Vendor & Third Party Risk USA Draft

Stuart is a Policy Analyst with the OCC’s Bank Supervision Policy division, specializing in governance and operational risk policy. He is also a Bank Information Technology examiner, specializing in cybersecurity and information technology risk / information security. He supports international efforts as the OCC’s interim representative to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Operational Resilience Group. Stuart joined the OCC as an industry hire in June of 2013. Prior to joining the OCC, Stuart held IT risk management related positions at Citigroup, Cisco, and GE.  His career also includes management consulting experience at Deloitte. He has substantial experience in regulatory examinations, technology audits, IT certification efforts, and cross-border initiatives from both the regulatory and business perspectives. Stuart completed his BA and MBA at NYU and holds several industry-recognized credentials, including the CISA, CISSP, and CRISC.

Tausif leads the Third Party Risk Governance and Reporting group of DTCC. He is responsible for managing the Third Party Risk Management framework and lifecycle specifically focusing on Critical Third Parties, firmwide awareness of responsibilities, due diligence of 4th/nth parties, governance for monitoring and oversight, and regulatory responses. Tausif holds a BS in Finance from the University of South Florida and is currently pursuing his MS in Cybersecurity from Virginia Tech.

Wes has been with Archer for over five years and serves as the product manager for Third Party Risk Management, Business Resilience, and Operational Resilience. Prior to joining product management, he worked as a product owner and solutions engineer where he developed offerings for Third Party Risk Management, IT & Security Risk Management, and integrations with AWS Security Hub and RiskRecon. Prior to joining Archer, Wes worked for 10 years in the financial services industry as a relationship manager and risk analyst.

Andrew Moyad is the Chief Executive Officer of Shared Assessments.
Andrew is an accomplished leader and trailblazer in third party risk management. As a practitioner and a senior risk management executive, he has driven a culture of accountability and diligence in safeguarding information. Andrew has more than 25 years in risk management and information security. He has contributed greatly to the transformation and advancement of risk management as a strategic function that intersects with and helps guide all aspects of organizations.
Most recently, Andrew served as Senior Vice President, Vendor Risk Management at Blackstone, where he led a team of risk professionals responsible for overseeing all phases of the vendor lifecycle at the firm, including risk assessments, control diligence, contract reviews, financial checks, performance monitoring, issue tracking, and management reporting. Prior to Blackstone, he served as a director and global head of vendor risk management and BlackRock and Senior Vice President for Citigroup, where he was a Business Information Security Officer in Global Fixed Income and led third party risk assessments for several years.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Natural Sciences from Harvard University and a Master of Science Degree in Information Systems from the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Melissa J. Mellen is an Officer within Procurement Value Management, leading the Policy, Analytics, & Vendor Strategy team. In this capacity, Melissa is responsible for overseeing Procurement Policy related compliance, and advisory client driven services. She also manages the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Vendor Management, and Supplier Diversity Program.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Ms. Mellen spent fifteen years in the private sector, focused on Procurement, Supplier Diversity and Vendor Risk Management for firms such as: MUFG Union Bank, JP Morgan Chase, OppenheimerFunds, and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Ms. Mellen received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from SUNY Albany and holds an MBA with a concentration in Risk Management from Saint Peter’s University. She earned a Professional Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. Melissa is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Pace University, with a focus in Consumer Psychology and Marketing.

Melissa lives in Hoboken New Jersey with her husband Kevin, and Pitbull puppy Viggo.  She is a certified yoga instructor affiliated with both the Dharma Yoga Center of New York City, as well as National Yoga Alliance.

James McPherson is Director & Counsel at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in New York.  He is a member of the Regulatory Group and his work includes reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements for the Bank, including contracts for a variety of technology and trading related services.  He also participates in various steering committees related to the procurement and ongoing monitoring of the Bank’s various service providers and outsourcing initiatives, including the Bank’s Vendor Management Committee.

Peter Pernebo is the Global Head of Third Party Risk Solutions for KY3P, S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he is leading the commercial, strategy and client delivery of third-party risk management solutions. KY3P is designed in close cooperation with large financial institutions to provide efficiencies and standardization to the third-party due diligence process.

Before joining S&P Global, Peter spent eight years leading various engagements within Goldman Sachs third party risk management office, establishing vendor management policies, procedures and infrastructure to support the firm’s program.

Prior, he was recruited to head the US NE region for Totality, a silicon valley technology upstart providing operational support for major ecommerce clients. His responsibilities included sales, client service delivery and consulting. As part of the executive leadership team, Peter was responsible for product and growth strategies. Totality was acquired by Verizon Business and he led the integration of Totality services.

Before joining Totality, Peter was a senior Director at Accenture, leading global supply chain projects for clients in the US, Canada, Japan, UK, Sweden and many other locations.

Peter holds a BSc in Business and Strategy from Lund University as well as minors in History and Sociology. He is also ITIL certified.

Biography coming soon.

Hugo Ramirez has over 33 years of internal audit experience in three countries (US, Mexico, and Puerto Rico) providing assurance on governance effectiveness Risk management and control practices.

Professional Experience and Responsibilities

Hugo Ramirez joined BBVA Internal Audit in February 1993.

During his time at BBVA, Ramirez has held audit positions at five BBVA entities in three different countries. Ramirez has held the title of Chief Audit Executive at BBVA Bancomer USA (2006) and BBVA Puerto Rico (2012). Before joining the audit team of BBVA New York, Ramirez served as Director of the Internal Audit Fraud Division and subsequently he was appointed as Corporate Assurance Director for Internal Audit, focusing on the enactment of a three line of defense integrated structure for all BBVA entities in the US.

As a part of the Solutions Development team in BBVA New York (Agile Methodology), Ramirez is focused on audits related to Operations, and Third-Party Risk Management, although his experience in auditing covers almost all areas of the banking industry as a result of the diversity of his functions throughout his wide-ranging banking career. Notable audits worked on/led include Retail Banking Sales Incentives, Forensic investigations, Volcker Rule Compliance, Vendor Risk Management, Operational Risk, Consumer Deposits, Governance, IT & Data Security, and Lending reviews.

Professional and Community Activities
Ramirez holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance, designation by the IIA and is a Certified Regulatory Vendor Program Manager. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He has experience as college professor and conference speaker on financial subjects.

Education
Ramirez holds a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering with concentration in Mergers and Acquisitions and a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade both from the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico. He has also completed executive training in Leadership and Senior Management at recognized business schools in Texas, Guadalajara (MX) and Mexico City.