Accomplished chief compliance officer with extensive experience building high-functioning teams to establish and lead compliance programs. Focused collaborator with stakeholders to identify and address key compliance risks and effectively lead mitigation efforts. Systems thinker with a mindset for operational efficiency. Committed collaborator across functions to manage a centralized compliance team. Champion the organization’s values and behaviors to foster a culture of following the law, respecting others, and adhering to policies, procedures, and regulations. Strategic Leadership: Proven track record for establishing strategic goals and direction for two high-profile compliance programs. Led vision for the department and program implementation that built efficient and effective compliance processes. Motivated and mobilized teams and stakeholders that consistently achieved strategic goals. High-Performing Teams: Built, led, and trained team members to create infrastructure and processes that supported enterprise-wide compliance activities, significantly reducing risk exposure. Assumed a new leadership role, brought together a diverse group of unfamiliar team members, and built an innovative, efficient, and skilled problem-solving team. Change Management: Developed and implemented strategies and processes to guide stakeholders successfully through change. Assessed, designed, and implemented a change management plan to transition decentralized research compliance processes to a centralized enterprise-wide office. This shift streamlined processes and improved stakeholder communication.Regulatory Compliance: Oversaw design development and process for regulatory compliance risk identification and mitigation. Initiated processes to highlight required regulations and perform gap analyses to ensure appropriate policies are in place and employees are adequately informed and trained in regulatory requirements.