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Chicago, Il, Us

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Developing treatments for Glaucoma. Partnering with Founders and CEO to execute strategies, maintain budgets, and drive operations.

San Diego, California, Us

In partnership with angel investors, participated in 10+ due diligence screenings ultimately leading to investments in four Pre-Seed to Series A stage companies. Industries include Cybersecurity, Life sciences, EdTech, and Enterprise SaaSAssisted angel investors and executive director in developing due diligence reports, exit analysis, founder interviews, cap table reviews, and analysis of business models to evaluate potential investment opportunitiesAttended monthly learning sessions to expand understanding on various topics including deal structures, cap table management, tax implications, sourcing, etc.Published Medium posts detailing out Due Diligence process for the Angel group to share knowledge with aspiring angels and founders looking to engage with the angel group for potential investments.Deals Screened: PrivacyHawk F.K.A Zenlo (funded), Zeemee, EV Safe Charge, Lincode.ai, mmTron, Verivend

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Senior manager in the customer success and services org supporting account level portfolio management for our customers. Focused on large strategic enterprises.

Created a living journal documenting my journey in the world of VC to share with VCs and aspiring VCs that have been through or are going through similar pathsProvided guidance and mentorship to readers allowing them to break down barriers and go after their goals and aspirationsOrganically grew audience to 100+ readers through solo marketing on social media and word of mouthDesigned content strategies to keep readers engaged and drive an open office environment to allow aspiring and junior VCs to share their experiences with the industry and their journeyshttps://road2vc.medium.com

Deerfield, Il, Us

Program Manager within the One Plan Transformation Office focused on transformation initiatives with the Retail Products, Shared Services, and Customer Experience spaces.Serve as an advisor to Walgreens Marketing and Digital functions to identify high growth opportunities and execute on our omnichannel customer experience strategyResponsible for leading ongoing support of governance and investment workstreams to secure funding for major transformation initiatives for the MyWalgreens flagship application

Deerfield, Il, Us

Led and delivered Technology Governance, Risk, and Compliance integration efforts for newly acquired line of businesses as well as existing functions, including performing technology architecture assessments and market risk analysisResponsible for leading due diligence efforts on innovation and integration activities for Technology Governance, Risk, Compliance to ensure alignment with Corporate Technology strategy and objectivesChampioned a healthcare compliance-based startup strategically partnered with WBA and grew the internal userbase by moderating Executive and User-based committeesPortfolio lead for Technology Governance, Risk, and Compliance efforts for IT Strategy and Technology Modernization initiatives, including strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Deloitte, E&Y, and Tata Consulting

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provide Technology Consulting and Audit Services for a wide range of clients through our IT Risk Consulting practice. Specializing in ITGC, FDIC, FFIEC, Public Sector IS Reviews, IT SOX, and Application Controls for Financial Systems (Dynamics AX & SAP). Conduct result oriented audit engagements on and off site while creating high quality client deliverablesActively participate in On Campus recruiting to expand our practice with quality talent.Responsible for driving projects to completion while ensuring timelines and deliverables are achieved within scope and budgets.

Changing the archaic habits of sales people, one business card at a time.Connecting the people you meet, to the tools you use the most.Featured on Entrepreneur Magazine Online1st Place: Most Popular Startup @theFundConferencePortfolio Company @VentureConnectsResponsible for driving customer acquisition and growth through engagement using various media and outlet channels, internationally.Serve as a Liaison between our development team and customers to ensure that customer success is achieved through the use of meetings and storyboarding activities. Created Roadmaps and Investor Pitch Decks to present to various groups of angel investors ranging from 2-100 investors at a time.Enhanced and Drove innovation of our product and business through building and maintaining relationships with users, advisors, and partners. Pulled critical insights through direct analytics collected through our application and analytics engines such as Google Analytics to enhance customer experience and improve the internal sales funnel process.

Toronto, On, Ca

Responsible for assessing and addressing business and technology risks within internal functions in relation to GLBA. Conducted due diligence in conjunction with leading multiple exploratory meetings with business executives to identify data and technology risks.

Worldwide, Oo

Created a calculated risk based approach to address risks to the enterprise that will be utilized in risk assessments going forwardPerformed risk assessments to analyze impact of new services in an environment with over 60+ Member FirmsParticipated in architecture meetings with Fortune 100 vendors to strategically roadmap risks of newly acquired services for an organization with Multi-Billion dollar revenueUtilized Microsoft risk methodologies to create a risk based approach to address threats to Deloitte’s 60+ Member Firms and drive upper level GTS management decisions and strategiesCreated statistical models using R and Python for analysis of big dataDirectly interacted with all levels of senior management including partners, principles, and directorsLead and participated in sessions with Global Information Security team members to share knowledge of previously gained talents and skills

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Assisted in laying out the foundations for the Release Management department and leveraged resources to continuously improve processesBuilt and executed complex workflows that allows the tracking and approval of exceptions after project milestone datesActed as end-user support for the development and deployment teams by reviewing tickets and requests to ensure changes were effectively communicated and conducted within agreed upon standards.Audited and created multiple policies and procedures for Release and Change Management departmentsAssessed, assigned, and leveraged critical success factors (CSFs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) for complications during install process to reduce risks in future installsCollaborated multiple strategic documents and presentations for the CIO and upper level managementActed as a liaison between technical and business usersInteracted with auditors and regulators to ensure the compliance of Change and Release Management groupsAnalyzed and assessed risk of monthly and emergency installs across multiple years by using milestone data points during development and release processCreated procedures and process flows to help maximize efficiency and reduce risk of business related tasksUtilized Microsoft Office suite to organize and visually represent data by creating dashboards, templates, and high powered calculators Organized and led multiple meetings with upper level management to ensure proper communicationSuccessfully identified data and metrics needed to improve release management process and leveraged information to upper level managementUpdated and maintained various SharePoint sites and workflows for efficient collaboration across multiple departments

Ms In Computer, Information, & Network Security, Governance, Risk Management, And Compliance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Network Technology Engineering

Computer Science

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