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Casey Organek, CISA

Data & Risk Strategy, Enablement, & Reporting Leader
Charlotte,NC

Summary

Dynamic leader with 17+ years' experience building and leading teams focused on data management (e.g., data quality, data issues), risk management strategy & enablement, reporting & analytics, and IT auditing.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Risk Strategy, Enablement & Reporting Manager

SVP - Truist Financial
05.2024 - Current
  • Developed and socialized Strategy & Operating Plan for new Governance & Controls Organization of 650+ risk management professionals responsible for front-line risk execution across Truist's business units


  • Designed and deployed new Capacity Planning Model for Truist's Governance & Controls Organization to estimate 12-month resource demand to support execution against requirements of 40+ Risk Programs and sets of inputs (e.g., Issues Management, Controls Testing, RCSAs, Change Risk, Regulatory Exams, etc.)


  • Designed and implemented new Report Card and KPIs / KRIs for measuring and monitoring key objectives and results of Truist's front-line Governance & Controls Organization


  • Drove development and socialization of roles matrices and supporting playbooks to drive increased consistency in execution of Regulatory Exam Management, Risk Measurement & Reporting, and Committee Governance

Sr. Enterprise Data Manager

SVP - Truist Financial
02.2021 - 05.2024
  • Built and lead Data Management Reporting, Controls & Analytics team (45+ team members), responsible for Truist's data risk & controls framework, company-wide data management reporting, data issues framework, and data governance analytics & automation projects


  • Designed and rolled-out Truist's first, company-wide data management reporting, including KPIs, KRIs & dashboards for data policy adherence, data quality, data retention and data issues; included communicating results up through the Board


  • Designed and rolled-out Truist's data risk & controls framework and assessment process, including identification of 1000+ new data quality controls for 150+ applications to ensure accuracy & completeness of critical data across key data supply-chains


  • Designed and rolled-out Truist's data issues framework, including routines, processes & tools for identifying, triaging and remediating over 800 data issues company-wide


  • Owned and managed Data Management Reporting & Analytics platform and ODS, including sourcing and staging of 30+ data sources for analytics & reporting needs, and ensuring compliance with SDLC requirements


  • Led data response for FRB & FDIC exams over Truist's regulatory reporting processes, including creation of data flows & data controls inventories for the FR Y-9C, FR Y-14Q, Call Report, and other key reg. reports


  • Led innovation team responsible for automating manual data governance activities (e.g., data flow diagram visualization, QA reviews, data risk issue tagging, etc.)


  • Awarded Truist Top Performer Award in 2023, given to top 1% of team members company-wide based on performance

Data Management Manager

Wells Fargo
01.2019 - 02.2021
  • Led data domain operations team of eight, responsible for implementing and managing consistent processes, tools and reporting supporting each of Wells Fargo's 17 data domain teams, in adherence with data management policy requirements


  • Built and led data domain advisory team of six, responsible for developing and rolling-out templates, tools, procedures, guidance and QA checks for development of data dictionaries & assessments of data quality controls for Wells Fargo's key applications


  • Developed & recorded training for company-wide business data owner & technical data manager roles, and facilitated company-wide data management deep dives to ~1500 team members


  • Served as key SME in stand-up of new data privacy group, which supports compliance w/ CCPA & GDPR regulatory requirements


  • Supported data management alignment efforts across peer data teams, SDLC & application lifecycle management group, and Enterprise Data Governance team, to ensure effective integration of data governance across the organization

Sr. Data Governance Manager

Wells Fargo
03.2015 - 01.2019
  • Built and led Enterprise Data Governance Policy team of nine, responsible for development & roll-out of Wells Fargo's first enterprise-wide data governance policy & standards; included authoring requirements, reviewing w/ 1000+ stakeholders, obtaining executive buy-in, conducting impact assessments, developing supplemental guidance, and monitoring adherence


  • Managed audit, risk and regulatory requests from the OCC, FRB & CFPB and served as a business liaison between Enterprise Data Governance and numerous business units, including Wholesale, Retail, & Technology


  • Managed project team of ~15 in development of testing & validation function to monitor compliance with enterprise data governance requirements, including designing processes, procedures and operating model


