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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Formed to address the challenges of ethics and integrity in today’s corporate world, Decide & Company provides the tools, technology, and intelligence to build trust in the digital age. Decide offers new and patented technologies in cryptography, biometrics, quantitative analytics, cyber-security, and identity to address quantum risks, cyber security risks, conduct risks and the next generation of digital identity management for individual consumers, businesses, corporations, and governments.

Responsible for Operational Risk, New Products Governance and SOX controls within the Investment Banking and Trading Platform.

Director, Operational Risk Management Developed a global risk function focusing on operational risk measurement and management for Global Markets trading groups across all front to back functions (Middle and Back office, Technology).Components of responsibilities included Collection and analysis of realized and unrealized loss dataDefined prospective key risk metrics for use by the front office to better enable the management of the business's operational riskDeveloped framework for consistent and comparable self-assessmentsImplemented a risk based approach to Records Management, Business Continuity, Vendor Management, Information Security and Protection, Governance, Branch Administration, SOX/Spreadsheet Control, Off-shoring and New Product Approval which complimented the Corporate requirementsSuccessfully influenced over 20 Corporate process, functions, policies to be more risk based so as to enable efficient implementationRecognized for best practices and over ten were adopted and implemented across the companyConsistently selected to lead high profile cross-organizational initiativesFrequent speaker at Operational Risk conferences and forumsLicense: Series 7

Economic Capital and Operational Risk Designed and implemented portfolio level analysis to quantify response to Basel II for Credit RiskMandated data standards for cohort study encompassing over $300 billion in loans, across 80 portfolios and 30 countries.Resulted in reduction of capital by 1% over prior estimates.Implemented global reporting of operational risk indicators for most significant risks

Managed the first-to-market internet enabled software for Operational Risk including capital calcuations

Developed and implemented one of the industry's first global operational risk management systems. Developed tools to aid in predicting potential operational losses or weaknesses within the Asset Management, Investment Banking, Private Bank and Transaction Processing Divisions.Modeled business line and firm wide exposures to operational risk through the development of the industry's first external loss database and over 60 risk exposure predictors including an index for technology risks.Developed and implemented an incentive-based attribution methodology. Resulted in a 60% increased compliance with control measures.Developed and published policy manuals establishing best practices Managed a team of eight against deadlines set by the Board of Directors, the CEO, and Federal Reserve. Size of team doubled in first six months.

Risk ranked trading and support functions to identify gaps in recovery strategies. Resulted in investment of $5 million in restructuring of technology recovery resources to enable the critical functions to recover faster.Firm had 98% compliance with Federal Reserve requirements that were highest ever achieved.

Designed and implemented cash management product strategies for new domestic and international market segments. Managed worldwide sales, product development, technology and operations efforts to develop and implement segment-specific products, including fixed income instruments. New products met 40% of estimated revenue within first year. Represented largest increase in revenue from new initiatives.