Global Asset Management Company

Lead the department responsible for the strategic design, management, and implementation of a data governance program.

Managing Director, Data Governance & Operations

BNP Paribas

•	Transformed Data Governance function through defining and implementing new vision, strategy, and roadmap; strengthening the function by upskilling; reallocating resources based on risks & business values; leveraging technologies to automate data processes and improve operational efficiencies
•	Expanded Data Governance mandates from limited scope of regulatory reporting data quality to enterprise data management of data quality & integrity, data privacy, and data protections
•	Adopted risk management framework to properly manage data risks. Leveraged Risk & Controls Self-Assessment to identify controls deficiencies and high risks areas
•	Aligned key data roles to existing roles in business/technology operations to better integrate data management processes in daily operations 
•	Defined enterprise data management policies, standards, and procedures to manage metadata, data quality, issue management, and data privacy & protection risks
•	Developed new regional data classification policy that enhanced the data protection framework and broadened the scope to include all the information assets (structured/unstructured data, IT Applications, End User Computing)
•	Created KPIs to measure enterprise data management policies and standards adoption
•	Enhanced data governance structure to champion both regulatory compliance (BCBS 239, GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, PIPEDA, etc.) and business growth
•	Served on various governance committees to provide thought leadership and oversight on various data & risk initiatives
•	Led implementation of a new Data Governance tool (Collibra) with integrated view of data: inventory, owners, storage, lineage, risks, controls, data quality dashboard, and issue management
•	Defined and implemented processes to assess data sensitivity and applications cloud migration eligibility
•	Served as Chief Product Owner of the Data Management Acceleration Program to enhance the Bank’s regulatory compliance and build foundational “know your data” capabilities

Head of Enterprise Data Governance & Metadata Management, North America

Wells Fargo

•	Established and managed the new data management and risk control organization to support and execute on the new firm wide data blueprint strategy
•	Defined data management and governance requirements for sourcing data from various sources – external vendors, internal source systems, and alternative sources in various formats and latency - structured and unstructured data in real time, batch, or ad-hoc mode
•	Oversaw data management and data governance executions for all the data reside in the Enterprise Data Lake – data from Capital Markets, Retail Banking/Lending, Wholesale Banking/Lending, Wealth and Investment Management, and Reference Data 
•	Proposed and implemented integrated metadata management and data quality management solutions to establish lineage among business metadata, technical metadata, transformation logic, data lineage, and data validation metrics in the Enterprise Data Lake (big data platform, Hadoop, MapReduce, HortonWorks, Talend, HIVE, Appache Drill, Kafka, Nifi, Collibra, Ab Initio, etc.) 
•	Provided data for use cases such as BI Reporting, Compliance Reporting, Risk & Regulatory Reporting, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and other advance analytics 
•	Developed and applied machine learning modeling techniques to manage data quality in a scalable and consistent manner for all the data in the data lake with estimated cost avoidance of over $30 million
•	Developed and implemented operational process, procedures, and controls to be compliant with the applicable Enterprise Data Governance, Enterprise Information Security, and Technology Risk Policies, Standards, and Regulatory requirements
•	Led and managed responses to various risk and control assessments from all three lines of defenses and the regulatory exams
•	Partnered with various stakeholders to develop corrective action plans for the identified policy/control gaps. Managed the deliveries of the corrective action milestones to ensure timely closure of the issues

Head of Data Management and Risk Controls

Forecom Technology

• Developed investment policy statement 
• Performed investment due diligence 
• Allocated capital based on modern portfolio theory to achieve best risk adjusted returns for the portfolio
•	Generated investment performance reports