  • Oversaw assessment of ~70 existing data-related company policies (e.g., data security, privacy, retention, etc.) against DAMA DMBOK 2.0 framework to identify gaps, overlap, & inconsistencies; included reviewing vendor proposals, drafting SOWs, on-boarding consultants, and presenting recommendations to Enterprise Data Committee


  • Led company-wide data management maturity assessment, using CMMI DMM framework, to establish baseline maturity metrics across Wells Fargo's business units


  • Administered Data Governance Council and served as SME for multiple data initiatives, including BCBS 239, GDPR, data architecture, MDM, enterprise business glossary, data provisioning strategy, data usage requirements, data quality and data domains


  • Received Wells Fargo's Top Performer Award in 2017, given to top 1% of team members based on performance; nominated for Enterprise Risk Champion recognition in 2018

Data Governance Relationship Manager

Ally Financial
06.2014 - 03.2015
  • Managed engagements w/ Ally’s Risk, Treasury, Capital Markets, Auto Finance, Privacy, & Model Development functions, including developing data flows, identifying data controls, defining CDE metadata & lineage, and implementing DQ rules for key reporting, including CCAR FR Y-14 Q&A, FR Y-9C, ALCO, Bank Call Report, and Reg. A/B 2


  • Served as liaison with multiple business units, coordinating resolution of data issues, facilitating data working groups & councils, and on-boarding new data stewards


  • Led development, design, and socialization of new Data Quality Exception Management process & tracking tool


  • Facilitated BCBS 239 maturity assessments, created action plans, and aligned Enterprise Data Governance Policy requirements

IT Audit Manager

Ally Financial
07.2010 - 06.2014
  • Managed IT audits of Auto Finance, Commercial Real Estate, Retail Mortgage, Loan Servicing, and Online Retail Banking; in 2013, equated to 19 audits and ~6000 audit hours covering ~40 applications, including reviews of automated business & data controls, system configurations, logical security, third-party service providers, and SOX compliance


  • Managed schedules, budgets & timelines of all IT audit projects (~30 projects in 2013) for department of 15 – 20 IT audit resources; included leading workshops with audit directors, resource planning, and making recommendations to executive management


  • Built and maintained IT audit center of excellence, including developing standard testing procedures, integrated IT audit approach and IT audit SharePoint site, and rolling out templates & tools to enhance efficiency & quality of testing


  • Led or supported audits over data governance, Basel II adherence, Ally’s enterprise information warehouse, operational loss data, model validation group, information security program (e.g., GLBA 501b), Ally.com storefront, IT change management, SDLC methodology & IT PMO (e.g., ITIL & ISO practices), IT governance, BCP / IT disaster recovery, and BSA AML requirements


  • Served as exemplar and supported development of department-wide training program, facilitated four full-day training sessions to groups of 5–10 new hires, performed user testing of new TeamMate audit system, and developed auditor role guides

Sr. IT Auditor

Wells Fargo
07.2008 - 07.2010
  • Led or supported audits of BCP / IT disaster recovery, including vendor Iron Mountain, network security, HR PeopleSoft interfaces, mainframe security (e.g., logical access to z/OS & z/VM), & physical security for critical data centers


  • Developed department’s standard audit programs for business continuity & IT disaster recovery, based on FFIEC regulatory guidelines

Internal Audit Intern

Wachovia Bank
05.2006 - 08.2007

Education

Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business
Blacksburg, VA
08.2004 - 05.2008

Timeline

Sr. Risk Strategy, Enablement & Reporting Manager

SVP - Truist Financial
05.2024 - Current

Sr. Enterprise Data Manager

SVP - Truist Financial
02.2021 - 05.2024

Data Management Manager

Wells Fargo
01.2019 - 02.2021

Sr. Data Governance Manager

Wells Fargo
03.2015 - 01.2019

Data Governance Relationship Manager

Ally Financial
06.2014 - 03.2015

IT Audit Manager

Ally Financial
07.2010 - 06.2014

Sr. IT Auditor

Wells Fargo
07.2008 - 07.2010

Internal Audit Intern

Wachovia Bank
05.2006 - 08.2007

Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business
08.2004 - 05.2008

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