Managing and international team and multiple vendors to champion and respond to matters of Data Security across 25 countries and Data Privacy globally.Creating the company's first Center of Excellence in Global Data Privacy.

Senior member of the Worldwide Privacy and Compliance team working with Finance, Legal, Marketing, Development, Store Operations, Call Centers and Loss Prevention teams. Payment Card Industry (PCI)Managed 5 successful annual Staples US compliance programsCompliance advocate driving implementation of new Call Recording applicationImplemented documentation standards and tracking programDrove compliance efforts in Charge Card Receipt and Chargeback processes, Call Centers and Sales OfficesAdvised and assisted annual Canadian assessmentsManaged annual PCI self assessments (SAQs) for multiple remote subsidiaries Awareness and Training programsCo-developed and delivered PCI awareness trainingActive privacy advocate and member of Staples Global Privacy Community Personally Identifiable Information (PII)Managed MA 201 CMR 17.00 compliance program Reviewed and drove compliance of contracts for 200 partners with access to PIIReviewed agreements governing several thousand vendorAdvised and assisted in compliance efforts for multiple remote subsidiaries International Data TransfersDrove mapping of trans-border HR data flows for European Data Privacy Authority (DPA) filingsEARLY CAREER EXPERIENCELed Retail Application Development and Support teams responsible for more than 1,500 stores. Applications include; Point-of-Sale, Omni and Cross Channel integration of Brick and Mortor and Staples.com, Copy and Print, Business Services, Labor Management, Signage, Visual Merchandising, Store Communications, Marketing and Special Order programs.Positions at Dun & Bradstreet Software / GEAC as an Independent Software Consultant and at Keane Associates. Developed and managed commercial and internal software solutions across industries and applications including Order Management, Inventory Control, Financials, Lease Management, Warehouse Management and Distribution Control.