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My priority is to minimize risks to safeguard companies. I accomplish this by developing risk management strategies, implementing governance structures, understanding risk appetite, and proactively overseeing the risk life cycle. My background includes roles in technology, consulting, and risk management in the Financial and Professional Services industries. Board Members, Business Partners, and Regulators depend on me to stay aware of technology, business, and market changes and emerging threats and vulnerabilities to minimize adverse impacts. I am passionate about developing trusting relationships and inspiring and empowering teams so that they have the confidence and knowledge to address complex issues and drive extraordinary results.Career Highlights:Amplified the risk oversight process, which provided transparency on the risk lifecycle, including risk identification, assessment, response, and monitoring. Led issue identification by designing and administering the technology risk assessment process, which evaluated residual risk from trusted data elements and qualitative inputs. Enhanced and administered the firm’s technology assessment processes by leveraging COBIT criteria and drove continuous control maturity related to enterprise technology. Established a framework for the technology risk indicator program by partnering with stakeholders and delivering enhanced technology performance reporting and monitoring for all business units.Oversaw a vendor-led control testing engagement that evaluated the design and effectiveness of first-line technology control testing and proactively remediated adverse business impacts. Partnered with business leaders to evaluate their self-assessment of compliance with the NY DFS-500 regulation and identified qualitative improvements in their submission to the state agency.