SUMMARY:

• Regulatory, Compliance, Risk, Payments expert establishing business & technology solutions from inception through implementation & execution with continuous improvement, sound industry standards
• Over 15 years of experience in technology program & project management in the Financial Banking, Media & Health Care - across IT, Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Risk, Cash Payments
• Successful business capital enablement roles included Global Implementation Senior Manager and Senior Technology Manager working with all levels of business & technology teams
• Core banking domain expertise in Commercial Banking, Investment/Institutional Banking, Private Banking, Cards and Capital Markets, Global Transaction Systems(Payments)
• Technology Research Labs, Technology Consulting - Financial, Networking, Media, Healthcare
• Anti Money Laundering(AML) - Screening and Sanctions(OFAC), Know Your Customer(KYC) /Customer Due Diligence, AML Monitoring, Regulatory, AML Assessments, Policy, Suspicious Activity Reporting(SAR), Suspicious Activity Monitoring(SAM), Reporting, Regulatory & Controls
• Risk - Investment, Product Risk, Real Estate Risk, CCAR, Risk Assessment, Risk Analytics, Reporting, Trade Surveillance, Credit Risk, Operations
• Controls - RCSA, Issues & CAPS, Regulatory Exam Tracking, Information Security, Third Party Risk Management, Policies & Procedures, US Regulatory Guidance- COBIT-5
• Payments - Funds/Money Transfer (Cash Management), Worldlink, CLS Netting, Payments Flow, Check Processing, Lockbox, Funds Approvals - FED, SWIFT, CHIPS
• Technology & Infrastructure - Architecture, Design, Development, Implementation, Operations & Support, & Documentation, Execution: Six Sigma, CMM & ITIL, In-Depth Software Development Life Cycle, Capacity Planning, Performance Bench Marks, Data Center Consolidations
• Project Management - New Product Development, Product enhancements, Business- Requirements, Project Plans, Short/Long Term Strategy, Risk & Issue Management, Client Services, PPM tools, Product Implementation, Decision Framework, Communication & Reporting,
• Governance, Strategy, Process Re-engineering - Technology & business development, Data Migration, Delivery, Senior Relationship, Executing Reporting(Advisory for Financial Controller, CROs, CFOs),Eliminating Silo Processes, Proactive intelligent agents, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404, Workflow Optimization, Lessons Learned from prior implementations
• Infrastructure, Organizational, Financial Management - Budgets, P&L, Cost Optimization, Infrastructure, Management of Large teams, Derive Business Opportunities, Vendor Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology: Java JDK, J2EE, JNDI, JavaScript, Web Services, CSS, LDAP, JSTL, WSAD/RAD, Hibernate, UDB DB2v6, IBM Web Sphere Application Server 6.1, Unix, Linux, Windows, AS/400, Mainframe, Rational Clear Case, Junit, Angular JS, Tomcat, Spring, Spring Security, Spring VI, HPQC, Share Point, Oracle, PL/SQL, Ab Initio ETL, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Scrum Master Project Management, MySQL, JIRA, Actimize

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Global Implementation Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Global CitiKYC, meeting OCC regulations in record time, orchestrating with multiple dependent business lines, technology partners, and cross-functional teams
• Managed CitiKYC Governance, Global Strategy, Risks & Controls across all implemented business sectors
• Defined and met Key Performance benchmarks (KPI), while managing Regulatory risks
• Established Data Migration process - a large transformational & loading technology and Data Quality controls, sourcing, cleansing, reconciliation for clean data loads
• Defined end-end KYC Workflow, Process Maps and associated Program Documentation for end-user interfacing the treasury systems, Trade systems, Lockbox
• Reengineered and Improved both the KYC process and the implementation lifecycle
• Improvement of overall product lifecycle management framework/process - monitor business activities
• Established and managed KYC Business Process Workflows, Functional Requirements review, testing, and support functions, infrastructure for key decision making process for business readiness
• Launched KYC Status Dashboards, reporting to senior Risk & Compliance executives
• Served as Risk Coordinator - establish proactive controls and managing Risk Identification, Assessment, Monitor & Mitigation Process from lessons learned from prior implementations
• Developed business readiness framework aligning capital investment to business strategy
• Established the Testing function with help of Vendors, business operations & Compliance
• Defined & owned Internal Audit control checks, IT & Business Escalation process for implementation
• Coached & Mentored a team of Technology Leads and Business Analysts

Confidential

Program Manager / RISK Technology

Responsibilities:

• Key Lead in the end-to-end delivery of Private Bank Investment Product Risk, Real Estate including Program Management, Change Management, Strategy, Governance, Data Acquisition, Deployment & Execution, and Reporting
• Optimized the product life cycle management framework/process using Process Re-Engineering in various SDLC methodologies and techniques, including agile and Six Sigma Black Belt
• Established Data Migration, Data Acquisition a large transformational & loading technology and Quality Controls as Operations Head with Trading Data Sources - Confidential and Bloomberg
• Performed reconciliation activity of Asset Under Management against internal Citi General Ledgers, using Data Analytics, Data Models, Key Risk Indicators (KRI). Derived Quantitative and Qualitative reports for Risk credit and financial ratios
• Launched Risk Management Controls, Predictive Analysis, BASEL I, BASEL II, BASEL III CCAR for $238B assets under management (AUMs); 8,400 Relationship Professionals (RPs), and 2.7 M client
• Delivered the technology solution in record time meeting OCC mandate, within 60% of the budget and savings of 28% on execution
• Established Operations with 50+ FTE and $15 Million P&L Responsibility including vendor selection
• Enabled business to meet demands of 500%+ growth without adding staff, by evaluating each department for operational controls and business processes by optimizing workflow systems
• Developed, created, and programmed numerous information management systems and executive dashboards allowing more proactive decision making by senior/middle management, including the Chief Risk Officer
• Established the and documentation requirements across all business lines
• Served as a subject matter expert and provided long and short term strategic direction on product competitors and market status
• Managed Dodd-Frank compliance of all external vendor applications in FX and Commodities, with stringent timelines. Coordinated with various stakeholders and vendors for issues resolution

Confidential

Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Global Product Head - Anti Money Laundering (AML) - CitiScreening/ Name Entity Screening System (NESS) - Sanctions &Screening OFAC, 514(A) Search, Third Party Risk Management
• Launched the Global Citi Screening solution, with key regulations met - OCC, FATCA, Dodd Frank, Bank Secrecy, US Patriot Act
• Established strong governance and controls with Citi Senior Compliance, Regulators, Business & Technology executives cross-functional & cross-business globally
• Established Global Screening Operations, implementing the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), Case Workflow, escalation process, KPI/KRI, Crisis Management Strategy for transactional systems, Business Analytics, and Data Models/Analytics - comprehensive AML Risk assessment & mitigation

Confidential

Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conceived, designed, and developed business critical applications for cash management /payments, and acted as Subject Matter Expert - Payment Flow Manager, Check Processing, Lockbox, Approvals, CLS, Worldlink, meeting all regulatory mandates, including Sarbanes-Oxley and GLB including AML Sanctions Screening(OFAC)novation, Foresight, Leadership