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First line of defense management of IT risk for two major lines of business at a major global commercial bank.

Strengths	
•	Banking: Broad and deep understanding of banking business, especially US and international treasury management products and services
•	Strategy: Proven ability to facilitate strategic thinking and develop strategic plans with an eye to practical execution
•	Risk Management: Proven leadership in developing and deploying disciplined IT risk management practices and strategies.
•	People Management: Associate coaching, management and development at several levels with high associate satisfaction and strong team results.
•	Relationship Management: Proven technology and business leadership, facilitation and partnering abilities both within and across organizations, including external vendors, outsourcing partners and industry consortia
•	Technology: Experience with, and generalist knowledge of, a wide range of technologies used in banking
•	Execution: Proven track record of delivering technology solutions with a focus on addressing real business needs and opportunities
•	Innovation: Continuous application of innovative thinking and ideas to implement creative solutions to key business problems 
•	Communication: Strong written, oral and formal communication skills

Experience	
2004–present	Bank of America	Concord, CA
IT Risk Executive – Treasury and Payment Services Technology
•	Managed IT risks for Global Treasury Services, associated with the Bank of America merger with Fleet-Boston bank.
•	Formed a first-of-a-kind team to focus holistically on all risks resulting from the business dependency on information technology. 
•	Created processes for assessment and remediation management, risk reporting, evaluation and prioritization.
•	Creative innovative (patent-pending) process to prioritize a portfolio of technology risk across a line of business based on data, consistent rules, and risk community knowledge.

2000–2003	Bank of America	Concord, CA
Technology Executive – Global Treasury Systems
•	Mobilized cross-functional business and technology team to develop strategic technology deployment plans, and associated Program Plans, for Global Treasury Services eBanking and eCommerce channels.
•	Chief application architect: Global Treasury Services – responsible in particular for web-enablement and legacy access/reuse strategies
•	Played lead role in defining priorities and solutions for Global Treasury tow-year technology spending – gained enterprise-level support for accelerated spend on key strategic initiatives
•	Application management responsibility: data transmission, EDI, integration middleware: managed 50 staff, $6mm budget
•	Led technology activities for the Global Treasury Services highly successful merger with FleetBoston bank.
Established reputation as a leader in application architecture, technology management process and cross-functional partnerships
	
1994-2000	Bank of America	Concord, CA
Senior Systems Engineer
•	Provided technology and business leadership for Global Treasury Services in mergers with Continental Bank and Nationsbank.
•	Established critical cross-organizational partnerships to support information and technology sharing across the Bank
•	Defined and gained acceptance for Global Treasury architecture within Bank of America
•	Invented and wrote initial design for Financial Services Technology Consortium’s Bank Internet Payment Server (BIPS) currently in pilot at several banks
•	Intervened to manage a Trade Finance development team through a crisis period with highly satisfactory outcome.
•	Selected image-based hardware/software combination for wholesale lockbox
	
1985–1993	Bank of America	Concord, CA
Systems Manager
•	Managed several money-transfer related application development teams of up to 20 FTE, using Tandem and DEC technologies
•	Partnered with money transfer software vendor to define business requirements and write detailed functional specifications for major enhancements to the Intranet Money Transfer System
•	Provided technology leadership for Money Transfer business in merger with Security Pacific
•	Provided financial and administrative support, as well as architectural oversight, to application programming division of 300 FTE
	1980-1984	Independent Consultant	London, England
Freelance Team Leader
•	Led the development of two message handling systems (IMS and VM), as part of the Global Banking System at Bank of America in the UK (still the primary international banking system for Bank of America)
•	Carried out a number of vendor evaluations at Lloyds of London 
•	Led Database Administration team at Lloyds of London, designing Underwriting Arrangements database environment
	
1972-1980	Various	England
Systems Analyst / Team Leader
•	Led development of online and batch systems for Burroughs Wellcome, Abbott Laboratories, Babcock and Wilcox and International Publishing Company
•	Was consistently known for delivering high-quality, innovative solutions focused on meeting business needs

Education
1968–1971	University of Essex	Colchester, England
•	B.A. (Hons), Mathematical Economics
•	Previously at Latymer Upper School, London, England
•	Continuing professional education in technology and management throughout career 

Interests	
Non-profit poverty alleviation; Worship leader and lay teacher/preacher; President/Board member of private school; classical music; bridge; sports; arts and literature