Alpa is speaking at Vendor & Third Party Risk USA

Throughout his 24 years in the financial services sector, George has steadily evolved into a thought leader around technology risk and third party risk management for various financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and within Big 4 Consulting. With specific expertise in information security, business resilience and data privacy, George is incredibly passionate to help forward facing organizations analyse and control risks related to technology risk and outsourcing. Our landscape requires thought leaders who understand core business processes and goals and can strengthen partnerships throughout organizations to address risks around third parties. George welcomes the opportunity to partner with people-oriented organizations looking to build out their technology risk and third party risk management programs to collectively evolve these practices within the industry as a whole.

After spending a career working with the Fortune 1000 to implement new technology platforms, Ryan is now a lieutenant at Onspring leading product innovation. Much of his role is focused on working with individuals across businesses to understand their team’s pain points and how software can help them produce more efficient processes, communication, and better business intelligence.

Patrick has over 30 years’ experience leading risk management, operational resiliency, compliance, internal audit, third-party management, strategic planning and process improvement in both practitioner and consulting roles. He has developed a unique perspective working with analysts, partners and customers spanning many industries including financial services, healthcare, government, energy, education, and travel and hospitality.

He has been a speaker for the Institute of Internal Auditors, Disaster Recovery Journal, RSA Archer Summit, Financial Executives Networking Group, Association of Continuity Planners, Audit World and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.  Patrick has also contributed thought leadership articles for such publications as Continuity Insights, Internal Auditor Magazine, SC Magazine and Disaster Recovery Journal.

Patrick is a subject matter expert for Archer where he provides strategic input into the development of the Archer Suite and works with customers on best practices.

Jeremy has over ten years of experience and expertise in the financial services and legal sectors, and is currently a Senior Vice President and the Director of Governance in the Corporate Third Party Risk Management group at U.S. Bank.

Jeremy is responsible for overseeing various functions and teams within the centralized, enterprise TPRM Program, including quality assurance, policy and audit/exam management, fourth party risk, joint venture/strategic alliance risk, merger and acquisition operational risk, enterprise RCSA third party risk and external risk request management. Jeremy graduated with an Economics degree from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN. Prior to U.S. Bank, Jeremy worked for a legal publishing company and subsequently clerked for a District Court Judge in Hennepin County, MN.

Ms. Romulus is currently Director, Third Party Risk Management for Voya Financial. In this role, she is responsible for vendor risk policy, third-party risk oversight and implementation of best practices in third-risk and controls.
Ms. Romulus strives to build strong partnerships and ensure joint accountability when it comes to protecting the company’s employees, clients, information and brand. Her expertise spans
a number of well-respected firms including, SunTrust Bank, MetLife, Deloitte & Touché, Putnam Investments and Bank of America.
Ms. Romulus is a graduate of Suffolk University and holds her MBA from Simmons University. A lover of new challenges, she’s completed the Atlanta 13.1 Half Marathon and Tough Mudder Competition, one of the toughest endurance races on the planet. However, her most rewarding role is the one of mother to her four year old daughter Layla Rose.

Kristen is speaking at Vendor & Third Party Risk USA

Brian has worked in business process automation targeting risking and compliance for over 25 years, supporting hundreds of Fortune 500 and mid-market firms across all industries. Since 2011 Brian has focused on Third-Party Risk, Compliance and Performance Management for the Financial Services Industry, as well as Master Data Management and Know Your Customer (KYC) challenges. At Mirato, Brian serves as Director of Financial Services Sales, responsive for sales to financial services firms in North America and Europe.

Olga Voytenko is a Managing Director, Global Head of Third Party Risk Management. She is responsible for managing third party and outsourcing risk arising from State Street’s reliance on third parties performing services or activities on State Street’s behalf. This includes risks related to ineffective third party selection and failure to oversee and monitor our third parties. Ms. Voytenko is responsible for building, deploying and supporting the technology and processes to support business functions in mitigating Third Party Risks.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Voytenko served as Vice President within Global Treasury leading Global Liquidity Risk Management team across State Street, as well as, prior leadership roles within Recovery Resolution Planning, Valuation & Analytics, Corporate Audit, and Institutional Services.
Before joining State Street, Ms. Voytenko worked at Sun Life Financial, where she held various leadership positions in an Investment Finance and Security Valuation teams.
Ms. Voytenko holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Boston University.

