Successfully led the creation, buildout, and implementation of a new and innovative Enterprise Wide (Banking, Insurance, IT, Shared Services etc) Compliance & Operational Risk Testing program. Build included hiring and onboarding over 70 highly talented/skilled team members.

Led skilled team dedicated to managing regulatory engagement (OCC, CFPB, Fed, FDIC), strategy, and exams across USAA with proactive focus on bank and non-bank regulatory assessments, exam readiness, issue management/remediation, advice, and management/board reporting.

Enterprise Compliance

Commissioned examiner with extensive experience working on and leading large and complex compliance, credit risk (credit card, commercial, residential, auto, unsecured etc.), audit, and overall governance assignments for banks such as Capital One, Bank of America, BB&T, and Wachovia.

Focused on conducting community bank exams ranging from de novo startups to over $1 billion in assets.

•Served in combat operations during deployment to Operation Desert Shield/Storm.•Received numerous awards for outstanding performance and leadership skills.• Also received award for work during combat operations in Iraq. •Graduated #1 in my class from N.A.T.O’s exclusive International Long-Range Recon Patrol School located in Weingarten, Germany. Special Ops Officers from various N.A.T.O countries instructed course. Class focused on Top-Secret surveillance methods/techniques. •Graduated from the U.S. Army Primary Leadership Academy.