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I am skilled at conducting comprehensive analysis, risk assessments and due diligence across critical business applications/systems/tools security and controls in mission critical financial services institutions. I have an investigative mentality to conduct comprehensive research ensuring adherence to strict regulatory compliance. I proactively implement risk mitigation practices and IT controls that safeguard the organization. I work with external auditors to investigate findings and provide prompt remediation. I seek opportunities to streamline and automate processes creating more efficiency, accuracy, and productivity while reducing costs and minimizing vulnerabilities.
As a highly analytical professional, I have expertise in eliciting, analyzing, and defining business requirements to identify business needs and develop strategic technology roadmaps. I conduct gap analysis to ascertain and mitigate gaps in processes and systems employing strong business acumen to transform and align IT systems and tools with business needs. My broad experience across multiple mergers and acquisitions focused on seamlessly integrating people, processes, and systems is unparalleled. I am a collaborative leader who mentors/leads IT teams and communicates with technical/non-technical staff.
Expertise in Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC), IT Governance, Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Internal Controls, Application Security, IT Audit, Evidence Collection, Research Skills, Internal Investigations, Remediation, Regulatory Compliance, Project Management, Program Management, Documentation, Reporting, Cross-Team Collaboration, Deadline Management, Troubleshooting, Issue Resolution Management, Requirements Gathering, Team Leadership, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Computer Software Training, VMWare, IBM iSeries, Help Desk Support, Oracle Database, PL/SQL, MySQL, Windows Server, Windows Desktop Administration, MAC, HP-UX, SUN, UNIX, Red Hat LINUX, Scripting, PowerShell, Splunk, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile, First Line of Defense.
A Master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Cyvbersecurity from Grand Canyon University.
A Master's Postgraduate certificate in Cloud Computing from Texas McCombs School of BusinessTexas McCombs School of Business and Great Learning.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University.
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