Jamal Awow

About Jamal Awow

Technology Risk Leader, IT Audit Director with 15+ years of experience in Banking and Financial Services. I specialize in architecting enterprise risk frameworks for emerging technologies, including AI governance. I have a proven track record of scaling control assessments from 10 to 60+ solutions annually while ensuring strict adherence to NIST, COBIT, and FFIEC regulatory standards. Expert in bridge building between complex technical environments and executive risk strategy for Board-level reporting.

Experience

1. Executive Risk Advisor Strategic Risk Mitigation and Control Manager

   Wells Fargo

   Oct 2022 — Present

   Part of a tiger team that developed the inaugural and end to end AI risk framework at Wells Fargo, where we built out technical security controls and governance to mitigate compliance risks for high impact models. My work involved partnering with senior leadership to integrate enterprise risk management strategies and controls into new products, ensuring everything stayed aligned with NIST and ISO standards. I also led virtual teams through complex IT audit processes and independent risk assessments, focusing on strengthening our cybersecurity posture and technical testing.

Education

• University of St. Thomas

  BA, Financial Management

Skills

• Network Security
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Databases
• Process Improvement
• Auditing
• Risk Assessment
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Information Technology
• Firewalls
• Operating Systems
• Cisa
• Risk Management
• Cobit
• Sdlc
• Active Directory
• Unix
• Information Security
• Disaster Recovery
• Hipaa
• Business Continuity
• Information Security Management
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Security
• Windows
• Itil
• Internal Audit
• IT Audit
• Governance
• Business Process