As the VP of Cyber Risk and Compliance in the AI and Cybersecurity Strategy organization at Darktrace, I identify, shape, and execute strategies for leveraging technology, especially artificial intelligence, within cybersecurity. I enjoy working closely with researchers and analysts, IT and security leaders, and industry groups to promote advancement in cyber resilience through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. I am a frequent keynote speaker and contributor on topics including AI, cyber resilience, risk management, and compliance.

With the development of the enterprise’s first IT risk management function, I was handpicked to build the foundation of the function from the ground up. From crafting an IT risk philosophy to gaining adoption for a risk model and escalation process, I was effective because I helped others to understand and appreciate that IT risk is business risk. I educated key stakeholders from C-level to security analysts, and drove change throughout all levels of the operation. ✓ Eliminated 25% of monthly manual exception request reviews by constructing a risk estimation model. ✓ Integrated risk into 3rd-party risk management process for evaluating suppliers and supply chain risk.

I advanced to execute and lead IT solutions, modernizations, and digital transformations for global sourcing and consumer health business units. I worked across cross-functional teams and with senior leaders to uncover departmental/team needs and pain points in technology, and capture increased performance, efficiencies, and cost savings. I took critical and impactful projects from start to finish – developing business cases, pitching to executive leadership, securing needed funding, and delivering on the IT solutions, modernizations, and digital transformations for global sourcing and consumer health business units. ✓ Fueled 300-basis-point margin growth by championing development of IT strategy and business cases for $1B business unit with 35% gain in IT funding. ✓ Propelled revenue 115% and margins 80% through execution of innovative planogram system to bring the capability in-house.✓ Secured $4M in funding for game-changing retail pharmacy e-commerce capabilities. Took project from concept to execution in collaboration with cross-functional teams to address challenges to legal, privacy, sourcing, security, and operations.✓ Spearheaded digital transformation projects and constructed action plans to modernize processes within global sourcing that elevated run time 85% and delivered $15M cost savings through automation and data analytics. ✓ Played key role in go-live for Red Oak Sourcing joint venture with CVS that is projected to reduce product cost $2B over 10-year timeframe. Delivered IT solutions that enabled new business model for sourcing generics. ✓ Consolidated and monetized POS data from over 500 retail locations for $5M total benefit to the enterprise and enabled customers to access manufacture funded promotions. ✓ Generated $118M in cost savings through source-to-contract (S2C) system. Led digital transformation and integration of SAP Ariba to optimize monitoring of indirect procurement processes and spend.

In this capacity, I managed a $180M+ pharma IT portfolio where I partnered with cross-functional resources to support the development of multi-year IT strategies and business cases. My mission objective was to fuel performance gains and cost savings. ✓ Analyzed $500M+ in project cost and provided funding options for a large-scale, global SAP implementation. ✓ Secured $2M in funding for new analytics environment to enable teams and projects across the enterprise.

Supporting projects for clients that spanned energy, biotech, defense, and automotive industries, I drove blueprinting sessions and designed solution architectures for electronic discovery systems for client projects throughout North America.✓ Designed and implemented electronic discovery solutions including electronic medical records for customers across legal services, transportation, financial services, and healthcare industries.✓ Constructed and deployed enterprise search solutions for customers across energy, biotech, defense, and automotive industries as consultant.

In a more hands-on capacity, I advanced from developer to create technical standards for web portal design. I also partnered with developers to teach leading best practices.