Chief Investment Officer

AIG - Chartis Insurance Company

•	Spearheaded and co-chaired Chartis Finance Operation Committee to develop operation procedures, analytical frameworks, and sound financial policies to govern capital allocation ($40 billion) and improve return of capital 
•	Developed and successfully implemented capital management policies by partnering with senior executives and regional management teams and mobilized $1 billion of capital to improve capital efficiency by 15%  
•	Built decision making framework using quantitative risk management techniques to define operating ranges of regulatory measures and trigger points of Capital Maintenance Agreement between operating entities and AIG
•	Conducted analysis and prepared BMA regulatory filing related to risk management (BSCR, stress testing, scenario analysis, CISSA)
•	Developed asset allocation optimization tool based on modern portfolio theories
•	Participated in developing ALM investment strategy ($100 B of invested assets) with Asset Management division
•	Oversaw capital adequacy analysis, scenario analysis, and stress testing of Chartis group, and its major subsidiaries based on various rating agencies and regulatory capital models (S&P, AM Best, Solvency II, BSCR, NAIC RBC, etc.) and accounting principles (US GAAP, US STAT, Bermuda STAT, and other local statutory financials). Accurate and timely capital adequacy analysis enabled capital planning and intelligent dialog with rating agencies, regulators and investors
•	Built financial models to calculate cost of equity of each subsidiary. Assessed risk adjusted return of the subsidiaries to measure subsidiaries’ capital performance
•	Led competitive analysis and analyzed research reports to develop risk appetite statement which defines the aggregate enterprise risk tolerance of earnings volatility, return on equity, rating target and capital adequacy

VP - Chartis Global Capital Management

•	Directed $120 Billion asset selection for AIG’s Government Guarantee Program that minimized cost of guarantee and maximized the downside protections
•	Led competitive analysis that resulted in changes of AIG’s statutory OTTI rules and avoided excessive write down ($8B) of invested assets in insurance entities
•	Set up controls and procedures to ensure complete, accurate and timely data used in 2007 year-end firm-wide economic capital calculation. Managed 7 work streams, 35 team members, to ensure data integrity for market risk (VAR), credit risk (Moody’s KMV, Basel II), insurance risks, operational risk, and asset reconciliation
•	Developed and automated methodology to reconcile detail asset data in risk calculation to AIG’s GAAP balance sheet (about $1 trillion assets). Identified and fixed investment data gaps for alternative investments (real estate, PE, HF) that improved market risk VaR accuracy by 20%
•	Enhanced risk monitoring ability by increasing the reporting frequency from monthly to daily through automation of FX, Equity, Credit Spread and market risk VaR reports 
•	Led cost-benefit analysis of vendor contracts and implementation of alternative data source that resulted in $3MM/year cost reduction, 45% of annual data budget
•	Developed mission, strategy and road map for Data Services organization and hired new staff with right skill sets to improve service level

Head of Data Analysis - Enterprise Risk Management

Societe Generale

•	Coordinated cross functional Basel II teams in NY and successfully implemented an intelligent reconciliation tool that could suggest various reasons for breaks between risk data (capital market investments and financing activities) and General Ledger
•	Directed day-to-day Basel II project activities in NY – market risk and credit risk 
•	Coordinated cross functional Basel II teams in NY and successfully implemented an intelligent reconciliation tool that could suggest various reasons for breaks between risk data (capital market investments and financing activities) and General Ledger
•	Directed day-to-day Basel II project activities in NY – market risk and credit risk 
•	Supported various risk calculations (CCAR, BCBS 239)

Senior Business Analyst

Citigroup

•	Directly supported traders and assured uninterrupted real time fixed income trading (2000+ daily transactions) and regulatory reporting			
•	Led design and implementation of a large scale, real time, multitier distributed ticketing, position, P&L management system, and retail offering on multiple ECN markets, compliant with TRACE reporting requirements

Technical Specialist

Summit Systems

•	Led design and implementation of real time limit management & Credit Risk Analysis Module
•	Participated in development of Market Risk Monte Carlo VAR Module (fixed income, equity and derivatives products) and FX Trade Hedging and Consolidated Risk Analysis Modules

Senior Software Engineer - Risk Management

A creative problem solver with strong execution ability and deep understanding in data, technology, risk, and finance within the financial industry. Integrated decision making and strategy with innovative data driven analysis to improve operational efficiency. Frequent speaker at industry conferences and reviewer of books in technology and data management domains.

Specialties: Risk management (Market, Credit, Insurance Risks, Operational Risks)
Information Technology 
Big Data Technology
Machine Learning
Data Management and Data Governance
Data analytics
Capital Management
Regulatory Capital Models
Rating Agencies Capital Models
GAAP and statutory accounting
Fixed income investment   
Team and project management

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