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Global business risk, compliance and control executive specializing in Basel II/operational,  regulatory/compliance, fiduciary/suitability (1940 Act) and franchise risk management
Citigroup’s representative on the Securities Industry Association Hedge Fund Audit Guideline committee, 2006
Chairman of FRA’s 8th Annual Hedge Fund Regulation & Compliance Forum (11/29/06);  co-chair of previous forum (5/22/06)
Global product manager for portfolio risk modeling and position keeping systems (2001-2005) with over 15 years’ experience as a senior corporate executive/leader at two Fortune 500 (NYSE) firms

Citigroup, Senior Director, Global Compliance Technologies 			2/2005 to Present
Responsible for global information security, including cross border data privacy risk, for Basel II, an enterprise-wide initiative to capture, calculate and report credit, market and operational risk. Also support control optimization and cross-border data privacy initiatives across Operations and Technology. Promoted 6/2006 from Global Liaison, Audit and Risk Review, Investor Services.
Key duties: 
	Lead Basel II information security risk management for all of Citigroup
	Provide oversight of management and validate implementation of enterprise wide compliance technologies to improve effectiveness and efficiency of processes to screen clients, monitor accounts and transactions, report suspicious activities
	Advocate increased use of advanced analytics and automated/exception reports to identify major/probable risks and increase efficiency, quality and transparency 
Key accomplishments:
	Increased transparency and automation of transaction and account monitoring operations
	Improved global monitoring of transition risks for divestiture of asset management operations
	Created global post-implementation review teams to identify lessons learned/best practices and reduce implementation risks

Reuters, Director, Asset Management – Portfolio Risk Solutions		6/2001 to 2/2005
Responsible for product management and go to market strategies for risk management solutions (Barra Risk w/ Reuters market data desktop and Kondor + position keeping and deal capture platform. 
Key duties: 
	Strategic Planning: Lead overall business planning process. Develop market opportunity (SWOT) analysis, based on competitive assessments, industry trends, projected demand, ROI/financials. 
	Product Management: Develop customer loyalty strategies and value propositions, create product development milestones/project plans and help launch these solutions to the industry, including POC development and early-stage marketing materials; evangelizing at industry conferences.
	Third Party Alliances: Responsible for negotiating and managing 3rd party agreements, including partnerships and licenses with key vendors and joint go to market strategies.
	Marketing: Develop marketing strategy and planning efforts for providing solutions to strengthen and increase client market share. Drive competitive positioning and sales training.
	Sales: Lead the account planning and client-facing engagement process on strategic accounts.   
Key accomplishments:
	Developed solution for embedding KYC/AML requirements in new account opening process
	Led development of wealth management/CRM financial process automation solution
	Guided global strategic alliance with Barra to provide integrated VAR, active risk/tracking error and other pre-trade compliance tools to asset and portfolio managers
	Headed the Reuters Trade Access position management solution to hedge funds in the Americas
 
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PREVIOUS CONSULTING EXPERIENCE					5/1995 to 4/2001 
KPMG Consulting, Senior Manager, Financial Services Practice (9/2000 to 4/2001) 
Develop and deliver risk management solutions. Successfully developed $2 million in business, managed engagement teams. Clients included:
	AIG: eBusiness Risk Solutions: develop content and functionality requirements. Lead design team for information architecture and look and feel
	Deutsche Bank: new business launch strategy for application modeling language developed by the firm’s asset management group
	Bank of Montreal: Strategy and competitive solution for Cebra government procurement site. 

Vice President, Alliance Consulting Group (12/1999 to 9/2000)
As a practice leader for Alliance Consulting, help built its e-Business consulting practice from zero to $10 million run rate within the first six months of operation. Directed 10 professionals, located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Phoenix. Clients included:
	OSRAM Sylvania: B2B site development for retail channel of independent distributors
	Star Media Network: outsourcing of its quality assurance and help desk functions, re-engineering its web traffic analysis and reporting process
	Barnes & Noble.com: outsourcing its application development and quality assurance units

Independent Financial Services Consultant (5/1995 to 12/1999)
Independent management consultant for such clients as Aetna (Intranet-based program management for enterprise wide engagement), CNA Financial (sales force automation), Pfizer (quality assurance management) and Seagram (global program management). 

PREVIOUS CORPORATE EXPERIENCE					7/1979 to 5/1995
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, Continental Corporation (1/1988 to 5/1995)
Head of all corporate marketing, advertising and communications for $5 billion property/casualty insurance and institutional asset management holding company of Continental Insurance (now part of CNA). Established sales strategy and served as functional leader of the sales and marketing function for the Regional Sales VP’s. Operating budget of $8 million, staff of 45. Brought back Continental solider as corporate branding campaign; created strategy business reporting segments. 

Vice President, Corporate Communications, Loral Corporation (7/1979 to 1/1988)
Reported directly to Chairman and CEO of $2 billion defense electronics and telecommunications firm. Responsible for executive speeches and presentation, annual and interim reports. Developed award winning ad campaign. Directed all corporate marketing and financial relations. 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITES
	Chairman of FRA’s upcoming 8th Annual Hedge Fund Regulation & Compliance Forum 
	Member of Advisory Panel, Pension Governance LLC, 2006
	Contributing editor and member of Global Association of Risk Professionals, 2006
	Member of the Securities Industry Association Hedge Fund Audit Guideline committee, 2006 
	Chairman, Institute for International Research's CRM Project Management Conference, 2000. 
	Founding Member of IT Metrics Working Group of Society of Information Management, 1999
	Certified Financial Planner, 1989
	M.B.A. Fordham University, Finance, 1983
	B.A. Syracuse University, Journalism and Political Science, 1974

Other/recent speaking engagements: Hedge Funds 101 & 102 conference gram (1/22/2007); Valuation of Securities and Portfolios conference  (11/30/06);  FRA’s Harvard Club Hedge Fund Conference (6/22-23); Wall Street Transcript’s Hedge Fund Due Diligence Conference (11/14/05), Hedge Fund Registration Conference (6/21/05); Lipper/HedgeWorld Fund Services Expo (5/3/05).