John P. Dunn
**** ******** **, ******** ** *****
M: 917-***-**** ***********@*****.***
SUMMARY
My name is John Dunn and I have been in financial services operations for well over 25 years. My experience in banking operations is extensive, specifically in front line production operations, (NOC, all aspects of ITIL practices to name a few). I have a hand-on management style while maintaining a proactive focus on staff cross-training, education and skills. My experience has also afforded me significant interaction with regulators. My background in Incident, Crisis, Problem and Change management along with 1st Line of Defense Risk management proved to be beneficial in engaging with FFIEC, FDIC and other regulatory bodies. I bring an ability to build teams, controls and procedures with a proven track record. Responsible for all aspects of ServiceNow incident module design and oversight.
Areas of Expertise
Incident/Problem Management
Risk Management Professional (cert)
Change, Release, Problem Management
Call Center Management
Business Continuity Planning (cert)
ITIL/ITSM/CSI Service Delivery (cert)
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, and SharePoint
Staff /Management Development
Operational and Strategic Planning
Operational Risk Management (cert)
Strategy and Planning
Regulatory Vendor Program Manager (cert)
Disaster Recovery / BCP professional
CERTIFICATIONS
CRVM: Certified Regulatory Vendor Program Manager
CBCP: Certified Business Continuity Professional
ORM: Operational Risk Management Fundamentals
LGBC: Six Sigma Lean Green Belt Certified
ITIL: v3 Foundation
Certificate: Project Management, Villanova 2002
Professional Experience
First Citizens Bank 2/2021 – Present
Incident Management Process Owner
Built and lead a team of Major Incident Managers, processes and procedures that support a $200 billion bank.
Led and managed the integration of acquired CIT and SVB institutions into FCB’s incident organization.
Designed and built all aspects of ServiceNow incident module, including dashboards, reports and metrics.
Leading integration efforts for acquired bank operations related to MIM processes.
Direct engagements with all level of management, including 1LoD, 2LoD, Audit and Crisis management.
Manage daily start of day business operations meeting and POC for all aspects of Incident Management.
Built and administer burndown metrics associated with KPI and KRI related to incident management.
Wells Fargo Bank (Consultant) 12/2019 – 2/2021
Operations Risk/Issue Management
Evaluate production incidents, related scope and impact with respect root-cause closure, client impact and closure.
Hands-on management of production “self-identified issues” for compliance, operational, business and customer risk.
Ensures 1LoD program compliance and maturity through KPI monitoring and
Identify corrective actions associated with customer impact, procedures and processes relative to Wells Fargo payment transfer products (Zelle, BillPay and Direct Pay).
Work with technology to identify interim and permanent corrective action measures.
Managing issues/incidents via the Wells Fargo GRC issue management system.
Perform root-cause analysis, corrective action implementation and evidence gathering efforts to close issues.
Work through sustainability and self-assurance efforts to ensure corrective actions will meet any audit or regulatory reviews going forward.
Manage issues along with Audit, Compliance and Legal staff within Wells Fargo procedures.
NATIONAL GENERAL INSURANCE 11/2018- 10/2019
Sr. Manager of Operations
Management of Change, Incident, Problem Management, Call Center and the Network Operations Center (NOC) management.
24X7 Production Incident Management / Coordinator, responsibility for NOC operations.
Implemented Incident and Change Management policies and procedures to stabilize and monitor production.
Implemented formal BCP practices and held repeatable exercises.
Built and implemented formal problem management root-cause analysis associated with incidents.
Enhanced and improved KPI/KRI indicators including service level, quality, productivity/efficiency, reliability, and call center metrics to meet SLA and OLA needs.
Implemented individual staff performance and development trackers for each employee.
Responsible for Desktop Support department serving 10,000 employees.
Performed RCA and RCSA’s associated with operations process and procedures.
Built comprehensive monthly trending metric reporting to promote continual service improvements and identify potential production service delivery incidents.
