Mark Vahlkamp

Director of Information Security and Compliance at Financial Services

Washington D.C., DC, United States

Details

Education: MS

Computer Science

Pace University

1994 : 1997

BS

Economics

Carnegie Mellon University

1980 : 1984

Experience: Responsible for all aspects of information security and compliance including external audits, PCI compliance, policy development.

2015 : Present

Financial Services

Director of Information Security and Compliance

• Responsible for IT operational risk management including risk governance, risk-assessments, SOX compliance, information security and risk deep dives.

2013 : 2014

UBS

Executive Director

Information Security and IT Risk professional.

• Responsible for Institutional Clients Group (ICG) GLBA compliance attestation.

• Responsible for FS-ISAC cyber security exercises testing technical and administrative responses to potential cyber terrorism events.

• Responsible for IT Risk strategic project oversight including Broadridge, liquidity, FX, and prime finance over information security, business continuity, records management, and supplier management.

2010 : 2013

Citi

Director

• Led the IT Risk department to achieved first-time SOX compliance.

• Rebuilt the IT Risk Department using a business-aligned model. Hired 22 full-time professionals and 25 consultants.

• Designed and implemented the Firm’s IT Controls Rationalization project significantly reducing SOX controls

2009 : 2010

Freddie Mac

Senior Director IT Risk

• Manager IT Governance responsible for compliance key performance indicators.

• Confidentiality, controls baseline and risk assessments project manager

• IT Audit Manager for Lehman Brothers Inc. (broker-dealer) and Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB (savings bank)

• Global Technology Project Manager Sarbanes-Oxley 404

• Established the Architecture Steering Committee (ASC) program on Application Change Management (ACM).

1994 : 2008

Barclay Capital / Lehman Brothers

Senior Vice President

Company: Financial Services

Years of Experience: 37

Skills aml, auditing, business continuity, capital markets, change management, CISA, CISSP, coso, disaster recovery, due diligence, enterprise risk management, ffiec, finance, financial risk, Financial Services, fixed income, governance, Information Security, information security management, information technology, integration, internal audit, internal controls, iso 27001, it audit, it management, it risk management, it strategy, network security, Operational Risk, operational risk management, pmo, portfolio management, risk assessment, Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, sarbanes-oxley act, sas70, Security, Enterprise Risk

About Progressive IT management and big 4 consulting experience in the financial services industry focusing on IT risk, audit and compliance.

Demonstrated project management ability in large-scale, cross-functional, global initiatives. Managed the IT implementation of the Firm’s most significant regulatory driven initiatives. Effective senior management communicator, able to explain complex IT and compliance issues to both business and technical management.