integration support and dashboard/reporting development

Greater San Diego Area

Accountability for all operational and financial performance for this mortgage services provider of residential valuations (Appraisal Management Company).- Creation and implementation of annual operating budgets for this +400 employee company- Reconciliation and approval of monthly, quarterly and annual Board of Directors financial reporting- Implemented company-wide Lean Six Sigma quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives that resulted in lowering the Cost of Goods Sold (COGs) by over 5%- Restructured operation teams and steam-lined product delivery processes to accommodate a 75% annualized growth rate (revenue increase from $60 to $150M over a 24 month period)- Increased off-shoring productivity and quality assurance through the development and implementation of a monthly assessment and performance enhancement program (balanced scorecard)

Greater San Diego Area

Accountability for all Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) and settlement service (escrow, title insurance) operations including accounts receivable, information technology (IT), customer service/call center, client system access provisioning and bureau compliance.- Oversight and management of a +100 member team responsible for the delivery of merged credit reports for auto, mortgage and property management clients- Oversight of mortgage title and escrow/closing operations (settlement services)- Successfully completed several repository (e.g. Transunion) compliance audits- Developed a customized, semi-automated billing solution that resulted in increased company cash flows, lower receivables aging and reduced client billing complaints- Reduced +90-day receivables by over 75% and write-offs (bad debt) by 2%- Implemented a management reporting process to measure and track customer retention- Responsible for all Equifax, Transunion and Experian bureau related compliance procedures and audits

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Theta Xi Plant Engineering minor

Certification, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt