Responsible for delivery of Accenture's cybersecurity services to financial institutions in the South Market Unit.

-- Actively lead multiple technology risk assessment, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, and operational resilience client engagements for leading financial services firms-- Serve as client-facing subject matter expert for all compliance, controls and regulatory matters-- Oversee business development activities with new and existing clients for $20 million consulting practice-- Lead client quality assurance function for practice, overseeing best practices development and training, fostering excellence and consistency in client engagement deliverablesKey Results+ Acted as senior regulatory expert and advisor in the development of a first-of-a-kind financial services industry public cloud IT risk management offering (IBM Cloud for Financial Services), initially implemented in one of the largest G-SIFI banks in the U.S.+ Managed engagement with leading global custodian bank to develop a regulatory inventory for countries in which it operated+ Led multi-year technology risk and regulatory engagement with leading U.S. multiline insurance company+ Advised CIO, CISO and senior IT leadership in their response to regulatory criticisms and MRAs, including the delivery of quarterly reporting to regulators++ Assessed IT organization performance, policies & procedures against regulatory expectations ++ Working with the CIO, developed a comprehensive IT plan and implementation schedule to align IT organization and performance with regulatory expectations+ Led a series of projects at a major US credit card company, delivering best-in-class technology risk controls architecture, board of directors technology risk and business impact reporting package, and an overall firm-wide governance program for information security+ Designed and led full-day workshop series for a prominent financial services industry trade association, and developed technology risk mitigation plans for high risk business impact cybersecurity scenarios

-- Led global team in the design and firm-wide implementation of information security strategies and programs-- Delivered comprehensive risk assessments of mission critical vendors, global systems and software with clear mitigation plans and remedies-- Oversaw application security and data privacy in a highly-regulated environment-- Consistently delivered on global enterprise projects focused on key regulatory and compliance initiativesKey Results+ Led program to identify key external front office vendors to implement logical access management reducing risk for trading businesses+ Drove program to ensure key privilege management controls for critical front and middle office applications, reducing risk of inappropriate privileged access+ Led key risk assessment activities for strategic integrations, divestitures and outsourcing activities ensuring protection of firm proprietary and client data

-- Oversaw resilience programs for 20+ locations in North and South AmericaAccountable owner for all regulatory inquiries involving business continuity-- Developed innovative and industry-leading disaster recovery initiatives for Goldman Sachs-- Led firm’s participation in industry-wide disaster recovery tests-- Spearheaded incident and crisis management participation for Americas region-- Led BCP reporting for Americas region (regular reporting to Operational Risk Committee, Global Business Resilience Committee, and Office of the CIO; assisted in developing reports to the Goldman Sachs Board of Directors)Key Results+ Successfully mitigated business disruptions from major hurricanes, including Hurricanes Irene and Ike, and high severity building/office outages+ Developed and managed key strategic BCP initiatives, including Pandemic Planning Program (head of project management office) that enabled the Goldman Sachs to immediately respond to pandemic threats in 2009 and 2013+ As program lead, designed germinal Remote Working Program, increasing the firm’s resilience and reduction of dependencies on alternate work environments+ Built-out 2,000+ alternative recovery locations seats for key locations in North and South America