Ken Wolckenhauer is the Head of Vendor Management at Nordea Bank’s New York branch. Leading up to this position, Ken was as a subject matter expert, trainer, solutions provider, and consultant for FIS, the world’s largest global provider dedicated to banking and payments technologies. With FIS, Ken specialized in financial industry regulatory risk and compliance, mostly in the area of anti-money laundering and watchlist compliance. Nordea Bank leveraged Ken’s risk and compliance knowledge to build out the vendor management program for the New York branch, developing a program that would properly manage risk as well as gaining acceptance to the US regulators. The success of the US program is now being used to advise Nordea’s European branches on enhancements to its TPRM program. Ken is a graduate of Bucknell University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Amanda Xu is the Head of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) at
East West Bank overseeing the TPRM lifecycle including planning, due
diligence, contract negotiation, ongoing monitoring, and termination
enterprise wide. Amanda has over 25 years of experience in banking
including 12 years at KPMG. Amanda is accountable for the development
and mentoring of a high performing team in support of the bank’s third
party risk program. She leads cross-functional teams and partners with
IT to build the TPRM dashboard to provide transparency and oversight
to executive management and the board. Amanda received a Master of
Science in Business Administration/Information Systems Auditing and a
Bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona.

In her spare time Amanda is teaching the “Advanced Information Technology Auditing” class. This is a required class to complete the Master of Science in Information Security (MSIS) program at Cal Poly Pomona. The MSIS is a STEM designated degree program and is for people who wish to pursue a career in IT Auditing, Information Security, Risk Management, and Computer Forensics.

Yes, the Center for Financial Professionals are happy to discuss speaking opportunities at the Vendor & Third Party Risk USA Congress. For further information on this please contact alice.kelly@cefpro.com or call us on +1 888 677 7007.

Business attire is requested. The Congress is a formal opportunity to network with like-minded professionals and to gain knowledge from the industry’s finest risk management experts.

We offer incentives for ‘early bird’ registrants of the Congress, as outlined on our pricing structure. Registration includes breakfast, refreshment breaks, lunches, the cocktail reception at the end of the day, full access to the sessions and exhibition area. Presentations from the sessions are also available, subject to speaker approval.

All registered attendees will receive an email with access to documentation and speaker presentations after the Congress*. We will work with our presenters to include as many presentations as possible on our App during the Congress.

* Please note that our speakers often have to gain permission from their relevant compliance departments to release their presentations. On rare occasions compliance may not allow presentations to be distributed.

Yes. As with all of our events, the Center for Financial Professionals will be providing brilliant coffee, breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and smaller bites during the networking breaks.

There are ample opportunities for networking and interaction throughout the Congress, such as:

• Breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks
• Cocktail reception at the end of the day (subject to confirmation)
• Q&A, panel discussions and audience participation technology

Yes there are plenty of opportunities for the Center for Financial Professionals to share thought-leadership to the attendees of Vendor & Third Party Risk USA Congress and our wider risk professionals community. At the event we can distribute your material to the attendees, offer you an exhibition booth, and provide speaking opportunities so that you may enjoy a more prominent presence at the Congress. Visit the Sponsor tab for further information or contact sales@cefpro.com / +1 888 677 7007

Yes. As part of a media partnership we can offer a variety of options to increase the branding and awareness of your association, company, certificate, publication or media. We are flexible with what we can offer however we usually:

• Provide a discounted rate to attend
• Place your logo and profile on the Congress website
• Place your logo on promotional content where applicable
• Distribute your media/marketing at the Congress
• Promote through social media channels

To discuss this further please contact lauren.carter@cefpro.com or call +1 888 677 7007.

If you are unable to attend the Congress due to national/Covid restrictions, CeFPro would be more than happy to offer you a refund, credit note or the option to transfer the ticket to a colleague who is able to attend.