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Developing a strong Vendor Risk Management program to support increased regulatory oversight on how the banking industry uses strategic vendors in service to their customers.Vendor related activities include:*Due Diligence*Risk Assessments*Performance and Contract management*On-going MonitoringSystem:*Own end-to-end lifecycle management of the EMC/RSA Archer system for Vendor Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)Bank Activities:*Work with regulators and auditors*Policies & Procedures*Communications*TrainingRegulatory:BASEL II, III, BSAC, CCAR, CFPB, Dodd-Frank, FFIEC, FINRA, GLBA, OCC, OFAC, OFCCP, OSFI, SEC

On July 1st, 2014, Union Bank re-branded under its parent company, the Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group which is currently the sixth largest banking group in the world.Transforming the Vendor Risk Management function to the Third Party Risk Management function to meet heightened regulatory standards. Ensuring that Third Parties are governed by a risk based approach following the Risk Management Lifecycle: Planning, Due Diligence, Contracting, Ongoing Monitoring through Performance Management and Termination. Meet with regulators and authors of Third Party Risk guidance. Present to Executive Committees and Board of Directors on the status of the Third Party Risk Management Program.Year 1: Improved risk rating percentage of Third Parties from 23% to 99.9% (8,500 Third Parties). Established Third Party Incident response management. Defined and identified "Critical" Third. Parties. Created organization structure to meet heightened standards. Grew team from 3 to 14 FTE. Year 2 (in progress): Finalized Risk Appetite statement for Offshoring and Outsourcing, Working on improving program to meet new regulatory guidances, building out Third Party/Vendor Management Program (first line). In partnership with the Compliance function, enhanced the Vendor Risk Management System (Archer) to to track compliance risk via automation. Developing automation for Ongoing Monitoring and Performance Management of Third Parties.Frequent speaker, moderator and panelist regarding: Third Party Risk Management, Vendor Management, Third Party/Cyber Risk, Supply Chain Risk, Regulatory Affairs

*Global Head of all 3rd party IT relationships (Hardware, Software, Network, Telecom, Managed and Professional Services)Led the Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management for all Technology Stakeholders at Intuit (CIO, CTO, Big Data and Analytics). Consistently achieved 10% Opex/Capex reduction of existing Vendor runrate year over year between 2009-2013. Joined at a time when Intuit was transitioning from traditional desktop software provider to SaaS/Cloud provider. Also, led the sourcing initiative to move into the Switch-SuperNap colo in Las Vegas. Onboarded Hadoop providers such as Cloudera, MapR and Hortonworks. Led multiple ELAs (enterprise licensing agreements) with VMWare, HP Software, RedHat, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM. Re-architected the entire Oracle Enterprise License Agreement. Created vendor leasing strategy. Re-optimized large IT investments with Dell, HP, EMC and NetApp. Achieved 27% reduction in telecom expense.

Responsible for all 3rd Party IT spend in Hardware, Software and related services. Managed a portfolio of over ~1,000 IT vendor relationships with well over $1B of annual CapEx and OpEx. Guided Cisco Technology Vendor Management during a time when many key partner/vendor relationships were becoming competitor relationships (HP, SUN, IBM, Dell, etc...) and there was a need for diplomacy as many vendor engagements were upended.

Implemented RFID tagging of assets at Cisco Data Centers.

Responsible for managing the Office of the CFO focusing on strategic planning, organization building, operational excellence, executive-level relationships and communications. The CFO’s representative on strategic initiatives.Ran the Program Management Office for Mercury's financial restatement and recertification due to past stock compensation issues (“back dating” of stock options).Coordinated the inter-dependencies between accounting, auditors, inside and outside counsel, Board of Directors and Executive staff in order to submit SEC compliant financial statements. (Filed on 7/3/06)Advisor on the business transformation agenda to create systems and processes to support Mercury's growth to a multi-billion dollar company.Integration of Mercury Finance, Accounting, Quote-to-Cash and records into HP.

Global responsibility for the creation and execution of all M&A integration business functions and activities to achieve strategic business goals. Provided due-diligence support for pre-M&A related activities to assess integration challenges and risks prior to close of deal.

Established the IT Vendor Management and Strategic Sourcing group at Mercury Interactive. Responsiblities included creating the short-term and long-term vision as well as continuing the day to day activities of managing all of Mercury's IT vendors (negotiations, contracts, service delivery, performance management, etc...)

Continuing execution of Mercury Finance, Accounting, Quote-to-Cash and Records Management integrations and operations into HP post acquisition close.

Strategic Sourcing and Vendor ManagementI have successfully worked with, managed and negotiated with the following global companies while at Cisco representing $250,000,000+/year of direct spend.:IBM, HP, SUN, EMC, NetApp, Oracle, Veritas/Symantec, Microsoft, Mercury Interactive, Atos-Origin, Pink Roccade, Tibco, Hyperion, Siebel,Network Associates, McAfee, Secure Computing, Meeting Maker, Altiris, Apple, Archstone, Avamar, Bladelogic, Citrix, Computer Associates, Concord, Connected, EDS, EMC, Install Shield, Red Hat, Novell, Ximian, Merant, Serena, Meeting Maker, Network Associates, Symantec, NetQos, OpenText, Orsyp, Pink Roccade, Quest, Sanctum, Watchfire, Segue, StorateTek, Trend Micro, Vintela, VMWare, Watchfire, Wily, Iron Mountain, Rational, Computacentre, AT & T, OnFiber, Great Plains, Adobe, Macromedia, BEA, Compucom, Sigmanet, IronPort, Sophos,LSI, Mirapoint, Trend Micro and 100s more.*For many I have negotiated the best deal ever given to an enterprise customer.

I have worked on over 50 acquisitions for Cisco and led the Global IT M&A integration (Infrastructure, Business Systems, Services) of the following ($19 Billion): Radiata Inc, AustraliaPixStream, Inc. CanadaCAIS Software Solutions, CANuSpeed Internet Systems, Inc., MNArrowpoint Communications, MASightPath, MAInfoGear, CAAtlantech Technolgies Ltd, ScotlandGrowth Networks, CAAltiga Networks, MACompatible Systems, Inc., COAironet Wireless, Ohio Webline Communications, MA Cocom A/S, Denmark Cerent Networks, CA Monterey Networks, TX MaxComm Technologies, Inc., MA Calista, Inc., UK and CA StratumOne Communications, Inc., CA TransMedia Communications, Inc., CA Amteva Technologies, Inc., VA GeoTel, Communications, MA Sentient Networks, Inc., CA Fibex Systems, CAPipelinks, Inc., CA Selsius Systems, TXClarity Wireless, CAAmerican Internet Corp., MASumma Four, NH Class Data, IsraelPrecept Software, CA NetSpeed, TX Wheelgroup, TX

Responsible for the system and service delivery of new and on-going system integration projects utilizing both proprietary Bank systems and purchased vendor packages. Systems developed include: compliance monitoring and general ledger automation in addition to owning all customer service applications. Business analysis, development, and team coordination on project to develop integrated customer resolution/deployment system with Vantive (PeopleSoft) and Oracle.

Key member of the Wells Fargo / First Interstate Bank Merger (the largest banking merger ever at the time)Responsible for the Post-Merger integration of key Commercial Banking Systems and Operations ($80B in Assets). Systems Integrated include: Automated Financial Systems (AFS), Hogan (Retail Banking Application), Token Ring to Ethernet Bridge in Tempe Arizona, and all call center applications.

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