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An accomplished result-oriented senior manager with experience in: International Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/Crisis Management • Successfully developed, implemented and execution of disaster recovery strategies for fast paced financial and natural gas organizations• Lead the initiative for the build out of a new data centre and business recovery sites dedicated to recovery • Lead the execution of surprise disaster recovery exercises and semi-annual crisis scenario exercises with the senior executive management team • Lead the recovery from a power vault explosion and fireIT Risk Management• Developed templates and documented IT Risk processes flows • Successfully lead Tiger Team initiatives from conception to implementationChange Management• Managing the Change/Release Management program• Evolving the change management strategy to accommodate Agile processesSupplier/Vendor Management• Developed and implemented: Supplier manager/security consultant tool; 3rd Party vendor/supplier policies, standards, and maturity assessment toolInformation Security• Developed and implemented an annual information security certification program for all full/part time employees, and to 3rd Party vendors/suppliers that had access to restricted office floorsAudit and Regulators • Managed a strong working relationship with Canadian and USA Regulators and with Internal/External AuditorsProject Management• Ability to maintain strong alliances; nurture and inspire team members while driving projects to successful completion on schedule and within budget.• Successfully lead a C Level executive team through an overall organization budget cutting initiativeMentoring• One of my greatest achievements is mentoring. Mentored individuals and groups and assisting them to reach their goals and discover that they really can obtain their dreams. Currently I'm mentoring 'Women in Technology', it is so rewarding.SecurityEnhanced Reliability Security StatusCertifications/RewardsFBCI - Fellow Business Continuity Institute - June 2002CBCP - Certified Business Continuity Professional - January 19932007 Canadian Award for Business Continuity

Listed skills include Information Technology, Sdlc, People Management, Vendor Relations, and 25 others.