SUMMARY:

• Internal Audit Director with global business experience in finance, capital, risk, and regulatory programs.
• Broad experience initiating and managing core business and vendor relationships.
• Proven manager of people within and across business units.
• Proven ability to build and lead teams, particularly during periods of change, and drive organizational efficiencies through effective planning, coaching, and administration. Strong communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of the organization have been keys to success.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Boston, MA

Audit Director

Responsibilities:

• Director of the global risk - based Capital Management internal audit function responsible for full coverage of the audit universe and continuous review of the control environment over capital planning (CCAR)
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive risk-based multi-year audit strategy covering the end-to-end capital planning (CCAR) process. Provide reports to the Chief Audit Executive and Federal Reserve Board
• Recruited and managed a new staff of 5 professional auditors and third party contractors

Vice President

• Senior CCAR Program Manager coordinating the efforts of 12 departments, 6 consulting firms, and a team of 6 employees, focused on managing and executing the end-to-end CCAR capital adequacy program
• Developed and accountable for the CCAR Program Remediation Plan focusing on capital adequacy principles such as Data Integrity, Risk Identification, Internal Controls, Governance, and Model Development
• Reported directly to the Senior Financial Executive Management Committee on a weekly basis on the status of the CCAR program, milestones, risks/issues, project plan implementation, and strategy
• Senior team lead responsible for building and executing against action plans to address and close all Internal Audit and Federal Regulatory findings
• Owner and administrator of the CCAR End-to-End process responsible for all process documentation, procedures, wire maps, and Risk/Control matrices, as well as leading twice-annual reviews of the process

Confidential, Cranston, RI

• Project Portfolio manager for Business Operations responsible for the health of an $80M Change portfolio
• Manager of a team of professionals focused on maintaining the offshore business relationship with India
• Chairman of the Operations Change Board - present to Executive Vice President in charge of Operations and all direct reports on the health of the Change portfolio and the strategic direction of the business
• Lead Operations representative to the Executive Steering Group, driving business directly with the CIO/COO
• Managing key offshore regulatory projects that ensure compliance with federal regulatory mandates
• Operations manager in charge of 5 program-level initiatives with visibility to the top of the organization
• Partnered directly with Executive PMO to develop and administer resource capacity plans for all of Technology Services & Operations, in order to make informed decisions on resource allocation to projects

Confidential, Southborough, MA

Vice President

• Designed, built and managed a Project Management Office (PMO) consisting of 10 project managers in order to handle the implementation of brand new multi-billion dollar strategic operations initiatives
• Directed the purchase, transition and integration of a multi-billion dollar block of life insurance business and successfully transitioned the business to Goldman’s operations platforms
• Primary relationship manager with new business distribution channels and third party administrators
• Responsible for identifying and quantifying the Operational Risk within all strategic sales initiatives and giving accurate presentations to the CEO. This work directly led to cost savings on projects of over $50M

Confidential, Windsor, CT

Senior Product Manager

• Built from scratch a new five year fixed annuity product that became the #1 selling product at Confidential
• Negotiated and closed a $700 million deal with Fidelity Investments involving a Single Premium Deferred Annuity (SPDA) product, which required leading and managing internal and external teams of 200 people
• Initiated a partnership between Confidential and Aetna to provide government clients a comprehensive solution to their rapidly growing Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) liability - an initiative which generated $100 million/year in new assets under management
• Fostered a $1 billion business initiative with the Aspen Institute to provide a cradle-to-college savings vehicle for every child in the United States
• Spearheaded a sales and marketing initiative in the form of a new social networking website for Confidential which has increased contributions among the 2.1M participants by more than 15%
• Directed a $5 million computer system upgrade giving a retiring client the ability to roll money over to multiple retirement products at one time - an initiative directly linked to a 15% increase in asset retention for Confidential

CAPTAIN - INTELLIGENCE OFFICER

• Immediate Supervisor of 12 Intelligence personnel responsible for collecting and reporting highly sensitive intelligence data used by the Korean army in defense of its national security
• Project Manager of a major country-wide initiative to relocate the headquarters of each military branch to a more secure underground location at their respective sites - a multi-million dollar project

Confidential,Colorado Springs, CO

• Manager of 6 Intel soldiers and 2 National Security Agency (NSA) employees responsible for gathering and reporting top secret intelligence information in response to nuclear & terrorist threats against North America
• Directed team Confidential to the single best overall score on the Annual Crew Evaluation two years in a row - an unprecedented & unmatched management accomplishment at Confidential.