Ethan Owen Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

-Redesigned a process linking risk events to controls resulting in 95% cost reduction while reducing audit findings to zero ($190,000/year savings). -Designed a Kanban schedule to provide visibility into work streams and increase the timeliness of deliverables despite a 33% reduction in team size.-Designed and implemented an IT General Controls risk and control framework for American Express Technology.-Redesigned a Risk Assessment Questionnaire process to align with IT General Controls, reducing complexity by 86%, to drive focus to risk areas that process owners have the ability to influence.-Designed an accelerator document to train new hires and internal clients on a complex risk process, to increase quality and consistency of services provided. -Created desktop instructions to train team members and reduce risk of knowledge loss over time.

Phoenix, Arizona

-Directed and designed the application controls (balancing controls, logging and monitoring, and CI/CD controls) for the core switch for our global banking partners-Directed key controls during the creation of an automated CI/CD pipeline--static and dynamic code analysis, BDD for automated security controls, and Twistlock integration-Directed the machine learning strategy for Network leadership-Directed the closure of any compliance items impacting bank partners and/or customers-Managed forty software engineers and security professionals to drive the Network system of record and reporting, as well as security initiatives across Network technologies-Managed IT infrastructure budget of $2.1 million, with year-over-year cost reduction of 8%

Boise, Idaho Area

-Managed and executed control integration and rationalization of new acquisitions into Optum-Mapped acquisition's controls against an existing enterprise framework, and performed gap analyses and remediation efforts-Performed risk process improvements to automate control execution-Coached acquisitions on enterprise control execution-Managed ICFR, SOC I, SOC II, and PCI assessments for acquisitions and across the enterprise

-Directed internal and external day-to-day IT operations of YHI, providing overall management of technology vendor, developing the IT governance model, and a comprehensive on-going IT project management plan-Directed technology strategy and operations, including management of Software as a Service (SaaS) operations, computer hardware and software, telecommunications and networks-Directed the creation of a FISMA-compliant control framework prior to Your Health Idaho’s launch-Directed the ongoing FISMA compliance internally and with vendors-Participated in YHI’s strategic and operational planning, and develop the foundation for YHI technology systems aligned to the mission of the organization and business goals. -Partnered with executive management to set strategies for technology investment and provide advice on technology solutions-Presented technology status, recommendations, risks, and options to the Board-Oversaw investments in technology hardware, software, and talent to meet the goals and objectives of the YHI organization-Oversaw and ensure vendor deliverables, contractual requirements, performance guarantees, and implementation and testing milestones are met

-Managed $2 million of revenue of eight audit and advisory projects (SOC 1, SOC 2, and ICFR) at large public and private clients -Managed and executed data analytics projects, including journal entry analysis procedures and data analyses over complete populations to identify anomalous activity-Managed project financials, supervision of team (quality and deliverable schedule) and managed client relationships-Led business process audits (revenue processes, accounts payable/receivable, business continuity/disaster recovery, implementation of new general ledger software).

Senior in the IT Risk Advisory group. Performed tests of IT controls and effectiveness, risk assessment analyses, and process improvement projects.

ACC 444 (Enterprise Process Analysis & Design), ACC 450 (Auditing), and ACC 512 (Advanced Auditing). Assisted professors in grading assignments and helping students with AIS software projects.

Tutored students: Accounting, Economics, Calculus, Algebra, Trigonometry.

Taught a MAT 117 (College Algebra) class at ASU's Tempe campus. 25 students. Helped continually design and edit the curriculum for this class.

Launched the digital branding department. Responded to RFPs, created and managed budgets, and drove the projects to completion. Produced an award-winning interactive DVD for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci S robot, as well as several large-scale web sites for Visa International and Intuitive Surgical. Handled client interactions and communications.

Refined production processes to increase throughput of projects by 30%. Created and maintained master schedules for three business units. Handled all project scoping and scheduling between business and creative. Produced internal web development projects for three business units.

Managed production budget, schedule and client interactions for interactive educational products. Developed content in conjunction with educational experts and hardware engineers. Designed user interface and game play, scripted dialogue, and coordinated voice talent. Produced/created three titles.

Managed personnel and production of final digital output. Ran Digital Dailies (Producer/Director final review) and Rendercheck (Director of Photography's review). Managed database, budget and production schedule for final digital output of film.