William E. Prado

About William E. Prado

Proven, experienced, certified and degreed professional adept at formulating and leading the planning, execution and management of Regulatory Compliance, IT Audit (Internal and External), Information Security, Corporate/ IT Governance and IT Risk Management Programs.Bottom line-focused leader with extensive IT Audit, GRC, Information Security, Regulatory Exam, SDLC, IT Operations, IAM, Data Protection, IT Risk and Privacy management experience. Applied acquired expertise, skills and experience formulating and deploying risk-centric strategies and solutions that reduce enterprise risk and improve the cost, management and operational effectiveness of internal controls. A highly skilled, persuasive, assertive - yet collaborative professional, well-versed with deploying sustainable SOX 404, J-SOX, PCI DSS, FISMA, FFIEC, FDIC, DODD-FRANK, GLBA, HIPAA, PRIVACY/DATA MANAGEMENT and INFORMATION SECURITY control programs that improve the protection and management of in/tangible assets at publicly traded; non-profit, and privately held organizations. Strong Regulatory Compliance, IT Governance, Information Security Program Management and Operational Risk Management expertise. Effective communication and problem resolution skills are complemented with sound Accounting; Finance; IT, business operation and business process acumen and a resourceful foundation of practical knowledge and multi-project management capacity. Fluently Bilingual (English; Spanish) MBA with >10 years of extensive practical expertise directing- Regulatory Compliance Programs and Readiness Assessments (Accounting, Finance, IT)- Information Security Internal Control Design and Operating Effectiveness Programs- Internal Control Audits (Accounting, Finance, IT)- Data Protection and Privacy Management Programs- Operational Risk Management Programs and Projects - Corporate and IT Governance Strategy and Execution Programs- IT, Accounting and Finance Process and Internal Control Rationalization and Optimization

Experience

1. VP, IT Risk Management (2lod)

   Destination Marketing Agency

   Nov 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• PEPPERDINE - GRAZIADIO BUSINESS SCHOOL

  MBA, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

  2000 — 2001

• Los Angeles City College

  ASSOCIATE OF ARTS (A.A.), BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

  1989 — 1996

• Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

  BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.), MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Risk
• Sox
• Compliance
• Sas70
• Internal Audit
• Project Implementation
• Risk Management
• Glba
• Sdlc
• Regulatory Exams
• IT Risk
• IT Management
• Security
• Risk Mitigation
• Change Management
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Disaster Recovery
• Business Continuity
• IT Strategy
• Cism
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Compliance Management
• Cgeit
• Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Pci Dss
• Process Engineering
• IT Audit
• Business Analysis
• Data Privacy
• Cobit
• Security Audits
• Internal Controls
• Operational Risk Management
• Pmo
• Hipaa
• Management Consulting
• Compliance Audits