Chief Risk Officer

• Sep 2022 - Present

SVP – Director of Data, Model & Cyber Risk Governance

• 2020 - Sep 2022

Community bank offering financial solutions and expertise to businesses and individuals across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.Leads team in developing, implementing, and refining all Model, Data Governance, and Cybersecurity Risk programs including data protection and data quality, risk analytics, validations and risk assessments, risk optimization strategies, and risk framework designLeads risk analytics team in performing risk and control self-assessments, developing and reporting KRIs, and evaluating strategic, operational, emerging, and financial riskPartners with enterprise leaders to evaluate risks and solutions in support of strategic growth opportunitiesServes as a liaison to external regulatory agencies during reviews of key risk functionsResponsible for monthly reporting to management executive risk committee as well as quarterly reporting to the boardLeads Data Governance and Model Risk Committee; established and ensures compliance with data governance and model risk framework policiesOversees GRC platform and risk assessment processes, in addition to training users in GRC solutionsAbsorbed Risk Analytics and Reporting Division following significant reduction in FTE staffServed as Interim Data Governance Officer for prior to transitioning into Director role:Overhauled, streamlined, and optimized data governance function; conducted maturity assessment to develop threeyear roadmap, including data privacy infrastructure, profiling, and catalogingChampioned implementation of Informatica to meet data governance objectives without hiring new FTE; researched nine vendors and two full proof-of-concepts to select vendor and POCo Established governance structure to include Data Governance committees and subcommittees Show less

VP – Model Risk Program Manager

• 2017 - 2020

Directed and trained staff on specific validations and model governance practices while overseeing corporate model risk, managing data camp initiatives, and administering executive-level risk committeesSteered data camp initiatives to better train organization-wide staff on data-wrangling techniques; created all materials and drove customer retention and process improvement, and presented findings to Board of DirectorsDeveloped and implemented new model risk program framework, policies, procedures, and reportingScheduled and tracked timely completion of model validations, annual reviews, and validation findings resolutionProvided insights on econometric models such as DFAST and CECL as a Subject Matter Expert; designed capital reserve for model uncertainty in support of CECL model implementation processDesigned robust monitoring metrics in support of Verafin AML and Fraud model implementation Show less

VP – Model Governance Manager

• 2016 - 2017

Financial holding company specializing in personal banking and lending, business banking and lending, and wealth management.Established and standardized Governance Risk processes comprising model identification, risk rating, change-control, ongoing monitoring, remediation tracking, and model maintenance and retirementEnsured quality of internal and consultant-produced model monitoring, documentation, validation reporting, and reviewsImplemented framework within SAS Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) toolCreated and aligned strategic planning roadmaps with Bank policies and regulatory guidance processesIntroduced model risk executive reporting process, as well as organization-wide model risk management training initiativesSpearheaded new GRC solution to enable repeatable scalable processes, improving efficiency and issue resolution Show less

Model Risk Analyst

• 2014 - 2016