Kennie Ajayi
Richmond,TX
Summary
Accomplished IT GRC professional with over 10 years of experience conducting risk assessments, compliance audits, designing controls, and implementing governance frameworks across healthcare organizations. Expertise in Agile project management, regulatory standards including HIPAA, NIST, ISO. Proven ability to effectively collaborate with various stakeholders to continuously improve risk posture through enhanced policies, procedures, and security controls. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager, Compliance and Risk Assessment Services
Drummond Group
Portsmouth, NH
01.2023 - Current
- Oversee compliance audits and certification assessments for clients to ensure standards and requirements are met
- Review audit reports to determine compliance decisions and required remediation actions
- Develop risk assessment and compliance audit frameworks, methodologies, policies, and procedures
- Monitor organization's own compliance with accreditation standards and requirements
- Hire, manage, and develop team of auditors, assessors, and technical experts.
Compliance and Risk Manager
PPD
Houston, TX
12.2021 - 12.2022
- Evaluated potential risks associated with investigational drugs or devices prior to initiation of a study.
- Tracked emerging trends in the industry related to potential risks.
- Managed and executed risk management projects to determine deficiencies and appropriate corrective actions.
- Developed and documented risk management systems.
- Performed quantitative analysis to measure the magnitude of potential risks.
IT Compliance Manager
Verizon
Houston, TX
06.2019 - 11.2021
- Developed strategic plan for information security risk management to meet regulatory requirements
- Ensured IT compliance with HIPAA by implementing policies, audits, and remediation plans in Jira and SharePoint
- Updated and aligned system security plans to NIST 800-53 controls for accurate risk assessments
- Supervised access audits and remediation, incident response, and breach investigation activities
- Facilitated security policy exception process through justification review and renewal tracking in SharePoint.
Education
Master of Public Health - Public Health
Benedictine University
Lisle, ILBachelor of Science -
Texas State University
San Marcos, TXSkills
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Tools: Archer, RSA Archer
- Risk Assessment: NIST SP 800-30, OCTAVE, FAIR, Threat Modeling
- Compliance Auditing: HIPAA, NIST, ISO, PCI DSS
- Data Analytics & Reporting: Tableau, Microsoft Power BI
- Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint
- Project Management: Jira, Smartsheet
- IT Risk Assessments & Control Testing
- Regulatory Compliance Audits & Remediation
- IT Policy & Procedure Development
- Vulnerability Management
- Risk Mitigation Strategies & Solutions
- Vendor Risk Management
- Information Security Program Development
- HIPAA, NIST, ISO Regulatory Standards
- Agile Project Management
- Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting
- Self-Directed
- Calm Under Pressure
- Multitasking
- Data Entry
- Problem-Solving
- MS Office
- Leadership
Certification
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- PMP
Timeline
Senior Manager, Compliance and Risk Assessment Services
Drummond Group
01.2023 - Current
Compliance and Risk Manager
PPD
12.2021 - 12.2022
IT Compliance Manager
Verizon
06.2019 - 11.2021
Master of Public Health - Public Health
Benedictine University
Bachelor of Science -
Texas State University
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