Experience

Costco IT

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• IT Compliance Project Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Issaquah, Washington, United States Working in the IT Compliance team supporting SOX.



T-Mobile

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Functional Analyst

  • Feb 2016 - Nov 2022

  Bellevue, Washington, United States Working in the Risk and Compliance organization specifically around SOX controls and Internal and External audits. • Establish annual plans and deliverables schedule • Organize the yearly Control Execution Schedule for all SOX Controls and maintain that schedule with the appropriate control owners/operators • Support the team as lead analyst • Create project deliverables and ensure compliance to quality standards • Follow project communication plans and identify project risks… Show more Working in the Risk and Compliance organization specifically around SOX controls and Internal and External audits. • Establish annual plans and deliverables schedule • Organize the yearly Control Execution Schedule for all SOX Controls and maintain that schedule with the appropriate control owners/operators • Support the team as lead analyst • Create project deliverables and ensure compliance to quality standards • Follow project communication plans and identify project risks and develop mitigation plans in weekly status meetings • Collaborate with Internal and External audit on the requests for evidence through Connect • Work with Control Operators on Application Narratives to give Auditors a better understanding of the applications and the interfaces • Coordinate with internal Quality Assurance team to schedule QA review of evidence to validate completeness and accuracy • Work with and monitor offshore sourcing partners to meet plan and schedules • Perform Preliminary Walkthroughs with Control Owners/Operators to validate readiness of evidence and narratives for Change Management, Logical Access and Control Operations controls. • Work with Internal Audit to validate control Language and required evidence for ITGC controls • Validate Control Operators are acquiring proper approvals for all Change Management requests • Mentor and coach team to build organizational talent and teach best practices • Coordinate the Operating Effectiveness review for CSA1 and CSA2 • Develop a Developer Definition process to make sure Developers have no access to the Production and that Operations individuals have no access to Develop code • Update the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls and the required evidence • Utilize the Archer GRC tool to store SOX control information, evidence, reviews, and status • Verify information in Archer GRC for test results and evidence of our in-scope applications • Create and maintain the SOX Narratives for the application controls Show less



Boeing

• United States
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 700 & Above Employee

• Functional Analyst / Project Manager

  • Jul 2005 - Apr 2015

  Renton, Washington Work towards Information Technology (IT) project plans and deliverables Maintain project scope, schedule and budget baselines based on an understanding of the system development life cycle Support incorporation of quality management systems for IT projects Create project deliverables and ensure compliance to quality standards Utilize development lifecycle including; requirements definition, system design, build\integrate, test and deployment Work to meet the implementation… Show more Work towards Information Technology (IT) project plans and deliverables Maintain project scope, schedule and budget baselines based on an understanding of the system development life cycle Support incorporation of quality management systems for IT projects Create project deliverables and ensure compliance to quality standards Utilize development lifecycle including; requirements definition, system design, build\integrate, test and deployment Work to meet the implementation schedules with team members and customers Collaborate with developers and customers on system requirements gathering Complete functional specifications and test scripts for customer requests Validate work estimates to meet customer commitments Perform test walkthroughs with the customers to validate production readiness Communicate the implementation of production release activities Validate the proper authorizations were given, prior to implementations of new releases Verify compliance with Access Validation, Risk Sorter, and Access Control Plans (ACP) Coordinate the system retirements of applications Reached an assessment to Level 3 CMMI Apply Risk Management processes in formulating schedules for releases and other deliverables Update the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) controls and the required evidence to stay compliant Transfer information to GRC for test results and evidence of our in-scope applications Support the team modifications using project leadership and audit skills Performed as the SOx Process Architect and Control Performer for the 9 years working with Deloitte and Corporate audit Create and maintain the SOx Narratives for the application controls Complete the Self-Assessment and support control testing in the DE (Design effectiveness) and OE (Operational Effectiveness) audits Support customers as control performers for various Business SOx controls Implement any process improvements that have been identified during the audit

• Programmer / Analyst

  • Jul 2001 - Jul 2005

  Renton, Washington Maintained and made enhancements to the Mechanical Journal Writer System Verified correct processing of accounting applications, including journal face and vouchers Wrote new journals in accordance with the requirements and specifications of the Customers Worked with Functional Analysts on required updates/modifications and problem resolution Tested required changes and performed implementation using the change management procedures Supported the troubleshooting of production… Show more Maintained and made enhancements to the Mechanical Journal Writer System Verified correct processing of accounting applications, including journal face and vouchers Wrote new journals in accordance with the requirements and specifications of the Customers Worked with Functional Analysts on required updates/modifications and problem resolution Tested required changes and performed implementation using the change management procedures Supported the troubleshooting of production failures and their resolutions Implemented and maintained the DR plan through LDRPS (Living Disaster Recovery Planning System) Followed the guidelines of software engineering life-cycle methodology through Macroscope Developed a Timeline process for tracking the status of key handoffs and critical changes as part of a Directed the planning, organization, development and release of the new portal page Continuous Improvement process and Built the Month-end Timeline with the Quality In process reflected



Metrocall

• Programmer / Analyst

  • Jul 1999 - Feb 2001

  Bellevue, Washington Maintained the existing Billing systems including weekly batch processing and Online Screen support In charge of external feed of data to AT&T (outside vendor) for processing of WIN billing CD’s for delivery to large account customers Worked closely with users to productionize the creation of files and reports that were being done manually Converted existing Collections Dialer from Mosaic to Davox Worked with business analysts on required updates/modifications and problem… Show more Maintained the existing Billing systems including weekly batch processing and Online Screen support In charge of external feed of data to AT&T (outside vendor) for processing of WIN billing CD’s for delivery to large account customers Worked closely with users to productionize the creation of files and reports that were being done manually Converted existing Collections Dialer from Mosaic to Davox Worked with business analysts on required updates/modifications and problem resolution Scheduled required testing for all testing environments Show less



Washington Mutual Savings Bank

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmer / Analyst

  • Feb 1991 - Jul 1999

  Seattle, Washington Enhanced the Mortgage Loan systems including nightly batch processing and Online transaction support In charge of various types of input into the nightly batch processing of Mortgage loans Helped Facilitate the conversion of existing Mortgage loan system to ALLTEL (outside vendor) Coordinated conversion process testing for mortgage loans through ALLTEL Worked on troubleshooting of production abends Converted all acquired bank data to Washington Mutual Mortgage… Show more Enhanced the Mortgage Loan systems including nightly batch processing and Online transaction support In charge of various types of input into the nightly batch processing of Mortgage loans Helped Facilitate the conversion of existing Mortgage loan system to ALLTEL (outside vendor) Coordinated conversion process testing for mortgage loans through ALLTEL Worked on troubleshooting of production abends Converted all acquired bank data to Washington Mutual Mortgage systems Supported yearly disaster recovery scheduling and offsite testing Coordinated, tested and implemented full test system for parallel testing environment Worked with business analysts on required updates/modifications and problem resolution Show less