SUMMARY

-Team oriented Project Manager focusing on streamlining solutions to increase efficiency

-Hands on skills in IT Strategic, information security policy, development, IT risk management / compliance and security awareness

-Proven ability to successfully analyze an organization’s needs and potential opportunities

-Ability to work with all levels of team members ranging from outside vendors through C-level executives

-Reporting proficiency for all levels including project detail, middle management, and C-level executives

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Archer eGRC ServiceNow MS Office MS PowerPoint MS Project Share Point Administrator HTML Windows DB2 Access SQL VISIO Dream Weaver COBOL CRISS (Scheduling Package) ESP Workload Manager Network Data Transfer (NDT2) Utility Data Set (UDS) Photoshop

CERTIFICATIONS

Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (GRCP) 2014

Project Management Professional (PMP) 2011

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 2009

EDUCATION

Diploma in Business Computers Information Systems (Bachelor of Science)

University of North Texas 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Santander Consumer USA, Dallas, TX

August 2012 – Present

Manager IT Strategic GRC (September 2013 – Present)

Sr IT GRC Analyst (August 2012 – September 2013)

-Manage IT Risk and Strategic team to ensure risk exposure identified and reported, and Strategic projects stayed on target.

-Led effort to streamline the IT OpsRisk effort for consistency and accurate reporting. Fostered relationships across the organization to ensure all impacted areas were informed.

-Lead reporting of all IT areas to C-level executives, Santander’s Holding Company and Parent Company. Owned the creation of Monthly and Quarterly IT reporting with fast paced moving targets.

-Managed the creation of visualization boards to help drive high priority items (e.g., Audit findings, OpsRisk Events). The use of the boards lowered time items stayed open, and ensured the proper Accountable Executives were actively involved.

-Drove the re-implementation of the eGRC tool, Archer. Worked with various business areas to ensure requirements were met and could be updated as they grow. Attended multiple Archer Summits to increase knowledge to help drive the overall effort.

-Drove IT Strategic projects to ensure needs of IT and the business were met (e.g., Cyber Security Assessment, Cloud Security Assessment). Kept the project on time by working actively to ensure all key stakeholders were on-board with the projects and available. Ensured the outcome satisfied IT executives expectations.

JCPenney, Plano, TX

1994 – August 2012

Project Manager / Business Analyst (2007 – 2012)

-Drove updating the Information Security Policy (ISP) to reduce redundancy and improve socialization.

- Responsible for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and quarterly access reviews across all IT. Driving each step to completion while working with the business, internal auditors and external auditors. Saving JCP by allowing external auditors to rely on our testing.

-Analyze and streamline SOX processes for IT while acting as a liaison between IT, internal and external auditors and the SOX 404 Finance team.

-Direct and implement all IT security awareness activities to highlight the need for information security.

Systems Engineer (1994 – 2007)

-Developed and maintained multiple applications in the Scheduling, Order Output, and Accounting area of Catalog Order Processing.

-Developed and maintained multiple applications in the Ownership Management area.

-Primary analyst for all orders that were scheduled through the catalog system.

-Team leader for all areas of application side SOX. Responsible for establishing procedures to streamline and save developer’s time maintaining, supporting, documenting, and conducting quarterly reviews.

-Responsible for Business Analyst and Project Management duties for multiple projects throughout this time.

Other

International Business Machines (IBM), West Lake, TX. (September 21, 1993– May 1994)

Hughes Training, Inc., Arlington, Texas. (July 20, 1992 – September 20, 1993)

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