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (EWS) 07/2017- 11/2018
Director, Operations and 1LOD Risk Management
24x7 Incident Management Coordinator role for production related incidents.
Provides subject matter expertise on Business Continuity Management regulatory requirements including but not limited to: Financial Services driven by various guidance and agencies e.g. FFIEC, OCC, Federal Reserve Bank,
Created/managed processes and procedures for Change and Incident Management consistent with ITIL practices and led CAB meetings.
Ensures FLoD program compliance and maturity through KPI monitoring and
Coordinated Internal Audits, SOC2, external CFPB and FFEIC reviews.
Performed operational risk role throughout operations including Control Testing, RCA and RCSA assessments.
Managed a team of Risk Managers and Technical Writers charged with enhancing, creating and identifying policies and procedures to support aspects of Service Delivery Operations risk.
Managed Business Continuity and Disaster Recover Management for Operations and Technology.
Continual Process Improvement efforts including implementing ITIL foundation principles.
Coordination with EPMO for initiatives, resource and business requirements.
Enhanced and improved key performance indicators including service level, quality, productivity/efficiency, reliability, first call resolution and call handle times to meet SLA’s.
EMMSPHERE 03/2016 - 07/2017
Sr. Manager of Operations
Responsible for enterprise Change, Incident and Problem Management.
Creating/managing processes and procedures for Change and Incident Management consistent with ITIL practices and managed CAB meetings.
Implemented formal process and planning around BCP, DR, Incident and Risk management.
Responsible for planning, development, program execution, maintenance and testing of Enterprise Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis/Incident Management programs.
Introduced business process improvements for day-to-day service delivery, request tracking utilizing, key trending metric data.
Performed RSA and RCSA’s with corporate office to address 3rd party reviews.
Managed production services, call center, human resource needs, and facility management.
Performed regular BCP exercises, evaluating success and residual risk.
Implemented continual service improvement practices around service request processes utilizing ticketing system data to create trending data metrics.
THE CLEARING HOUSE (TCH) 03/2001- 03/2016
VP Data Center Production Operations, ITIL Processes and Client Servicing 2011-2016
Managing support of 24x7 production operations for ACH, Wires and Check exchange.
Hands-on Incident Management Coordinator for production and facility related outages/incidents/reporting.
Implemented an enterprise Incident/Crisis Management Framework, introducing formal impact assessment, quick response action teams and priority/severity criteria.
Implemented enterprise Change, Incident and Problem Management (within ITIL foundational practices).
Responsible for the production settlement with FRB for over $2 Trillion daily.
Managed 24x7 Call Center operations and created standard performance metric reporting.
Provides subject matter expertise on Business Continuity Management regulatory requirements including but not limited to: Financial Services driven by various guidance and agencies e.g. FFIEC, OCC, Federal Reserve Bank,
Utilizing FFIEC handbook, implemented process and controls to meet regulatory reviews.
Responsible for LOD1 Operational Risk Management for production platforms.
Dealt directly with FFIEC, FDIC and OCC reviews to address findings and MRA/MRIA remediations.
TCH Director, EPMO and Vendor Management 2007-2011
Implemented and managed EPMO, created associated SDLC and PMO processes.
TCH Project Manager 2001-2007
Implemented and managed EPMO, created associated SDLC and PMO processes
NATIONAR 1991- 2001
2nd VP Operations of Check Operations and Data Center Operations
EUROPEAN AMERICAN BANK 1981-1991
Assistant Operations Officer Check Operations
Professional - Community Affiliations:
TCH BCP Committee Member (amongst 20 largest banks) 10 years
SIFMA BCP Tactical Committee (industry level)
Active firefighter Lewisville Fire Department
Sit on the Board of Directors for the Lewisville Fire District
(CPAC) Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas
Lewisville NC, Fire Department, Firefighter and responsible for recruit training.
NY East Islip Fire Department 27 years:
-Chief of Department 1995 -2001
-Command & Control Incident Management of Fire/Rescue Operations
NC Lewisville Fire Department Board of Directors
-Firefighter and Lead recruit training officer