Vernal Chong
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Newtown Savings Bank
Information Security Officer
Product Manager for the Productivity practice area, with a portfolio covering infrastructure products globally. Determine investments to achieve department and technology goals. Set standards, defined and prioritized product strategy and books of work, gather client requirements, work directly with strategic vendors on global initiatives.
2016 : 2020
Morgan Stanley
Product Owner
Manage global risk activities for the End User Computing department. In addition to running various risk programs, this includes managing the constant engagement between the department’s senior management and other departments such as Finance, Tech Risk, and Legal and Compliance
2006 : 2016
Morgan Stanley
Senior Risk Officer
Managed the operating budget for the Development Environment Department, which included working with senior management to plan quarterly/yearly forecasting and procure funding approval for high-level projects. Spearheaded department’s early adoption of various Risk frameworks and Regulatory requirements, such as requirements from the newly-passed SOX Act.
Additionally, I was responsible for the Software Change Management product suite used by 4500 IT developers and personnel firmwide for tracking software changes with integration into problem/issue/incident management practices.
2002 : 2006
Morgan Stanley
Business Manager
About
Highly collaborative leader with a proven track record of strategic initiative delivery. Ability to influence Business and Technology stakeholders to define and develop products and roadmaps aligned with organizational goals. Capacity for communication, translating Business requirements to drive development and implementation across Technology functional hierarchies. Adept at leveraging deep knowledge of Risk Management practices and extensive experience in Change, Problem, and Incident Management tools and processes. Enjoy leading geographically distributed teams.
Competencies include:
• Strategic Planning
• Product Development and Implementation
• Keen problem-solver
• Favors simple solutions but not intimidated by technical or process complexities
• Extensive Experience in Risk Management Frameworks and Practices
• Team Building and Leadership including Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Program Management
• Build and Maintain Partnership between Business and Technology teams
• Off-shore Resource Management
Technical Skills:
• Agile - Product Owner, ScrumMaster, Risk Chapter Member
• CISSP
• ITIL and CMM Practices
• Regulatory and Governance – SOX, GDPR, Basel, GLBA
• Data Leakage Protection
• Enterprise Microsoft Products - Exchange, Office365, ProPlus, Teams
• Windows Environment including Desktop and Server
• Change Management – Perforce, JIRA, ServiceNow
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