
Vice President, Information Security Engineer, Sr. at Bank of America / Countrywide
Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Vice President, Information Security Engineer, Sr. at Bank of America / Countrywide
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Highly accomplished, innovative, and profit-driven Senior Information Technology professional with over 16 years’ experience leading the creation of new products and processes that increase profitability, expand the customer base, and drive revenue growth. Directed customer support and implementation of technology-based presales solutions for a variety of government contracts in United States, Middle East, South America and United Kingdom: to include financial, logistics, information gateways, maintenance, time and labor and demographic requirements. Proven strengths in creating IT strategies business initiatives, data conversion, and visions for growth opportunities while aligning with business objectives. Organized and directed initiative for Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment for development of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans. Current Top Secret Security clearance.
Busines Process Engineering; Compliance / Regulatory bodies; Risk Assessment, Government Regulations; Government Contracting, Project Management; System Specification Documentation and Implementation; Costpoint; Financial Applications
(Public Company; BAC; Banking industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Security reviews for applications and data
Process Improvement with substantial cost savings
Training and expedited reviews to reduce backlog
Project implementation for ADA requirement and security
compliance
(Management Consulting industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Work with stakeholders and clients within financial and IT industries to ensure regulatory compliance and security measures meet or exceed industry best practices.
Perform BIA through interview of all stakeholders – investors, CxO
personnel and major clients
Audit security from training to access controls
Auditi all ITGC controls with recommended and documented remediation
Working with financial clients on regulatory compliance – gap
remediation documentation
(Banking industry)
July 2008 — November 2008 (5 months)
Assisted in the Security review for the Countrywide Financial and Bank of America merger
Developed procedure for data center and branch server consolidation
Application and process security reviews
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DCP; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2002 — September 2007 (5 years )
Corporate HIPAA Security Officer (2005-2007)
Liaison with Benefits Director and administrators to ensure HIPAA certifications up to date, timely access removal and availability of training material updates as required.
Director of IT, Business Processes and Compliance (2003 – 2007)
Developed, created and oversaw all aspects of Business Processes and Compliance department. Promoted to this turnaround opportunity to ensure regulatory compliance, increase application knowledge through training innovations, risk analysis and process improvement. Created and developed department from 4 FTEs to 4 direct reports and 38 FTEs.
Director of IT, Financial Applications (2002 – 2003)
Led organization as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for DELTEK Costpoint Financial ERP and developed, implemented custom interfaces with applications utilizing a cross-matrix of team professionals. Directed implementations within contracts dealing with Costpoint. Directly supervised 5 FTEs, up to 30 on projects.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
August 1999 — July 2002 (3 years )
Mentored team designed to support DELTEK Costpoint Financial ERP help desk, business intelligence, and Oracle database maintenance. Directed and oversaw all implementations within organization dealing with financial ERP. Developed training collateral, aligned Finance and Information Technology strategic and business objectives. Manage conversion during corporate acquisition initiatives to DELTEK Costpoint Financial ERP ensuring data accuracy. Supervised 12 FTEs and contractor staff, as warranted
B.S. , Computer Science , 2007
Magna Cum Laude - 3.78 GPA
1973 — 1974
ISACA
IIA
Magna Cum Laude
CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise Information Technology)
CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)