Dave Land

About Dave Land

Global FinTech Risk & Controls Governance and Program Management, with expertise in- Technology Project and Program Management - Credit/Tech Risk Program Governance and Compliance- Technology Issue & Incident Management and Remediation- SOX Technology Program Governance- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning & Testing-Third Party Risk Management- Business Process Improvement - Credit Product Risk Assessment- Team Building, Mentoring and Development

Experience

1. VP - Tech & Ops Risk & Control Governance

   Synchrony

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Builds and develops collaborative partnerships with senior management across the Technology & Operations Risk Management organization, including peer Governance teams, Independent Risk Management, and other stakeholders to continuously improve our technology 1LOD risk management capabilities and promote risk-awareness and overall effectiveness of risk management programs across the Technology organizationLeads Tech & Ops Risk Acceptance Governance program, which includes-Maintaining the Tech & Ops Risk and Decision (RAD) review cadence-Facilitating the RAD Forum to provide risk awareness and Senior Leadership review and challenge for technology risk acceptance treatment -Working with technical Risk Managers to ensure internal and external compliance from a Risk Program perspective -Owning and maintaining the Technology Risk Identification & Treatment Procedure, and -Being accountable for Tech & Ops Risk Acceptance tracking and reporting.Acts as key contributor to the Technology SOX Governance enhancement efforts, inclusive of-Working with our SOX PMO to enhance Technology SOX control governance-Collaborating on alignment and mapping of SOX framework control objectives to our internal Technology SOX controls-Identifying and creating Technology SOX control documentation to ensure program compliance -Increasing awareness and understanding of Technology SOX controls across Technology teams-Developing criteria for making SOX determinations for new and existing Configuration Items in our Configuration Management Database (CMDB)Leads Tech & Ops Risk Themes Update which includes-Collaborating with Tech & Ops teams and governance teams to summarize top and emerging risk themes in Tech & Ops activities, assess current governance capabilities, and recommend opportunities for governance enhancement

Education

• University of Maryland

  BS, Economics

  1989 — 1993

Skills

• Business Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Leadership
• Investments
• Requirements Gathering
• Budgets
• Finance
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified
• Project Management
• Pmo Services
• Business Analysis
• IT Management
• Real Estate
• Iv&V
• Requirements Analysis
• Management
• Erp Implementations
• Analysis
• Disaster Recovery
• Sdlc
• Program Management
• New Business Development
• Requirements Management