Kunal Patel Email & Phone Number

With advanced experience as a transformational executive leader, I head Technology Risk, Third Party Vendor management and Cloud Financial Operations for Public Cloud platform supporting Generative AI capabilities. I demonstrate relentless focus in aligning with leadership priorities and deliver strong business value through forging lasting partnerships with management stakeholders. Key achievements include:✅Executive Leadership specializing in Public Cloud security and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) platform, leading Technology Risk and Controls, Third Party vendor management, Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps), and Cybersecurity. ✅Seasoned executive leader, experienced in business transformation initiatives to successfully influence, and drive organizational changes for modernization, and process and delivery optimization.✅Lead a compliant cloud platform delivery journey to build AI large language model (LLM) capabilities supporting retail and wealth management businesses processing highly confidential business data.✅Deep understanding of regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for financial services industry.✅Lead cloud vendor management, manage contract negotiations, performance scorecards and annual supplier assessments across Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers.✅Drive Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) strategic capabilities for cloud billing, cost attribution, chargebacks and forecasting to manage contractual requirements.✅Adept at deploying Product Operating Model [POM], delivering monthly and quarterly business reviews [MBRs / QBRs] to support strategic digital transformation initiatives.✅Deep knowledge of industry control frameworks including CSA CCM, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, GDPR, PCI DSS, ISO27001, SOC1 and SOC2 amongst others.✅Manage Internal audit and Operational risk by building a high performing multi-location team covering Governance, Risk and Control (GRC) to support global stakeholders.✅Overhauled the organization's delinquent risk posture by building and enforcing an evergreen control review process to mitigate cybersecurity risks, successfully improving controls effectiveness from <55% to >95%✅ Serve on the board of local non-profit organization for continued community engagement; volunteer for JP Morgan's project to prioritize spending with diverse businesses, supporting Black and Hispanic companies to generate additional revenue.